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ejoslin7

Last reply Oct 2, 2012 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

cut wire to new receiver FAQs

I moved into an apt with wires running from the satellite through my wall. I hope I can pull those a little ways but from there
do I shear the wires and connect them to ____?
will any receiver work? dish receivers on ebay for instance?
will dish contact me and give me any problems or fees for adding the room?

I might have lost my temper when dish tried roping my uncle into a 24 month term for adding a room that had clearly wired there before.

I tried searching the site but seems like the questions are above my knowledge
ThanksE

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Tampa8

Oct 1, 2012

You can't extend a room for free, unless you are watching what another receiver is watching. OR - using a 722 receiver and don't want HD. If you want independant viewing or HD there will be an additional fee a month no matter if you buy a receiver (which I do not usually recommend) or get one from Dish to use. There is no montly cost benefit to buying your own receiver. Adding a room does not always mean extending a contract. If Dish is insisting on that there may be more to the story. And if you are renting or otherwise in a multi family dwelling it is generally illegal to be on someone's account.

ejoslin7

Oct 1, 2012

I'm ok with the fee I just don't appreciate them forcing me to sign a new 24 mo agreement when my uncle has already cleared up his obligation to Dish. I am staying with him til I get on my feet, it's not a multi-family dwelling I am simply in a room. I'm down on my luck but not a scumbag.

Tampa8 said:
You can't extend a room for free, unless you are watching what another receiver is watching. OR - using a 722 receiver and don't want HD. If you want independant viewing or HD there will be an additional fee a month no matter if you buy a receiver (which I do not usually recommend) or get one from Dish to use. There is no montly cost benefit to buying your own receiver. Adding a room does not always mean extending a contract. If Dish is insisting on that there may be more to the story. And if you are renting or otherwise in a multi family dwelling it is generally illegal to be on someone's account.

ejoslin7

Oct 1, 2012

I spoke with the "supervisor" about this and he made it very clear that there is absolutely no way a leased receiver could be done wihtout a 24mo agreement. They were great customers so I'm not sure what the "may be more to the story" could be?

Tampa8 said:
You can't extend a room for free, unless you are watching what another receiver is watching. OR - using a 722 receiver and don't want HD. If you want independant viewing or HD there will be an additional fee a month no matter if you buy a receiver (which I do not usually recommend) or get one from Dish to use. There is no montly cost benefit to buying your own receiver. Adding a room does not always mean extending a contract. If Dish is insisting on that there may be more to the story. And if you are renting or otherwise in a multi family dwelling it is generally illegal to be on someone's account.

R0ss

Oct 1, 2012

ejoslin7 said:
I spoke with the "supervisor" about this and he made it very clear that there is absolutely no way a leased receiver could be done wihtout a 24mo agreement. They were great customers so I'm not sure what the "may be more to the story" could be?

There are folks on this forum that work for Dish. They are refered to as the DIRT team. Dish Internet Response Team. The sole purpose is to help folks cut through the BS and get answers that are honest. They cant solve every problem just most and they don't always give the answer you want but they will definitely tell you the truth and do their best to resolve issues.
They are listed in red at either the top or bottom of the page. I'm using mobile right now, so i can't tell you which it is. Contact one of them you will get answers.

Good luck

Roas

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TheKrell

Oct 1, 2012

Sorry about the missing 222/k!

But there will be a monthly fee for any receiver added to an account. The fees are as follows:

411/211/211k solo receiver $7/mo
612 solo DVR receiver $10/mo
222/222k duo receiver $14/mo
622/722/722k/922 duo DVR receivers $17/mo

Solo/duo refers to the number of independent TV outputs. If it's solo, all the outputs show the same thing. If it's duo, there are outputs for two TVs. TV1 has HD outputs, while TV2 has only SD outputs. Most of these receivers also have a single OTA tuner, which gets you your local channels not carried by Dish, or not carried by Dish in HD, and all the local subchannels. The 222k, 722k, and 922 can take an extra cost module with TWO OTA tuners.

ejoslin7 said:
I spoke with the "supervisor" about this and he made it very clear that there is absolutely no way a leased receiver could be done wihtout a 24mo agreement. They were great customers so I'm not sure what the "may be more to the story" could be?

Adding a receiver should not incur a new 24mo commitment. So that is why Tampa is suggesting we don't know the whole story.

Tampa8

Oct 1, 2012

ejoslin7 said:
I'm down on my luck but not a scumbag.

Lol, fair enough. I have added a room in the past, with no issue, no contract extension. I know others have added a receiver to an existing account with no contract extension. So I'm wondering if more needs to be done than just add a receiver, does he have SD only and you want to upgrade to HD? As mentioned a DIRT member here can give the best official Dish answer.

Have you been to the Dish website, they describe their receivers.

ejoslin7

Oct 2, 2012

Thanks Ross, someone mentioned the dirt team before and I don't have anyone in red on the top or bottom of the page. I want to post a screenshot so you believe me haha.
I don't WANT to buy and install a receiver myself I just wasn't given another option by the guy on dish's side besides the 24 mo extension. It's enough that I'm am imposing on my uncle, I don't want to get him stuck in a 2 year contract over me wanting to watch sports from my own room(yankee fan staying with red sox fans in Boston, you understand

)

R0ss said:
There are folks on this forum that work for Dish. They are refered to as the DIRT team. Dish Internet Response Team. The sole purpose is to help folks cut through the BS and get answers that are honest. They cant solve every problem just most and they don't always give the answer you want but they will definitely tell you the truth and do their best to resolve issues.
They are listed in red at either the top or bottom of the page. I'm using mobile right now, so i can't tell you which it is. Contact one of them you will get answers.

Good luck

Roas

Ross

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ejoslin7

Oct 2, 2012

Thanks Tampa, I understand the kneejerk response, it's cool. Dish told me that the only option I had was HD, I am really not picky about that, it really does just boil down to not wanting to have to go out to the bar everytime I want to watch a game.
I'll look back at dish website for model info, thanks

Tampa8 said:
Lol, fair enough. I have added a room in the past, with no issue, no contract extension. I know others have added a receiver to an existing account with no contract extension. So I'm wondering if more needs to be done than just add a receiver, does he have SD only and you want to upgrade to HD? As mentioned a DIRT member here can give the best official Dish answer.

Have you been to the Dish website, they describe their receivers.

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Ramy

Supporting Founder

Last reply A moment ago · posted in The Sports Section

2026-27 NCAA College Football

Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.

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Yespage

Monday at 3:04 PM

You mean other than Miami being in the final last year... and Indiana being the only bye team to win a game?

Jimbo

Monday at 9:19 PM

Yespage said:
You mean other than Miami being in the final last year... and Indiana being the only bye team to win a game?

No, I was actually referring to outside of the Top 8, but should have been Top 12 ...

I guess I should have looked at the bracket from last year first ...

I'm more thinking about them trying to expect a 15 to beat a 5 seed or there abouts .

Ronnie-

Yesterday at 7:24 AM

Jimbo said:
I'm more thinking about them trying to expect a 15 to beat a 5 seed or there abouts .

I mean you get upsets all the time.

Just a couple of weeks ago. Unranked Florida knocked off number 7 texas. Unranked Auburn beat number 1 Georgia.

This week unranked Cincinnati beat number 8 texas Tech. Unranked UCF beat number 2 BYU.

No reason to think similar upsets wont happen in the playoffs where a low seed can upset a higher one.

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AZ.

Yesterday at 7:53 AM

Ronnie- said:
I mean you get upsets all the time.

Just a couple of weeks ago. Unranked Florida knocked off number 7 texas. Unranked Auburn beat number 1 Georgia.

This week unranked Cincinnati beat number 8 texas Tech. Unranked UCF beat number 2 BYU.

No reason to think similar upsets wont happen in the playoffs where a low seed can upset a higher one.

Yep, wonder why we rank the top 25 in 2 poles still? Do the ranking change much if they are unranked or have many loses? They sure do, any given day never take your opponent as a cake walk.....

Jimbo

Yesterday at 8:20 AM

Ronnie- said:
I mean you get upsets all the time.

Just a couple of weeks ago. Unranked Florida knocked off number 7 texas. Unranked Auburn beat number 1 Georgia.

This week unranked Cincinnati beat number 8 texas Tech. Unranked UCF beat number 2 BYU.

No reason to think similar upsets wont happen in the playoffs where a low seed can upset a higher one.

Correct, you Do get upsets from time to time ....however .
You Don't get teams UPSETTING teams for 5 weeks in a row.

They are trying to make this Basketball and its a far cry from the way that is played.

How long till they go to 32 teams ? Then they will say, well, the NFL is 32 teams, we can make more money that way .... except the NFL is 32 teams, that are a set number of teams and divisions, you don't have that in College ... oh but they will try.

They would have to choose what teams they would want in and thats it.
Hopefully that NEVER happens.

I can see the NCAA going away and the CFP taking that portion over and a Collective Bargaining agreement coming in the not to distant future.

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rvvaquero

Yesterday at 8:45 AM

The problem with rankings and playoffs is that they are designed to hype the game and make money. Period.

The only reason that BYU and Texas Tech were upsets is that they were hyped up in the standings in the first place. I love watching BYU and Bear Bachmeier. They are a fun and talented team, but not nearly so strong, fast, big, and skilled as a true top ten team. Does anyone truly believe they could compete with the likes of Georgia, Ohio State, Indiana, Alabama, etc.? Yet, they were ranked above those teams.

Each year, there are 10 to 12 teams who truly could compete for the championship if it depended on winning more than one game in a playoff. Including teams like James Madison, Tulane, BYU, etc. in a playoff has nothing to do with determining a national champion. It's just about money.

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Ronnie-

A moment ago

Jimbo said:
Correct, you Do get upsets from time to time ....however .

Yes. As show.

Jimbo said:
You Don't get teams UPSETTING teams for 5 weeks in a row.

.

But that wasn't what your stated argument was though.

I mean if you drag it out, no team even a favorite is gonna win every game 20 weeks in a row.

With the parity in college football now, who knows who can beat anyone at any given time?

This season and last have shown it might not be the ones we think that might win it all that will win it all.

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MartyDe

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ATSC 3 converter boxes

Interesting article about the work being done to develope an ATSC 3 converter box. Yes it does mention affordable.

Pearl TV Issues Progress Report on Low-Cost 3.0 Converters in Advance of NAB Show New York

Group has secured lower pricing from key tech players to make less costly boxes available

www.tvtechnology.com

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navychop

Oct 20, 2026

DEATH TO NEXGEN!

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primestar31

Oct 21, 2026

navychop said:
DEATH TO NEXGEN!

It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.

There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.

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Mister B

Thursday at 7:43 AM

What bothers me is the total waste of broadcasting spectrum in this very crowded market. It has been almost three years now since KFOX converted their broadcast tower to ATSC 3.0 and moved all of their channels to other towers causing noticeable degradation of the picture quality.
I have a Sony TV with 3.0 capabilities but still use the 1.0 version of locals due to the fact that one or all of the 3.0 channels are often missing or unwatchable. In this city of 800K I doubt that more than a few hundred even know about ATSC 3.0.
The only thing that could motivate me to be interested in 3.0 would be if all of the minor networks (diginets) could be in at least 720P rather than blurry ultra-compressed 480i.
Three years is long enough to waste one of the few available RF frequencies in the area for this trial.
It is time to either move on with this experiment or call it quits.

navychop

Thursday at 4:31 PM

Mister B said:
In this city of 800K I doubt that more than a few hundred even know about ATSC 3.0.

They might notice the hand going into their pocket for their wallet.

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navychop

Thursday at 4:31 PM

Mister B said:
It is time to either move on with this experiment or call it quits.

QFT. Of course, my preference involves a curb and some kicking.

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slow_poke_pete

Yesterday at 5:37 PM

primestar31 said:
It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.

There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.

WHAT ABOUT THE INTERNET PART OF IT. NO ONE WANTS A BOX CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET EITHER.

navychop

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Cough, cough. COVID vaccine implants.

:oldlaugh

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Foxbat

46 minutes ago

navychop said:
Cough, cough. COVID vaccine implants.

That would be handy. Download the latest RNA snippets that can be updated over 5G and no more shots! You're a Genius!

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Is it click bait or is it real

Pretty cool.

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Meta Clickbait, clicking and watching the Video on Clickbait.

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Well crap....Donnie Iris died today

RIP dude. Always liked his music. He was 83

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R.I.P.

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My Mom was a huge McMillan & Wife fan.

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Song Name Game Part 3!

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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If Love Must Go - Dobie Gray

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Apple Event September 2026

Apple Fall Hardware Event takes place today, September 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It marks the debut of new CEO John Ternus and the expected reveal of Apple's first foldable phone.

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Foxbat

Sunday at 7:05 PM

IFixIt has published their Teardown and they had some positive things to say about the iPhone Duo. It still showed some dust ingress into the hinge assembly but seemed otherwise well-sealed.

But with a considerable number of reports of the main screen dying with similar failures, AppleCare+ should be a no-brainer for this phone.

slow_poke_pete

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Foxbat said:
IFixIt has published their Teardown and they had some positive things to say about the iPhone Duo. It still showed some dust ingress into the hinge assembly but seemed otherwise well-sealed.

But with a considerable number of reports of the main screen dying with similar failures, AppleCare+ should be a no-brainer for this phone.

hope you have apple care a screen job is 1000.00

. can we say over priced garbage!!!

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Gone are the days when Apple "perfects" what debuted years earlier on an Android phone.

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Gone are the days when Apple "perfects" what debuted years earlier on an Android phone.

Or better yet, innovate something "completely revolutionary!"

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Intelligent Machines 894

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!

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Direct YouTube Link - Intelligent Machines 894
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tparker

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"Bonus View" Channel List

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.)

If you have any corrections or suggestions, please post here.

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tparker

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Paranormal Files back in business:

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tparker

Sep 23, 2026

Two new Bonus View channels Added today:

And two Removed:

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

Thanks to Pat for the heads up.

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tparker

Sep 30, 2026

One Bonus View channel added today. And one correction (on my part):

One Removed:

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

BTW, not a Bonus View item, but there was a temporary channel 304 Spooktacular added, I imagine just for the Halloween season.

Thanks again to Pat for the many tips.

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tparker

Oct 21, 2026

Three new Bonus View channels today:

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

As always, thanks to Pat for the tips.

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Four Bonus View channels removed today:

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Van

Last reply Today at 5:06 PM · posted in What's Cooking?

Whats for breakfast?

Who says dinner or lunch has to be the only good meals of the day?

Honey butter grits with scrambled eggs and grilled boneless pork ribs on flakey biscuits washed down with cranberry juice.

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TRG

Thursday at 4:10 PM

2 egg burrito with bacon and a side of hashbrowns. Coffee.

TRG

Sunday at 1:40 PM

Breakfast Quesadillas. Grilled flour tortilla filled with scrambled eggs, hash browns, chopped green chile, cheddar & Jack cheese and bacon. Coffee.

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This one was really, really good!

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dfergie

Today at 3:35 PM

Thought I was getting a Chorizo and egg burrito (marker had rubbed off)but was a roast beef/potato I made up before hunting this morning.
Btw every morning at camp I cooked my homemade Chorizo and scrambled eggs plus sausage side while my brother brought bacon. (they liked both the beef and pork versions)

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TRG

Today at 5:06 PM

dfergie said:
Thought I was getting a Chorizo and egg burrito (marker had rubbed off)but was a roast beef/potato I made up before hunting this morning.
Btw every morning at camp I cooked my homemade Chorizo and scrambled eggs plus sausage side while my brother brought bacon. (they liked both the beef and pork versions)

I had a chorizo and egg burrito for you. With lots of green chile and cheese of course.

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