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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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    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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    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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    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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    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...

    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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    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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    New HD recievers. No idea on release

    ok, we looked on starbase today and there are 3 new recievers scheduled to come out. theres the VIP722 (dual tuner dvr) , the VIP612 (dual tuner dvr, one tv) and the VIP213 (single tuner) . all are like their predicessors except for one cool new feature.... SD upconversion!! the hard drives...