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  1. J

    Replacement receivers not tested?

    Had a hard drive failure in my 722, did a chat on dish.com and they sent me a replacement. Have had issues since the moment of hooking the replacement up, getting random complete signal loss, internal communications errors, acquiring signal, programing not authorized errors and complete freeze...
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    RMA Craziness

    I was having some issues with my 612, so I did a online tech chat, the CSR determined that I needed to do a RMA and swap the receiver, which is what I wanted to do in the first place. So, they give me a RMA #, I log into my dish account and see that there is no shipments for the rma, so I do...
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    Mysterious Issues

    I am having some mysterious issues. My current setup is a 1000.2 for 110, 119, and 129, and a 500 side wing with a single lnb for 77 which picks up my locals in HD. Two times within the past week while watching a channel off of 77 on my 612 receiver the receiver will go over to the acquiring...
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    Rewire for HD Upgrade?

    I am upgrading to HD on Monday, the installer will be putting up a 1000.2, When I called in and talked to a CSR last week they said that the installer would have to run all new wiring under my house. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I have quad shielded RG6 under the house going all...
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    DSL and receiver phone line

    I am scheduled for my 625 install tomorrow so I went ahead and ran a phone line. I hooked the phone line up to my 301 which will be replaced by the 625 and the 301 says “Phone Connection FAILURE no dialtone check phone connection". I have hooked a phone up to this line and get dial tone. I have...
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    625 dish n up

    I am going to be calling a CSR tomorrow to do a Dish n' up. It will be replacing 1 of my 3 301's for a 625 ( I have a 4th cable from the dish not being used that I will hook up to tuner 2). I would assume that I need to ask them to send me a box to return the 301? Will I be able to have them...
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    Upgrade my dish for my 3 Brand new HD Tv's

    Hello everyone! Over the past 6 months I have purchased 3 new yes 3 HDTV's:):). I am currently using 3 301 receivers feeding them a SD signal. I am wanting to know what my upgrade options are with dish network. I want to feed a HD signal to all 3 TV's and have DVR capabilities at all 3 TVs...
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    What are my Upgrade Choices

    Hello Everyone, :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: I currently lease 3 of the 301 receivers and have AT250. I am wanting to replace 2 of the 301's with 2 of the 625's. Is there any kind of upgrade program that I could do with dish to get these at a discounted rate, do I need to just...
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    Dish Re-alignment

    Hey guys, I posted a few days back that I was having some problems picking up my locals off of 110 see post(http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=69549), and thought it was just my receivers, because after I reset them it was working again, but today's weather is clear sky sunny and...
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    Louisville KY spotBeam

    Hey guys, We had a very wicked bunch of storms last night, and I don't know if its just me or an E* problem, but spotbeam 4 on 110 which supplies the Louisville DMA is not working on any of my receivers. If someone from the Louisville KY market could check there receiver and let me know I would...
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    dish having compression issues?

    Is Dish having compression issues, The reason I ask is, every time that I change a channel on any of my receivers (all 301's), the channel is very blotchy and then it clears up. BUT also last night when I was viewing Channel 111 DIY, just about halfway through the show there was a time that it...
  12. J

    My Install - Crimp on connectors, and no drip loops

    I had dish installed back in the summer of 04. I had already had a pole up from when I had Direct TV. So the installer put the dish on that pole, and as you can see in the pictures attached, he used crimp on connectors, and no drip loops. As I know, you all are great at letting people know what...
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    Poor Quality on Locals

    I live in the Louisville KY market, and I have two questions. #1 is: how does dish get the locals from the broadcasters, do they have an antenna in each market and then have it feed back to them with fiber, or are they feeding directly from the broadcasters via fiber back to dish or what...
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    32 singal losses in 6 hours

    Hey guys, I was looking at my system details last night, and noticed on the details tab, that my receiver said that "between 12:22a 1/14 and 6:22a 1/14, 32 signal losses". I don't know how this is possible, because I have over 100 on my signal meters on the transponders that you guys have...
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    how to tell rg6 from rg6 quad shield

    Hello guys, Got a simple question, how do you tell regular rg6 from quad shield rg6, and can you use rg6 quad shield snap and seal compression ends on regular rg6? Thanks
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    301 lock, calling dish about it

    Hello Fellow Satellite Guys members, I have a 301 that I put a lock on, and I have forgotten the code, I know that I need to call dish, but what will I need when I call them, Just the receivers numbers or what? Also I remember reading at some place that you need to give a pin number, I have...
  17. J

    AC to DC Power Transformers

    AC to DC Power adapter Hey guys, I have a really stupid question here. I have a electronic device here, that needs a power adapter/transformer of 13.8V @ 500mA. I have a power adapter that is 13.8V but it is at 1A. Will it be ok to use this even though it only needs 500mA. Thanks
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    Charlie Chat Screen Captures

    Here are some screen captures from last nights Charlie chat. I just scanned the program and took caps of what looked interesting/funny/ or mildly important. I also out my comment above some of them. There are around 94 pictures so could take a few minutes to load. To make one bigger just click...
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    ends for rg6

    I am not for sure if this is the place that I need to post this. But I am getting ready to rewire my house and going to run new rg6 cable, What kind of ends do you guys recommend. I would like to use what my original installer used which was a compression end. But I can not find the compression...
  20. J

    smart card unauthrized mesage when i am authrized.

    Hello, This week my dish network 301 receivers has been acting funny. On my locals and other channels in my top 180 package, I have been getting a message that my smart card was not authorized to view this channel, press select now to purchase. Then in a few minutes it will go off, and come...
  21. J

    KY Tax Alert Channel

    Has anyone else noticed that on the KY tax alert channel that dish has set up, that when you look at the info for several of the different time slots that they are rated pg-13 with L and SC. I just found this funny and wanted to see what others had to say about it.
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    News Channel uplinks

    I was just woundering, how to the local and national news channels uplink there moblie truck signals up to the satellites in the sky and then back down. Do they each own a bird, or who supplies them?
  23. J

    gmc keyless entry remote

    Does anyone know how to tell if a GMC 1999 blazer is equiped with keyless entry system. When i bought the SUV it didnt come with any remotes and would like to see if it did come equiped with it. And if so how could i get a new remote for it. THANKS and if this is viloating forum policy please delte
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    do they make this

    sorry if this was posted in the wrong forums, didnt really know were to post it at. Hi, Does anyone know if this exist and if so, where can i purchase one at. I am in need of a product that you can put on the end of a coxial cable tv cable and have it transmit, and then have another that you put...
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    do they make this?

    Hi, Does anyone know if this exist and if so, where can i purchase one at. I am in need of a product that you can put on the end of a coxial cable tv cable and have it transmit, and then have another that you put by the tv and connect to the tv and then have the 2 units send wireless cable...