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    Thinking about switching to directv...

    Hello all. I am currently a DISH customer (and ex-installer) and am pondering switching to directv for the main reason of price. I've been a customer with dish for 6+ years, when I became an installer for them. OPTIMALLY I would like to upgrade to a hopper for free ( or at least the price a...
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    Power inserter

    ummm, Has it been working for the last two years?? THen there is the answer
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    Basic cable into 722

    I have a live cable feed into my house. no filters or anything. I was wondering what would happen if i plugged it into my 722 and did a channel scan like you would with an OTA. would i get the channels in my guide like ota?? Also in the menu 6>8 screen you can select the analog type, (ota...
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    Bad weekend with Dish

    Is the 722 in an enclosed space.? mine got real hot and the sound was cracley and video began to pixelate. i cut the back out of my entertainment ctr. and haven't had the problem since. or is it sitting on your a/v receiver??
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    CSI audio issues

    I was watching the new CSI on cbs tonight. (from DVR about 45minutes later) and the first segment or so had no dialogue audio but very loud backround noise and music. Now its not HD anymore but i am getting full audio. Has anyone else experienced this problem?? Im getting my HD feed from my...
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    No More SD Receivers Installed in Eastern Arch

    yeah i guess csr is getting trained on only 211k, 222k, 612, 722k. and if you have ViP receivers on an EA install.... no enabling fee. kinda cool. and there was a batch of 322's that we got in our warehouse that is compatable with EA. well at lest there was the circled "a" on the 'product...
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    aiming slimline

    i'm a dish tech, but my next door neighbor is a directv customer. he recently re-did his roof and i offered to re-install his dish, (how nice!). i'm just not too sure how to aim it. He has the slimline dish for his HD. i have a super buddy and theres 3 or 4 different options for the...
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    Wild Blue Questions

    on SVT, you get the 4 dots: Upstream Transmit Power Downstream Channel Power Downstream Signal-to-Noise & Upstream Signal-to-Noise. I know that if they're green, you're good, and if it's red, its over. but my question, what is the optimal numbers that you're looking for in...
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    missing all HD channels

    ok, heres the story. all of my HD channels are red. as soon as i realized that they weren't there, i did what i could think of: check switch then EPG download. no go. FPR. No go. i have excellent 129 signal, and there is nothing wrong in system info one. i also called a csr (i'm...
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    vista problems with WB??

    hey, im a tech and i install Wild blue. i have a problem here with a customers computer. it keeps on creating new networks and when in does that it breaks the connection with the internet. when i arrive here, in the network status and tasks, there were 2 network connections there (1 private...
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    "moving" ? to get baseball

    Now, i live in southern MN, right near the grey area btw MN & the MN, MIL border. Will MIL. games automatically show up on a different rsn (FSN Wisconsin i believe) or do i need to inform the csr that i'm in that area? this whole multi-rsn areas are kind of confusing me. Or, do i need to...
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    signal question

    at my house i have a dish 500 with a DP+ Twin, and a wing dish (using a 500 w/ no skew, i guess it could be called a 300) pointed a 129. my question is, what if i used a 1000.2 with no skew, pointed directly a 129 with a dp dual and that stupid 'w' bracket. theoretically, should i get...
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    DNS tech screwed up...

    birdog huh, fancy. mines just an analog meter and it works for me. ive tried a satbuddy, a super sat buddy and a birddog. same results. well on dish receivers, we need to run a test to make sure everything is pointed correctly. but if you say that it should test itself, then i'm set...
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    DNS tech screwed up...

    so... when i'm sweeping west to south, the first bird i should hit is 119. peak that and go see if i have good signal. they have these little dinky friggen receivers, how can i check the switch?? sorry, but im a directv virgin. i can do a helluva job with a e* dish, but when it comes...
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    DNS tech screwed up...

    the zip code is 55021. i just pulled it off the mast and set it on the ground. the settings are fine i believe. but what port do i use and what am i hitting when i aim?? and on there is it 110/119 & 101??? and if thats the case do d* and e* use the same birds?? well really the guy moving...
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    DNS tech screwed up...

    uh oh.. a post from the enemy. but i have a question i had a job today (i'm a DNS tech) that was a customer moving in with someone else. the homeowner has directv. i installed dish network on two tv's. to do so i removed the directv dish and put up mine. a half hour after i leave, my...
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    Upgrade 8 months ago and now E* wants my 811

    why would e* want that pile of crap back anyways. so they can make the even worse 381??? the ONLY positive thing about those is the ota, and the inputs on the back. i wish all the recievers had the inputs on the back.
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    Dead HDMI port on 622

    look at the back of the reciever. is there a screw above the HDMI port. if there isn't then it probally is the port. there should be a screw there if it's been manufactured after the issue was brought to attention. if there is, well then it probally is the port too, but its a known fact that...
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    508 problems

    ok so heres the deal. i was set to do your average 1 tv installation with a 301. (yes, i'm a dns tech) I get there and the customer had a 508 that they own from a previous account and ask if i could hook that up instead. Why not. So i make sure all the cables and connections are good...
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    FSN North HD

    I know there have been lots to talks about various other RSN,s (yes and snny) but no one has mentioned very many of the FSN's let alone FSN north. I've taken a look thru the new channel list and it says that FSNN will be on 386 on 129w tp8, but it's still unavailable. Does anyone know...
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    The 322 Scramble

    this has happened to me too. but it only seems to have happened if i changed addresses or modulated outputs before activation, and then they go back to default after activation. so my quick fix is to not change any settings until after activation..
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    dp301 switch problems i need help

    did you say that you already have a dish at your house, and its dgoing to a dvr? if thats a dpp twin, then you should only have to plug in your new 301 to your existing system. (or if its a dpquad with open ports) have you tried that?
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    loss of even TP on 110 w/ DP34 on legacy system

    did you put he ground block after the switch? i've never seen that done and never thought about doing it that way. ...... wait a sec, you'd have to strech the messenger wire around the switch to the ground blocks. it makes so muc more sence to ground before the sw. unless you ive in a state...
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    Added a D500 today to my 1000.2 for 129

    what is the skew on your 1k.2? thats insane. here in mn its only 114ish and i thought that was a lot. you should get a wood 4x4 or 6x6 instead of the pole if you're doing a 2 dish solution. and why not go to a 500 w/ a dpp twin instead of messin around with the 1k.2?
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    Installer needs help Virginia Lining 1000.2 dish

    i'm a dns tech in the twin cities. first of all (hopefully i didnt miss this) what kind of meter are you using? im using a eagle aspen (just the gray box) our 1k.2 settings here are 113-114 skew and 31-33 elevation. if im running 2 lines to the junction, i usually plug the sat lines in...