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Well guys the bad luck reign on the getting new equipment seems to still Plague The B-Man! I just ordered a motorized system off of Sadoun and it came with a bad remote right out of the box! I ordered a Mercury II but wanted to get the new Dynamic and Sadoun made that happen! Got it here the other day and took it out of the box to set it up for a friend and the remote does not work at all! This is not Sadoun's fault, just a manufacture problem or ruff shipping buy UPS. I did find a small crack in the remote case but there is no box damage so your guess is as good as mine! So disappointment follows since I really wanted to play with this new Fortec! I should have just got the Mercury II since they are discontinuing those; the one I got is still a very solid box! I tried the Mercury II – Classic NA – Fortec Ultra remotes on the Dynamic but no avail, guess it has to be its own remote! So, I wrote Sadoun, and they are going to make it right! That's what Gold Sponsors Do man, treat you right! I can't do much of anything to the box though without a working remote. The scan feature needs the GREEN button or POWER SCAN button to work to even get anything channel wise into the box's channel memory so all I see is the OSD! I can't even set the time without a remote. So, my friend has my old Coolsat 6000 until we get this Dynamic working for her! It seems every STB I get has something wrong or the box just does not work. It's a FTA curse! 
You all can remember the 3ABN dish mishap; the old metric bolt broke and took down my dish in 1 day of setting it up. The famous Coolsat 6000 problem where I ordered 2 brand new ones from a FL dealer and one did not work. And my new CNX Mini had to go back and get replaced because of the receiver not sending USALS commands to the dish, now this new Fortec Dynamic problem. If there is a bad product out there that is manufactured wrong it seems I have got it sent here this year!
Joking aside,
Change of gears..........
Fortec Star 80 CM dish question.......
Does anyone know if the scale on the new Fortec Star 80 CM dishes is fixed? I know that we all had problems with the scale not right in the past and I was wondering if that problem was fixed on the new run models since. I put one up Saturday for a friend and I have the middle of the arc but nothing past 87.0W & 103.0W. I have everything at with great quality from 87-103 West. I suspect the scale is still wrong and I will look where my motor and dish scales are at and adjust them the same in the afternoon today. The new system just went a couple houses down from me so the scale and settings on the dish should be the same. I was just curious to see if they are still stamping these 80CM's with the scale off still.
You all can remember the 3ABN dish mishap; the old metric bolt broke and took down my dish in 1 day of setting it up. The famous Coolsat 6000 problem where I ordered 2 brand new ones from a FL dealer and one did not work. And my new CNX Mini had to go back and get replaced because of the receiver not sending USALS commands to the dish, now this new Fortec Dynamic problem. If there is a bad product out there that is manufactured wrong it seems I have got it sent here this year!
Joking aside,
Change of gears..........
Fortec Star 80 CM dish question.......
Does anyone know if the scale on the new Fortec Star 80 CM dishes is fixed? I know that we all had problems with the scale not right in the past and I was wondering if that problem was fixed on the new run models since. I put one up Saturday for a friend and I have the middle of the arc but nothing past 87.0W & 103.0W. I have everything at with great quality from 87-103 West. I suspect the scale is still wrong and I will look where my motor and dish scales are at and adjust them the same in the afternoon today. The new system just went a couple houses down from me so the scale and settings on the dish should be the same. I was just curious to see if they are still stamping these 80CM's with the scale off still.
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Linear On Nimiq 2!
Thanks for the information Anole!
What I meant with the Nimiq 82 bird was not to try a Invacom on the new system, but is there transponder shooting down a linear signal that I can get to use this bird at all to aim? I do not want really to put a circular LNB on it just to aim in True South but would like to use it to adjust the dish since it is my True South Bird. The LNB on it now is a Sadoun linear LNB standard ship by them and was wondering if there are any linear signals on Nimiq 82 to use for "True South" instead of mounting a circular on there to use to aim in.
Guess I can move mine over there to 82 and switch my Invacom to linear to try to see if anything comes through on linear.......brb.............
Found Thunder Bay TV & CH Montreal and a couple others coming through on the linear side on Nimiq 2 so I guess I answered my own question! There are a few linear KU signals coming down that circular bird!
Of course the "Scramble" is up there but it is locked with 95% Quality!
So I will manually punch in those transponders in on the new system and get Nimiq 2 in there on the linear LNB to use as my True South line up! I just wanted to use this bird as I have set many up here using it by the book as my TS! This is the first setup though with just a linear LNB, so you can see wanting to use 82 for TS how the question arise!
Funny how we tend to try stuff to get around things to find out that it works and could have worked the whole time if we just went and tried! That is why it is a hobby, finding out new things as we go that just puts a smile on our faces!
I found out too that NASA TV comes in on 119 when I go to linear. I did not know that! :up
I assumed you needed a circular LNB for that and is the main reason I bought my Invacom was just for NASA TV! I obviously did not need to get that just for NASA and any old linear LNB would have pulled it in. Unless that was changed recently, if it was I never knew about it. Never tried it either until today!
Sorry if I got a bit confusing in the last post.
Thanks again for the information though, will try your suggestions if all else fails!
Have a great week & I will keep you posted.
Thanks for the information Anole!
What I meant with the Nimiq 82 bird was not to try a Invacom on the new system, but is there transponder shooting down a linear signal that I can get to use this bird at all to aim? I do not want really to put a circular LNB on it just to aim in True South but would like to use it to adjust the dish since it is my True South Bird. The LNB on it now is a Sadoun linear LNB standard ship by them and was wondering if there are any linear signals on Nimiq 82 to use for "True South" instead of mounting a circular on there to use to aim in.
Guess I can move mine over there to 82 and switch my Invacom to linear to try to see if anything comes through on linear.......brb.............
Found Thunder Bay TV & CH Montreal and a couple others coming through on the linear side on Nimiq 2 so I guess I answered my own question! There are a few linear KU signals coming down that circular bird!
Of course the "Scramble" is up there but it is locked with 95% Quality!
So I will manually punch in those transponders in on the new system and get Nimiq 2 in there on the linear LNB to use as my True South line up! I just wanted to use this bird as I have set many up here using it by the book as my TS! This is the first setup though with just a linear LNB, so you can see wanting to use 82 for TS how the question arise!
Funny how we tend to try stuff to get around things to find out that it works and could have worked the whole time if we just went and tried! That is why it is a hobby, finding out new things as we go that just puts a smile on our faces!
I found out too that NASA TV comes in on 119 when I go to linear. I did not know that! :up
I assumed you needed a circular LNB for that and is the main reason I bought my Invacom was just for NASA TV! I obviously did not need to get that just for NASA and any old linear LNB would have pulled it in. Unless that was changed recently, if it was I never knew about it. Never tried it either until today!
Sorry if I got a bit confusing in the last post.
Thanks again for the information though, will try your suggestions if all else fails!
Have a great week & I will keep you posted.
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Anyone making their own breakfast sausage? I've recently been trying different recipes, found some I like, some I've modified...
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Who cares if it's cheaper than store bought. you do realize that ground beef is like hot dogs right lips and a**holes!!! you have no idea whats in it and what animal came from what carcass right
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
No. Bring in someone new.
Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...No. Bring in someone new.
Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)
Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.
Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.
It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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TWiT Tech Podcast Network
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n43A0sNukCg
Direct YouTube Link - SpaceX Seeks to Conduct 450 Starship Launches a Year in Texas!
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TWIT Live Feed
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n43A0sNukCg
Direct YouTube Link - SpaceX Seeks to Conduct 450 Starship Launches a Year in Texas!
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
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Marques Brownlee
Time for another AWESOME video from Marques Brownlee!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scwlR0QHGOk
Direct YouTube Link - The NEW Tesla Roadster: My Honest Reaction
The official MKBHD Website!
The MKBHD Store
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scwlR0QHGOk
Direct YouTube Link - The NEW Tesla Roadster: My Honest Reaction
The official MKBHD Website!
The MKBHD Store
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iJustine
Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m44iKsdN1-Q
Direct YouTube Link - NVIDIA RTX Spark launch party!!!
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Buy her book!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m44iKsdN1-Q
Direct YouTube Link - NVIDIA RTX Spark launch party!!!
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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Has anyone subscribed to NBA League Pass for 2026-27 and try to link their account to NBA.com to stream League Pass? I purchased it for 2026-27, and when I linked, I got a message saying success, but then I receive an error that my linked subscription does not include the preseason games for NBA League Pass. Is that how it has always been? I know satellite doesn't have the preseason games on the NBA League Pass channels, but I thought that I was able to stream the preseason once I linked my account on NBA.com?
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Nah, you just don't understand how ignore works, which is why you made your own NFL thread thinking there wasn't one
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny
You're no fun.
