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    Problem with Receiver or Switch??

    Hi, I live in the Chicago area and subscribe to the HD/Locals etc. I have 2 (two) 211 receivers. Recently, one of them gave an error message of possible switch issue. After running the point dish test and restarting it now only finds the 119 satellite. My other 211 receiver finds 110,119 and...
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    Any news on 269??

    Getting impatient here.... Have had this box for about 5 months, and it is truly not at an acceptable level yet... When will we see black level fix, better OTA reception (if it can be done in SW), channel 100, stop in frequent program guide downloads, etc? -Tom
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    Losing signal every time it rains...

    I used to have DirecTv, with no problems (well, during the 18 months I had it, I lost signal twice). When I decided to go with Dish, the installer took down my DirecTv antenna, and put the Dish in the same spot. My problem is whenever it rains, or even thunderstorms alerts, it goes out...
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    n00b question; What satellites am I accessing?

    I live in the chicago area, and have a dish, that supposedly picks up two different satellites. I have local channels over sat, the top120, hbo, as well as hdtv channels (the hd pak & HBO HD). I have the 811 and 510 receivers, and I understand the 510 receiver has a 9 day epg, but also that...
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    Anyone keep a list of 811 flaws, and when they will be corrected?

    This is my List (causing grief with the wife, since I pay 20 USD/month more, and the user friendliness went down the drain..)... In particular order: 1. EPG does not show Info about the program. You have to press the Info button in addition. Would be nice if it could just show the info for...