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  1. jstroup

    "No Dial Tone Detected" HELP!!!

    put a phone on that individual jack, and make sure the installer didn't inadvertantly disconnect it while hooking up another room's phone . . i've seen it too often to discount the possibility . .
  2. jstroup

    Help with my new Directivo

    flats have been found to have caused fires, however, usually only when used through an active window, but do beware . . throughput can be compromised as well, as the center conductor on the flat itself is about 30 gauge wire . .
  3. jstroup

    HD DVR Upgrade

    i'm always tickled when i get into a customer's home and suggest that we try a different input to improve signal to a guy, and see him run for the wife to try and get an interpretation . . there's definitely some sharp women out there, and some with serious toy skills
  4. jstroup

    R15 Release Date?

    i truly resent the arrogant notion that someone else knows more about what i need than i do, and is willing to tie up my hardware to please me. what a crock, i order PPV just over once a year, and the idea that over 60 gig of my hard drive is going to be tied up with their imaginations of what i...
  5. jstroup

    R10 problem

    a dvr is a computer, and no matter how good the software, periodically they need to be refreshed. i don't have to worry about it where i live, power goes out all by itself a couple times a month, but if you have a stable power grid you might want to turn it off (unplug it for over two minutes)...
  6. jstroup

    Hos "bad" is it to operate the R10 without phone line connection

    primary loss with no land line is the length of time you can see shows, the TIVO content thing, so they will only have three or four day horizon of shows, rather than the 18 to 25 you get when TIVO can connect every other night or so . .
  7. jstroup

    can someone please answer a few questions about the D* DVR?

    lots of aftermarket UHF choices, none innate to DTV . . very popular with the Dish crew though . . CSR consumed illegal comestibles, most likely . .
  8. jstroup

    Some Newbie Questions

    use the down button on the remote, it lets you cycle through tuners without changing channels
  9. jstroup

    Some Newbie Questions

    actually, if you hit the right button, you get info on a customizable banner, though you can't change channels within the banner
  10. jstroup

    Some Newbie Questions

    there's two tuners, so if you've been surfing on one you have no buffer to speak of on that one, but the one you haven't been looking at will always have 30 rolling minutes of buffer that you can go back on. if you have been watching a show, though, for example, for 22 minutes and then decide to...
  11. jstroup

    Some Newbie Questions

    correct, it will record it, but it doesn't have the go-to feature . .
  12. jstroup

    Problems with Dual Tuner PIP

    625 seems a bunch more durable . . .
  13. jstroup

    HR10-250 Networking question....

    Dish, unfortunately, has beaten DTV to the punch on the real use of the USB port, and has contracts in place for 20, 40, and 100 gig handheld media viewers, which will interface with Dish's high end 942 DVR, allegedly downloading an entire movie to the handheld in under ten minutes. whether...
  14. jstroup

    Newbie questions. Be kind

    doing the upgrade yourself is not too bad, just a matter of following a 'really' good script quite precisely, until you are comfortable with what happens in the process, essentially it's as easy as swapping a hard drive in a PC, but the order is pretty important, as there are no disc drives to...
  15. jstroup

    Newbie questions. Be kind

    no contract commitment increase if you buy your own at retail jgs
  16. jstroup

    How will the Directv Installer run my cables to my box?

    DTV can't do that, E* can though. the DTV dish has a multiswitch in the LNB, and needs a smart multiswitch in the home to feed more than four tuners. so you will need a multiswitch 4X8 powered, and six lines leaving the switch, two to each of the Tivo's. if you want them (the jacks) in the wall...
  17. jstroup

    Installation Problems

    if your dish has to be 'far' from the home proper, call D* and insist on a powered multiswitch, called a 4X8 when the tech comes out, as that will improve your 'at the face of the residence' power levels. here far would constitute over a hundred feet. the switch completely revitalizes the...