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caseyman

Last reply Sep 30, 2010 · posted in FTA Receiver / Equipment Support

have your own satlist

here is how i fixed satlist edit problem.
first, get a satellite.xml template with your favorite sats.
edit a template in XML EDITOR ( i use foxe, notepad++ should work as well ) - rename sats, add/delete TPs, etc...
! DONT USE MAZ OR AZBOXEDIT FOR THAT !
create *.dat files with AZboxedit
using telnet make DISK1 writable:

mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /DISK1

find DVBS.dat file in /DISK1/DISK2_backup and replace it with just created DVBS.dat file via FTP or telnet.
also, FTP newly created files to DISK2. REBOOT with the switch on the back.
now scan sats for channels, etc...etc... the huge eurocrapsat list is GONE!
hope this helps

azbox elite f/w 3877

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Ironsides

Apr 16, 2010

caseyman said:
here is how i fixed satlist edit problem.
first, get a satellite.xml template with your favorite sats.
edit a template in XML EDITOR ( i use foxe, notepad++ should work as well ) - rename sats, add/delete TPs, etc...
! DONT USE MAZ OR AZBOXEDIT FOR THAT !
create *.dat files with AZboxedit
using telnet make DISK1 writable:

mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /DISK1

find DVBS.dat file in /DISK1/DISK2_backup and replace it with just created DVBS.dat file via FTP or telnet.
also, FTP newly created files to DISK2. REBOOT with the switch on the back.
now scan sats for channels, etc...etc... the huge eurocrapsat list is GONE!
hope this helps

azbox elite f/w 3877

satellites.xml generator / transponder .ini generator

This will create a satellites.xml file or satellites.ini file for you, no need to edit it other than the edits necessary to use for AZBox...It's what I use on my Dreamboxes and it's a nice template. You can pick exactly what satellites you need or pick all of them. The website has many different selections you can choose from...Takes a lot of template work out of the mix and makes things much easier....

jsattv

Sep 24, 2010

Ironsides said:
satellites.xml generator / transponder .ini generator

This will create a satellites.xml file or satellites.ini file for you, no need to edit it other than the edits necessary to use for AZBox...It's what I use on my Dreamboxes and it's a nice template. You can pick exactly what satellites you need or pick all of them. The website has many different selections you can choose from...Takes a lot of template work out of the mix and makes things much easier....

Okay I finally succeeded in Downloading just the West Satellites from 139.0W to 50.0W from that above transponder/generator list, and Downloaded it to my DeskTop. Its NOT even compressed. Now do I save it to my new SanDisk Cruser Micro USB Flash Drive and Load it onto my AZBox as my new or Backup sat file when I get delivery of my new Receiver next week?

B.J.

Sep 24, 2010

jsattv said:
Okay I finally succeeded in Downloading just the West Satellites from 139.0W to 50.0W from that above transponder/generator list, and Downloaded it to my DeskTop. Its NOT even compressed. Now do I save it to my new SanDisk Cruser Micro USB Flash Drive and Load it onto my AZBox as my new or Backup sat file when I get delivery of my new Receiver next week?

As Caseyman said above, use AzboxEdit to convert it to a .dat file, then FTP that DVBS.dat file to the Azbox.
I'm not sure that I would recommend using AzboxEdit to transfer the files to the Azbox though, unless you have old firmware compatable with it. I think I've used versions created around the 2880 firmware, but I'm not positive. When I did this .XML thing I had some issues relative to getting the resultant sat file compatable with the channels I already had loaded. I probably shouldn't have tried changing the sat file while there were already channels saved under other names, however I got it to work, but I can't remember the step by step process. I think it involved downloading files from the Azbox then merging that with the new .xml created file, but I can't remember. Eventually though I got a good working sat file compatable with my channels, but I'm thinking it might be better to just now have channels saved when you FTP up the DVBS.dat file. I don't think there should be any problems if you send up the replacement DVBS.dat file prior to saving any channels, but I've never done it like that.

jsattv

Sep 24, 2010

B.J. said:
As Caseyman said above, use AzboxEdit to convert it to a .dat file, then FTP that DVBS.dat file to the Azbox.
I'm not sure that I would recommend using AzboxEdit to transfer the files to the Azbox though, unless you have old firmware compatable with it. I think I've used versions created around the 2880 firmware, but I'm not positive. When I did this .XML thing I had some issues relative to getting the resultant sat file compatable with the channels I already had loaded. I probably shouldn't have tried changing the sat file while there were already channels saved under other names, however I got it to work, but I can't remember the step by step process. I think it involved downloading files from the Azbox then merging that with the new .xml created file, but I can't remember. Eventually though I got a good working sat file compatable with my channels, but I'm thinking it might be better to just now have channels saved when you FTP up the DVBS.dat file. I don't think there should be any problems if you send up the replacement DVBS.dat file prior to saving any channels, but I've never done it like that.

Thanks B.J. right now I haven't got a clue even how to create a .dat file so I guess I need to do a lot of research / studying. That European Sat list that I just Downloaded and Customized to North America looks great. Hopefully when the Box arrives next week it will have some Sats on it to at least get started scanning.

B.J.

Sep 24, 2010

jsattv said:
Thanks B.J. right now I haven't got a clue even how to create a .dat file so I guess I need to do a lot of research / studying. That European Sat list that I just Downloaded and Customized to North America looks great. Hopefully when the Box arrives next week it will have some Sats on it to at least get started scanning.

Just download that AzboxEdit program, I think it's referred to as the 2880 version. Run that, and in the "Organize Sat & TP" tab, import the .xml file you created, then, also in that same Organize tab, there is a button to "SAVE Antenna list and DVBS.dat". You'll now have those files on your hard drive, and you can use any generic FTP program to send it to the Azbox.

I haven't used the .XML method since I've upgraded firmware, so I'm not positive which firmware versions it works on, but from what I've read, it should still work.
If your Azbox comes with a very old firmware version, you might first update to that 2880 version, then do the .xml thing, because I know that works, but I think it should work with any version after 2880.

jsattv

Sep 24, 2010

B.J. said:
Just download that AzboxEdit program, I think it's referred to as the 2880 version. Run that, and in the "Organize Sat & TP" tab, import the .xml file you created, then, also in that same Organize tab, there is a button to "SAVE Antenna list and DVBS.dat". You'll now have those files on your hard drive, and you can use any generic FTP program to send it to the Azbox.

I haven't used the .XML method since I've upgraded firmware, so I'm not positive which firmware versions it works on, but from what I've read, it should still work.
If your Azbox comes with a very old firmware version, you might first update to that 2880 version, then do the .xml thing, because I know that works, but I think it should work with any version after 2880.

Thanks for your patience B.J. Where is that AzboxEdit program that you are referring to?

B.J.

Sep 25, 2010

jsattv said:
Thanks for your patience B.J. Where is that AzboxEdit program that you are referring to?

I'm having a hard time with my memory here. I seem to remember using 3 or possibly 4 different versions of AzboxEdit, and I'm not positive which firmware versions I used each with. At some point they had to change AzboxEdit to work with newer firmware, and then at some point people stopped using AzboxEdit, because there were more changes in the firmware that killed it to some extent, but I'm not sure when each change occurred.
I know that I now have on my computer a versions 0.9.2371, 2880 and a version 2880a. My Azbox came with 2371 firmware, so I may have started with that version of the editor, however I may have tried solving my problems by upgrading firmware first, so I may have used the 2880 first, I'm just not positive.
I THINK (hopefully someone with better memory can comment) that I was most sucessful with 2880a editor while running firmware version 3877 , but it may have been that I used the earlier 2880 version with another earlier firmware version, and then switched to the later firmware and editor. I'm just not sure, however I do seem to remember that 3877 was the most stable of the Azbox firmware versions, and I only switched from that because I wanted to try some of the streaming capabilities of later firmware versions. But I'm pretty sure that the AzboxEdit 2880a works fairly well with firmware 3877, and I think that the more recent firmware versions could use the DVBS.dat files from 3877. So I think that using 2880a would be the one you want, but again, hopefully someone else with better memory can help.

Anyway, I tried to find the link where I downloaded it, but couldn't find it. I googled, AzboxEdit 2880a, and came up with several links, any of which should be OK, but I'm not sure which I used. It DID come as a rar file, so I needed to unpack it, and if you don't have a program to unpack rar files, that could slow you down. So I took the files that a RAR unpacker creates, and zipped them. I tried to attach them here, but the file was ~ 6.2 MB, and the limit was ~ 4.5 MB, so it wouldn't let me attach it. If you can't unpack the rar versions you'll find by Googling, I can send you the file via another method. But I think version 2880a is the one you want.

EDIT: see PMAIL

jsattv

Sep 27, 2010

B.J. said:
I'm having a hard time with my memory here. I seem to remember using 3 or possibly 4 different versions of AzboxEdit, and I'm not positive which firmware versions I used each with. At some point they had to change AzboxEdit to work with newer firmware, and then at some point people stopped using AzboxEdit, because there were more changes in the firmware that killed it to some extent, but I'm not sure when each change occurred.
I know that I now have on my computer a versions 0.9.2371, 2880 and a version 2880a. My Azbox came with 2371 firmware, so I may have started with that version of the editor, however I may have tried solving my problems by upgrading firmware first, so I may have used the 2880 first, I'm just not positive.
I THINK (hopefully someone with better memory can comment) that I was most sucessful with 2880a editor while running firmware version 3877 , but it may have been that I used the earlier 2880 version with another earlier firmware version, and then switched to the later firmware and editor. I'm just not sure, however I do seem to remember that 3877 was the most stable of the Azbox firmware versions, and I only switched from that because I wanted to try some of the streaming capabilities of later firmware versions. But I'm pretty sure that the AzboxEdit 2880a works fairly well with firmware 3877, and I think that the more recent firmware versions could use the DVBS.dat files from 3877. So I think that using 2880a would be the one you want, but again, hopefully someone else with better memory can help.

Anyway, I tried to find the link where I downloaded it, but couldn't find it. I googled, AzboxEdit 2880a, and came up with several links, any of which should be OK, but I'm not sure which I used. It DID come as a rar file, so I needed to unpack it, and if you don't have a program to unpack rar files, that could slow you down. So I took the files that a RAR unpacker creates, and zipped them. I tried to attach them here, but the file was ~ 6.2 MB, and the limit was ~ 4.5 MB, so it wouldn't let me attach it. If you can't unpack the rar versions you'll find by Googling, I can send you the file via another method. But I think version 2880a is the one you want.

EDIT: see PMAIL

B.J. Thanks for the AZBoxEdit 2880a re your PM. One question: everytime I download that Customized ini Sat list to AZBoxEdit I save all 46 Western Sats re File Save, BUT when I Exit and then open up AZBoxEdit again the list is LOST!! Shouldn't the Sat list always be there once you Save it?

B.J.

Sep 27, 2010

jsattv said:
B.J. Thanks for the AZBoxEdit 2880a re your PM. One question: everytime I download that Customized ini Sat list to AZBoxEdit I save all 46 Western Sats re File Save, BUT when I Exit and then open up AZBoxEdit again the list is LOST!! Shouldn't the Sat list always be there once you Save it?

Not positive exactly what you're doing. If I import a .xml file into AzboxEdit in the middle tab, I can save the 2 .dat files. I usually save it to a new directory. Then, if I come back into the program, I can open up those 2 .dat files, again in the middle tab. If I try to open the files in the left ( hand "Organize list" tab instead of the middle "Organize Sat & TP" tab, then it starts out asking for the all_channel.dat file which was not created from the .xml import.

One other somewhat important thing that I noticed (and I hope I'm remembering this right) is that I had tried to manually edit those .xml files using a multi format text editor, and I'd create files that seemed to be perfect, but when I'd go to load them, it wouldn't work, and I couldn't figure out WHY for the longest time. It turned out that even though the Import from satellites.xml button brings up a window that will show multiple .xml files, assuming that you've changed the name when you edited them, that the program will ONLY import files named satellites.xml . So you sort of have to save them via other names, then change the name of the one you want to use.

Chewie

Sep 27, 2010

hello Gents
I am new at this, please be patient with me,
I am trying to create a new sat list, i downloaded XML list with my choice of sats.
save it to my desktop .
the file shows satellites(6), I also downloaded AZBOX EDIT PROGRAM the 2880 c .
I also have the notepad ++ to edit the XML files.
Reading this thread i should rename sats, how do you do that, what names can i use.
can you give me an example? how do i rename this sat:
sat name="Telstar 14 (63.0W)" flags="0" position="-630">
Bj I don't understand this portion of your suggestions, can you be more specific.
( So you sort of have to save them via other names, then change the name of the one you want to use).
please let me know.
thanks in advance.
Regards.
Chewie

B.J.

Sep 29, 2010

I didn't recommend changing the name of any satellite. If you have the sats you want, just leave the names as they are. But that wasn't what I was referring to when I mentioned changing names.

What I was referring to, is if you go to that web page that generates the .xml files, you get a file named satellites.xml. When I made my original sat list, I didn't go to the web page, but instead I just used an example that someone posted, and I edited it, adding some sats and deleting some, then I re-named the file something like satellites-1.xml, so that I would still have the original. Then, however, I would go into the AzboxEdit program, and I would try to import this satellites-1.xml file, and it wouldn't work (I can't remember what happened, ie whether it bombed or if it imported the original instead of the edited one). The problem turned out to be that the AzboxEdit program could only import a file named satellites.xml, even though it had a window where you could select files of other names. So all I was saying, was that if you get a .xml file, and perhaps get more than one of them, and save them by names other than satellites.xml, then, before you can import the files into AzboxEdit, you need to change it's name back to satellites.xml, or it won't import properly. OR, keep the files in separate directories, leaving the names unchanged.
I probably shouldn't have mentioned the above, because most people probably wouldn't create more than one .xml file, and probably wouldn't do any editing anyway.

You CAN edit the .xml file if you are very careful to keep the format the same. The files are generated with line feeds only instead of CR/LF that Windows editors use. It may not have been necessary, but when I edited the .xml files, I was careful to use an editor that was capable of using the LF termination instead of CR/LF.

Chewie

Sep 30, 2010

B.J. said:
I didn't recommend changing the name of any satellite. If you have the sats you want, just leave the names as they are. But that wasn't what I was referring to when I mentioned changing names.

What I was referring to, is if you go to that web page that generates the .xml files, you get a file named satellites.xml. When I made my original sat list, I didn't go to the web page, but instead I just used an example that someone posted, and I edited it, adding some sats and deleting some, then I re-named the file something like satellites-1.xml, so that I would still have the original. Then, however, I would go into the AzboxEdit program, and I would try to import this satellites-1.xml file, and it wouldn't work (I can't remember what happened, ie whether it bombed or if it imported the original instead of the edited one). The problem turned out to be that the AzboxEdit program could only import a file named satellites.xml, even though it had a window where you could select files of other names. So all I was saying, was that if you get a .xml file, and perhaps get more than one of them, and save them by names other than satellites.xml, then, before you can import the files into AzboxEdit, you need to change it's name back to satellites.xml, or it won't import properly. OR, keep the files in separate directories, leaving the names unchanged.
I probably shouldn't have mentioned the above, because most people probably wouldn't create more than one .xml file, and probably wouldn't do any editing anyway.

You CAN edit the .xml file if you are very careful to keep the format the same. The files are generated with line feeds only instead of CR/LF that Windows editors use. It may not have been necessary, but when I edited the .xml files, I was careful to use an editor that was capable of using the LF termination instead of CR/LF.

hello BJ
Thanks for your suggestions, but still having a problem, I downloaded a new list of sats, before I save it i change the name to chewie, than it was save toa temp.
folder in my desktop, I went into the folder and change the name of the file to
satellites.xml, I open my AZEDIT HIT THE MIDDLE TAB, I press on
(import from satellites.xml, a window opens up i click on the temp. folder where my file is at, highlight the file and press open on the window, and nothing happens, is there any other way import these files to AZBOXEDIT?
Please let me know.
thanks in advance
regards.
Chewie

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What i noticed with my last renewal XM is now billing me $4.99 monthly instead of one time yearly payment.

Jimbo

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Bruno said:
What i noticed with my last renewal XM is now billing me $.99 monthly instead of one time yearly payment.

Did you accidentally get on the wrong plan ?
I still do the once a year plans.

Bruno

Yesterday at 11:16 AM

Jimbo said:
Did you accidentally get on the wrong plan ?
I still do the once a year plans.

I have to think maybe more people dont keep track of the monthly XM bill. Every time i renew i put a reminder on my calendar week before its time to renew. My wife told me the other day not to renew her and then i told her you are not going to be able to listen to XM at home. Then she changed her mind...!!

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Bruno said:
I have to think maybe more people dont keep track of the monthly XM bill. Every time i renew i put a reminder on my calendar week before its time to renew. My wife told me the other day not to renew her and then i told her you are not going to be able to listen to XM at home. Then she changed her mind...!!

I get an e-mail every month reminding me that X amount will be charged to my credit card. If I see it go up I get on chat or pick up the phone. But I also remember that my year is up in December.

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Bruno

Yesterday at 12:08 PM

TRG said:
I get an e-mail every month reminding me that X amount will be charged to my credit card. If I see it go up I get on chat or pick up the phone. But I also remember that my year is up in December.

yea i don't understand WHY, like you I get a notice each month. Mine is also up in December.

Jimbo

Yesterday at 5:08 PM

Bruno said:
yea i don't understand WHY, like you I get a notice each month. Mine is also up in December.

You get an email every month to let you know they are billing you for the next month.

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Foxbat said:
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Tuesday at 7:29 PM

It's now expanded to a Build Your Own Multiview, currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen.

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KyL416 said:
It's now expanded to a Build Your Own Multiview, currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen.

But not on the only device they ship out right now which is the Gemini Air.

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KyL416 said:
It's now expanded to a Build Your Own Multiview, currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen.

How soon will it be available on Apple TV? Thanks

I WANT MORE

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b4pjoe said:
But not on the only device they ship out right now which is the Gemini Air.

It's on my Air's.

b4pjoe

Friday at 9:04 AM

I WANT MORE said:
It's on my Air's.

The post read: "currently available to streaming customers with Geminis and Roku, and coming soon to Android TV, Fire TV, Vizio, LG, Apple TV and Tizen". It didn't mention the Air. I suppose when it said Geminis it meant both but I had no way of knowing that.

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DISH Hopper 3 Software Version 713 Is Out

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bookworm370

Saturday at 3:17 PM

Has anyone noticed an FF stutter with 713? I used to be able to hit FF a few times and skip smoothly. After 713 (maybe 712), when I skip forward, there is a definite stutter for as many times as I have pressed FF.

Can anyone check on this and report back? Recorded programs and then press skip forward a few times to see if it's smooth? Normally, it just jumps to the right place after the skips.

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Yesterday at 1:05 AM

I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.

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reubenray

Yesterday at 6:14 AM

bookworm370 said:
Has anyone noticed an FF stutter with 713? I used to be able to hit FF a few times and skip smoothly. After 713 (maybe 712), when I skip forward, there is a definite stutter for as many times as I have pressed FF.

Can anyone check on this and report back? Recorded programs and then press skip forward a few times to see if it's smooth? Normally, it just jumps to the right place after the skips.

My wife mentioned that her remote is acting strange this morning. She hit FF and it went to 15x FF.

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Bobby

Yesterday at 10:32 AM

naptime said:
I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.

This has been an ongoing issue. A fix is coming, probably in the next software version.

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reubenray said:
My wife mentioned that her remote is acting strange this morning.

Had a customer call recently saying their remote was really acting up, some buttons no longer functioned. Told them to reboot the Hopper....problem fixed.
Wife bought me a t-shirt that has "have you tried turning it off and on again?"

https://www.amazon.com/Have-Tried-Turning-Again-T-Shirt/dp/B07G1ZV9W9/ref=sr_1_11?crid=3NNRAEED195WV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.86TxUTPcw48CRYlDcLntwpMxbPDBfjiLu4wMZGX3VN6ajG_cFCuoDBJT7pS9CW2mjThKlke5Z6dlXH8bJKkQF4s892wGVU1ca_00S0BQz6F15V30_4szIdWeycvw3_zoVtsULQASM8bGcgvsKms930xApC43y_-YBVN0Q8Xsf_csSqXcmhWpresARdXHfx2VazllrXI8asduvrbnk9S3CGnzjqnVTkjzFSpSQLdQKA6Dx_7UfbQIBBJsqAmQwwtDGqM0YKVIkjV4ARgVJvJ69vLPhxV0m8pkJQd_2w_QX_A.-jSy9OqrqWdxPBsgZGia1hHMbvDAKxxhRn9kK1EBdCc&dib_tag=se&keywords=have%2Byou%2Btried%2Bturning%2Bit%2Boff%2Band%2Bon%2Bagain&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1792342839&sprefix=have%2Byou%2Btried%2B%2Caps%2C265&sr=8-11&customId=B0752XJYNL&customizationToken=MC_Assembly_1%23B0752XJYNL&th=1&psc=1

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cpdretired

Yesterday at 6:58 PM

dishstaller said:
Had a customer call recently saying their remote was really acting up, some buttons no longer functioned. Told them to reboot the Hopper....problem fixed.
Wife bought me a t-shirt that has "have you tried turning it off and on again?"

https://www.amazon.com/Have-Tried-Turning-Again-T-Shirt/dp/B07G1ZV9W9/ref=sr_1_11?crid=3NNRAEED195WV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.86TxUTPcw48CRYlDcLntwpMxbPDBfjiLu4wMZGX3VN6ajG_cFCuoDBJT7pS9CW2mjThKlke5Z6dlXH8bJKkQF4s892wGVU1ca_00S0BQz6F15V30_4szIdWeycvw3_zoVtsULQASM8bGcgvsKms930xApC43y_-YBVN0Q8Xsf_csSqXcmhWpresARdXHfx2VazllrXI8asduvrbnk9S3CGnzjqnVTkjzFSpSQLdQKA6Dx_7UfbQIBBJsqAmQwwtDGqM0YKVIkjV4ARgVJvJ69vLPhxV0m8pkJQd_2w_QX_A.-jSy9OqrqWdxPBsgZGia1hHMbvDAKxxhRn9kK1EBdCc&dib_tag=se&keywords=have%2Byou%2Btried%2Bturning%2Bit%2Boff%2Band%2Bon%2Bagain&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1792342839&sprefix=have%2Byou%2Btried%2B%2Caps%2C265&sr=8-11&customId=B0752XJYNL&customizationToken=MC_Assembly_1%23B0752XJYNL&th=1&psc=1

Works every time. My wife needs one.

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Foxbat

Yesterday at 7:14 PM

dishstaller said:
Wife bought me a t-shirt that has "have you tried turning it off and on again?"

Here's the one I need:

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 10:15 PM

Foxbat said:
Here's the one I need:

View attachment 194877

Just ordered one....that's great.

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dfergie

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!

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

Gas Price Info With National Gas Temperature Map

Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy

Ethanol Free Stations

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Bobby

Yesterday at 10:27 AM

Regular$5.999
Premium$6.399
Diesel$7.999
at Costco, Rohnert Park.

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harshness

Yesterday at 11:30 AM

I wonder if California is getting into the Winter formula.

dishstaller

Yesterday at 12:32 PM

Bobby said:
Regular$5.999
Premium$6.399

Odd that out there, Prem is only 40 cents higher. Here it's a full dollar more.

Last night it was about $4.17 gas, $6,19 diesel.

harshness

Yesterday at 2:04 PM

dishstaller said:
Odd that out there, Prem is only 40 cents higher. Here it's a full dollar more.

On the West Coast, a 40-cent differential is common. It used to be 30 cents before the prices rose above $3.

A "full dollar more" sounds like it may be boat gas (non-alcoholic), which is a whole different discussion.

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Foxbat

Yesterday at 9:43 PM

Here in Indiana, the difference between Regular and Premium is usually a dollar, but some charge even more:

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 10:06 PM

harshness said:
A "full dollar more" sounds like it may be boat gas (non-alcoholic),

Both non-ethanol and prem run about the same....buck more. When we were up in TN it was a buck more up there as well.

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jokeworm

Last reply Yesterday at 10:03 PM · posted in What's Cooking?

What's for dinner ?

Ok, I'm bored .... actually - to be more precise - I'm bored of eating the same rotation of 9 or 10 meals that are currently my "go-to" meals. My wife works the long hours - I work from home as and when i feel like it ... which means i generally do most of the cooking ... and so by default - i also make out the shopping list ...

We cook at home 5 or even 6 nights a week - but we always seem to fall back on the same old tried and tested "quick and easy but tastes ok" meals. Week in week out.

Pot Roast - mash and Peas.
Spaghetti
Chicken Pasta in cheese sauce.
Curry & rice
(these are some of mine)

Now it's not that I'm not adventurous in the kitchen ... I'll try anything once or twice ... but we all do it. Unless your name is Martha Stewart or Rachel Ray .. we all eventually fall back on our 8-10 favorite "meals"

So i thought - if we shared some of our own go-to meals with each other ... we might be able to add a few "new" ones to our own arsenal of meals.

So again - I ask you ...

What's for dinner tonight ?

Please give me something new to add to my rotation ... its our weekly shop tomorrow - so i want to pull together a few idea's and try and eat a meal each day next week that I've never had before .. or at least something that is not on my current "go-to" meal plan.

What meal do you always seem to fall back on in your house ? Maybe its something that I've never tried or not had in a while. I need inspiration !! I've got a blank shopping list in front of me - and nothing sounds good .. HELP !

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TRG

Sep 29, 2026

Beef and vegetable stew with buttermilk biscuits. Water.
It seemed appropriate on an unusually cold and wet evening in New Mexico.

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Bobby

Oct 12, 2026

Chili Cheesebugers, Tater Tots.

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TRG

Oct 12, 2026

I made shrimp parmesan with spaghetti and a salad.

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slow_poke_pete

Yesterday at 9:47 PM

venison lasagna

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 10:03 PM

Smoked some salmon on the grill while enjoying some Blue Moon beer. Kinda cool tonight so I fired up the heaters. Here in FL, we fire up heaters once the temps get below 60 :cool

As for the salmon, I seared them first, then flipped them off to the side not over the coals and brushed on some lemon pepper marinade followed by some salmon seasoning. Threw some hickory chips on the coals and then closed the vents to about 10% airflow. Yum.

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osu1991

Pub Member / Supporter

Last reply Yesterday at 8:46 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

EV News

America’s Fastest-Growing EV State Isn’t California—Not by a Long Shot

New data shows electric vehicle adoption is increasingly driven by state policies, electricity prices and charging access—not federal incentives

www.autoweek.com

The number-one US state for EV growth, according to the June 22 Yardi report?
Oklahoma.

:eek

It has no ZEV mandates and "minimal" incentives, Yardi says, but also has cheap electricity, high multi-car household rates (so, for example, a non-Lightning Ford F-150 pulls their trailers), and a consumer base willing to switch.

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navychop

Sep 22, 2026

Servant's problem.

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meStevo

Sep 26, 2026

tomwellborn3rd (@wellborn.net)

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bsky.app

Never realized that Tesla is losing to BYD at manufacturing too, which IMO is Tesla's biggest accomplishment and area of innovation. Nice writeup about the state of play and how we got here though. I have no faith that we're moving any productive direction though sadly, most changes and efforts feel reactionary rather than rooted in making use of the time being bought by tariffs, with few exceptions.

So: how are the cars so cheap, and what is being cut to get there? The best public accounting comes from the Rhodium Group, which compared BYD, Geely, and Leapmotor against Tesla's Chinese operation, a fair comparison because it removes labor costs and shipping from the equation entirely. Their estimate is that BYD builds a car for about $4,700 less than Tesla builds a Model 3 in Shanghai, roughly 15 percent of the Model 3's price. The breakdown is the interesting part. Direct government grants account for about $292 per vehicle, which is 5 percent of the gap. The biggest single factor is vertical integration: BYD makes about 80 percent of its top-tier components in-house, against 37 percent for Tesla, and that eliminates roughly $2,369 per vehicle in supplier markups. Lower overhead, meaning cheaper engineering talent and administrative cost spread across enormous volume, accounts for another $1,719. And BYD pays its suppliers on 155-day terms, against Tesla's 60, which is worth about $214 per car in float. When people say the Chinese advantage is subsidies, the per-vehicle number says otherwise. When people say it is slave wages, the Tesla Shanghai comparison says otherwise too. The advantage is mostly that BYD decided, twenty years ago, to make its own batteries, its own motors, its own power electronics, and its own semiconductors, and Western automakers decided the opposite.

harshness

Sep 27, 2026

The EV company to watch out for is SAIC. They seem likely to take over Government Motors at some point.

GM originally struck a JV deal with SAIC to gain access to China. Now SAIC has taken China back with the substantial library of technology GM shared and they're looking to export to Mexico, South America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

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osu1991

Oct 9, 2026

View: https://youtu.be/AzErJdWUDTE?si=sdAjeOen3sKm8DV9

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osu1991

Yesterday at 8:46 PM

US EV sales are rising again. Here’s why the recovery is set to last.

Even though sales tanked last year after the end of federal incentives, the American EV sector is on the mend as drivers face sky-high gasoline prices.

www.canarymedia.com

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Yesterday at 7:52 PM · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Microsoft Defender Arriving on Linux

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!

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