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B.J.
Last reply · posted in Free To Air (FTA) Discussion
The last couple days, it has seemed to me that my C-band wasn't quite as good as it had been even a week ago, but I figured that I still wasn't quite in alignment.
Well yesterday, I tuned in G28, and watched my NFL game on an S2 channel, so it wasn't working TOO terribly.
Today, I tried locking a channel on AMC-6 that I had tuned on Saturday, but I got absolutely NOTHING. Tried 2 or 3 other transponders. NOTHING. Moved the dish back to G28, where I had been. Tried to tune in Huskervision and Pentagon. NOTHING. Moved the dish to G17, looking for the analog Classic Arts.... NOTHING. I also noticed that there seemed to be a strange analog signal on 3 channels, regardless of which sat I was on, something similar to what I had seen once before when one of my LNBs would go into oscillation.
I tried switching receivers. NOTHING on 4 different receivers.
I thought maybe the master receiver wasn't providing LNB voltage. Checked and found 18V coming out of the receiver.

THEN, I hooked up my Channel Master meter, which has an AMP meter function, and it showed ZERO current going to the LNB! So I went out to the dish, pulled off the coax, and checked the voltage. Only 5V at the end of the coax!
I had checked the LNB voltage on Saturday, and it was 18V.
I looked around, and can find NO indication of any damage to the coax out at the dish.

Anyway, I switched C-band over to the Ku coax, and it's working again.

It just seemed really weird that my coax was OK yesterday, then all of a sudden today, it just stopped working.

Now, my problem is finding WHERE the coax is bad. It would be nice if it was just a bad connection out at the end, but I have a suspicion that I may have damaged the coax by pulling it through a tight space, right in the middle of the run.

Anyway, I have some troubleshooting to do here. Hopefully I won't need to run a whole new coax. I think in the meantime, I'll run the Ku over to an unused port on my diseqC switch at my Fortec dish.
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Anole
good one

As I was reading through your symptoms, I was thinking:
... diseqc switch, diseqc switch, coax connector... :rolleyes:
It wasn't clear where your diseqc was, but if it's out at the dishes, then I still like it.
But "bad connector on the coax" really works for me, too.

That "no current" is a give away.
The 5 volts is probably just meaningless leakage either through the switch or a bad solder joint, or a crimp.

Without seeing a schematic of how you're set up, I wouldn't want to offer a serious opinion,...
... but the switch or connector sure seem like glaring candidates to me. - :cool:
Let us know! - :up
B.J.
As I was reading through your symptoms, I was thinking:
... diseqc switch, diseqc switch, coax connector... :rolleyes:
It wasn't clear where your diseqc was, but if it's out at the dishes, then I still like it.
But "bad connector on the coax" really works for me, too.

That "no current" is a give away.
The 5 volts is probably just meaningless leakage either through the switch or a bad solder joint, or a crimp.

Without seeing a schematic of how you're set up, I wouldn't want to offer a serious opinion,...
... but the switch or connector sure seem like glaring candidates to me. - :cool:
Let us know! - :up


Well, there was no switch in the ciruit at all. LNBs connected straight to my receiver, except it did go through a power pass splitter which I bypassed when I started testing. However my testing has really hit a confusing symptom, which I'll talk about below....



I have wasted time with the voltage test here. The trick is testing with current draw also. Otherwise one strand of conductor might be passing the voltage under no load conditions with a digital high impedance meter.

I agree with this completely, and I generally test voltage with my channel master meter, which measures voltage and current while powering the LNBs, so it was under load. Saturday I got 18V. Today, even before I could connect the LNB to the meter, the meter was saying only 5V.

Well, I tried to determine whether the center conductor or the shield was faulty, so I did an experiment. And the results are a bit confusing.

I shorted the center to the shield of the "faulty" coax back at the receiver, and also connected both to the shield of the "good" coax. I then checked the resistance out at the dish.
I got ~ 1500 ohms between the center and shield of the bad coax.
I got ~ 300 ohms between center of the bad coax and shield of GOOD coax.
I got ~300 ohms between shield of bad coax and shield of GOOD coax.

I then disconnected the good coax, shorted shield and center at receiver end. Checked the resistance, and it was about 11 ohms.

The 11 ohms sounds logical for a good coax, and the 340 ohms makes sense for either the center or the shield for a bad coax, but I can't believe that BOTH would be 340, and I was expecting the 1500 to be twice 300, but instead it was more. This sort of suggested that it's a semiconductor type conductivity of some sort, ie different dependent on the direction of the current, so I reversed the polarity of the tests that gave 300 ohms, and sure enough, one gave something close to 600, but the other polarity gave something like 1500 ohms, PLUS, you could see a capacitive charging/discharging occurring, ie the resistance changed over a period of about 10 seconds while it built up to the steady value. So I'm thinking that I broke the conductor somewhere, but I'm getting conductivity through corrosion or some dielectric or something which is polarity dependent. Anyway, it's pretty clear that the coax is bad. I tried pulling out the center conductor, in case it was broken near the end, but it was solid. Also cut off a couple inches of coax at the dish end, and still got the same readings.

So the coax is clearly bad. I think it's only hope is for me to cut it in the middle, hoping to find the place where I damaged it, but I think that will have to be put off while I'm fixing other things.
B
I then disconnected the good coax, shorted shield and center at receiver end. Checked the resistance, and it was about 11 ohms.

The 11 ohms sounds logical for a good coax, and the 340 ohms makes sense for either the center or the shield for a bad coax, but I can't believe that BOTH would be 340, and I was expecting the 1500 to be twice 300, but instead it was more. This sort of suggested that it's a semiconductor type conductivity of some sort, ie different dependent on the direction of the current, so I reversed the polarity of the tests that gave 300 ohms, and sure enough, one gave something close to 600, but the other polarity gave something like 1500 ohms, PLUS, you could see a capacitive charging/discharging occurring, ie the resistance changed over a period of about 10 seconds while it built up to the steady value. So I'm thinking that I broke the conductor somewhere, but I'm getting conductivity through corrosion or some dielectric or something which is polarity dependent. Anyway, it's pretty clear that the coax is bad. I tried pulling out the center conductor, in case it was broken near the end, but it was solid. Also cut off a couple inches of coax at the dish end, and still got the same readings.

So the coax is clearly bad. I think it's only hope is for me to cut it in the middle, hoping to find the place where I damaged it, but I think that will have to be put off while I'm fixing other things.
IF you think you must cut the coax somewhere near the middle then perhaps this might help.
I've had some experience troubleshooting low voltage electrical control circuits as a maintenance mechanic/electrician. Here is something used to detect shorts in wiring. It could be used to determine where an open is located by deliberately shorting out a section of the circuit. Like a straight pin through the coax near the suspected point of damage.
One simple tool that I've used is a simple 12 V automotive turn signal flasher, a low wattage 12 V lamp & a 12 V UPS battery to put an load on the suspected damaged wiring. One end of the circuit is connected together while the other end is powered with this improvised tester. A small hand held inductive ammeter is place over the wiring to indicate current is flowing through the wiring for the complete length of the circuit. Included pics of an ammeter for clarity. These are more commonly used to quickly check automotive charging & starting circuits.
The ammeter needle will fluctuate at the same rate as the flasher. If the circuit had a short between conductors the needle would stop moving just beyond the short.
If your "open" circuit is in the coax shield, then it may not conduct enough current to operate the flasher because only a few strands are holding hands. A deliberate short nearer the tester would cause the flasher to operate. You would have to take a guess where to start.
If it were me I wouldn't want to splice in a new piece of coax to an existing run of ribbon cable unless I could be certain it was well connected & weatherproofed. :(
Hope this helps someone with a "shortage".:D Pun intended.
Kallesatman
Is the coax inside pvc pipe, what diameter and how long of a run is it?
B.J.
My coax run is ~250', of which about 150' is indoors. Goes from one end of my basement to the other side of the house, then up along pipes up through the main floor to the attic, then over through a crawl space into my garage's 2nd floor, then down to ground level, outside to a PVC conduit, which is about 50' to where my Fortec dish used to be, then it's open, waiting for me to bury the cable over to where my BUD is. The part in the PVC is probably not damaged

That meter brex describes sounds neat, I've been looking for an affordable AC version for another purpose. However my coax doesn't appear to be shorted, it's more of a partial open. I think I may try using the pin through the insulation into the shield method, shorting the end of the coax to the house ground, then use an ohm meter with a pin to the shield, until I find the point where the resistance increases. I'm pretty sure that I know ~ where the coax was damaged, because I really had to pull on it hard to get it through this one small hole that I have to feed several cables through one of the main support beams for my house... ie I didn't want to drill too many holes through these beams. The place where I think I damaged the cable is in my shop, near cold water pipes I can use to test resistance with the pin to the shield, so I think that's the best route. If I locate the break there, I can splice in another section from there to my receivers. It still seems weird to me that both the center conductor and the shield were damaged though, and just on one of the two coaxes, ie this is ribbon cable with 2 RG6, and a bunch of dc lines for the actuator and polarotor, and all that's damaged is the one coax. I'm probably going to run new coax eventually, but even if I do, I'm still going to try to use the old one for my fixed dish, assuming that I can find the point where it's damaged.
rv1pop
Squirels in the attic???? Those critters got my cable tv, antenna tv and phone lines at my old house. I have an MFJ antenna analyzer for ham radio and it has a coax tester. It can locate a fault in the cable. As I recall it finds shorts within a foot and breaks within 3 feet. There are calculations to do but they are not that hard to do. Check with a local ham club or store and see if you can borrow one -- maybe with its' owner/operator!
B.J.
Squirels in the attic???? Those critters got my cable tv, antenna tv and phone lines at my old house. I have an MFJ antenna analyzer for ham radio and it has a coax tester. It can locate a fault in the cable. As I recall it finds shorts within a foot and breaks within 3 feet. There are calculations to do but they are not that hard to do. Check with a local ham club or store and see if you can borrow one -- maybe with its' owner/operator!

Well, we definately have mice and squirrels in the garage, where the coax goes through, but I didn't see any obvious damage. I did have squirrels or mice eat the wiring in my outboard motor that I used to store outside. Launched the boat the next spring, and the darn thing wouldn't start. Opened up the top, and saw all these chewed up wires. Twisted a couple together and the thing started right up.

I almost bought one of those antenna analyzers several years ago, but I hardly ever get on the air anymore, so it's not worth it for me to buy one. I was thinking about transmitting into the cable, then going around in the dark with one of those night vision things that lets you see via infra red. I read a post from one ham once who found some bad connections in his transmission lines by using a video camera that was sensitive to IR, and seeing the connections heat up when he was transmitting.

I checked the shield of my coax from about 100' from each end using the pin through the insulation into the shield thing someone mentioned. The shield seems good every place I tested it, although I still have to test the 75' or so in the middle, which just happens to be a section that runs over my automatic garage door openers, and I seem to remember once that the cable got caught in the garage door once. I guess I'll look more carefully at that section.
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What is PWA app? PWA utilities seem to be a Spanish app. I hope you are seeing this since nothing seems to be working. I will miss SatelliteGuys. Tapatalk worked well. The Siri browser doesn't seem to work well.
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Since the Reds have there thread we should too!

Last watched Nine inch Nails
Next 3:10 to Yuma
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osu1991
Rooster Cogburn.

Keep forgetting the free movies on youtube are ad free with my premium subscription.
dfergie
Rooster Cogburn.

Keep forgetting the free movies on youtube are ad free with my premium subscription.
There are some really good movies on youtube.
Saving Private Ryan 4k, Dolby Atmos...
"MysteryMan"
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harshness
Saving Private Ryan 4k, Dolby Atmos...
These are severely limited. Getting better than stereo audio is improving, but still has a long way to go.
dfergie
These are severely limited. Getting better than stereo audio is improving, but still has a long way to go.
I went with my 4k disc after checking out that version.
osu1991

View: https://youtu.be/I68627xyDPA?is=gUZB0Yv_08pE0DR3


Tonight revisiting one of my favorites. Ranks up there with Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Hunt For Red October.
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I have had good experiences with Brave but lately I am frustrated with it.

Now when I launch the app it shows a box at the bottom asking if I want to go back to the last opened page. It is in conveniently located and I would prefer to eliminate it.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Please let's not sidetrack the discussion into an exploration of why I don't care for it or a lecture about all the wonderful aspects of the feature. I just do not care for it.
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b4pjoe
I don't have an Android phone so I don't know if this will apply to the Brave settings on your android device but it works on the desktop for me.

Change this setting to either startup to a different website or a new tab page. I have mine set to open to google.com instead of where I left off and it doesn't ask me at the next startup if I want to open the last opened page unless it crashed.

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Peter Parker
I don't have an Android phone so I don't know if this will apply to the Brave settings on your android device but it works on the desktop for me.

Change this setting to either startup to a different website or a new tab page. I have mine set to open to google.com instead of where I left off and it doesn't ask me at the next startup if I want to open the last opened page unless it crashed.

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Thank you for trying to help. However thrse choices do not appear in Android. There is a setting for "New Tab Pages" that is similar but does not include your choice. I have tried all of the existing entries with no success
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R
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
Hello everyone.

I am new here and I done a search on MLB Extra Innings and DISH and it led me to this forum and so I signed up and hopefully someone can help me out with some issues.

First off, I am a DISH Outdoors customer and I signed up for service back in late October of 2025. I have a Wally HD Receiver and I am using the DISH Playmaker OS 2.1 as my Antenna that operates on 110 and 119 Western Arc and Alternative 61.5, 110, and 119 satellites. I signed up for MLB Extra Innings back in March before the season began. I was excited to be able to watch MLB Extra Innings because I love baseball and I use to have MLB Extra Innings on Satellite DIRECTV back in 2001-2004 and on Satellite DISH back in 2016 and 2017.

I was a bit disappointed when I found out that it is actually MLB.TV Simulcasted to DISH Satellite (More on that later) Anyways I have been watching faithfully almost every night however about a week ago there was a problem. When I went to go to the game to watch a game the game wouldn't come in an I would send a refresh signal to my receiver and then I could watch the programming and when I went to switch games at that games appointed time slot my Wally HD Receiver who lockup where I couldn't change any channels or view the guide and it would reboot. The next night when I turned to a game at game start it still had the background it shows before the game started and again send a refresh signal and went though this same thing over and over. I added a movie channel to my lineup and had issues with showing up my Dish Wally HD Receiver.

With an investigation after several calls with DISH Support it was determined that by going to the diagnostics screen that I had a issue with my Tuner because any changes that I made to my programming these changes would not take affect on the Wally HD Receiver. In other words that Wally HD Receiver was toast!

I too had reported MLB Extra Innings issue to DISH and they created a ticket for it and said that someone would investigate the issue. I too took notice that under MyDISH account under MLB Extra Innings always before it would show that I was subscribed and on auto-renew. Now it shows nothing and even after logging out and deleting my User Name and Password so that I can see it in guest mode it too doesn't even list a price and option for purchase as does the now WNBA League Pass.

After my DISH Receiver was ruined I had to buy a new Wally HD Receiver. I took advantage an bought 2 HD Wally's and added them both to my account. I called back to remove the old box off of the account and was told it was linked to MLB Extra Innings and the advanced technical support team said there was a glitch with MLB Extra Innings and hope to have a resolution in a couple of days and I could call back in to then to remove the box. But both the 2 new Wally HD Receivers are activated on my account. I asked them what the problem was with MLB Extra Innings and how long it would be and I was told there was a glitch as I asked to specify what they meant and got no answer. I again went and checked the MyDISH account page under the MLB Extra Innings page and it still doesn't list me as subscribed and after logging out and deleting my User Name and Password so I could it see it as a guest mode and it still doesn't list the price and option for purchase as it does for the WNBA League Pass.

I am afraid to boot up these boxes and go through the activation screen process because of the issues with the MLB Extra Innings in fear it will do the same or mess up my boxes from being able to receive MLB Extra Inning because or any other programing because I was told that MLB Extra Innings wouldn't come in on those new box because it was activated with the Wally that is ruined and it needs removed first.

Now I have no DISH service going on a week and miss my MLB Extra Innings when the races are just heating up and now with two boxes activated I can't boot up because I am afraid it will mess them up and I will be out the $180.00 or so dollars I made in purchase on the receivers.

Is anyone else experiencing issues with their MLB Extra Innings and does anyone really know what this so called glitch actually is? I can't seem to get a clear answer from anybody and don't even know if it will even be fixed or anyone really understands it.

Now to my previous statement on how I was disappointed that MLB Extra Innings is actually MLB.TV in simulcast. When I had MLB Extra Innings before with DIRECTV in 2001-2004 and with DISH form 2016 and 2017. They would always show the commercials for every teams broadcast from their local market and all games would be authentic just as if you were watching in their home market. After I quit DISH I went to streaming for awhile and I done MLB.TV and I hated their features because of the no commercials, the delayed times of getting back after the commercial break, and not being able to listen to what studios had to say when they would cut into the studios, and always looking at the screen during commercial breaks with a screen that says commercial break in progress and a silhouette background of MLB Players doing baseball things and the their crazy commercial breaks sound. I was excited to go back to DISH thinking I escaped the horrors of MLB.TV. Well its actually the same thing. I compared them side by side and actually MLB.TV is ahead by just a few seconds. So actually MLB Extra Innings on Satellite is delayed from time period wise from actually watching MLB.TV which shows it is simulcasted. My question is when did this start? And is this legal? This isn't what I know MLB Extra Innings to be. I too had signed up for NHL Center Ice this past winter and thank goodness its authentic! They still have the commercials and its like watching it as you were in their home network and its the way it oughta be even if you only do get one feed of NHL Center Ice per team on DISH and don't know which feed it is every night.

Looking forward to your responses. So far happy with DISH but unhappy with this last week and the ruining of a Wally HD Receiver.

I hope I can be of some contribution here as well.

Sincerely,

RJ T.
From Illinois
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zippyfrog
I know they are doing some major satellite work - the second satellite at 110 which is now in use, and they are moving channels between 119 and 110. Maybe since there are no other sports going on, have they temporarily cut back on the out of market sports packages? I am not sure. It looks like those channels are all coming from 119 TP 13, 110 TP 12, and 110 TP 09.

Also, Dish's Scheduled Satellite Maintenance page doesn't have anything going on:

R
I know they are doing some major satellite work - the second satellite at 110 which is now in use, and they are moving channels between 119 and 110. Maybe since there are no other sports going on, have they temporarily cut back on the out of market sports packages? I am not sure. It looks like those channels are all coming from 119 TP 13, 110 TP 12, and 110 TP 09.

Also, Dish's Scheduled Satellite Maintenance page doesn't have anything going on:

Trying to get use to this forum and where everything is located at. I saw you responded from my post on the changes and took me a while to get back to see this post. But yes, it is exactly what I was thinking. I too noticed the change of MLB Extra Innings from 110 to 119. Because of 30 teams they have to algin everything. Only other sport going on PPV wise is WNBA League Pass and I do not have a subscription to that but maybe some else who has it can confirm what they done and what satellite and transponders they are on.

This is a big shift for DISH. I just hope if Charlie Ergen does ever sell out to anyone that I can continue to use my DISH Playmaker and I can keep my Wally's. If its anything like what happened to DIRECTV a few years back which turned out to be a total disaster when AT&T acquired DIRECTV nothing there changed with boxes or anything and you continued to use the same service but I was very surprised to see AT&T sell it to TPG especially after they had just bought it now long ago.

RJ T.
From Illinois
R
Hello everyone.

I am new here and I done a search on MLB Extra Innings and DISH and it led me to this forum and so I signed up and hopefully someone can help me out with some issues.

First off, I am a DISH Outdoors customer and I signed up for service back in late October of 2025. I have a Wally HD Receiver and I am using the DISH Playmaker OS 2.1 as my Antenna that operates on 110 and 119 Western Arc and Alternative 61.5, 110, and 119 satellites. I signed up for MLB Extra Innings back in March before the season began. I was excited to be able to watch MLB Extra Innings because I love baseball and I use to have MLB Extra Innings on Satellite DIRECTV back in 2001-2004 and on Satellite DISH back in 2016 and 2017.

I was a bit disappointed when I found out that it is actually MLB.TV Simulcasted to DISH Satellite (More on that later) Anyways I have been watching faithfully almost every night however about a week ago there was a problem. When I went to go to the game to watch a game the game wouldn't come in an I would send a refresh signal to my receiver and then I could watch the programming and when I went to switch games at that games appointed time slot my Wally HD Receiver who lockup where I couldn't change any channels or view the guide and it would reboot. The next night when I turned to a game at game start it still had the background it shows before the game started and again send a refresh signal and went though this same thing over and over. I added a movie channel to my lineup and had issues with showing up my Dish Wally HD Receiver.

With an investigation after several calls with DISH Support it was determined that by going to the diagnostics screen that I had a issue with my Tuner because any changes that I made to my programming these changes would not take affect on the Wally HD Receiver. In other words that Wally HD Receiver was toast!

I too had reported MLB Extra Innings issue to DISH and they created a ticket for it and said that someone would investigate the issue. I too took notice that under MyDISH account under MLB Extra Innings always before it would show that I was subscribed and on auto-renew. Now it shows nothing and even after logging out and deleting my User Name and Password so that I can see it in guest mode it too doesn't even list a price and option for purchase as does the now WNBA League Pass.

After my DISH Receiver was ruined I had to buy a new Wally HD Receiver. I took advantage an bought 2 HD Wally's and added them both to my account. I called back to remove the old box off of the account and was told it was linked to MLB Extra Innings and the advanced technical support team said there was a glitch with MLB Extra Innings and hope to have a resolution in a couple of days and I could call back in to then to remove the box. But both the 2 new Wally HD Receivers are activated on my account. I asked them what the problem was with MLB Extra Innings and how long it would be and I was told there was a glitch as I asked to specify what they meant and got no answer. I again went and checked the MyDISH account page under the MLB Extra Innings page and it still doesn't list me as subscribed and after logging out and deleting my User Name and Password so I could it see it as a guest mode and it still doesn't list the price and option for purchase as it does for the WNBA League Pass.

I am afraid to boot up these boxes and go through the activation screen process because of the issues with the MLB Extra Innings in fear it will do the same or mess up my boxes from being able to receive MLB Extra Inning because or any other programing because I was told that MLB Extra Innings wouldn't come in on those new box because it was activated with the Wally that is ruined and it needs removed first.

Now I have no DISH service going on a week and miss my MLB Extra Innings when the races are just heating up and now with two boxes activated I can't boot up because I am afraid it will mess them up and I will be out the $180.00 or so dollars I made in purchase on the receivers.

Is anyone else experiencing issues with their MLB Extra Innings and does anyone really know what this so called glitch actually is? I can't seem to get a clear answer from anybody and don't even know if it will even be fixed or anyone really understands it.

Now to my previous statement on how I was disappointed that MLB Extra Innings is actually MLB.TV in simulcast. When I had MLB Extra Innings before with DIRECTV in 2001-2004 and with DISH form 2016 and 2017. They would always show the commercials for every teams broadcast from their local market and all games would be authentic just as if you were watching in their home market. After I quit DISH I went to streaming for awhile and I done MLB.TV and I hated their features because of the no commercials, the delayed times of getting back after the commercial break, and not being able to listen to what studios had to say when they would cut into the studios, and always looking at the screen during commercial breaks with a screen that says commercial break in progress and a silhouette background of MLB Players doing baseball things and the their crazy commercial breaks sound. I was excited to go back to DISH thinking I escaped the horrors of MLB.TV. Well its actually the same thing. I compared them side by side and actually MLB.TV is ahead by just a few seconds. So actually MLB Extra Innings on Satellite is delayed from time period wise from actually watching MLB.TV which shows it is simulcasted. My question is when did this start? And is this legal? This isn't what I know MLB Extra Innings to be. I too had signed up for NHL Center Ice this past winter and thank goodness its authentic! They still have the commercials and its like watching it as you were in their home network and its the way it oughta be even if you only do get one feed of NHL Center Ice per team on DISH and don't know which feed it is every night.

Looking forward to your responses. So far happy with DISH but unhappy with this last week and the ruining of a Wally HD Receiver.

I hope I can be of some contribution here as well.

Sincerely,

RJ T.
From Illinois
Update on MLB Extra Innings as of 5:50 P.M. CDT June 10, 2026...

I am getting tired of not being able to watch any baseball games and having paid for MLB Extra Innings and not knowing what the reason is I called dish back at 1-800-333-3474. I guess after all of my calls my call was routed to the Advanced Technical Support Team. I had something happen that I never knew they could do and they gained access into my Wally Receiver. I was told settings look good and right now on the only channel that shows is the MLB1 Baltimore Orioles Channel. They are playing the at home against the Seattle Mariners right now. She was able to access to that channel which prompted a purchase a Rent option. That signaled a red flag to her right away. She escalated a ticket with photographs and info from my screen to the top tier advanced programing technical department and told me they received the ticket and are reviewing it now. They got back to her and said they would have information within 30 minutes. I either get the channels within 30 minutes or I am to call back and they will advance from there. Seems like maybe my persistence is paying off. I will keep you informed. Maybe we can all have a resolution to this shortly.

RJ T.
From Illinois
R
Update on MLB Extra Innings as of 5:50 P.M. CDT June 10, 2026...

I am getting tired of not being able to watch any baseball games and having paid for MLB Extra Innings and not knowing what the reason is I called dish back at 1-800-333-3474. I guess after all of my calls my call was routed to the Advanced Technical Support Team. I had something happen that I never knew they could do and they gained access into my Wally Receiver. I was told settings look good and right now on the only channel that shows is the MLB1 Baltimore Orioles Channel. They are playing the at home against the Seattle Mariners right now. She was able to access to that channel which prompted a purchase a Rent option. That signaled a red flag to her right away. She escalated a ticket with photographs and info from my screen to the top tier advanced programing technical department and told me they received the ticket and are reviewing it now. They got back to her and said they would have information within 30 minutes. I either get the channels within 30 minutes or I am to call back and they will advance from there. Seems like maybe my persistence is paying off. I will keep you informed. Maybe we can all have a resolution to this shortly.
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Update on MLB Extra Innings as of 5:50 P.M. CDT June 10, 2026...

I am getting tired of not being able to watch any baseball games and having paid for MLB Extra Innings and not knowing what the reason is I called dish back at 1-800-333-3474. I guess after all of my calls my call was routed to the Advanced Technical Support Team. I had something happen that I never knew they could do and they gained access into my Wally Receiver. I was told settings look good and right now on the only channel that shows is the MLB1 Baltimore Orioles Channel. They are playing the at home against the Seattle Mariners right now. She was able to access to that channel which prompted a purchase a Rent option. That signaled a red flag to her right away. She escalated a ticket with photographs and info from my screen to the top tier advanced programing technical department and told me they received the ticket and are reviewing it now. They got back to her and said they would have information within 30 minutes. I either get the channels within 30 minutes or I am to call back and they will advance from there. Seems like maybe my persistence is paying off. I will keep you informed. Maybe we can all have a resolution to this shortly.

RJ T.
From Illinois
Update as of 6:40 P.M. CDT June 10, 2026...

Noting went through on my screen. However take a look at this


They have the page back up but it shows I need to purchase. On phone on hold waiting to connect to get this thing activated.

Will post shortly with update.

RJ T.
From Illinois
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Update as of 6:40 P.M. CDT June 10, 2026...

Noting went through on my screen. However take a look at this


They have the page back up but it shows I need to purchase. On phone on hold waiting to connect to get this thing activated.

Will post shortly with update.

RJ T.
From Ill

Update as of 6:40 P.M. CDT June 10, 2026...

Noting went through on my screen. However take a look at this


They have the page back up but it shows I need to purchase. On phone on hold waiting to connect to get this thing activated.

Will post shortly with update.

RJ T.
From Illinois
Final Update... As of 8:08 P.M. CDT June 10, 2026.

I now have MLB Extra Innings back! Look at the photo! (I did not include full image of the game due to copyright)

Let me just say it was rough! Very rough! And lets just say Charlie Ergen should be ashamed of his customer service team and how they handled this whole issue.

After multiple calls after my last post only to get the run around with answers like there are no refunds on MLB Extra Innings once the season starts, to they are working on it, to accessing my screen and sending multi hits to the box.

All I asked was one simple question remove the MLB Extra Innings which they confirmed I had and reauthorize free of charge. I was given a 1,000 reasons why this couldn't be done.

Well..........

I paid for it myself.... $120.00 current rate and it works!

I called back in to let them know what I done and what I thought of the customer service and told them I needed refunded. I was told they didn't do refunds....

Well again I called back and got someone who refunded the original payment of $150.00 back to my account. A $30 discount for all the hard trouble I went though.

It is now up to you all out there that have MLB Extra Innings to try to get them to do this but I am afraid you are going to have to take your own action and purchase again and beg for a refund or be out the $150.00 originally paid.

Persistence pays off. I don't give up very easily.

You can all go here below to make the purchase if you have any trouble.


I hope it all works well for you! And best of luck to everyone who has it!

I will still be around on this forum. You all sound like a fine group of people! I hope I can contribute more.

Take care!

RJ T.
From Illinois
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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....
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Top of the World - Van Halen
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I was bewildered with all the new DISH TV "Bonus View" channels, so I put together a web page table with all the info I could find. It's at:

https://anythingpeaceful.org/dishtv/DISH_TV_Bonus_View_Channels.html

Here's a partial screenshot of the table, as sorted by Channel Name. (You can click on a column header to sort.)

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If you have any corrections or suggestions, please post here.
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Easy come, easy go- can't count on anything.
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2 Bonus View channels removed today:

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My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels

Thanks to Pat for the tip.
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One added, one removed. But I think it's really only a name change, with similar (or identical?) programming.

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My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels

Thanks to Pat for the alert.
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One added, one removed. But I think it's really only a name change, with similar (or identical?) programming.

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My full list is at: DISH TV "Bonus View" Channels

Thanks to Pat for the alert.
A dandilion by any other name.
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Last reply · posted in Over the Air Television By RabbitEars.Info
New low power station has been granted by the FCC and the new call leter is K33OB-D on RF ch. 33.

Will run at 15 KW ERP, this one runs from the Westside same location as KWPL-LD a HC2 owned station.

It's going to be aimed at eastern part of Albuquerque, so it's tightly focused beam pattern.

This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.😎
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This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time
probably the same programming they have been putting on their other owned stations.
The 'get after it media' stations
Like Heartland, Retro, rev'n, Action etc
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Hope they got good subchannels encoder going there...😎👍🤞
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comfortably_numb
probably the same programming they have been putting on their other owned stations.
The 'get after it media' stations
Like Heartland, Retro, rev'n, Action etc

We already have those diginets here.
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Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets on like the Rev'n, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station. :hatsoff2
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Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets like Revn, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station. :hatsoff2

I watch MovieSphere Gold channel a lot. Many recent movies on that digitnet :)
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Yes that's a good channel MovieSphere, only thing is the missing CC on it. :rolleyes: :hatsoff2
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