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robertjp

Last reply Dec 16, 2004 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Say it aint so 811 !dvdburner issue

Somebody please correct me if Im wrong but for those of you who have a 811 you will not be able to hookup a dvd recorder (home style) with anything other than s-video or composite cables. There is no rf out on the 811 to go to a dvd burner and there are no component "in" jacks on any dvd burners. So back in time we go with the 811. Plus many of the timer features will not work since the only way you can get channels is by "line". What were these guys thinking when they designed this.?? Somebody say it aint so.

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waltinvt

Dec 15, 2004

Enforcer said:
I have a Panasonic E55 DVD burner hooked up to my 811 and my 510 using svideo. The video I have recorded has been outstanding. I will say and I am probably going to get flamed on this, but I used those "standard" red and white audio cables along with the el cheapo svideo cable that came with the receivers. I tried them and ya they worked fine from both receivers going into the burner, however I decided to be a techno geek and try different cables. My oh my what a difference it made. I went out and bought 2 6ft monster svideo cables along with monster (red and white) audio cables going from both receivers into the burner. The difference between the "standard" el cheapo cables and monster was second to none. That's why I don't mind spending a few extra bucks on them. I hook the whole system up and use the optical sound out from the burner into my surround sound receiver. I also use the "component" output on the burner and plug it directly into the tv. So actually svideo going into the burner then component going out. I have had great success with my burner and my setup. If you need pointers let me know.

I have a similar setup only with an E-85 recorder, 811 & 508.

Although I get excellent PQ from either Dish receiver when hooked direct to my HDTV, neither look very good when passing through my E85, especially if I have progressive scan turned on. I run both S-Vid & component out from the E-85 to my TV and neither look as good as the direct lines to the TV but the component line looks worse than the S-Vid.

I will admit that if I record an HD program (down converted from S-Vid input) it usually looks better when played back (either from HDD or dvd-r) than it did while monitoring during recording. If I record at SP to HDD and high speed dub to dvd-r, it really looks pretty decent (except I haven't really figured out how to consistantly get a widescreen aspect ratio).

But recordings from SD usually don't look any better than if I recorded to a VHS tape. Even from programs where the PQ is excellent when viewed through a direct 508 to TV connection. It's like something is degrading the signal in the E-85 or I've got something setup wrong.

I haven't tried expensive S-Vid cables (I think mine are RCA brand) or a power conditioner yet but I've read mixed reviews as to the PQ improvment either provide. It looks like about $150 bucks to upgrade to decent cables and a power conditioner board, which I'd do if it would improve the quality of my dvd recordings.
WaltinVt

KKlare

Dec 15, 2004

Try an broken VCR

You can use any old stereo VHS VCR that has working electronics with/without a working deck. Connect the composite and audio input cables you will get a good RF output.

nippjas

Dec 15, 2004

Foxbat said:
Is that a MTS (Stereo) modulator?

[edit]Evidently not. RatShaq has a MTS modulator for around $35 designed to hook up a DVD player to a stoopid TV that doesn't have line inputs.

Roland, Relax man, I'm traveling...been out of country most of week. I will look it up when I get back or you can call Claude at the dishstore and have him look it up.

Jason

trido

Dec 15, 2004

robertjp said:
Somebody please correct me if Im wrong but for those of you who have a 811 you will not be able to hookup a dvd recorder (home style) with anything other than s-video or composite cables. There is no rf out on the 811 to go to a dvd burner and there are no component "in" jacks on any dvd burners. So back in time we go with the 811. Plus many of the timer features will not work since the only way you can get channels is by "line". What were these guys thinking when they designed this.?? Somebody say it aint so.

I thought about a dvd recorder for my 811 and sunday I was testing the S video out on the 811 to the TV sets S vid IN BUT I have NO picture or make that video all I had was the info text for each ch.

Not sure 811 is defective or why no vid out of S jack?

OOPS I just tried a dif S vid cable and guess what I have video good maybe I will get a dvd recoder for Christmas

Trido

Foxbat

Dec 16, 2004

nippjas said:
Roland, Relax man, I'm traveling...been out of country most of week. I will look it up when I get back or you can call Claude at the dishstore and have him look it up.

Jason

No problem. I'm very mellow, even this close to Christmas.

I was curious to see if anyone other than Radio Shack had come out with an afforadble stereo modulator. I had tried a Channel Vision MTS unit, but for some reason, the audio didn't work. At over $250, plus shipping, let's say I was disappointed. Fortunately, they took it back after the replacement unit did the same thing.

Four years later, the point is moot since I went HD and added a receiver in the bedroom, negating my need to send the satellite signal from the Family Room receiver.

BTW, I think it's pretty funny that there are these $900 quad-MTS modulators for "sending DVD, satellite, VCR..." throughout the house on unused UHF channels. I would take that money and buy a DVD player for each TV, then take the money I saved and pay for NetFlix and the additional receiver fees for the next decade.

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Scott Greczkowski

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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...

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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.

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Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

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reubenray

Last reply Today at 10:36 AM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Laptop Shutting Off When On Battery?

Lately my eight year old Dell laptop has been shutting off even when I have a full battery. I have had to keep it plugged up all the time to keep this from happening. Any idea what is causing this? I replaced the battery about three years ago.

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arlo

Today at 10:09 AM

A recalibration might be needed. Even if it shows full, the individual cells may have become unbalaced. And the BMS chip in the battery reports false information to the pc.
Try this. Start it up in the bios/uefi and leave it there until the battery dies and it shuts off.
It might just keep running longer than in Windows. Or run for a short while and shut off.
If it's the first case. Probably just needs a balancing. If the latter, the pack might just be dead.
Not throwing stones but perhaps just a cheaply constructed battery with substandard cells. Could be.

Patience. Keep restarting it in bios/uefi until it won't fire up anymore.
Then plug the charger in and let it complete a full charge. And see what happens. If it's better.
Do the same thing one more time. Run it until it dies dead-dead. Then just let it charge, pc shut off.
When charged, it might be better. It might not be.

There are bench jigs that read the actual BMS and override it to let a tech manually monitor and charge the separate packs. They can also reset any "time bombs" in it that cause an otherwise good pack to show bad.
Maybe Santa will be good to me some year.

You might just need a new battery. Maybe the PC power management chip is going. A Dell common thing.
Leaving a laptop plugged in with a full battery is known to reduce the life. Asus for one recommends that you don't leave the charger plugged in all of the time even when shut down. And setting Windows to charge the battery to 85% instead of 100% increases life.
That's all I got.

dishstaller

Today at 10:36 AM

arlo said:
That's all I got.

That was quite enough....I definitely learned something from your post. Thanks

TRG

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Last reply Today at 10:27 AM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Starlink Router question

I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

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b4pjoe

Saturday at 2:12 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

If you can't get into the router to reserve an IP address just don't use DHCP on the device that needs connected and assign it to a specific IP address in the network settings.

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HipKat

Saturday at 11:07 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

They are not. Your best bet is to set up a third-party router, attached to the Starlink for your server, that you can get into, like a Linksys, etc

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Foxbat

Sunday at 12:44 AM

TRG said:
…it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

The Starlink V5 Install Kit I just got comes with the Mini Router. It is pretty limited in what it can do. For example, it can provide only one IP subnet at a time, no Guest Network, but it does support the pass-thru to a third-party Router. You can also split the Wi-Fi into separate 5 GHz & 2.4 GHz SSIDs to help some IoT devices that don't support 5 GHz bands to work.

The larger Starlink Router that still comes with the V4 Kit does support a Guest Network with separate IPv4 Subnet, but it's $120 from Starlink. And it still won't do DHCP Reservations.

harshness

Sunday at 11:46 AM

If you can restrict the DHCP address space to assign addresses to one end of the subnet (i.e. x.x.x.50+), you can manually assign the IP address on pretty much any operating system. This is a default behavior on several popular routers. As the Router Mini only supports 235 devices, I expect that's already done.

Another option is to use a router that supports PoE to power the antenna. This article discusses that option (under PoE Power heading):

Starlink V5 Is Here: What RVers Need to Know

Overview of the new Starlink V5 model along with comparison to the previous V4 model along with a recommended setup for mobile internet users.

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Foxbat

Today at 10:27 AM

Now that I've had the v5 kit with the Mini Router, it's not as bad as I first thought. Yes, no DHCP reservations, but you can set up multiple SSIDs that have separate IPv4 subnets, and like the big brother, you can select from 192.168.x.0/24 or 10.x.0.0/16 (where "x" is 1-4).

You can also split a subnet and have different SSIDs for the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz channels to handle some IoT devices. I haven't discovered what subnet the 2nd NIC on the router assigns, I'm guessing it's the first subnet.

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Last reply Today at 10:27 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

I think we could all use a laugh - Rodney Dangerfield on Carson

Good...simple humor. Enjoy

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E92AtfTLge4

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Jimbo

Today at 12:37 AM

Not Rodney, but a laugh ...

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dishstaller

Today at 10:27 AM

Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.

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Last reply Today at 10:17 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

At least 64 dead in Spanish passenger train collision

Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

At Least 64 Dead After Two High-Speed Trains Collide In Spain | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 11:24 AM

dishstaller said:
Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

At Least 64 Dead After Two High-Speed Trains Collide In Spain | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

They will have to look at the switching sections to determine WHY 2 trains were on the same track ... at the same time.

dishstaller

Today at 10:17 AM

Thought this article might be of interest to some of you who might travel via train.

The safest seat to sit on in a train

Safety experts have shared top tips on train safety after a fatal railway crash in Spain killed 69 people, including where the safest place is in an emergency.

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