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This time it's something it's never done before.

The only thing I use the 922 for these days is as a dish mover for dvb signals. Since I never have the 922 hooked up to a video display, the following is the way I usually do things. Let's say I'm at 137W watching something on the S9. Now let's say I wanted to go to 101W and watch Thistv for instance. I first change to that ch on the S9, then on the 922 remote I press options 6 4 4, until I can get to where I can press the east or west arrow keys, then move the direction I'm wanting to go. In this example I would be going east. So I then keep the east arrow key depressed which makes the dish move without stopping. Once the lock light lights up on the front panel of the S9, and that I know I'm now at 101W, i then release the east arrow key. Sometimes tho, if I go too far or not far enough, I might have to left or right click on the arrow keys to peak the signal. Maybe I'm the only one who does it this way, and maybe there is a simpler way, but this works perfect for me.

Now the problem. As of just recently, now when I do this, the 922 only moves 1 click at a time no matter what. The weird thing about it, if I'm on C4 for example, and I choose C3 on the remote, the dish will travel to that location like it should. The point I'm getting at, I never bothered learning all the shortcuts on the remote. I know that if I press C3, I know that will take me between G1 and G9. So what I'm getting at, in case I can't get this resolved, does anyone have a list for all the shortcuts I would need to push on the remote for each sat location. For example..135W would be C4..131W would be C3. So what would 139W be on the remote? 137W..what would that be? My BUD can only currently see from 139W to 87W. Trees obstruct the view anything east of 87W. On a side note. I have all my sat locations programmed into the 922. Now I just need to know the remote shortcuts for each one, just in case I can't get this problem resolved that I first mentioned.
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Anony55
You should probably hook that unit's video up just long enough to actually program in the sat positions. Then it would be easier to blind move to those sats. For example, if you wanted to move to 101°, you would just press Sat, S, 1, OK on the remote (or W, 1, OK with the old maps). That's how I do it when I'm doing it blind.

Manually moving the dish position in the setup screens is definitely the hard way to go. Even if you did a MR and only have the 21 or so tiles, that's still a lot of direct access to much of the arc. And it'll save on remote batteries too. :)

EDIT; As far as what keys shortcut to what, they are labeled with a letter by each number on the remote. If you already knew that and meant what sats are what degree wise... that will just depend on what maps you have. But since you are the one who chooses what tile to program at each position, you can make yourself a list. Even if you didn't stay with the recommended position for each tile, you should still know what you put where (especially if you make a list).

EDIT #2; OK, I missed seeing that you already have them all programmed in. That being the case, you just need to hook your video back up long enough to see what key highlights what on the sat tile screen (after pushing the sat button). You don't have to actually move to each position to see what a key press highlights.

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Manually moving the dish position in the setup screens is definitely the hard way to go. Even if you did a MR and only have the 21 or so tiles, that's still a lot of direct access to much of the arc. And it'll save on remote batteries too.

I see your point about the batteries. If one were a heavy user and watched tv alot, and continually surfed the skies while watching tv, then my method would def wear out some batteries. Speaking of batteries, the batteries in that remote haven't been changed for ages, and seem to still work just fine. Believe it or not, even tho I have all this equip and enjoy it, if I watched tv even 10 or 15 hours a week, I don't think I would believe it. I know that sounds strange and all, but it's fact. When I used to sub to all the masters, I still rarely watched tv more than that amount of time per week. Yesterday was an exception. I sit thru I think 2 or 3 Dr. Phil feeds in a row, and I don't even watch that show. One of them was about an anorexic young female. I had no clue the Dr. Phil shows were that interesting. I can't recall if this was on 99W or 97W. I'm thinking it was either on one of the GMDX feeds @ 99W. or one of the CWD feeds @ 97W.
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
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 city :rolleyes:
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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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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
Foxbat
I'm not a big fan of the new layout, especially on my Apple TV. It used to look like the old Guide layout on the Hopper 3, but they changed parts of that, too.
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I really dislike change for the sake of change
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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?
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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.
Jimbo
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 ...

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
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dishstaller
BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.
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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.
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I've seen it twice. Can't recommend the audio book enough, Ray Porter's performance is amazing and there's so much more in the book than the movie.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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Forgot to comment. I did watch when it first came out on MGM. I enjoyed it a lot. I think reading the book made it easier to watch. Several friends commented it was a little hard to follow.
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"astrophage". I read the book but didn't see the film yet.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
That's what I will be watching this weekend.🤗
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Kindle book on sale for $2.99 today at Amazon.
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.........there's so much more in the book than the movie.
I agree. That can go for pretty much any book vs movie. Back when I was single I would read any Stephen King or John Grisham book I could get my hands on. When you read a book you make up the scenes and characters in your mind.....the movie version always disappoints.
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.
meStevo
Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


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