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  1. bmxcookie

    OTA locals not mapping in the guide!

    Has anyone else been having issues with the OTA locals not showing their guide info? We are in the North Platte DMA, #208, and our locals are not in HD yet through Dish, they are on the OTA. We have all of the affiliates, except our ABC in piped in from the neighboring DMA from our direct East...
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    How to get Dish TV to Win 7 Pro Media Center

    A modulator should do the trick. It will be SD, not HD. A modulator allows the signal from the RCA outs on the Hopper or the Joey's to be converted to RF (Standard RG6) on either channel 3 or 4.
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    From an installer, thanks again Dish...

    Really? Your blaming Dish? This is my opinion. I am a former EchoStar FSM/FSS III, and now the Dish Manager/Lead installer at a local retailer. I have been in the industry since 2002 and worked many many long hours and have done many after hours service calls (We have a special after hours rate...
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    Official DISH Channel Request Thread

    North Platte DMA locals in HD and North Platte DMA locals available to the 13 additional counties the FCC says they are allowed to without restriction. Dish has been given and has always had permission from the FCC to rebroadcast "significantly viewed" locals channels to customers. Why do they...
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    Hoak issue resolved?

    North Platte, NE DMA back up and running as well. Possibly with larger DMA map as well. Can anyone validate if Nebraska locals are available in Keith, Arthur, Grant, Hooker, Cherry, Dawson, Blaine, Frontier, Hays, or Custer county in Nebraska? Thank you!
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    6/13/2012 2:17pm - Uplink Activity Report - 33 changes

    Uplink help! Can any one verify? I had a friend tell me she was watching a local from the North Platte DMA, she lives in the Denver DMA. Have there been DMA changes in the last 24 hours? I hope so, I have been fighting since November to get 13 additional counties in Nebraska the ability to see...
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    Hoak Media stations off Dish amid dispute

    Dish did not drop Hoak Media, Hoak Media dropped Dish. HOAK is asking for 200% more $ and mandating that Dish customers watch commercials. We lost our NBC and FOX affiliate because of this. It's stupid and immature! Not everyone has a Hopper, not everyone can auto-hop. We can't even get PTAT...
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    DIRT team help

    Can I have a member of the DIRT team PM me please? Thanks in advance!
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    Dish not grounded

    I have an opinion. I was a former DNSC FSS 3 and FSM, now an install manager/installer for a local retailer. I was hired by the retailer because of my work ethics and because I adhere to DNSC standard. Have I installed a system without a ground? Yes. Because there was not an NEC approved ground...
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    Need Dish corporate contact info

    I sent an email to press@dish.com, I hope someone replies.
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    Need Dish corporate contact info

    Ok, the counties in Nebraska that are effected get their locals from Denver, 250+ miles from them. We (North Platte DMA) are on average only 70 miles from these counties. The FCC is who I got the letter from so they must be saying it's ok for Dish to do this. Limited satellite space? These...
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    Need Dish corporate contact info

    Hello, I need contact info for someone at corporate dish. Our account rep is not helping our situation at all. I recently (November) started a petition in hopes that the FCC, The Nielson Company, and Dish would allow Nebraska locals to more of Nebraska residents. I got a letter today informing...
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    Nebraska Locals

    Here is a good read for anyoneinterested in the issue. Satellite Television | FCC.gov I find it hard to decifer some of the legal stuff but it appears to me that the STELA act of 2010 would allow Dish to send the Nebraska Locals just about any where in the state.
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    Nebraska Locals

    Spot beams are a turn of the dial usually, and there are several people in the sandhills that are giving a false address to a neighboring town just so they can get North Platte locals adn they come in fine, even at 80 miles from North Platte. The main problem is that whomever set up the DMA's...
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    Dishnetwork can really piss me off at times..

    Also could depend on what the last channel was she was watching. I have an issue with Denver HD locals in the sandhills of Nebraska. They will not come in at all and you get a signal loss screen. If you hit menu while in the signal loss screen and go to number 1 for program guide you can choose...
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    Nebraska Locals

    True, I ageee. North Platte locals just became available to dish in 2009. The technology is there to widen the spot beams to cover 6 additional counties in standard def. I feel that if we get 2500 to 5000 signatures we will be able to change those maps.
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    Nebraska Locals

    I have to disagree on one statement you made. I had a pair of techs from Allo Commnications (A new fiber company in the state providing TV, Phone, and Internet via fiber) come in last week with a Yagi antenna that needed fixed. They were pointing it at the KNOP tower and then sending the signal...
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    Nebraska Locals

    You are correct sir. They are considered North Platte local, and a few ad's appear but since they are based farther east, most of the commercialism is from Eastern Nebraska. Thats fine because they do cover weather for Central and Western Nebraska as well. Thank you for your support!
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    Nebraska Locals

    Nebraska Locals go into Lincoln County (North Platte), Logan County (Stapleton), Thomas County (Thedford), and part of McPherson (Tryon). We have NBC and FOX from North Platte, CBS from Lincoln, and ABC from Grand Island/Hastings.
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    Nebraska Locals

    I have a strange one for you all. I recently started a petition that would allow North Platte DMA locals to be available to several additional counties in Central and Western Nebraska that currently get locals from Denver Colorado. I have contacted the FCC, Neilson Company, Local and Federal...
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    Dish wants to come out for a "courtesty" check, what's up?

    I am a former DNSC FSM and FSS-3, when I did calls like this it was usually on a Sub contractor or retailer that had done the original install. It may be legitimate, but I believe it is a way for dish to do quality control on the non direct dish installs. I work for a preffered dish retailer now...
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    222K TV2 UHF remote behavior

    OK, how far apart are the the 2 tv's? If there is a kitchen in between or a utility room then you may also be getting interference from the appliances. Do the splitter trick, it's the bes solution and I would use Holland splitters. The picture quality will only be effected it the overall...
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    VIP211k install problems

    On a King dome the Dip switches on the dish are set to DirecTV by dault. They need to be reset for Dish Network usage. Also, after that, the King dome needs to be allowed to set up bfore the check switch is run. Let it power up and do it's self check, this will take about 3 minutes, then run the...
  24. bmxcookie

    no line of sight - lazy installer or ??

    Correction! I am a DNSC tech and we are paid by the hour, NOT by the job. Some contractors are hourly as well. Most though are by the job as retailers generally are as well.
  25. bmxcookie

    Distant Network Information

    North Platte Nebraska still does not Qualify! We have a local NBC that does not broadcast via satellite and they are screwing us out of our other locals. THIS BITES!! I just tried All American Direct and they say at this time we don't qualify.