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Have a slightly used Dish Network 211k for sale. Used very little
Has a OTA tuner in it so you can record one satellite and one OTA channel at same time. You do have to add a hard drive to it to be able to record
Comes with unit, remote, HDMI cable and A/V cables
$85 shipped anywhere in the US. Paypal preferred (send as gift so no fees) or money order
PM me if interested or questions
Has a OTA tuner in it so you can record one satellite and one OTA channel at same time. You do have to add a hard drive to it to be able to record
Comes with unit, remote, HDMI cable and A/V cables
$85 shipped anywhere in the US. Paypal preferred (send as gift so no fees) or money order
PM me if interested or questions
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Well today is clear skies so I went through and checked all the transponders again, just for comparison sake.
I can see that I do need to tweak 129.
One thing that confuses me about 129 though is that some transponders show ~weaker~ now that the sky is clear and a lot of them that are low power aren't showing up as spotbeams as I would expect, going by what I saw on the other satellites.
Low signal usually = spotbeam. On 129, not always the case. I'm not really sure what's up with that.
But none the less, it needs tweaking. And I am going to tweak the others too. I want 100% on everything, if I can get it.
One other thing. The remote for this thing, when I press the volume buttons it just kicks over to TV mode. Can this thing not raise and lower it's own volume? Or MUTE?????
Or just it just put out a "dumb" preset, hard coded volume level and let it up to what ever it's connected to to control it or mute it?
This really blows because I have it connected to a PC screen on my desk via HDMI. The PC screen has no remote control, you have to use the little tiny buttons that are impossible to see without putting on my glasses and turning on the lights! 98% of my TV watching will be from my desk on that screen and if I can't control the volume with a remote then I'm going to be one very frustrated chick.
Please tell me there is some setting in the VIP211k menu that will let it's own remote control and mute it's volume internally.
Thanks..
I can see that I do need to tweak 129.
One thing that confuses me about 129 though is that some transponders show ~weaker~ now that the sky is clear and a lot of them that are low power aren't showing up as spotbeams as I would expect, going by what I saw on the other satellites.
Low signal usually = spotbeam. On 129, not always the case. I'm not really sure what's up with that.
But none the less, it needs tweaking. And I am going to tweak the others too. I want 100% on everything, if I can get it.
Code:
during heavy rain Clear skies
xpndr 110 119 129 - 110 119 129
1 77 68 0 - 77 70* 0
2 75 24 0 - 89 26* 0
3 76 73 0 - 80 77* 0
4 50 62 0 - 56* 63* 0
5 69 53 0 - 78 59* 0
6 71 87 0 - 83 95 52*
7 62 64 0 - 73 80 0
8 70 78 37 - 88 89 50*
9 64 72 8 - 78 88 17*
10 62 74 0 - 75 89 0
11 67 59 10 - 95 84 22*
12 51 80 0 - 57* 95 0
13 55 55 0 - 87 84 0
14 70 63 0 - 87 85 0
15 63 56 0 - 89 84 0
16 69 75 0 - 89 95 0
17 54 53 28 - 71 82 39
18 23 67 51 - 41* 86 64
19 75 55 29 - 80 86 36
20 0 68 50 - 14* 92 62
21 70 55 39 - 86 87 43
22 77 48 - 90 ? 60
23 24 30 - 35* ? 33
24 85 48 - 95 ? 59
25 27 27 - 33* ? 36
26 0 49 - 0 ? 60
27 36 18 - 48* ? 14
28 ? 51 - ? ? 60
29 0 20 - 20* ? 17
30 ? 50 - ? ? 57
31 ? 21 - 9* ? 23
32 ? 52 - ? ? 56
* = spotbeam per the point dish info screenOne other thing. The remote for this thing, when I press the volume buttons it just kicks over to TV mode. Can this thing not raise and lower it's own volume? Or MUTE?????
Or just it just put out a "dumb" preset, hard coded volume level and let it up to what ever it's connected to to control it or mute it?
This really blows because I have it connected to a PC screen on my desk via HDMI. The PC screen has no remote control, you have to use the little tiny buttons that are impossible to see without putting on my glasses and turning on the lights! 98% of my TV watching will be from my desk on that screen and if I can't control the volume with a remote then I'm going to be one very frustrated chick.
Please tell me there is some setting in the VIP211k menu that will let it's own remote control and mute it's volume internally.
Thanks..
M
also on the meter this isnt like FTA or Directv where 100 is max....you may not see any higher than what you currently have. BUt 129 does need to be bumped up.
to change the code (using the search option)
press and hold down the "TV" button (up on top next to SAT button) until all 4 lights blink
let go
press "TV power button" then press channel up
keep pressing channel up until the TV powers off
press # key...TV light at top of remote will blink twice
then it should work
on 129 1-16 are spotbeams...17-32 is CONUS so yeah it needs tweakingOne thing that confuses me about 129 though is that some transponders show ~weaker~ now that the sky is clear and a lot of them that are low power aren't showing up as spotbeams as I would expect, going by what I saw on the other satellites.
Low signal usually = spotbeam. On 129, not always the case. I'm not really sure what's up with that.
But none the less, it needs tweaking. And I am going to tweak the others too. I want 100% on everything, if I can get it.
also on the meter this isnt like FTA or Directv where 100 is max....you may not see any higher than what you currently have. BUt 129 does need to be bumped up.
the remote is universal but since I had it the TV is set to work off a Panasonic so you need to change the code
to change the code (using the search option)
press and hold down the "TV" button (up on top next to SAT button) until all 4 lights blink
let go
press "TV power button" then press channel up
keep pressing channel up until the TV powers off
press # key...TV light at top of remote will blink twice
then it should work
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The other way is direct entry. See the screens below (taken from the dish manual which is like 60GB)
Here is the link ot the pdf
http://www.mydish.com/support/filestream.ashx?ID=653
press and hold down the "TV" button (up on top next to SAT button) until all 4 lights blink
let go
type in the 3 digit code
press # (tv light blinks twice)
try remote. If doesnt work repeat above
Here is the link ot the pdf
http://www.mydish.com/support/filestream.ashx?ID=653
press and hold down the "TV" button (up on top next to SAT button) until all 4 lights blink
let go
type in the 3 digit code
press # (tv light blinks twice)
try remote. If doesnt work repeat above
Well, that will work for the TV in my bedroom, that's all good and well but the screen on my desk isn't a TV at all, it's strictly a PC display and it has no remote control ability at all built into it.
It's meant for you to control it's volume by the PC volume controls. It's just a passive display with no features other than show you what the PC sends to it.
It has an HDMI input of course and the PC passes the sound to the screen which has dinky little speakers about the size of 50 cent pieces, at best.
I plugged a pair of regular PC speakers into it with the green connectors. It shut off the speakers in the screen and now it comes out of the larger PC desktop speakers but they too are just dumb, passive things, the only controls on them are knobs you have to turn by hand and I have them waaaay up on a shelf out of my reach. There's no getting to them without climbing up on my desk and risking life and limb.
Previously the My Theater app controlled the volume going into the screen using the remote for the Hauppage tuner and or the PC mouse.
I have a three way HDMI switch between the screen now so I can select to watch either the PC tuner, my S10 tuner or now the Dish tuner. It has it's own little dinky IR remote to let me switch between 3 sources.
But it's just a dumb HDMI pass through with no feature or options other than A/B/C..
I'm guessing if I can't actually raise/lower/mute the audio output of the 211k tuner itself then I'll have to buy an expensive sound system that is remote control capable to plug into the screen on my desk to I can have control over the sound at my desk. the rest of the house will be a whole different story. I was looking on Newegg and it looks like a sound system that I can plug into the speaker jack of the screen and can be operated by remote control is going to run me about $250..
This does however cramp my plans. I really like these LED/LCD PC screens I bought and I wanted to put one in my kitchen too. I guess now I'll have to instead buy an actual TV for the kitchen.
In each room of the house I'll have different sizes and brands of TV's so I'll have to custom program a remote for each room and leave that remote in that room.
I bought three extra remotes so I can have a TV in my office/craft/junk room, bedroom, kitchen and living room.
I also have, in addition to the A/B/C source switch, a "One in Four Out" HDMI splitter so I can run video to all four rooms. I'm already using it now to run it to two rooms and it works great!
It's meant for you to control it's volume by the PC volume controls. It's just a passive display with no features other than show you what the PC sends to it.
It has an HDMI input of course and the PC passes the sound to the screen which has dinky little speakers about the size of 50 cent pieces, at best.
I plugged a pair of regular PC speakers into it with the green connectors. It shut off the speakers in the screen and now it comes out of the larger PC desktop speakers but they too are just dumb, passive things, the only controls on them are knobs you have to turn by hand and I have them waaaay up on a shelf out of my reach. There's no getting to them without climbing up on my desk and risking life and limb.
Previously the My Theater app controlled the volume going into the screen using the remote for the Hauppage tuner and or the PC mouse.
I have a three way HDMI switch between the screen now so I can select to watch either the PC tuner, my S10 tuner or now the Dish tuner. It has it's own little dinky IR remote to let me switch between 3 sources.
But it's just a dumb HDMI pass through with no feature or options other than A/B/C..
I'm guessing if I can't actually raise/lower/mute the audio output of the 211k tuner itself then I'll have to buy an expensive sound system that is remote control capable to plug into the screen on my desk to I can have control over the sound at my desk. the rest of the house will be a whole different story. I was looking on Newegg and it looks like a sound system that I can plug into the speaker jack of the screen and can be operated by remote control is going to run me about $250..
This does however cramp my plans. I really like these LED/LCD PC screens I bought and I wanted to put one in my kitchen too. I guess now I'll have to instead buy an actual TV for the kitchen.
In each room of the house I'll have different sizes and brands of TV's so I'll have to custom program a remote for each room and leave that remote in that room.
I bought three extra remotes so I can have a TV in my office/craft/junk room, bedroom, kitchen and living room.
I also have, in addition to the A/B/C source switch, a "One in Four Out" HDMI splitter so I can run video to all four rooms. I'm already using it now to run it to two rooms and it works great!
M
if there is no remote option on the monitor I can't help ya there
But for TV's I gave the instructions above
The audio output on the receiver is fixed output (last I checked)
if there is no remote option on the monitor I can't help ya there
But for TV's I gave the instructions above
The audio output on the receiver is fixed output (last I checked)
if there is no remote option on the monitor I can't help ya there
But for TV's I gave the instructions above
The audio output on the receiver is fixed output (last I checked)
That is what I feared. Not really good news for me.
This confirms that I have no choice other than to purchase a sound system for the PC screen.
I found this at Walmart, it's gonna set me back nearly $100 w/tax but that's the cheapest I could find something like this that is IR remote controllable.
It will plug into the screen then rather than use it's dinky little remote, I can "train" the dish remote to control it.
Sony Soundbar, SA-32SE1 - Walmart.com
Well, at least there is a solution to this and I'm not totally out of luck..
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But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big cityAnother Tulsa King spin off.
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
No. Bring in someone new.
Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...No. Bring in someone new.
Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)
Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.
Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.
It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
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Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.
Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!
Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!
Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
www.ign.com
'It Is Time Go!' — Project Hail Mary Is Officially Coming to Prime Video
Amazon has confirmed that Project Hail Mary will be coming to Prime Video.
www.ign.com
That's what I will be watching this weekend."Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
'It Is Time Go!' — Project Hail Mary Is Officially Coming to Prime Video
Amazon has confirmed that Project Hail Mary will be coming to Prime Video.
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.
Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place.
Troy Aikman seems to confirm he'll be leaving ESPN
Aikman says he looks forward to "where my next landing spot will be."
www.nbcsports.com
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.Troy Aikman seems to confirm he'll be leaving ESPN
Aikman says he looks forward to "where my next landing spot will be."
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I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.
I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIhZm0qkz0o
I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIhZm0qkz0o
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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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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny
