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    Help with setting the skew.

    You probably won't get any help here since it is illegal to have Dish in Canada
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    Channel 843 dishlatino

    Thanks Mojo. HITN channel 9401 shows up on my all channel list and sub list.How do i add 843 manually
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    Channel 843 dishlatino

    I have dish latino, I am only connected to 119 Sat.The uplink here said that 9401 HITN has now moved to 119 channel 843 trans 16 Stangely enough I now get the previous channel 9401 on my 119 sat with a message saying it has moved to 843 My problem is 843 refuses to show on my guide. I have...
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    EPIX

    I chatted with a csr 2 weeks ago and got Epix free for 3 months
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    Dish Network University Package

    May be referring to some of the public interest channels like brigham young young univ university of california tv university house research channel These channels are provided free
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    Free EPIX 1 and 2

    epix It depends on which csr you get First one I spoke to said no epix without an hd receiver and I had to upgrade Second one said no problem will give you 3 months free epix Now getting epix 1.2 and 3 on my sd receiver
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    NFL Redzone

    I sent MattG a pm and got a quick response'My package -latino basico does not qualify for this promo.However I want to express my thanks to MattG.Mary and the other members of the DIRT team for all the help they provide Having them on this site was a stroke of genius for both Dish and SatelliteGuys
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    Hbo and showtime promotion

    I just chatted with a csr thanked me for being such a good customer and had no trouble getting a free 3 months of Hbo and Showtime with autocancel I understand this promotion has been denied to some people -not sure why my package is dish latino basico $20/month-Have been a customer for 13 years
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    So what do you think?

    Well then- Can I give you kudos for running a fantastic site!!
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    So what do you think?

    Sorry Scott I meant the big boss Charlie
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    So what do you think?

    Scott You are to be congratulated for working this out with Dish-very major advance for this site No wonder you were singled out by Charts in a recent chat as "a leading expert in the field"
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    Free premiums

    Many thanks for your interest. I had another chat with a different CSR and got my free starzl in 3 minutes BTW it if a major advance to have you on this site Scott and Dish are to be congratulated for this arrangement
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    Free premiums

    No free starzl for me I have had dish latino max since it started - just chatted with a csr who said that only the American packages qualify The csr did have a sense of humor -suggested that if I waned to get the free starzl I could add an american package to my dish latino max -no problema!!
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    Satellite-default

    Thanks guys for the quick responses. Dish out of alignment seems to be the problem
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    Satellite-default

    I have a dish receiver 301. Only using the 119 cable plugged directly into receiver Has been working great with high signal strength on all transponders Yesterday was the start of what is now a predicted 8 day long tropical depression High winds and continual heavy rain As expected signal...
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    Getting Dish Network in Canada

    You will have to provide a american SSN to open an account Do not trust any "broker" to set you up Once they get your money you are helpless since they are selling you an illegal product
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    Dish verification hassle

    My dish blew down in hurricane Igor on sept 21 I did not get around to installing it again till a few days ago my autopay was kept up and last credit card deduction only a few days ago Found after reinstalling that that all my sub channels were gone Called Dish and was told that my account had...
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    strange call from india

    I recently received a call from somebody who identified himself as a dish csr calling from india. I was offered a discount on an hd package but was told I had to give my credit card information to proceed with this.I declined the offer and have 2 questions 1-is dish now outsourcing csr calls to...
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    DISH Network® Launches DishMEXICO

    The dish website has some erroneous information about the channels available on dishmexico. It states that all the public interest chanels are available with this package. Includes research. nauhs;rdtv documentary link etc. This is not true I have a friend who got dishmexico and none of these...
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    Uplink Activity for 10-18-2006

    it would make sense for them to add it to each language program For example euronews (spanish) added to dishlatino Euronews is an excellent channel. has been on the canadian providers for over a year.-available in 7 languages.
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    Changing Transponders

    This is because some of the transponders are on double strength. Also even in conus there are slight variations in transponder signals within the geographical footprint.
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    Are some LNBs stronger than others?

    The only reliable way to increase signals in a fringe area is a bigger dish. In line amplifiers are only useful with co-axial runs of over 200 ft. A low noise lnb of say .2 db will only give a marginal improvementover the .8 db that dish uses. Also these low noise lnb such as those made by...
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    increasing signal in fringe area.

    Thanks for all the replies- greatly appreciated !. I do have separate dishes for 119 and 110 .The 119 dish is 36 inches and as stated great signals with no rain fade. I have a 301 ird. Before the echo6 was taken out of service I could get up to 80% on this sat. The weak transponders were all...
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    increasing signal in fringe area.

    I am in a location where I get great signals on 119 ( 115%) but only marginal on the 110 with a lot of rain fade. I am using a 40 inch separate dish on the roof for this satellite. I have maximal peaking and know a bigger dish would help but 40 inch is max advised for my roof. Would a low...