Search results for query: *

  • Users: fredbenz
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. fredbenz

    HD DVR

    Best HD DVR that can run multiple rooms?
  2. fredbenz

    Directv install questions

    So, I've done this before, but it's also been a while. I recently picked up a slimline dish from somebody, it has the condensed LNB (one larger oval, as opposed to three separates, Part number SL3S4NR2-14). I need to run three H25's. Can somebody tell me what I need, or what my options are for...
  3. fredbenz

    Stuck in Asia

    For 9 more months. Does dish network have any birds I can pick up from Afghanistan? If they did, would I be able to get US programming IE top 120 here? I have a 6' dish sitting around here. just need an lnb and I have a receiver at home I can have sent here. Stupid war. Making me miss Archer...
  4. fredbenz

    722 usb ports.

    I have a 722 vip and i just got the dish anywhere. It works decent how ever i had to unplug my 500 gig hard drive. So basically my question is, can i buy one of the usb thingys that makes 1 usb port into 2 or 3 or what ever and will it work so my hard drive and slingbox work simultaneously? fletch
  5. fredbenz

    Three sats with two dishes.

    Ah gadday. I have a standard dish 500 dish with a dish pro plus lnb for 119 and 110 satellites. I installed a another dish (exactly the same one with same lnb) for the 129 sat and pointed it. I got 45 signal strength with it hooked directly to the reciever and tightend it down. Then i connected...
  6. fredbenz

    replacement remote programming

    I have a replacement remote for a customer's Rca Drd 435 and i need to know how to program the remote to the reciever if anyone knows how to do this off the top of their head. thanks!
  7. fredbenz

    ota dvr'ing

    Um stupid question but you cant dvr programming from an antenna that is using your dvr625 as a pass through can you? its not digital ota. just boring ol analog. thanks.
  8. fredbenz

    Minneapolis Locals

    Just moved to MN, st cloud area. Have only 119 orbital location. Not getting my local channels. Dish CSR who i could barely understand says theyre on the 110 orbital. Just wondering if someone can confirm that for me? If i have to repoint my dish to watch the divison championships, So be it! thanks.
  9. fredbenz

    pointing dishs without a meter is hard

    hey everybody, So i moved down to cali. Went back to doing car audio from home audio. I was super excited cause i couldnt wait to get dish down here with small dishes. I installed dish network back in alaska and we always had to use huge dishes. So the house i moved into was wired for direct. i...
  10. fredbenz

    Want to cancel Service

    I am a new directv customer. Ive had my gear for a week and i got it through the phone company. Anyways i wanna go back to dish network. I havent signed the contracts yet and its only been a week since my install on tuesday. Anyone think I can Cancel my service and return my equipment? Is there...
  11. fredbenz

    HD's (are not) moving...

    I was activating a system I had installed yesterday and my activation csr was shooting the breeze with my about alaska and dish sizes and all that. Well she goes on to tell me that she has just had a training and that dish is moving all the mpeg 4 as well as mpeg2 high defs to the 118.7 :) She...
  12. fredbenz

    Phone Lines

    So today i Activated 625's on two different ocasions. This morning i activated it with the automated activation hotline. And this afternoon i did a dishin it up promotion. Both times i told them no phone line and both times i had to call back after it blocked out the screen with its "Connect a...
  13. fredbenz

    uhhh

    Man i love 496. that stuff is filthy! who's with me... Maybe we can get some high def in this area cause its lacking in my opinion... Or some distant locals... or something...
  14. fredbenz

    how many dishes can i plant in my yard?

    I was wondering how i can get the 129 satellite. i live in alaska. I have a 3' dish for the 119 and 6' dish for the 110 and a 30" that i get the 148 with. Anyone know what size dish i might need to get the 129?
  15. fredbenz

    Far North

    Anyone think Sirius or xm will ever include alaska in their coverage. Using dish to get sirius is a pain and i want it in my car