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    Q's for people with Dish Heater experience

    I've been looking for a dish heater for this coming winter. I've looked online and I see quite a few that are "Direct TV" dish heaters but none for Dish Network. Is there a specific heater I should buy for my Dish Network dish? I assume the DTV heaters will work the Dish Network dishes but...
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    Where can I find an outdoor RG6 Junction Box?

    We have just remodeled our house and the last thing I'm doing is setting up the new HD TV and home theater system. Our outside junction box is pretty broken and leaks. I need to find another one but I can't find aything suitable in Home Depot. Our exisiting box measures about 10"x13" and I...
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    Can you use 5.1 speaker system with 7.1 receiver?

    I thought I posted this yesterday but it must have gotten burried. Sorry for the re-post if someone found it somewhere else. It's hard to find a 5.1 receiver these days all of them seem to be 7.1 but my room is too small for a 7.1 system (and there are no good placements fot eh extra 2). Can...
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    Do I need a HTPC ?

    I'm remodelling the living room and putting in a new HD LCD TV (questions on that for another thread). I have a wireless network in the house to connect my laptop & desktop to the net. Is there a device that can can use to connect to my new TV's VGA input that I can send...
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    Could Dish Signal be interfering with my Cable Modem?

    So I've been having problems with my cabel internet service from Comcast recently. The comcast guy comes out on Sunday and basically is fuming at the dish network people screwing up the cable modem. I basically have cable TV, Dishnetwork (DVR 522) and a cable internet running in the house...
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    Running 2 dual tuner receivers & cable on 1 line?

    I've just moved house. The housing association fee's include comcast cable at a bulk discount rate and includes OLN, HBO and some movie channels. The wife (ok and I) wanted a dual tuner DVR for obvious reasons. Decided to start up a new Dish account and have both dish and cable. What is...
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    Comcast Motorola DVR or TIVO

    I'm moving and our new home owners association has comcast cable. I can get the digital classic service for $9.99. I'm moving from Dish Network and a DVR 522 which I love. So the question should I just use the Motorola DVR that comcast offers or go with the TIVO. The Dish 522 has 2...
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    NBR - New Episodes vs Dish Pass

    I've just read the NBR instruction thread and am worried about Wishbones comment regarding All Episodes vs Dish Pass and wondered if the same applied to New Episodes vs Dish Pass When I converted my weekly timers to NBR timers I just went to the guide, set up the timer and then hit new...
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    522 Software Update due this Month

    I have software version L165GALD-N and was told last night that version 166 (I persume) should be out later this month. Apparently it will fix the known problem I phoned tech support about last night. Basically I went away for the long weekend and found that none of the 5 or 6 timers that...
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    DVR 522 event history said it recorded - but no show to watch?

    So this is the first bug I've noticed in the 522. Last night was when a once only DVR Timer was set to record. I didn't notice if the red light on the unit was on, indicating a record (I was out). When I got back in to view my show I was surprised to find it was not in the DVR events menu...
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    Got my 522 last night - one new question

    If I have set up to record a show on Tuner 1 is there any way to switch the tuner to be used to tuner 2 without having to delete the event and then go to the Tuner 2 remote to reschedule the event? Cheers Steve PS What's this about Radioshack, Sirius and Dish Network forming an...