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Sorry for the long post. I wanted to get all the details out in front so I am including all the information I have. I am having a problem connecting my VIP722 to my Sony TV. I live in a motor home. The receiver is in a cabinet over the driver seat and the TV is in the middle of the coach. When I bought the motor home, the receiver was connected via component cables to a distribution switch that connected 3 TV sets to it. The main set is quite a distance from the distribution switch and the picture was 'soft'.
There is a Sony home theater receiver (DVD, tuner, amplifier in the cabinet next to the 722. It is connected to the main set with an HDMI cable so the TV can control the volume of the receiver. The sound from the TV was connected to the home theater receiver using a pair of RCA cables so there was not surround sound.
As a test, I reconnected the HDMI cable from the home theater to the 722. The difference in picture quality was astounding! It actually looked sharp and bright instead of dull and fuzzy. I then got a Toslink cable and connected the digital output of the 722 to the digital sound input of the home theater receiver. Now I had surround sound instead of 2 channel stereo. One problem was that when the HDMI cable was connected to the 722, I couldn't control the volume of the home theater using the TV. The other problem was that when my PC was connected to the TV (using another HDMI input), the sound couldn't get to the home theater receiver.
To solve these problems, I purchased a 50-foot Monoprice HDMI cable with Redmere (supposed to boost the signal over distances) and a 50 foot Toslink cable. I ran the Toslink cable from the TV to the home theater receiver. I ran the new HDMI cable from the 722 to another HDMI input on the TV. Everything worked great for a few days while I was testing the setup.
I then ran the cables under the floor to connect everything. It all worked just the way I expected it to for a few days. One afternoon, I turned on the TV and was greeted with a 'no signal' message on the screen, even though the exact same setup was working earlier that day. Since the other TVs are still hooked up to the 722 using the component distribution switch, I turned on one of the other TVs to see if the 722 was working. It was, but the picture was flashing on and off. When I turned off the TV that was connected via the HDMI cable, the picture on the other TV stopped flashing. I managed to get the HDMI connection to work by turning the TV off and on multiple times until I got a signal. Once I got a working picture on the HDMI connected TV, the component connected TV's picture stopped flashing and was stable.
Here is another piece to the puzzle. When I was trying to figure out what was going on, I rebooted the 722. The first screen to flash was the 'Dish Network' screen. It stayed on for the normal time, then went blank like it always does when starting. After that, the other startup screens never appeared.
I thought perhaps the new 'Redmere' cable wasn't all that it was cracked up to be. To isolate the problem, I swapped the cables connecting the home theater and the 722. Now, the Redmere cable is running to the home theater and the home theater cable is running to the 722. I didn't change the inputs on the TV so they are swapped, too. If the problem was with the TV or the cables, I would have expected it to be with the home theater now. It's not.
I am having the same problem as before using different cables and TV inputs. At this point, I am assuming that the problem is with the 722. Has anyone seen this before? Is there a setting I can make to eliminate this problem? Any other suggestions?
One last bit of info. There is not a lot of insulation behind the cabinet where the 722 is. I am currently in Mesa, AZ and it is getting a little warmer here than it was a few weeks ago. It's getting pretty warm in the cabinet. There wasn't ventilation in the cabinet so I got a small box fan and am leaving one of the cabinet doors open for air circulation. Could this be a temperature-related issue? Everything else in the receiver works fine.
Thanks in advance for any responses and suggestions.
There is a Sony home theater receiver (DVD, tuner, amplifier in the cabinet next to the 722. It is connected to the main set with an HDMI cable so the TV can control the volume of the receiver. The sound from the TV was connected to the home theater receiver using a pair of RCA cables so there was not surround sound.
As a test, I reconnected the HDMI cable from the home theater to the 722. The difference in picture quality was astounding! It actually looked sharp and bright instead of dull and fuzzy. I then got a Toslink cable and connected the digital output of the 722 to the digital sound input of the home theater receiver. Now I had surround sound instead of 2 channel stereo. One problem was that when the HDMI cable was connected to the 722, I couldn't control the volume of the home theater using the TV. The other problem was that when my PC was connected to the TV (using another HDMI input), the sound couldn't get to the home theater receiver.
To solve these problems, I purchased a 50-foot Monoprice HDMI cable with Redmere (supposed to boost the signal over distances) and a 50 foot Toslink cable. I ran the Toslink cable from the TV to the home theater receiver. I ran the new HDMI cable from the 722 to another HDMI input on the TV. Everything worked great for a few days while I was testing the setup.
I then ran the cables under the floor to connect everything. It all worked just the way I expected it to for a few days. One afternoon, I turned on the TV and was greeted with a 'no signal' message on the screen, even though the exact same setup was working earlier that day. Since the other TVs are still hooked up to the 722 using the component distribution switch, I turned on one of the other TVs to see if the 722 was working. It was, but the picture was flashing on and off. When I turned off the TV that was connected via the HDMI cable, the picture on the other TV stopped flashing. I managed to get the HDMI connection to work by turning the TV off and on multiple times until I got a signal. Once I got a working picture on the HDMI connected TV, the component connected TV's picture stopped flashing and was stable.
Here is another piece to the puzzle. When I was trying to figure out what was going on, I rebooted the 722. The first screen to flash was the 'Dish Network' screen. It stayed on for the normal time, then went blank like it always does when starting. After that, the other startup screens never appeared.
I thought perhaps the new 'Redmere' cable wasn't all that it was cracked up to be. To isolate the problem, I swapped the cables connecting the home theater and the 722. Now, the Redmere cable is running to the home theater and the home theater cable is running to the 722. I didn't change the inputs on the TV so they are swapped, too. If the problem was with the TV or the cables, I would have expected it to be with the home theater now. It's not.
I am having the same problem as before using different cables and TV inputs. At this point, I am assuming that the problem is with the 722. Has anyone seen this before? Is there a setting I can make to eliminate this problem? Any other suggestions?
One last bit of info. There is not a lot of insulation behind the cabinet where the 722 is. I am currently in Mesa, AZ and it is getting a little warmer here than it was a few weeks ago. It's getting pretty warm in the cabinet. There wasn't ventilation in the cabinet so I got a small box fan and am leaving one of the cabinet doors open for air circulation. Could this be a temperature-related issue? Everything else in the receiver works fine.
Thanks in advance for any responses and suggestions.
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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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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!
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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.
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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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Has anyone subscribed to NBA League Pass for 2026-27 and try to link their account to NBA.com to stream League Pass? I purchased it for 2026-27, and when I linked, I got a message saying success, but then I receive an error that my linked subscription does not include the preseason games for NBA League Pass. Is that how it has always been? I know satellite doesn't have the preseason games on the NBA League Pass channels, but I thought that I was able to stream the preseason once I linked my account on NBA.com?
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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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Nah, you just don't understand how ignore works, which is why you made your own NFL thread thinking there wasn't one
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
You're no fun.
