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Looks like the HEO satellites are done. The date has passed (set in 2008) to decommission them. Sirius FM-5 and FM-6 are co-located with XM-5 and XM-6, respectively. Sirius FM-5 was supposed to hang around 96 degrees but they changed their mind for some reason. Anyone notice a reduction in...

Please turn off the meta-refresh feature. It's killing this web site. I know you want more ad impressions and all that, but this isn't how you do it. It makes the forum nearly impossible to read.

Well, my linear LNB wore out after a faithful five years. I don't have a bad thing to say but I do like these ultra-miniature LNBs from Glorystar a.k.a. SatelliteAV. Five years seems a reasonable lifetime for this sort of thing. The circular LNBs also met a similar fate. It could be my...

What kind of satellite receiver is UBL using? You can see blurry on-screen menus and a blurry shot of the unit. Pentagon releases videos of Osama bin Laden I'm still a little puzzled why anyone takes a home video of someone watching television.

I have lots of XM Radios from the golden years of 5 years ago and want to activate one of them for just Opie and Anthony. I'm not sure the "Talk" package includes this channel. Does anyone know the cheapest way to get O&A? Thanks.

I originally installed my Ku-band system for some excellent music services. I haven't used it in a few years even though it's staring at me from my deck railing. I used DiSH Network music for a few years and now don't have DiSH service anymore so I'm looking at re-activating my Ku-band dish...

I have a big spool of dual RG-6 cable I'm looking to put to good use now that I've wired my house already. How much power can be driven through these cables at 12 volts? I'd like to power some surveillance cameras using one cable and a breakout box at each side to inject/extract the power...

Does the DiSH 625 DVR modem work with FiOS? I'm beginning to think it doesn't. I am on my second replacement receiver and it will not dial out successfully. Not only that, but when it tries to dial out, when I'm listening on the other line it is full of static. Does the DiSH 625 DVR modem...

You can't do this online, but I just called customer service and I'm so happy with the American folks answering the phones. Since we converted to FiOS we wanted to keep our beloved Chinese channels in the Taiwanese Mega Pack. The system allowed us to remove all our channels and go back to...

My DiSH DVR 625 is clicking and has "Error 024". We cannot view our DVR recordings--it always says "data not available." Is this a hard drive failure? Can I fix it?

I have a converted SuperDiSH Plus with a DP34 switch on the side of my house that feeds two cables to each receiver. The new location for the HDTV has only one RG6 coaxial cable with little practicality of running a second line. I am currently using this line for "TV2" UHF feed from a DVR in a...

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I have a Slingbox controlling a 625. The new 2.0 version of Slingbox has a channel guide but the Slinbox is sending too many numbers to the 625 receiver when it tries to change channels directly. What setting do I use to get the Slingbox to control my 625 from the channel guide properly?

Worldspace's Afristar uplink facility in the U.K. has been seized and supposedly shut down. Some listeners report that they are still receiving channels on either this or the other satellite. Details are sketchy. From: Worldspace UK goes bust - Rapid TV News

What kind of scenario would we be seeing if EchoStar X would fail? Would it just cause a loss of local-into-local into smaller markets or would something worse happen? What do you think a contingency plan would look like if EchoStar X failed completely?

HD Radio is going to use the NDS Radioguard system. This system, similar in operation to the NDS Videoguard system used by DirecTV, BskyB, and other News Corp. properties, is to be used for subscription-based HD Radio services. Could be old news to you, but I think it's worth mentioning it...

There is a new 13-channel Taiwanese Mega Pack that saves you $15 over the equivalent alternative combination of two other packages. If you have Chinese Super Pack ($21.99) and Chinese Variety Pack ($27.99) you will get the very same channels in the Taiwanese Mega Pack for $34.99. The price for...

What order do the LNBFs get hooked to a DP34 plus switch? I have a 322 and a 625. I use 110, 119, and 118.75 on a converted SuperDiSH 121. The hacks that repointed me hooked 110, 118, 119 according to "Check Switch." I am given to understand that the order ought to be 119, 110, and 118 into...

Does anyone know what sort of technology the Slacker.com satellite car receiver kit is going to use? It only works in the car. It has a roof antenna and a docking cradle. They claim it is using Ku-band and the company has said they are leasing a Ku-band transponder. It's not for live music...

Well it happens Sunday: my SuperDiSH gets upgraded in order to continue receiving the Chinese channels. I got the email this afternoon. The number is evidently exclusive to Chinese channel subscribers whom I theorized are one of the largest subscriber groups that have the 121-degrees...

I have to say that Satelliteguys.us is the best site and I always enjoy the constructive and thoughtful conversations here. Over on the "other" site today a moderator responded to one of my questions with a sarcastic comment. I detest sarcasm and responded that his response was useless and he...

Does anyone know if there are certain kinds of I-brackets that I can use on my spare DiSH 500 antennas that will: 1) Use DirecTV-style LNBFs. I have a pile of these closed-out from Sadoun a while back. 2) Allow mounting of Ku-band FSS LNBFs? Thanks much!

Is there a new single-LNBF DirecTV dish? The reason I ask is that I visited a house in the Northeast that has a DirecTV antenna that is much more tall than it is wide. It would be best described as a skinny oval. It also had a smoother finish and a rather sloppy DirecTV logo stencil on it...

I have a very obvious question after thinking about the upcoming crisis with local channel uplinks not being digital, and the worries about dual HD/SD carriage: Why aren't the main HD channels uplinked to the satellite and then downconverted to SD at the set-top box or displayed in HD for...

I get junk mail from Hope Channel now. I don't mind it, it's rather interesting. It occurs to me that nowhere in any of those mailings do they mention the transponder or channel, but it has a complete time table of programs. Recently someone asked me what transponder that Hope Channel is on...