Social Feed

tdouble

Last reply Feb 23, 2010 · posted in DIRECTV General Forum

New dish install coming. Question

Hello guys-

Long time DirecTV customer. Upgrade to HDDVR coming Monday the 15th and they are putting in a new dish. Getting rid of an old Hughes SD-DVR40 and keeping a R-15 along with whatever they bring. My zip is 25701 if that helps.

Few questions, please.

1. Will they need to pull new cable? I have it already in place for the existing DVRs, a pair for each dual tuner DVR.

2. Does cable go directly from Dish to DVR like they old style or is there a splitter/combiner now? (I can't think of the part number for that device). Don't know if those devices will work with the R-15 receiver I'm keeping...

Thanks for any information. I would like to work on the wiring before the install.

10 Replies · 1886 views

Load Replies (10) Reply Legacy View

tdouble

Feb 16, 2010

Didn't come because installer said didn't get the equipment in. Thought I was doing them a favor by calling and scheduling early but still didn't happen when I had a day off.

fleetfarmer

Feb 16, 2010

tdouble said:
Didn't come because installer said didn't get the equipment in. Thought I was doing them a favor by calling and scheduling early but still didn't happen when I had a day off.

That sucks.

You made the appointment 5 days in advance as far as I can tell. They should have had plenty of time to order and receive the equipment they needed for your specific install.

When they call to say the equipment came in say - OK, I'll call you back when I feel like taking a day off work. Don't them back for a week or 2.

twizt3dsist3r

Feb 20, 2010

fleetfarmer said:
When they call to say the equipment came in say - OK, I'll call you back when I feel like taking a day off work. Don't them back for a week or 2.

Never be rude to your installer, its not his fault his WAREHOUSE doesnt have the equipment he needs to do his job. Hes losing money by not performing your upgrade.

Joe Diamond

Feb 20, 2010

twizt3dkitty said:
Never be rude to your installer, its not his fault his WAREHOUSE doesnt have the equipment he needs to do his job. Hes losing money by not performing your upgrade.

My last run with the local HSP I arrived at a customer's address after dark. They had been home all day and I had been in touch with them twice with ETAs so they could go about their day. When I went to the truck to bring in the SD recorder they had ordered, I had signed out and loaded in the truck....no SD recorder. I searched the truck but knew where I had stowed the box and it was gone!

After I had loaded the truck an office wonk had taken all recorders out of all trucks without telling anybody. They had to be physically returned to the MASTEC office for inventory. He thought he was doing a good job.

So, it happens!

Joe

fleetfarmer

Feb 21, 2010

twizt3dkitty said:
Never be rude to your installer, its not his fault his WAREHOUSE doesnt have the equipment he needs to do his job. Hes losing money by not performing your upgrade.

It's not THE CUSTOMER'S fault either. The customer arranged for an install on a certain day. The customer should be able to re-schedule for when THEY feel like taking a day off work to do it.

The sad story about how Hes losing money doesn't really fly since the installers are supposedly so busy all the time because DIRECTV supposedly always overbooks them.

Joe Diamond

Feb 22, 2010

fleetfarmer said:
It's not THE CUSTOMER'S fault either. The customer arranged for an install on a certain day. The customer should be able to re-schedule for when THEY feel like taking a day off work to do it.

The sad story about how Hes losing money doesn't really fly since the installers are supposedly so busy all the time because DIRECTV supposedly always overbooks them.

Actually,

The installer is given more work than can be done in a day..most days. The plan may be to have spare jobs to do if one or more appointments becomes impossible for any reason. But what actually happens is an opera in five acts where the tech calls the dispatch office while trying to find someone else who is available & at home within driving distance.

The other opera act has to do with installations that take different times to complete. If the tech encounter a NLOS (no line of sight) he is a few hours ahead...but there is nobody home for that few hours...then three customers expect a tech (same guy) to do twelve hours of work at different locations in four hours.

It goes like that some days.

Joe

tdouble

Feb 23, 2010

He came on the reschedule day...

The first installer was very nice on the phone and like I said, I believed him about no equipment. Seemed to be making an effort. Second guy called, having trouble with GPS/address so I guided him in. Was about hour and half late but I'm okay with that. We started about 6:30 PM.

I helped him by setting up receiver while he unpacked truck and got ready. Receiver is a HR22/100. He seemed to appreciate that because he didn't have to touch anything inside and cable I had ran worked fine.

Brick house so took down old dish, put new right on brick with support arms. (I will have to clean up brick later) He used my tools, drill bit, drill, hammer, etc which was a little weird but I was just trying to get him done since it was dark and cold. He had a Directv van but no good tools. Held light for him and passed tools back and forth to him.

He lined it up with meter, then came inside and got a error on one satellite. Said something about being below 90% signal on some birds and went outside and called his boss. I think he did some type of force on the install without getting a better signal because he didn't go back to dish. Hope I don't lose signal after tree leaves grow back in.

Left me his name and install number with two cell phone numbers. Said only back to work a week after accident. Seemed like he had a rough day and a rough job the installers have. Hope I made it easier for him. Left about 9 PM.

Thanks for your comments, I just wanted to tell the rest of the story.

Jimbo

Feb 23, 2010

tdouble said:
He came on the reschedule day...

The first installer was very nice on the phone and like I said, I believed him about no equipment. Seemed to be making an effort. Second guy called, having trouble with GPS/address so I guided him in. Was about hour and half late but I'm okay with that. We started about 6:30 PM.

I helped him by setting up receiver while he unpacked truck and got ready. Receiver is a HR22/100. He seemed to appreciate that because he didn't have to touch anything inside and cable I had ran worked fine.

Brick house so took down old dish, put new right on brick with support arms. (I will have to clean up brick later) He used my tools, drill bit, drill, hammer, etc which was a little weird but I was just trying to get him done since it was dark and cold. He had a Directv van but no good tools. Held light for him and passed tools back and forth to him.

He lined it up with meter, then came inside and got a error on one satellite. Said something about being below 90% signal on some birds and went outside and called his boss. I think he did some type of force on the install without getting a better signal because he didn't go back to dish. Hope I don't lose signal after tree leaves grow back in.

Left me his name and install number with two cell phone numbers. Said only back to work a week after accident. Seemed like he had a rough day and a rough job the installers have. Hope I made it easier for him. Left about 9 PM.

Thanks for your comments, I just wanted to tell the rest of the story.

If your SS is above 80 for the most part, you should be fine.
90 is preferable, but you won't get all of them above that.
Don't panic on the few that are zero or real low either, they are serving areas that you are on the outskirts of.

Glad you got it done.....

Now ENJOY !

View all replies (10)

TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Today at 3:22 AM · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Agentic AI Security: Why Unconstrained Agents Alarm CISOs #shorts

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N2oPp-plZEw

Direct YouTube Link - Agentic AI Security: Why Unconstrained Agents Alarm CISOs #shorts
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed

0 Replies · 5 views

Replies Reply Legacy View

TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Today at 3:22 AM · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

AI, Coding, and SpinRite

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHY_0D10LGw

Direct YouTube Link - AI, Coding, and SpinRite
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed

0 Replies · 7 views

Replies Reply Legacy View

TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Today at 3:22 AM · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

The OpenCode Cyberattack

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ylZleSQCE

Direct YouTube Link - The OpenCode Cyberattack
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed

0 Replies · 5 views

Replies Reply Legacy View

TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Today at 3:22 AM · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Apple's Foldable Phone Is Finally Here

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu8iBMhokOk

Direct YouTube Link - Apple's Foldable Phone Is Finally Here
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed

0 Replies · 6 views

Replies Reply Legacy View

Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply Today at 2:40 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Song Name Game Part 3!

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....

68579 Replies · 2676175 views

Load Replies (68579) Reply Legacy View

Reactions: c-spand

RaiderPower

Yesterday at 8:04 PM

Working My Way Back To You - The Spinners

Reactions: long_time_Dish

long_time_Dish

Yesterday at 8:45 PM

Find A Way To My Heart - Phil Collins

Reactions: dishstaller

dishstaller

Yesterday at 9:32 PM

Heart of Glass - Blondie

Reactions: long_time_Dish

long_time_Dish

Yesterday at 10:13 PM

Magazine - Heart

hwkn

Today at 2:40 AM

Harden My HEART-Quarterflash

View all replies (68579)

SuperDish_Fan23

Last reply Today at 12:44 AM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Its crazy how the ViP922 is so rare for no reason.

Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!

29 Replies · 776 views

Load Replies (29) Reply Legacy View

slow_poke_pete

Yesterday at 1:41 PM

remembers when ATT had stores and leased home phones

Reactions: AZ. and charlesrshell

dishstaller

Yesterday at 3:14 PM

My Wife was recently in an antique store and saw a rotary desk phone and it had one of those sticker overlays that had a business listed with phone number under each number on the dial. She looked closer and it had my old Radio Shack listed under the 8...she bought it. Pretty cool keepsake. Back then I rented vhs movies as well so I had it listed as Radio Shack / Movie Gallery and then the phone number.

Reactions: Foxbat, Almighty1, navychop and 1 other person

Almighty1

Yesterday at 8:53 PM

I remember this in the news too...

$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone

A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.

www.nbcnews.com

Reactions: charlesrshell

Bobby

Yesterday at 9:21 PM

Almighty1 said:
I remember this in the news too...

$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone

A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.

www.nbcnews.com

That is a misnomer. In the old days you subscribed to telephone service. That included the telephone line and one telephone. An extension cost $1 a month extra. So that $14,000 over 42 years was for the service not the leased telephone. There is no way they paid $28 a month for 42 years for a leased telephone.

Reactions: charlesrshell, AZ., Mr Tony and 1 other person

HIFI

Today at 12:44 AM

anybody remember this disaster ?

Reactions: dishdude

View all replies (29)

meStevo

Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Yesterday at 10:53 PM · posted in The Sports Section

NFL 2026-2027 Season

Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.

126 Replies · 2162 views

Load Replies (126) Reply Legacy View

Reactions: Jimbo and dfergie

rvvaquero

Tuesday at 11:33 AM

Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson had an argument about who was responsible for the dynasty building of the early 90's Cowboys.

The rest of us figured it out in about 3 years, Jerry has had over 30 years but still can't admit it. It's all he lives for, to show everyone he can put together a winner. I don't think he can. His kids only know what he taught them.

Reactions: Mike0616, dfergie and b4pjoe

HipKat

Wednesday at 8:10 PM

Week Six Balls and Goats and WTH is Going On in The NFL??

Browns. 1st place in the North. Yup. Believe it or not

Chiefs. Undefeated.

Titans. Won a game ! .... Colts I know, but still.

Saints. Won a game after a while.

Steelers. Having the same season they always have. They somehow find wins on their way to an unceremonial 1st round exit. Mike Tomlin is proud.

Cards. Won a game without scoring a single touchdown

Broncos. How they manage to win games with the dogshit offense they have should be studied.

Bears. Caleb's back and so is their mojo.

Goats

NFC East. For the 2nd straight week no team from this clown show of a division won a game. Eagles are cooked without Hurts. Who's not that good anyway. Commanders suck, Dallas is well ..... Dallas and the Giants have no QB.

Ravens. Lamar is out (as usual). But still. Losing to the Browns is never ok.

Chargers. Still can't win.

Rams. So much for the powerhouse team. They are 2 games under .500

Seattle. Lost to the offenseless Broncos.

Reactions: Howard Simmons, meStevo and Mike0616

Yespage

Yesterday at 9:15 AM

rvvaquero said:
Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson had an argument about who was responsible for the dynasty building of the early 90's Cowboys.

The rest of us figured it out in about 3 years, Jerry has had over 30 years but still can't admit it. It's all he lives for, to show everyone he can put together a winner. I don't think he can. His kids only know what he taught them.

Johnson built it, but without the Herschel Walker trade, it never happens.

Reactions: b4pjoe

b4pjoe

Yesterday at 9:53 AM

Yespage said:
Johnson built it, but without the Herschel Walker trade, it never happens.

Jerry made himself General Manager after he bought the team but make no mistake Jimmy engineered that trade. As well as a lot of others at the time.

Reactions: rvvaquero, osu1991 and Yespage

rvvaquero

Yesterday at 11:50 AM

Jimmy Johnson is a football guy. Jerry Jones is a marketer (hustler).

When I see a football player get a 15 yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct (like taunting) in a close game, I often wonder what he was thinking. Was he thinking, I'm doing everything I can to make this a better team and help win a championship? Or, was he saying to himself, I want everyone to notice how great I am?

Johnson inspires one, Jones the other.

Reactions: b4pjoe and Mike0616

meStevo

Yesterday at 10:53 PM

View: https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/2113438192913588676?s=20

Reactions: Mike0616 and osu1991

View all replies (126)

SatZach

Yesterday at 10:46 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Hello again

I haven't posted in almost 17 years. Over the air, sat, offline, anything-but-the-internet is still one of my avid pursuits. Been playing with offline tv viewing and offline web browsing. I have great appreciations for this site still being here. It's so hard to find public communities that haven't sold out to social media company.

0 Replies · 24 views

Replies Reply Legacy View

SkyWatcher57

Pub Member / Supporter

Last reply Yesterday at 10:25 PM · posted in Free To Air (FTA) Discussion

KOQIT receivers

Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank

46 Replies · 1144 views

Load Replies (46) Reply Legacy View

(((Garyd)))

Sep 7, 2026

SkyWatcher57 said:
Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank

Take the cover off, show me pics of the board of the bad one and also the bottom of the board. I'm an old hardware electronics tech plus a satellite dealer; I fixed a lot of FTA and regular receivers. I may be able to fix it for you. And yes, they got hit by lightning; it's best to email me the pics at diamondsatellite@snet.net or call me at 203-232-8888. I give you a 50-50 chance of fixing it; I do have spare parts. my phone is a fliptop phone
Gary

Reactions: navychop

navychop

Sep 10, 2026

More room for the return of the Plague & Pestilence?

slow_poke_pete

Sep 10, 2026

SkyWatcher57 said:
Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank

a good surge protector will help to.

Reactions: SkyWatcher57

SkyWatcher57

Sep 11, 2026

(((Garyd))) said:
Take the cover off, show me pics of the board of the bad one and also the bottom of the board. I'm an old hardware electronics tech plus a satellite dealer; I fixed a lot of FTA and regular receivers. I may be able to fix it for you. And yes, they got hit by lightning; it's best to email me the pics at diamondsatellite@snet.net or call me at 203-232-8888. I give you a 50-50 chance of fixing it; I do have spare parts. my phone is a fliptop phone
Gary

Hi Gary, still working on getting you those

SkyWatcher57 said:
Hi Gary, just saw this, ok, I'll grab some pics tomorrow and post them. thx

Still working getting you those pictures, nice weekends means yard work and fall prep, thanks

Reactions: (((Garyd)))

k4otl

Yesterday at 10:09 PM

Anybody know how to add "hidden" audio channels like for 101 W Ku or 105W C band on these recvr's? I've exported the database file but don't have anything that will read or edit it.

cyberham

Yesterday at 10:25 PM

For 105W C, you scan in the Westwood tp normally. Then select the audio channel you want. Not necessary to manually enter. On 101W, you must manually enter.

View all replies (46)

TRG

Pub Member / Supporter

Last reply Yesterday at 10:06 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Prescription drug costs

Now that I'm retired, obviously I have different health care insurance. I take 2 prescriptions. With my old insurance I didn't have to pay for either of them, now I do. It's not a huge amount but it led me to dig a little into the cost of prescription medications. I have been using Walgreens for the longest time. But what I found was that Walgreens price is 4.8 times more for one of my prescriptions and the other is 2.3 percent more compared to the lowest price pharmacy. If you pay for prescription medications you might want to have a look at trumprx and see if you can get a lower price.

https://trumprx.gov/

Screenshot from 2026-10-22 15-43-53.webp

Screenshot from 2026-10-22 15-23-34.webp

11 Replies · 91 views

Load Replies (11) Reply Legacy View

Reactions: telstar_1

comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 6:09 PM

I run them through several different providers to see who has the lowest cost

Usually it's Walmart or Sam's + GoodRx

Also...

Homepage of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug homepage. Provides safe, affordable medicine or medication with transparent low prices.

www.costplusdrugs.com

You can also price them through the CareCard and WellRx apps.

Sometimes Amazon Pharmacy is cheapest.

Reactions: TRG

telstar_1

Yesterday at 7:48 PM

TrumpRx?!?

I went on Medicare recently (not an "advantage" plan) and my prescriptions at HyVee were very low out of pocket. The clerk said she was putting them on "Good Rx".

osu1991

Yesterday at 8:12 PM

I take 10mg Rosuvastatin (Crestor). I was paying $34 for a 90day supply at Walgreens last year when I was on Blue Cross. My Blue Cross premiums were going up to $1800 a month this year, so I switched to an Ambetter Bronze plan (I think that's a Cigna company) for $825 a month. I now have a $40 copay for doctors visits which is fine as I usually only see them once or twice a year, so a huge cost savings. My Rosuvastatin was going to go up to around $90 for a 90 day supply at Walgreens and even more at CVS or one of the local family pharmacies. Ordering online thru my insurance portal from Express Scripts it's $0.74 for a 90 day supply.

Reactions: TRG, Mr Tony and Jimbo

comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 8:18 PM

telstar_1 said:
TrumpRx?!?

Scripts arrive in a gold paper sack.

Reactions: Yespage and meStevo

dishstaller

Yesterday at 9:39 PM

comfortably_numb said:
Usually it's Walmart or Sam's + GoodRx

I'm fortunate and don't take any medications. A couple years ago I had to take some antibiotics and used the GoodRx app. Went to Walmart and the person behind the desk knew me and told me to just buy them outright....the GoodRx price was a LOT higher. She said they aren't supposed to tell customers when they see they are being screwed.

Reactions: navychop

navychop

Yesterday at 9:49 PM

That's ok. I probably take enough for the two of us.

God knows what Bobby takes. Maybe so much they count as a meal?

Reactions: AZ.

Bobby

Yesterday at 10:06 PM

navychop said:
That's ok. I probably take enough for the two of us.

God knows what Bobby takes. Maybe so much they count as a meal?

Actually I take just 2 prescriptions, Atorvastatin and Lisinopril. They cost me $6 each for 100 pills. Next year that will be nothing.

Reactions: AZ. and TRG

View all replies (11)

Top

Back

Search

Search

Social Feed

New dish install coming. Question

Agentic AI Security: Why Unconstrained Agents Alarm CISOs #shorts

AI, Coding, and SpinRite

The OpenCode Cyberattack

Apple's Foldable Phone Is Finally Here

Song Name Game Part 3!

Its crazy how the ViP922 is so rare for no reason.

$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone

$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone

NFL 2026-2027 Season

Hello again

KOQIT receivers

Prescription drug costs

Homepage of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs