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hillsmi

Last reply Mar 26, 2011 · posted in Free To Air (FTA) Discussion

Requesting patient person with some expertise...

Trying to help someone install a FTA...

Receiver is StarSat RX130D+
Dish is a generic, no label 76cm
LNB is a generic 97.5 - 10.6

My meter...

FirstStrike; I can program the desired bird, Freq, SR, LO, 22Khz on or off, and either 18 or 13V, then when the bird is in sight, signal gets stronger and hopefully 'LOCKS'

He is wanting the Foreign / Arabic stations on the 97.0W orbital

At first, I didn't know what he was looking for, so I tuned the dish to Freq of 12090 with SR of 22000 and 10750; obtained good signal and quality (I used this for a Glorystar install).

But when we did the channel search, then I discovered that what he was wanting, apparently doesn't come through on the above TP?

So, in the menu of his receiver, there are many options for TP / Freq. And from what I saw, I told him that he has to pick the TP with the majority of the channels he is interested in, and then I would program my meter, and we can tune the dish.

The receiver is a few years old, and he doesn't have the manual.

He looked on a website and it looks as though 11836 is the TP with most of what he wants, I think. And the corresponding Freq for that in the menu is 20765.

My question to someone out there is this...

For him to get most / all of what he wants, and with his receiver only able to lock on a particular TP / Freq at once (I think?), what is the best choice to give him what he wants?

And am I thinking correctly, that when we choose the TP / Freq in the menu, that we can only tune to that one, and we get the channels we get? And if we want a different TP, that the dish has be be reaimed?

I thought that if I got a good locked signal from the 12090 / 22000 / 10750, that I would be able to get anything, but I guess I was mistaken.

What should I program my meter to, in regards to Freq, SR, LO, and either H or V, and 22Khz on or off?

Any expertise / advise with this install is greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,

Robert

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Mikey11

Mar 25, 2011

the only reason you select a TP in the menu is to check the quality on that TP....it is not a setting....you should be able to get ALL of the active TPs and channels on the satellite with your dish aimed in the same position/aimed properly....you need to list the make and model number of your LNB and list all of the settings you are using before any help can be given to you....

hillsmi

Mar 25, 2011

LNB info per request of reply...

Mikey11 said:
the only reason you select a TP in the menu is to check the quality on that TP....it is not a setting....you should be able to get ALL of the active TPs and channels on the satellite with your dish aimed in the same position/aimed properly....you need to list the make and model number of your LNB and list all of the settings you are using before any help can be given to you....

LNB is listed as EuroStar Japan, ESKD-P8+, Freq 10.7 - 12.75Ghz, LO 9.75 / 10.60Ghz

Thank you for any further information you can assist with from the OP in addition to the requested LNB info.

AcWxRadar

Mar 25, 2011

hillsmi said:
LNB is listed as EuroStar Japan, ESKD-P8+, Freq 10.7 - 12.75Ghz, LO 9.75 / 10.60Ghz

Thank you for any further information you can assist with from the OP in addition to the requested LNB info.

Mikey11 said:
set your lnb type to standard and set the lnb freq to 10600 and turn the 22khz setting to on

Hillsmi and Mikey,

Mikey, your instructions here are not complete. Notice Hillsmi's LNBF description - LO 9.75 / 10.60Ghz. He has a Universal LNBF so he should NOT set it to standard unless you have a point for just using it for the upper Ku band signals "only". There is nothing wrong with what you stated, but I think that you should clarify your statement better because it is misleading to others and if Hillsmi isn't aware of why you stated this, he may be confused as well.

Hillsmi,

I do not know if you understand the difference between a "standard" and a "universal" LNBF. If you do, then you can simply ignore what I am saying here.

A "standard" linear LNBF has one L.O. or Local Oscillator that runs at a frequency of 10.750 GHz. This LNBF can be used for the majority of the linear FTA satellite signals available to North American consumers.

A "universal" linear LNBF has two (L.O.'s) or Local Oscillators. One that runs at a frequency of 9.750 GHz and one at 10.600 GHz. These L.O.'s will allow you to capture the signals from the LOWER Ku band satellites using the 9.750 GHz L.O. and the standard or upper Ku band using the 10.600 GHz L.O. The universal LNBF's 10.600 GHz L.O. acts just as a "standard" LNBF with a L.O. of 10750 GHz does.

There are some low Ku band satellites available to North America, but they are not really common. So, you will end up using the 10.600 GHz L.O. most often in North America to pull in the upper Ku band signals and applying it just the same as someone who has a "standard" linear LNBF with a L.O. frequency of 10.750 GHz.

In your receiver's menus for the setup of the LNBF parameters, you need to tell the receiver that you have a Universal (9.750/10.600) LNBF or a standard (10.750) LNBF in order for it to work properly. However, you can fool your receiver by telling it that a "universal" LNBF is actually a "standard" LNBF with a L.O. of 10.600 GHz (INSTEAD OF 10.750). The Universal LNBF will then operate the same as a standard LNBF, but you will lose the capability of receiving the lower Ku band signals because you will essentially "turn off" the 9.750 GHz L.O. by following this approach. The 9.750 GHz L.O. is what is used for the low Ku band. This is just fine to do for most consumers in North America because there aren't that many Lo-Ku band signals to be had in the frst place.

If you later desire to go and check out a satellite with low Ku band signals, you will have to reprogram your receiver to tell it that the LNBF is "universal" so that you can use that lower 9.750 GHz L.O. to work with those signals. According to Mikey's instructions, you would essentially be disabling the second (low Ku-band oscillator) within the LNBF and telling your receiver that your LNBF is a standard LNBF with a L.O. frequency of 10.600 GHz instead of the typical 10.750 GHz. This works just fine and there is nothing wrong with doing so, as long as you understand the theory behind it all.

This whole affair may not be applicable to you in full, but let's take a look at an example where it might. Let's say that you have a "universal" LNBF, but your FTA receiver does not have a selection in the menus for a "universal" LNBF. Here, you would select "standard" LNBF and adjust the default L.O. frequency selection from 10.750 to 10.600 GHz and now the tuner operates the same. That is what we need to do to "fool" the receiver into working with a universal LNBF.

Think of it as akin to a speedometer pickoff in your car or truck's transmission. It is calibrated for a specific size tire being on the vehicle. If you put larger or smaller tires on the vehicle, you change the calibration of your speedometer and you need to recalibrate it for the altered tire size so that your speedometer reads correctly. That's all there is to it, really.

RADAR

SatelliteAV

Mar 26, 2011

It seems that you probably have found the correct satellite, but if you want to confirm with your meter, try these settings.
LO:10600
22KHz:ON
Frequency: 12152
Polarity: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 20000

Once you confirm the satellite on your meter, move on to the receiver (This receiver is quite old and it appears to have been sold in the UK in early 2000 - 2005 , so it will not have a current list of channels and might not even have the correct satellites for North America). You are probably going to have to fly by the seat of your pants on this job! Personally, if the receiver doesn't have North American satellites or Blind Scan, I would suggest that the CX upgrade to a more modern receiver that will make updating and scanning much easier.

You should perform a factory reset on the receiver then set-up the parameters for a satellite @ 97W maybe called T5, IA5, Galaxy25 or now Galaxy19.
Select LNB type Universal (LO 9750 / 10600)
22KHz - AUTO
LNB Power ON (with Polarity Switching)
DiSEqC - OFF

Does the Receiver have Blind Scan mode (often called Power Scan)? If so, use this mode to scan the satellite for all available FTA (Free To Air) channels. The receiver probably does not have a current transponder list and the Blind Scan mode will search the satellite for all current and active transponders then automatically add the new transponders and new channels to the receiver!

If not, check the transponder list and see if the correct parameters are entered for each transponder. If the transponder is incorrect, either enter a new one or edit the old. Enter the frequency, polarity and symbol rate for each desired transponder and perform a scan for FTA (free or not scrambled) channels using a "Transponder (TP) Scan" for each transponder entered or a "Satellite Scan" for FTA channels after all desired transponders are entered.

Good luck! Sounds like an old receiver that I wouldn't want to support! Might suggest upgrading otherwise you run the risk of receiving many telephone support calls and return calls!

hillsmi

Mar 26, 2011

SatelliteAV said:
It seems that you probably have found the correct satellite, but if you want to confirm with your meter, try these settings.
LO:10600
22KHz:ON
Frequency: 12152
Polarity: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 20000

Once you confirm the satellite on your meter, move on to the receiver (This receiver is quite old and it appears to have been sold in the UK in early 2000 - 2005 , so it will not have a current list of channels and might not even have the correct satellites for North America). You are probably going to have to fly by the seat of your pants on this job! Personally, if the receiver doesn't have North American satellites or Blind Scan, I would suggest that the CX upgrade to a more modern receiver that will make updating and scanning much easier.

You should perform a factory reset on the receiver then set-up the parameters for a satellite @ 97W maybe called T5, IA5, Galaxy25 or now Galaxy19.
Select LNB type Universal (LO 9750 / 10600)
22KHz - AUTO
LNB Power ON (with Polarity Switching)
DiSEqC - OFF

Does the Receiver have Blind Scan mode (often called Power Scan)? If so, use this mode to scan the satellite for all available FTA (Free To Air) channels. The receiver probably does not have a current transponder list and the Blind Scan mode will search the satellite for all current and active transponders then automatically add the new transponders and new channels to the receiver!

If not, check the transponder list and see if the correct parameters are entered for each transponder. If the transponder is incorrect, either enter a new one or edit the old. Enter the frequency, polarity and symbol rate for each desired transponder and perform a scan for FTA (free or not scrambled) channels using a "Transponder (TP) Scan" for each transponder entered or a "Satellite Scan" for FTA channels after all desired transponders are entered.

Good luck! Sounds like an old receiver that I wouldn't want to support! Might suggest upgrading otherwise you run the risk of receiving many telephone support calls and return calls!

Yes, the receiver did looked aged.

Yes, it does have the option to 'Scan All Channels' and 'Scan All Free'

When selecting the satellite from the list on the left, it gives a list of TP / Freq on the right side, before selecting OK to scan.

At current, the listed 97.0W is in the list, but as Telstar5; no visible G19 or G25

Thank you for your intel / expertise.

I will be revisiting on Monday, and try the above, and the other reply suggestions to obtain what the customer is wanting; as earlier stated, he is from Bahran, and looking for the FTA channels from the Middle East, I assume. He stated that when it was previously connected 4yrs ago before a move, he was getting a lot of channels, but now, after my initial SS of 90s and SQ of 60s +, nothing was coming in.

Mikey11

Mar 26, 2011

AcWxRadar said:
Hillsmi and Mikey,

Mikey, your instructions here are not complete. Notice Hillsmi's LNBF description - LO 9.75 / 10.60Ghz. He has a Universal LNBF so he should NOT set it to standard unless you have a point for just using it for the upper Ku band signals "only".

i realize he has a universal LNB....but he is wanting 97w so there is no point in using the low band on his LNB....he seems like a newbie so i tried to keep it simple....explaining the reasoning might confuse him even more....

Tron

Mar 26, 2011

hillsmi said:
Yes, the receiver did looked aged.

Yes, it does have the option to 'Scan All Channels' and 'Scan All Free'

When selecting the satellite from the list on the left, it gives a list of TP / Freq on the right side, before selecting OK to scan.

At current, the listed 97.0W is in the list, but as Telstar5; no visible G19 or G25

Thank you for your intel / expertise.

Telstar 5 is the spacecraft that was at 97W a few years ago. It has been replaced by Galaxy 19. This happens quite frequently with satellites, which is why the satellite names on an old list can be confusing. The important thing is orbital location (97W).

Look for a setting called "Blind Scan" or "Smart Search". If the receiver has blind scan, it will find the transponder frequencies for you, similar to a radio scanner. If not, you'll have to manually enter the transponders and symbol rates. It is likely that many pre-programmed transponders on a receiver that old are no longer in operation, or have changed. See The List for help there. Due to its age, it is quite probable that your receiver does not have blind scan.

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b4pjoe said:
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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N5XZS said:
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.
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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 4:35 PM

Mr Tony said:
probably the same programming they have been putting on their other owned stations.
The 'get after it media' stations

Get After It Media

www.getafteritmedia.com

Like Heartland, Retro, rev'n, Action etc

We already have those diginets here.

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MLB Extra Innings Issue with DISH

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

Tuesday at 4:59 PM

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:

MyDISH

Manage your DISH account online. Pay your bill, view programming, upgrade services, and access customer support at MyDISH.

my.dish.com

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RJT79

Tuesday at 5:54 PM

zippyfrog said:
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:

MyDISH

Manage your DISH account online. Pay your bill, view programming, upgrade services, and access customer support at MyDISH.

my.dish.com

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

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RJT79

Yesterday at 7:01 PM

RJT79 said:
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

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RJT79

Yesterday at 7:38 PM

RJT79 said:
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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RJT79

Yesterday at 7:41 PM

RJT79 said:
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

Dish TV

Manage your Dish TV account, programming, pay bills, and access your favorite channels with the MyDish app.

my.dish.com

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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RJT79

Yesterday at 9:22 PM

RJT79 said:
Update as of 6:40 P.M. CDT June 10, 2026...

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

Dish TV

Manage your Dish TV account, programming, pay bills, and access your favorite channels with the MyDish app.

my.dish.com

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

RJT79 said:
Update as of 6:40 P.M. CDT June 10, 2026...

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

Dish TV

Manage your Dish TV account, programming, pay bills, and access your favorite channels with the MyDish app.

my.dish.com

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.

Dish TV

Manage your Dish TV account, programming, pay bills, and access your favorite channels with the MyDish app.

my.dish.com

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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