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I bought a Dish 111 Receiver last fall from the DishStore to use in my RV (it's the only "square sized" receiver I could find that would fit in my RV's cabinet). When I tried to activate it, the Dish cust svc rep said I could not use it with my TurboHD Bronze package and would need to "upgrade" to AC Top120 (which I reluctantly did). The 111 worked fine last fall for the couple of weeks I used it with my portable satellite dish, a Winegard Carryout.
When I took the RV out this spring, I found the 111 no longer activated-- it kept getting an 005 error on any channel I tried to view other than channel 101.
I've now called Dish Tech Support 5 times in the past few months to try and re-activate the 111 and have not been successfull.
2 techs advised they had now added the receiver to my account and were sending the new channels down to my receiver and to give it "30 to 45 minutes" to download. The channels never successfully downloaded and 2nd receiver fee was never charged.
1 tech advised that my firmware was out of date, so he sent that down to the receiver and told me to wait "30 to 45 minutes" to download it (again, no change even after completely powering the unit off for 10 minutes and rebooting it).
2 other techs went thru a number of t-shooting steps and finally told me that the 111 receiver could not be activated because it was too old and no longer supported-- that Dish's satellites had been upgraded over the winter and could now no longer send programming to these older receivers.
Anyone know if this is really true or not? I really don't need HD in the RV, and hate to have to buy a 211k as it's too big for the RV cabinet I have.
The 111 and sat dish both seem to work fine-- I get channel 101 just fine and all 3 sats show "good" reception status so the Winegard dish seems to be pulling them in just fine.
When I took the RV out this spring, I found the 111 no longer activated-- it kept getting an 005 error on any channel I tried to view other than channel 101.
I've now called Dish Tech Support 5 times in the past few months to try and re-activate the 111 and have not been successfull.
2 techs advised they had now added the receiver to my account and were sending the new channels down to my receiver and to give it "30 to 45 minutes" to download. The channels never successfully downloaded and 2nd receiver fee was never charged.
1 tech advised that my firmware was out of date, so he sent that down to the receiver and told me to wait "30 to 45 minutes" to download it (again, no change even after completely powering the unit off for 10 minutes and rebooting it).
2 other techs went thru a number of t-shooting steps and finally told me that the 111 receiver could not be activated because it was too old and no longer supported-- that Dish's satellites had been upgraded over the winter and could now no longer send programming to these older receivers.
Anyone know if this is really true or not? I really don't need HD in the RV, and hate to have to buy a 211k as it's too big for the RV cabinet I have.
The 111 and sat dish both seem to work fine-- I get channel 101 just fine and all 3 sats show "good" reception status so the Winegard dish seems to be pulling them in just fine.
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Hi again-- thanks for the suggestions thus far. BTW-- I'm a gal, not a guy 
So, here's what I've got-- my DNASP is an H03, and current software is P441.
I've tried tuning to chan. 101, leaving the receiver powered off 30 mins, removing purple smartcard, unplugging rcvr for 10 mins, then reinserting smartcard and rebooting the receiver. Still no change in behavior.
I'm not able to tune to chan 9900 as I get the 005 error message that r10fret predicted I would. So, it appears the receiver is in doorstop mode and in need of a smartcard revision.
Is there any other way to get a smartcard revision without doing a dial out? I don't have any landline phone service in my RV or at home. I use Powerlink (Ethernet via electrical socket) for my 722 receiver at home, but don't have that in the RV. I don't think the 111 works with Powerlink.
Any other trick to getting a hard reboot done on this 111 receiver so that it will download the smartcard revision?
thanks,
Lynne
So, here's what I've got-- my DNASP is an H03, and current software is P441.
I've tried tuning to chan. 101, leaving the receiver powered off 30 mins, removing purple smartcard, unplugging rcvr for 10 mins, then reinserting smartcard and rebooting the receiver. Still no change in behavior.
I'm not able to tune to chan 9900 as I get the 005 error message that r10fret predicted I would. So, it appears the receiver is in doorstop mode and in need of a smartcard revision.
Is there any other way to get a smartcard revision without doing a dial out? I don't have any landline phone service in my RV or at home. I use Powerlink (Ethernet via electrical socket) for my 722 receiver at home, but don't have that in the RV. I don't think the 111 works with Powerlink.
Any other trick to getting a hard reboot done on this 111 receiver so that it will download the smartcard revision?
thanks,
Lynne
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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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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!
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I remember this in the news too...
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$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.
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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.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.
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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.
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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 
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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 phoneHello 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
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a good surge protector will help to.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
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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.
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Actually I take just 2 prescriptions, Atorvastatin and Lisinopril. They cost me $6 each for 100 pills. Next year that will be nothing.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?
