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  1. FredC

    COMCAST digital conversion installation

    I agree, get a power strip, make it a surge protector while you are at it. As for splitters, I like ChannelPlus. google the name, you'll find them all over.
  2. FredC

    Well, I cancelled Dish

    I cancelled yesterday. Got way to good of a deal with cable, but who cares. My experience with Dish was great. Yes they did try to keep me but when I said cable was installed they were not pushy at all. They are sending me a box for my 2 receivers, and was told I could put them in one box...
  3. FredC

    Well, I cancelled Dish

    Would it be cheaper to ship it back using a USPS Priority Mail Box? I would like to know, I will have a 522 and a 625 to return after tomorrow. Just wondering.
  4. FredC

    Thinking of switching from E*

    Hello all, My wife and I have been thinking about switching from E* to Uverse. She likes the idea of a whole house dvr, I just want to upgrade to hd. After looking at everything, I can get the phone, internet and UVerse (the 350 package ?) with HD for a slight savings then if I upgrade my...
  5. FredC

    Buying a receiver on ebay

    I ended up with a leased receiver once as well. Checked the # with E* and they said it was clean until I tried to activate it. I will say this, E* stepped up and exchanged the leased receiver for a refurb from them AT NO COST TO ME! I sent E* the leased receiver, along with the sellers info...
  6. FredC

    Adding Splitter for TV2

    Yes, that should do. Just go from your TV2 output (on the receiver) to the splitter. Connect one coax to one side, then send that to your new TV, another coax to your diplexer and all should be good. I assume you realize that all the TV's hooked to the TV2 will all show the same program.
  7. FredC

    dish network receivers

    Having a bad day?? Kinda surprised about the attitude :rant: ! He did ask a legit question. I kinda thought you gave a snippy answer, but thats just me.
  8. FredC

    Changed All Hardware - Still Can't Get A Signal!

    Do you have a digital multi-meter that will check for open and shorts? I've got a Radio Shack cheapy that has this feature on it. If you do, touch one lead to the stinger and one lead to the side fitting (disconnect from the LNB and receiver). If it sings, you have a short in the...
  9. FredC

    Purchase VS Lease Receiver

    Hey all. Just got off a live chat with Dish about the fee for leasing a receiver and how much my bill would go down if I purchased a receiver instead. I was told there is no price difference if I lease the receiver or if I buy my own. I was also told Dish will allow up to 6 leased receivers...
  10. FredC

    Infrequently used receiver problems

    true. I had the same problem over the winter with the receiver I use on my deck but never unplugged it once. Since I'm not into sitting outside in the snow, it would go for months without being turned on but always had power to it. Did the auto tune last fall, and didn't have any problems at all...
  11. FredC

    dish pissed me off

    I work in a 24/7 365 job. I knew that when I signed on. Yes, I'm in a union and get OT for holidays (I am lucky, I know). I see no reason why a sat installer should have to work on a holiday. ANY holiday. TV is not a life or death need. Why are the people who are getting the install...
  12. FredC

    Ex-E* customer...lied to by CSR...need help.

    Not wanting to start a war, but wouldn't the installer check the electrical outlet? I have a cheap (15$) tester that you plug in to an outlet and it lites up. Depending on what lites up is what is right or wrong with your wiring. Now I understand it would not be the installers job to fix it...
  13. FredC

    Something positive from Dish.

    Got mine in the mail today. Kinda nice
  14. FredC

    Lost 110 and 119 on second receiver

    Can you switch the feeds from the LNB to the receiver? If you can and now the second receiver works and the first goes out, its a bad LNB.
  15. FredC

    Hey! :-) I have a baseball question.

    You may have checked this, but are you looking under the "ALL SUB" guide, not one you made? That will tell you ALL the channels you are subscribed to and should be getting.
  16. FredC

    Hooking up converter box to analog tv

    Should be simple enough. Attach the outdoor antenna feed to the "in" on the converter box. Connect the "to TV" output from the converter box to the "antenna in" on the Dish Reciever. When he wants to watch locals, simple turn off the dish reciever and turn on the tv converter box. You should...
  17. FredC

    Lost signal to tv jacks

    Do you get the same program on all the TV's, or do you have a receiver in each room?
  18. FredC

    stumped: can't hit 110

    I"ll try the new numbers. I got the others from the Dish site, but maybe my info is old. His zip is 53950 Sorry about the WS instead of WI, I know better, just screwed that one! :o
  19. FredC

    stumped: can't hit 110

    Boba and Digiblur- Thanks for the responce. I'll have my buddy do the download asap. It never occured to me to use a national transponder. Ill try that also.
  20. FredC

    stumped: can't hit 110

    Ok guys, I give up, time to ask the experts. I installed a Dish 500 with a DPP twin at a freinds vacation house in WS, near the Dells. He used RG6 cable (so he says, no markings on the cable I could see), leveled the mast, secured it etc. Now the problems begin. He has a NEW (picked it up at...
  21. FredC

    625 loses picture

    Did the check switch, everything is fine. Did it on all my receivers, all came up good. What causes the need for a check switch?
  22. FredC

    625 loses picture

    Thanks, not what I wanted to hear (tons of my sons shows on the dvr). No way to copy all his cartoons, is there?
  23. FredC

    625 loses picture

    Hello all, I'll be watching tv, no patricular channel when all of the sudden the picture goes out and a box pops up that says something like "error 004 change channels or do a hard reset" (it doesnt say hard reset, but thats what they want you to do). If all I do is move one channel...
  24. FredC

    Lightning resets VIP622

    How about a surge protector? Are you loosing power or spiking?
  25. FredC

    WFLD Chicago Problems?

    Nope. I have been getting some stuttering and freezing, but its on random channels, and seems to be a software issue. If you have a hd tv and are using a ota antenna, maybe that is causing your pixilation. Could 32 have been set to ota by mistake? If you are sure you're tuning in using the...