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  1. J

    DVR buttons disabled? 501 & 508

    I looked in the forums and couldn't find if this had been posted before. I apologize if I'm asking something that's already been brought up. My kids were at my mom's house a few days ago, and said her "back" button no longer works on her 501. She rarely uses the DVR, but they sure do! I...
  2. J

    Signal is 0 after storm... what should I check first?

    My husband is at work, having a long hard day. I'd like to get some ideas of what to try first before I even tell him what happened. We live in E TN and we've had less rain than normal. Last night we got a good soaking rain but our power went off. This morning, 0 signal on either receiver...
  3. J

    508 receiver, legacy LNB question

    Quick version of the question: Will an old legacy LNB (purchased around 1997) work with a 508 Dishpro receiver? More info (don't waste your time reading if you're pressed for time): For the winter months, we're moving to a house that has an old dish aimed at 119 with a legacy LNB. It...
  4. J

    Is this request unreasonable?

    We subscribed to DISH in 1997, and bought a 4000 receiver (full price) through a retailer. We've had constant DISH service ever since. Then when Sky Angel moved to 61.5, we paid another $100 or so for an additional dish. (We are lifetime S.A. subscribers) I conviced my parents and my...
  5. J

    Need help diagnosing odd transponder problem

    It's an "odd" problem because we're only getting the "odds". I've tried different combinations of things to try to eliminate problems. I've looked here and can't find the same problem. We have a 508 receiver upstairs, hooked to a Superdish with locals. We think it's doing ok, but...
  6. J

    Telephone hook-up, lightning, surge protector questions

    I have some questions. We suspect lightning got the 508's modem. :no We had surge protection on the plug-ins, but didn't even know surge protectors for coax existed, until I read a post here, that I can't find again. Oh well, thanks to you all for posting and educating us. During the...
  7. J

    Recommended way to waterproof connectors?

    We found out we have two problems. One is that our Microyal DP34 has a bad port. (We can live without the 110 sat, waiting on DP44's to come out so we can add 61.5 Sky Angel. A loooong wait.) Another problem is when it rains, we lose signal for a while, sometimes a whole day, then it...
  8. J

    Will a 508 receiver work with an old non-DishPro dish antenna?

    We're trying to diagnose our problem with the Superdish. Still not sure if it's the Microyal DP34, the LNBs or what. We still have the old dish antenna out there, pointing to 61.5 for Sky Angel. I hooked it straight into the 508 receiver, no switches in between. No signal. I realize it's...
  9. J

    Superdish signal went to 0 ?

    We did a self-install on a Superdish we bought from ebay. Long story; the Dish installer was unwilling to install a dish up here. The Superdish didn't have the DP34 with it, as advertised. We contacted the seller, and later, he sent us a DP34, but it was a Microyal brand, not Dish brand...