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    Dish 500 Install - Need Some Help

    Thanks for the info. It helped and everything is up and running.
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    Dish 500 Install - Need Some Help

    I installed my Dish 500 and 322 ( weekend cabin - carrying the 433 back n forth with me) - set up the elevation (28) Skew (122) and Azimuth (236 - which I did by GPS) but was able to only successfuly lock into a Spanish Satellite satellite. Any suggestions from anyone? Would buying a...
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    Dish 500 and 322 Receiver Questions

    I was given a 322, Dish 500 and 2 LNB's (1) DP Plus and (1) DP Pro by my brother - successfully had it activated on my account - and plan on taking it back n forth every weekend to our summer place. ( which they did charge me a $5.99 montly fee to add a 3rd receiver - already have 2 622's - is...
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    Dish Self-Installation

    Thanks Tony!
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    Dish Self-Installation

    Want to install Dish at our summer house and currently have an old DirecTV dish mounted on a pole in our side yard. I have a Dish500 and a 322 receiver that was given to me. Is pointing the dish an "easy" scenario or am I asking for trouble? Can it be done with just a compass or ...? Thanks.
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    Can this be right

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    Dish PrePaid Questions

    Thanks everyone. Any suggestion as to where to purchase the needed receiver and dish?
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    Dish PrePaid Questions

    Looking to add the prepaid service to our summer house - but not quite sure where to purchase/install in the Buffalo, NY area. Dish's site says Radio Shack - but of course they can't do the install. We currently have a pole sunk in the ground- with an old Direc TV dish ( 5+ years old) mounted...
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    No HD Content on New HD channels!

    Hey Light200, Do you really think Dish controls Hi-Def content? If so - you are sadly mistaken :confused:
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    SatelliteGuys.US DishNetwork Uplink Activity Discussion - Week Ending 12/22/2007

    The Swanni sayz...... The Swanni sayz...... EchoStar's Dish Network could be close to adding MOJO, the high-def network owned by a cable TV consortium. At the web site for Dish magazine, the programming guide for Dish Network, MOJO is listed as one of the Dish channels that will offer...
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    2 UHF remotes on a 322?

    I have (2) UHF remotes that I would like to use on my 322. Is this possible and if so how do I go about setting it up? Thanks in advance for any help that can be provided.
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    SatelliteGuys.US DishNetwork Uplink Activity Discussion - Week Ending 12/08/2007

    ....adda boy just checking. Didn't want Santa to pass you by or anything. Ho ho ho!
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    SatelliteGuys.US DishNetwork Uplink Activity Discussion - Week Ending 12/08/2007

    Digi - simple question for you - how come virtually all of your responses to questons asked have a bit-o-sarcasm in them? You seem to be quite the knowlegeable person - but you have to remember that not everyone understands all there is to know about the satellite industry.....You should be...
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    622 keeps rebooting by its self.

    Bear, Is Caller ID enabled? If so turn it off and see what happens. I had the same issues with my first 2 622's.. Recd my 3rd one - same issue. Someone here made the suggestion to turn off Caller ID - which I did and never had the reboot issue since. Good luck and let me know if this made a...
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    Starz Promo

    Is there a special promo running now allowing you to get Starz for 3 months at no charge? I know there was a Showtime deal - but thought I read somewhere Starz was also running a similar promo. Thanks
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    Buffalo NY - HD Locals

    E said to look for HD Locals after Christmas. Guess its my fault for not asking which Christmas. Anyone have any insight?
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    NHL HD Channel

    Thanks for the info John!
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    NHL HD Channel

    Anyone have any idea as to why E didn't broadcast the Sabres/Ottawa game on Versus/HD last night? It was definately broadcasted in HD - TW had it on in the Buffalo area. Looking at the guide, they list Saturday's game. Just wondering if there is a good reason...
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    Info for those who lost OTA w/updates

    OTA Loss Lost mine last week after receiving 4.03, called Dish and they shipped me a new 622which arrived today and all is well again....signal strength has drastically improved as well.
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    Lost the OTA Tuner on my 622

    Thanks for the info SatelliteGal. Not sure why some folks on this site have to reply with sarcasm....too much time on their hands I guess.... As my Grandma always said...if you don't have something nice to say...don't say anything at all!
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    Lost the OTA Tuner on my 622

    I have deleted, rescanned, checked switch, rebooted, stood on my head...you name it. I am ok with the unit being replaced, but being a tech geek its nice to know why a software upgrade would kill a piece of functional hardware....
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    Lost the OTA Tuner on my 622

    KAB - thanks for posting the forum but all of those folks are experiencing dropouts, loss of signal strength etc......by tuner just died. Acts as if I don't have an antenna hooked up.
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    Lost the OTA Tuner on my 622

    Perhaps because inquiring minds want to know........why should a software upgrade kill a tuner that was working perfectly? Plus reading through the forums, I'm not the only one experiencing this issue.