Search results for query: *

  • Users: belsokar
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. B

    Garbled/Pixelization Issues on D* DVRs - Need Some Advice

    Hello, I owned the D* HR10-250 for about a year,...and then got the 6.3a upgrade. Around that time, ALL my HD channels started having image issues. It showed up more frequently on some channels compared to others, but it was always during HD programming. I would describe the image issues...
  2. B

    How Best to Sell my Directv DVR? Ebay?

    So I just signed up with Directv and got 2 DVRs when I signed up, $99 each. After signing up, I switched to the HD DVR, and no longer needed one of my Tivos. I was going to use all 3 DVRs, but was told by the Installer that I would need to do some special stuff to get it all to work, and it...
  3. B

    No Phone Jack near Directv receiver, what can I do?

    I'm currently installing directv, and will have to run a long telephone wire to my receiver...is there an easy way to get a phone jack installed near my receiver? some magic new technology that I'm not aware of? :) any ideas? Thanks!
  4. B

    How will the Directv Installer run my cables to my box?

    Ok, I haven't been with Satellite for a while, and previously, I had dish network. I plan on having a 3 room install,...a dual dvr in each room. Room1: dual tuner HD TIVO Rooms 2&3: dual tuner standard TIVOS as far as I understood the technology a few years ago,...you no longer needed...
  5. B

    Want to join Directv, Need Help w/ best way to start service

    I did some searching, but didn't find anything terribly close to what I'm looking for, and didn't have time to search for hours, so sorry if this has been repeated elsewhere. I'm a current cable subscriber, and am looking to switch to Directv. I will need essentially 3 receivers. 1 HDTV...
  6. B

    Considering the move from Dish Network to Cable...

    I hate to be one of those guys posting this...but I have become increasingly frustrated by dish network...I have been a customer for about 6 years...when I left cable, I swore never to go back, but alas, Adelphia in my area (southern calif.) has made huge strides... after playing with my...
  7. B

    How to reset Remote?

    I'm not sure how this happened, but I haven't used my 811 receiver for the better part of a month,...and it seems to have reset the remote code...so right now, my remote does not work with my 811 sat receiver...I'm not sure how I can manually check this,...or how to reset the remote...do I do...
  8. B

    Need Help with DishPro and OTA Antenna Connections!!!

    Well, I tried to do this on my own, but couldn't get it to work. This is my current setup: Exterior Wall: --------------- Dish 500 Dish, DishPro Twin running 2 cable runs to central closet OTA UHF Antenna (not hooked up yet) Central Closet: ----------------- 2 Cable runs from...
  9. B

    Installers Never Showed, No one ever Called, What to Do?

    So I was scheduled for an install this morning between 8am-noon. I of course have to take a half day off of work to do this. No one ever showed, I called Dish multiple times. Finally, they said the installer called and left a message about my item (811), not being in stock and needing to...
  10. B

    Dish 811 Promo at $149 and $99 510 promo in same work order!

    So I had started a work order to receive the dish 510 $99 promo,...I called back again about the $149 811 promo and was told I couldn't order until the other work order was completed...after talking with the lady for a while, and explaining that it would be much easier for me if I could do both...
  11. B

    How many inputs does a SW34 need to output 4 signals?

    If I run 2 cable runs from a legacy quad 500 lnb to a sw34, will I get 4 outputs? If no, is there a switch that will take only 2 cable runs off my legacy quad 500 and give me 4 or more?
  12. B

    New Cable Runs in my House - Need Help on how to Do...

    I have posted before a bit on this,...but I have a new issue...I bought a newly built house, that is "pre-wired" for satellite...Basically, this means there was 2 satellite RG6 runs from the exterior wall to a central box. From that central box, there is an RG6 and what I believe to be a RG59...
  13. B

    NEED HELP with this Installation Setup!!!

    So I made a post a bit back about a new house I was moving into that had a "prewired" satellite setup. Pre-wired is in quotes because I finally know what my setup is. First off, I have a dish 500 with quad lnb (not pro)(this is all I know about the dish itself), I currently have 3 cables...
  14. B

    Where to Buy different shaped Satellite Masts?

    I'm installing my satellite on the side of my house, but there is an overhang right where the satellite box is on the side of my house. so I figure I need some kind of L-shaped mast or something that comes out from the wall a bit so that my dish will look over the overhang. (does this make...
  15. B

    Hooking up into a satellite box on the outside of house?

    I just bought a newly built home, and it comes prewired with RG6, and they have a "satellite box" on the outside of the house where you can mount your dish, and run your wires directly in...so basically I don't have to drill any new holes or anything according to the builder. My question is...