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  1. bsilvertab

    $180 a little high for a pole install?

    In northern Michigan a 10 ft pole with 2 inch diameter was $60. Crazy.
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    Installer Wages

    I get 90 for the first receiver plus 10 every additional tuner behond the first.
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    The worst install ever. Please help.

    Well, I got it working. The problem was that i had the dish about 3 degrees to low and not far enough west. I covered up the 110 and 119 heads with tin foil, and reaimed the dish for 101 with my meter. I don't think the fact that it was raining and dark yesterday had anything to do with my...
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    The worst install ever. Please help.

    I want to say an R10 or R15. It is just the basic standard receiver, has blue lights on the front.
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    The worst install ever. Please help.

    Which LNB head is the head for 101? On the on screen setup guide shows A, B, and C, but they are not labeled on the LNB. Thanks.
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    The worst install ever. Please help.

    Hi all- I just desided to call it a night after working on a 4 room install for 5 hours. I am using a elipical phase III dish and my signal readings are as follows on all receivers. 101- Bounces from 0 to 94 on all transponders 110- solid 90-94 signal on all transponders 119-...
  7. bsilvertab

    Phone Line Q&A

    I am about to sell a 2 DVR system to a cell phone only customer. Please help me understand why the recievers have to be hooked into a dead phone line. Here is a snipit of the doc: In an effort to ensure DIRECTV customers have access to full current and future system functionality, including...
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    Peak Signal Strength Transponder

    I am installing my first D* system tomorrow morning. What 101 transponder should I use to peak the signal? I did a test setup at my house tonight and was getting 89- tp2 92- tp3 ... consistantly the upper 80's lower 90's. What transponder should I use while peaking the dish? Thanks...
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    Max number of boxes on D* Account

    I have heard stories that D* makes you plug in a phone line after 2+ receivers otherwise they shut off your IRDs until you comply.
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    DirecTV locals on 72.5 sat

    I am wondering how this is going to work. How big is this new dish going to be? If a customer has 1 dish with 1 lnb right now, are they going to put in a new oval dish plus this second dish? On top of that... are they going to replace old receivers that arn't multi-dish capable with new ones...
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    P4 Access card balence question

    I recently installed a satellite for a guy and gave me his old Sony Tivo system. He thought that the card had a balance on it. I want to sell the receiver on e-bay but I don't know if I should sell it with a card or not. Can anyone give me some recomendations? How much does D* charge for a...
  12. bsilvertab

    Signal loss....

    Every Directv customer I know here in Northern Michigan loose their signal VERY easily with a little hard rain, dark cloud and or snow. DISH is fine during most of this. ;) :D