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  1. TimeHorse

    Uplink question

    Please please please excuse me if I've misread the rules of this forum because I too believe strongly in PAYING and obtaining LEGALLY any and all transmissions received be them via Satellite or other means. It is my understanding though that 4DTV is allowed because there are units that will...
  2. TimeHorse

    Best Signal Meter for Shaw Direct (StarChoice)

    Thanks again for all the advice everyone give with my seemingly dead dish. No, I've not fixed it yet and that's where I still could use some assistance. Basically, given the Washington Heat and Humidity and the very healthy flora around my dish, I don't like the idea of bringing my 12" monitor...
  3. TimeHorse

    Dead ShawDirect Dish: What to do?

    As a followup to my comment in the F2 weak signal thread, I think I need a new dish and a professional opinion. So, given that I can't get any signal from the dish, and accepting that despite my best efforts, there may be a user error issue involved, what should I do. My situation is as...
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    What to do with a broken 530...

    Well, my 530 (StarChoice's HD DVR unit) died at the end of February and because I am never home in prime-time East Coast viewing, I can't watch any of my favourite CBC shows anymore. I asked my installer to co-ordinate with StarChoice to see if it was still under warranty but have not heard...
  5. TimeHorse

    Problem with UPS shipping

    Since when I was living in Canada, I have had problems with UPS. When I got my computer a warrenty replacement while in Montréal, I received the shipment and then a while later a bill from UPS. UPS had no right to bill me since the shipment was already payed for by the sender and they may not...
  6. TimeHorse

    Install Progress and question

    Well, it's been a week since my 75 cm arrived and still no service. After all the difficulty of putting it together finding a proper mount is not as easy as it might seem or was for many of you. As I live in an arboreal area, there are lots of natural and artificial (neighbouring houses)...
  7. TimeHorse

    Grounding the dish

    The 75" StarChoice dish comes with a screw, washer and grounding clamp with a clip for a grounding wire. I do not see where these should be installed. Anyone know?
  8. TimeHorse

    Can't adjust elevation -- Screw too tight

    I finally got my 75" StarChoice dish yesterday and assembled it today. The DirecTV people were too busy to help me install the StarChoice dish but I got it assembled with one one major problem before this. The black piece of plastic used to relieve stress on the arm was too large and extremely...
  9. TimeHorse

    DSR530 (StarChoice) and HDMI

    I know that HDMI is DVI + Audio and my Sony set supports an HDMI-in with separate Audio, so that's what I did: I hooked the DSR530 with a DVI to HDMI cable (provided with DirecTiVo HD package) + Stereo Analogue audio to the set. But I get no picture. I then connected the RCA Video (yellow...
  10. TimeHorse

    Ground or Roof?

    Which is better? When we bought the house, we had at the front, left corner a dish on the ground attached to the foundation with a steel rod, a dish on the roof above it and a DirectWay dish at the back left corner mounted on a steel pole. We replaced the roof dish with a Triple LNB dish and...
  11. TimeHorse

    D'Oh -- maybe made the wrong choice!

    Well, even reading this forum for the past few months doesn't give all the answers to the Canadian Satellite receiver wannabe. That's not to say the site isn't populated with IMHO geniuses as I think you all are! But it's a matter of not asking the right questions on my part. I am getting...
  12. TimeHorse

    KuSat Question

    I ordered the 1 x Star Choice DSR530 System, Quad LNBF, 75cm Elliptical Dish package from KuSat.com last Sunday 29 January, 2006. As of yet, my order is still listed as Order Received and my credit card has not yet been charged. The KuSat web site says that I should write them if the order...
  13. TimeHorse

    CableCARD and Satellite Sercive

    Does anyone know if StarChoice or Bell ExpressVu are planning to offer CableCARD decoders?
  14. TimeHorse

    Quebec Brokers

    I used to live in Montreal, and my friend, who is from southern Quebec, still has parents in Canada. Is it better to use friend / family in Canada rather than a broker or is using a Broker just safer. And, as I am from Montreal, I would like a broker in Montreal. Is that possible? Thanks!