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ncted

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Last reply Jun 8, 2026 · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum

YTTV location verification

I had planned to move my parents to one of the lower-cost YTTV plans, but it seems I might have to switch them to a different service altogether. Their YTTV account is under my dad's name. For the first time ever, YTTV has asked him to verify his location, which apparently requires using the mobile app. Well, the problem is that my dad doesn't have a smartphone. All he has is an Intel Mac laptop, and that doesn't count. He is not very tech savvy at all.

Currently, they cannot watch TV. I spent 2 hours on the phone with my dad last night trying to help him fix it with no success. I cannot travel the 11 hours to do anything in person because I am still recovering from back surgery. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions.

If we can't get it fixed soon, they'll probably have to switch back to Spectrum.

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osu1991

Jun 4, 2026

Are there any other family or friends with a phone or tablet that they can temporarily login and use to verify their location? A computer should be able to be used to set and update home location.

Did you try walking them through updating the location on the pc in Chrome?
tv.youtube.com>sign in>profile picture>location

It might at least get them the national networks. Locals will probably require a more precise GPS device?

If the laptop has an hdmi output then connecting to the tv may temporarily allow them to use the service until a better solution is found.

Edit: Just tried on my desktop and it shows an update button for both Home Area and Current Playback Area.

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NYDutch

Jun 4, 2026

osu1991 said:
Are there any other family or friends with a phone or tablet that they can temporarily login and use to verify their location? A computer should be able to be used to set and update home location.

Did you try walking them through updating the location on the pc in Chrome?
tv.youtube.com>sign in>profile picture>location

It might at least get them the national networks. Locals will probably require a more precise GPS device?

If the laptop has an hdmi output then connecting to the tv may temporarily allow them to use the service until a better solution is found.

Edit: Just tried on my desktop and it shows an update button for both Home Area and Current Playback Area.

Updating the location on the PC should also update it on the TV app. When I was traveling in our RV, I did it often.

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Jimbo

Jun 4, 2026

NYDutch said:
Updating the location on the PC should also update it on the TV app. When I was traveling in our RV, I did it often.

Yes, I don't believe you can make Any of those changes on the actual TV.
Also, it has to be done on the Accounts owners set up.

I fought for months trying to be able to have service up here and at the other home in SC and YTTV fought me every 3 months ... We eventually turned it off down south.

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Juan

Jun 4, 2026

Jimbo said:
Yes, I don't believe you can make Any of those changes on the actual TV.
Also, it has to be done on the Accounts owners set up.

I fought for months trying to be able to have service up here and at the other home in SC and YTTV fought me every 3 months ... We eventually turned it off down south.

Make 2 accounts...you can put one on pause when not using it

Jimbo

Jun 6, 2026

Juan said:
Make 2 accounts...you can put one on pause when not using it

ncted said:
I hadn't heard Hulu had that limitation.

These are their locals on Hulu. Note that NBC and CBS are on the same station:

View attachment 191560

According to my dad, they ended up with a package that has all the sports channels, so that's good. As for online account management, the concept of keeping track of usernames and passwords seems to have lost any appeal to my father. When I asked him if he knew his Spectrum login, he told me he'd rather spend hours on the phone with Spectrum than keep track of another password. It sounded like they are starting to figure out the app, and he somehow got a free Xumo box for my mom's TV.

What I do with my parents, thay can't remember much, let alone passwords anymore .... any time something has to be changed, I make sure that Me or my Neice are there and we help Dad make the change, then we put it in our phone or wallet or something so we have them ...

Foxbat

Jun 6, 2026

Password Managers. Whether you go with a built-in Manager like Chrome or Firefox, or one that's more integrated into the OS like BitWarden or Apple's Passwords app, it takes the pain out of generating and remembering credentials.

In the case of Apple, it can also be shared between family members, so you could be included in a shared passwords group. BitWarden has similar features, and I'm sure other Password Managers share similar functionality.

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savarese04

Jun 6, 2026

I cannot recommend a password manager enough. you can create a shared vault by which one person can only see the passwords, not change them, while the other person(s) can modify. i find this really helpful with my parents who always somehow manage to delete something, but are generally savvy enough to know how copy and paste works.

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cp2k

Jun 8, 2026

savarese04 said:
I cannot recommend a password manager enough. you can create a shared vault by which one person can only see the passwords, not change them, while the other person(s) can modify. i find this really helpful with my parents who always somehow manage to delete something, but are generally savvy enough to know how copy and paste works.

Thankfully my parents are pretty good still about writing down passwords and saving them in browsers. My wife, and her parents, are the exact opposite. They change everything and never write anything down. They also refuse to save it either. I've told them they're all three getting password binders for Christmas and they either have to write everything down or their tech support ends. After that if they don't have the password I can't help them.

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navychop

Jun 8, 2026

Good luck with that!

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Bobby

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Last reply 17 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

17 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 33 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

36 minutes ago

Foxbat said:
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

36 minutes ago

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

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Foxbat

33 minutes ago

Scott Greczkowski said:
Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.

WTF… …What the Foxbat!

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dishstaller

Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 44 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

58 minutes ago

Foxbat said:
If Earth had shorter days,

Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

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Foxbat

44 minutes ago

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

Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…

dishstaller

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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.

www.dailymail.com

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