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Hi, I set my my newly found channelmaster 1.0 with a dg380. I turned the mount up side down and added a piece of a 2" pvc as a shim. Have it receiving sats from 129 to 83 so far that I have found.
Love it works good. I have 3 receivers in 3 different rooms of the house.
I have other stationary dishes setup on ku and c band. All running into zinwells then to 1 x 4 diseqc switches. All but c band are working and I would like to add
the motorized dish to the zinwells so I can watch what the motorized dish is pointed at in other rooms. Any suggestion on how to do this?
I have a dual universal ku lnbf on the motorized dish. 2 ports and have a free zinwell 6 x 8 available. I have a question about some issue in c band area also.
Do I need to make 2 satellites for each bird one for v and one for h.
And which is v and which is h. 13 or 18? I wonder if I can just run 2 coax from the lnbf to zinwell and leave the cable from receiver direct from the motor. And pick up the signal from the zinwell.
thanks in advance
Love it works good. I have 3 receivers in 3 different rooms of the house.
I have other stationary dishes setup on ku and c band. All running into zinwells then to 1 x 4 diseqc switches. All but c band are working and I would like to add
the motorized dish to the zinwells so I can watch what the motorized dish is pointed at in other rooms. Any suggestion on how to do this?
I have a dual universal ku lnbf on the motorized dish. 2 ports and have a free zinwell 6 x 8 available. I have a question about some issue in c band area also.
Do I need to make 2 satellites for each bird one for v and one for h.
And which is v and which is h. 13 or 18? I wonder if I can just run 2 coax from the lnbf to zinwell and leave the cable from receiver direct from the motor. And pick up the signal from the zinwell.
thanks in advance
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Contrats on that fine dish... and an excellent choice of motors.
Get up some pictures! I'm sure that'll make Sadoun happy, too!
Lot of questions, but let me address a couple -
See this post in the Switches Simplified FAQ for encouragement.
Problem is, the dual-output Universal Ku on your motorized dish already has 22khz switching built into it.
So, either that LNB needs to be Standard, or -that- multiswitch needs to be 2x4 (or 2x8).
That's a "no" on making two birds, one for Vert, and one for Horiz.
I don't like that sort of work-around, and you can avoid the complexity.
13 volts = Vertical
18 volts = Horizontal
You realize of course, that the Zinwells you have, are only useful as 4x8 multiswitches.
Don't try using the other two inputs for anything.
That understood, they're certainly fine for the job.
Ya confused me by mixing questions about Ku with C-band, so let's see where we are and then go from there. - :up
Get up some pictures! I'm sure that'll make Sadoun happy, too!
Lot of questions, but let me address a couple -
See this post in the Switches Simplified FAQ for encouragement.
Problem is, the dual-output Universal Ku on your motorized dish already has 22khz switching built into it.
So, either that LNB needs to be Standard, or -that- multiswitch needs to be 2x4 (or 2x8).
That's a "no" on making two birds, one for Vert, and one for Horiz.
I don't like that sort of work-around, and you can avoid the complexity.
13 volts = Vertical
18 volts = Horizontal
You realize of course, that the Zinwells you have, are only useful as 4x8 multiswitches.
Don't try using the other two inputs for anything.
That understood, they're certainly fine for the job.
Ya confused me by mixing questions about Ku with C-band, so let's see where we are and then go from there. - :up
Contrats on that fine dish... and an excellent choice of motors.
Get up some pictures! I'm sure that'll make Sadoun happy, too!
Lot of questions, but let me address a couple -
See this post in the Switches Simplified FAQ for encouragement.
Problem is, the dual-output Universal Ku on your motorized dish already has 22khz switching built into it.
So, either that LNB needs to be Standard, or -that- multiswitch needs to be 2x4 (or 2x8).
That's a "no" on making two birds, one for Vert, and one for Horiz.
I don't like that sort of work-around, and you can avoid the complexity.
13 volts = Vertical
18 volts = Horizontal
You realize of course, that the Zinwells you have, are only useful as 4x8 multiswitches.
Don't try using the other two inputs for anything.
That understood, they're certainly fine for the job.
Ya confused me by mixing questions about Ku with C-band, so let's see where we are and then go from there. - :up
Hi Anole, yes I like the dish and motor. raining here right now so pictures will not be today.
I did not realize that the universal had built in 22khz. that throws a wrench to my setup. I do understand that the zinwell has only 4 usable ports. Ive been using a zinwell 6x8 for a few years already. I just got 4 more of them used at a good price. During the dish farm move I ran 110vac out there also just in case I have to go to powered switches in the future. I made a 2" x 2" board up at the closest pole and mounted all the 1 x4 diseqc and zinwells at. Have most of them wired but have to bury a few more runs to the dishes. I was in hope of using the dual universal. I guess I will have to order one more dual linear standard than I thought. I have a funeral to go to today and then to work so wont be getting much done on it yet today. Will get back when get back to work on it. thanks for the help.
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
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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)
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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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