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Alright, I am posting to help a family member. I until recently had Direc-TV and never had any problem with signal because my yard has an excellent view of the sky(apr. 4 acres of clear land to look through) but his house is surrounded by trees. He just got a Slimline dish and a HR21 receiver. We installed everything and got signal on all transponders except 18 and 28, but no view of any other birds except standard...101 I believe it was. He has all channels except for HD channels aside from channels 70-79 which he does receive. After about an hour on the phone with customer service this is what happened...
First during troubleshooting they had reset all receivers, which didn't work.
Next they added programming, deactivated it, and added it again, which didn't work.
Tried switching the primary receiver to a different one then back, which didn't work and I later noticed they deactivated the other receiver and didn't reactivate it, so I was down one TV.
Told me I had the wrong dish and ordered another one(I found this out during a second call, he ordered it and charged my account without my knowledge)
So, after going through this and them telling me they couldn't come out for two weeks, I raised a little hell and got them to come out in a couple days. Waiting wouldn't have been bad except the whole reason my brother-in-law decided to upgrade was because a mild windstorm blew his entire dish off his roof.
The dish was installed less than a year ago and has been "fixed" by D* twice since.
I guess my question is, what can I do to fix this before the D* idiots come touch it again?
Oh, and I got the other receiver to work, well, I took the old one that was "deactivated" and switched it for the one that they should have left alone and low and behold, it wasn't deactivated. I asked the tech rep three times to make clear what receiver was being deactivated, he insisted it was the one I was telling him to.
First during troubleshooting they had reset all receivers, which didn't work.
Next they added programming, deactivated it, and added it again, which didn't work.
Tried switching the primary receiver to a different one then back, which didn't work and I later noticed they deactivated the other receiver and didn't reactivate it, so I was down one TV.
Told me I had the wrong dish and ordered another one(I found this out during a second call, he ordered it and charged my account without my knowledge)
So, after going through this and them telling me they couldn't come out for two weeks, I raised a little hell and got them to come out in a couple days. Waiting wouldn't have been bad except the whole reason my brother-in-law decided to upgrade was because a mild windstorm blew his entire dish off his roof.
The dish was installed less than a year ago and has been "fixed" by D* twice since.
I guess my question is, what can I do to fix this before the D* idiots come touch it again?
Oh, and I got the other receiver to work, well, I took the old one that was "deactivated" and switched it for the one that they should have left alone and low and behold, it wasn't deactivated. I asked the tech rep three times to make clear what receiver was being deactivated, he insisted it was the one I was telling him to.
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On Tuesday, I recorded the first episodes of the new season's NCIS shows on CBS (Dish provided, not OTA). The new New York series and Origins will both do Auto Skip, but the original, now season 24 does not. What's stranger, when I do a search for NCIS, Origins and New York show the current recording and the next episode it will record, but the original show only shows the current recording and some other channel showing the very first episode of season one. It makes no sense. When I set up the timers, I was able to use search for Origins and New York, but for the original, I had to scroll ahead in the guide until last Tuesday when the show was airing. Then set the timer from there. You can see its timer type is DVR where the other two are Seek. What am I missing?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Additional tabs provide:
OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
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Just finished S2. Watching Gary Oldman as deshvilved, dejected MI-6 agent, Jackson Lamb, is one of the best things streaming right now. Already 2 more seasons in the works. HIGHLY recommended. And yes, Mick Jagger sings the theme.
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"Jackson Lamb for Prime Minister! "A fine top notch TV show which is light years ahead!!
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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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Much better than the critics would want you to believe. Only problem, the last guy was pretty obvious a couple of episodes in.
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Amazon Sets 'The Lord of the Rings' TV Series In Mega Deal With Multi-Season Commitment
$250 Million just for the rights to make something
The LOTR original series, a prequel to Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust; HarperCollins; and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which produced the hugely successful LOTR movie franchise.
Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.
$250 Million just for the rights to make something
The LOTR original series, a prequel to Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust; HarperCollins; and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which produced the hugely successful LOTR movie franchise.
Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.
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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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I saw that, wasn't sure if PHP was employed by XenForo or not.
arstechnica.com
PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.
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Yup thats what xenforo is written in, php.
But all patched now.
But all patched now.
More specifically, these:
A more scholarly story is here:
www.bleepingcomputer.com
A more scholarly story is here:
PHP warns admins of two critical flaws, emergency patches coming tomorrow
The PHP security team is warning administrators to prepare for emergency security updates tomorrow to address two critical vulnerabilities, as information about the flaws has reportedly leaked ahead of their scheduled disclosure.
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I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.
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