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RidgeRunner

Last reply Apr 27, 2026 · posted in Free To Air (FTA) Discussion

GTM-V8-UHD receiver

I was recommended this receiver 4K UHD ATSC-C Satellite TV Receiver Box SCART HDMI Media Player USB DVR Recorder | eBay unfortunately its not available as well. My receiver died and I am just looking for something to get my FTA system online. All I have is two fixed dishes, on dish has a dual LNB holder. I am watching a little TV and I need to have a receiver that will let me manually program the music stations. Can anyone provide any recommendations?

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byron

Apr 26, 2026

The company that once made that receiver has exited the satellite receiver manufacturing business. I'll just leave it at that. If you're seeing them offered online, it's probably new-old stock and they're asking for more than it might have ever been worth.

Your Amiko died? (Just going by what you have in your signature, as a guess)

RidgeRunner

Apr 26, 2026

byron said:
The company that once made that receiver has exited the satellite receiver manufacturing business. I'll just leave it at that. If you're seeing them offered online, it's probably new-old stock and they're asking for more than it might have ever been worth.

Your Amiko died? (Just going by what you have in your signature, as a guess)

Yes Amiko is dead troubleshooting efforts have not yielded anything. So, I am in search of a receiver. Any suggestions?

cyberham

Apr 26, 2026

Not recommending, just commenting. I have a GT Media V9 Prime and I'm very satisfied with it, especially considering what I paid for it new when it was available. Even if it's obsolete, it still works fine for me.

And I'm a fan of Edision receivers but they take time to learn and effort to support. So they are hobby receivers not for those who only want to watch TV.

k4otl

Apr 27, 2026

cyberham said:
Not recommending, just commenting. I have a GT Media V9 Prime and I'm very satisfied with it, especially considering what I paid for it new when it was available. Even if it's obsolete, it still works fine for me.

And I'm a fan of Edision receivers but they take time to learn and effort to support. So they are hobby receivers not for those who only want to watch TV.

How is the V9 "obsolete"? Genuinely curious, not snarky.

I personally like the V9 alot, it was a way better interface than the Amiko 4k I had. You can still find the V9's, but dang the price went up in the past year. I had bought 1 to start with, liked it so much (and to get in front of tariffs), I ordered 2 more, so I have 3. Plenty of backup and in case my Dad wants FTA (or will let me install it

). The V9 works great for the "hidden" music channels.

byron

Apr 27, 2026

Re: GT and the V9 -> looks like GT Media has left the satellite receiver business

I forget about the V9. (But once the support moves on from them, I tend to forget them) Gets lower symbol rates than some of the others in GT series. (Gets the WPR stations on 99w with manual PID entry with ease) They are going for more than they used to be because the stock isn't being produced anymore, and the resellers flipping them are likely aware of this fact.

I tried a V9 myself. The barrel (LNB IN) connector in the back was poorly attached to the main board, and a coax bend pulled the sucker off two days into ownership. Opened it up and build quality was not that great and properly re-soldering that F-connector back on was going to be tricky. It's sitting in the parts bin waiting for a rainy day second attempt.

Anyway... RidgeRunner what else are you looking for in your next receiver?

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cyberham

Apr 27, 2026

k4otl said:
How is the V9 "obsolete"? Genuinely curious, not snarky...

I thought from others comments that the V9 Prime was no longer available. You were wise to grab a few extra. A quick check online shows I could still get one delivered to my home from China for US$48. I'd pay that if still available.

For products like these, I don't care if there is any "support". If the unit works, then I rarely seek support. It's a gamble I suppose if it fails out of the box, but what choice do you have? I would consider a receiver from Rick's instead but getting something across the U.S. border nowadays is probably as tough as from China. I source from Canada if possible but an FTA satellite receiver may be tough to find here.

cyberham

Apr 27, 2026

cyberham said:
...A quick check online shows I could still get one delivered to my home...

On closer inspection, that link is out of stock. Maybe no longer available after all.

primestar31

Apr 27, 2026

RidgeRunner said:
Yes Amiko is dead troubleshooting efforts have not yielded anything. So, I am in search of a receiver. Any suggestions?

Try a new power brick, one at least 2 amps. Some of them came with faulty ones. I had to replace mine when the brick went bad.

k4otl

Apr 27, 2026

cyberham said:
I thought from others comments that the V9 Prime was no longer available. You were wise to grab a few extra. A quick check online shows I could still get one delivered to my home from China for US$48. I'd pay that if still available.

For products like these, I don't care if there is any "support". If the unit works, then I rarely seek support. It's a gamble I suppose if it fails out of the box, but what choice do you have? I would consider a receiver from Rick's instead but getting something across the U.S. border nowadays is probably as tough as from China. I source from Canada if possible but an FTA satellite receiver may be tough to find here.

Gotcha, obsolete meaning no longer supported or discontinued, not that it's features were "obsolete".

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dishstaller

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Last reply 6 minutes ago · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum

Hughesnet cancelling email addresses

Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.

I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.

Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.

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Foxbat

Today at 2:37 PM

Doing a Google of the HughesNet Email notice, it seems that HughesNet has been trying to eliminate hosting emails since 2019. And with HughesNet filing Chapter 11 back in August, it would be a smart move to switch to a more stable Email provider. Even AT&T farmed out their Email to Yahoo! years ago.

SpaceX's Starlink and the Cellular 5G Home Internet solutions have pretty much relegated HughesNet and its high latency, low bandwidth Internet service to History. If Earth had shorter days, maybe a Geostationary Internet Solution might have stood a fighting chance…

dishstaller

Today at 2:57 PM

Well, I helped him set up a gmail acct....I actually wanted to see what the new process is for setting up a gmail acct since it had been years since I set mine up. Anyway, I showed him how to forward the emails he wanted to keep over.

navychop

Today at 3:16 PM

Foxbat said:
If Earth had shorter days,

Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

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Foxbat

57 minutes ago

navychop said:
Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…

klang

6 minutes ago

Foxbat said:
Even AT&T farmed out their Email to Yahoo! years ago.

I still have one of those although I've been trying to wean myself off it.

Bobby

Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 30 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish 4K Event Listings (No Discussion)

This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.

As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.

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Bobby

Sunday at 11:00 AM

MLB, Brewers at Dodgers, Wednesday 10-14, 5PM PDT, Channel 148-02.

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Bobby

Tuesday at 8:48 PM

MLB, Brewers at Dodgers, Thursday 10-15, 6PM PDT, Channel 148-02.

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Bobby

Tuesday at 8:50 PM

CFB, Notre Dame at BYU, Saturday 10-27, 4:30PM PDT, Channel 148-03.

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Bobby

Tuesday at 8:52 PM

NASCAR, Freeway Insurance 500, Sunday 10-18, 12PM PDT, Channel 148-04.

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Bobby

30 minutes ago

CFB, Ohio State at Indiana, Saturday 10-17, 9AM PDT, Channel 148-01.
CFB, Arizona State at Texas Tech, Saturday 10-17, 12:30PM PDT, Channel 148-01.

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Former member 209992

Last reply 45 minutes ago · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center

Site is slooooow

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.

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Foxbat

Today at 1:22 PM

Yeah. It's probably something going on with the MacBook as my iPhone has been pretty snappy.

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Scott Greczkowski

Today at 2:49 PM

I have been optimizing the site the past few days... and got us here now.

We are rocking now!

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Foxbat

49 minutes ago

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Yeah. It's probably something going on with the MacBook as my iPhone has been pretty snappy.

I rebooted my MacBook Air and it's zipping right along. Sorry, but it was taking over 20 seconds to load pages, with the pulsing blue bars so it was munching on something.

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Scott Greczkowski

48 minutes ago

Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.

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Foxbat

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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.

WTF… …What the Foxbat!

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dishstaller

Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Today at 3:00 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Man falls to his death on roller coaster at 6 Flags in GA

Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.

Dad levitated and bled then fell to his death from coaster

Eyewitnesses have shared fresh details of the horrific accident that happened at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday afternoon.

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 11:02 PM

Back on the Goliath Roller Coaster ... I'm interested to find more details as well ...
Like where on the track did this happen (somewhere I read that it was on the climb up the top), which is impossible ...

They really need to take that ride and add at the very least, seatbelts ...

The Park is opening back up on Friday, the ride will Not be opening ... personally, I would keep it closed until different type of restraints can be designed and installed (over the winter).

I find it hard to believe that this ride is even allowed to be running with the restraints that exist at the moment, there are other rides that use the same type and they have been shut down across the country.

You got to believe that every ride has at least 2 types of restraint systems in place.

I wonder what and when we will hear from the Manufacturer ... and whatever governing bodies control these ...

Just think, this is a Major Amusement Park .... I would not have any problem getting on the Roller Coasters I have rode ...

Imagine what these County Fairs and others like them, I would not be caught Dead on one of them ... they get put up and tore down every other week, where is the safety for those rides ... No Thank You.

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 11:10 PM

Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?

Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…

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navychop

Yesterday at 11:17 PM

Jimbo said:
I would not be caught Dead on one of them

Yet IF you were on one, you might be caught dead.

dishstaller

Today at 10:07 AM

Jimbo said:
Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?

Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…

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Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.

Jimbo

Today at 2:18 PM

dishstaller said:
Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.

It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.

Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...

NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system

I'm glad to see ...

dishstaller

Today at 3:00 PM

Jimbo said:
with a Seat belt as last resort.

According to the article, when you see a seat belt on a ride like this, it is basically used as a way of making sure the rider isn't too large/fat to safely ride the ride.

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Ham Radio 2.0

Today at 2:52 PM · posted in Ham Radio 2.0

Kenwood TM-D750 vs ICOM ID-5200: Don't Buy One Before Watching This!

Time for another AWESOME video from Ham Radio 2.0!

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Houston Rockets

Last reply Today at 2:39 PM · posted in FTA Receiver / Equipment Support

OTHER Mini Multiswitch

I just received 6 receiver 2 port mini Multiswitch and it work great, no external power need it, and you can connect 6 receiver instead of 4 on most Mini Multiswitches... If anyone is interested in where they can get one PM me....

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Titanium

Today at 2:00 PM

Have you tested using external power? Over the years, have found unpowered polarity switching to be unreliable. Especially problematic when used with DiSEqC motors or switch stacking.

Houston Rockets

Today at 2:39 PM

No I have not. I just got it the other day and it is connected to six receivers working just fine. What I do is non power mini multi-switches work best with LNBF's and with LNB's

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Tech News Weekly 459

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!

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TheRatPatrol

Last reply Today at 2:13 PM · posted in TV Shows

NCIS

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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TheRatPatrol

Monday at 11:11 AM

Wait, Tony is the director now? Apologies, I stopped watching a while ago.

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Jimbo

Monday at 11:47 AM

TheRatPatrol said:
Wait, Tony is the director now? Apologies, I stopped watching a while ago.

Was Gibbs still there when you quit watching ?
If so, A Lot has happened ....

It's been pretty good all along , once you get use to Gibbs being gone.

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Jimbo

Monday at 11:41 PM