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Well, I got the install on Saturday of the 5LNB & H20. What a joke Ironwood is......, the technician went through the entire setup of dish & receiver, but when it came time to search for the satellites, the message read:
"You have selected 5 LNB for your dish and only 4 satellites were detected"
Sat 101 OK
Sat 119 OK
Sat 110 OK
Sat 99 (standard10) Failed!
If you notice satellite 103 is not even listed?????
So I ask the installer about this "failed" satellite and his answer was:
"Oh, that's for future use from D*, they haven't even activated that source".
Huh!!! Okay the phone rings and I have to take a call, 5 minutes later, I come back and 'viola' the channel list is up and ALL local channels are there for HD. Great I thought and we're all set. Off goes the installer and I'm ready to play with my new toy. Wait a minute, upon further review, I notice my off-air antenna sitting in it's usual place (I un-hooked it before the installation began, feeling I won't need this anymore) well low and behold it's re-hooked up again!! After looking at the setup, while I was on the phone, the tech rewired the off-air antenna went to the menu downloaded sat & ant info and made it look like the whole installation was complete and correct.
Immediately, I call D* HD Tech line and walk through all the above info - WRONG! This tech had done nothing correct. So I have D* contact "Ironhead" to locate the tech and have him come back. 5 hours later "Ironhead" calls back and ask me to read the I.D number off of the sheet the tech left behind. I read him the number he tells me to hold on........................, they have no one with that I.D. number working for them>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>? (or they can't find the number in their system. Conference call time - I'm on the phone with D* and "Ironhead" for almost 2hrs ( I refused to let anyone off the line until I was assured another tech would come to correct the problem). Guess what....., they sent another tech out on Sunday morning. And the result????????? He has no clue what is wrong!! He checked the signal with his little meter and confirmed all sats are were they belong, but still no 99 or 103 satellite signal. By now I'm about to stroke out and felt I'd better calm down and get control. Needless to say I still have my off-air antenna hooked up and I am getting all channels that way. Well another tech is scheduled for Dec 10 - boy is he in for a looooooooonnnnnnnnnnngggggg day.
Any suggestions on how to correct this screw-up???
"You have selected 5 LNB for your dish and only 4 satellites were detected"
Sat 101 OK
Sat 119 OK
Sat 110 OK
Sat 99 (standard10) Failed!
If you notice satellite 103 is not even listed?????
So I ask the installer about this "failed" satellite and his answer was:
"Oh, that's for future use from D*, they haven't even activated that source".
Huh!!! Okay the phone rings and I have to take a call, 5 minutes later, I come back and 'viola' the channel list is up and ALL local channels are there for HD. Great I thought and we're all set. Off goes the installer and I'm ready to play with my new toy. Wait a minute, upon further review, I notice my off-air antenna sitting in it's usual place (I un-hooked it before the installation began, feeling I won't need this anymore) well low and behold it's re-hooked up again!! After looking at the setup, while I was on the phone, the tech rewired the off-air antenna went to the menu downloaded sat & ant info and made it look like the whole installation was complete and correct.
Immediately, I call D* HD Tech line and walk through all the above info - WRONG! This tech had done nothing correct. So I have D* contact "Ironhead" to locate the tech and have him come back. 5 hours later "Ironhead" calls back and ask me to read the I.D number off of the sheet the tech left behind. I read him the number he tells me to hold on........................, they have no one with that I.D. number working for them>?>?>?>?>?>?>?>? (or they can't find the number in their system. Conference call time - I'm on the phone with D* and "Ironhead" for almost 2hrs ( I refused to let anyone off the line until I was assured another tech would come to correct the problem). Guess what....., they sent another tech out on Sunday morning. And the result????????? He has no clue what is wrong!! He checked the signal with his little meter and confirmed all sats are were they belong, but still no 99 or 103 satellite signal. By now I'm about to stroke out and felt I'd better calm down and get control. Needless to say I still have my off-air antenna hooked up and I am getting all channels that way. Well another tech is scheduled for Dec 10 - boy is he in for a looooooooonnnnnnnnnnngggggg day.
Any suggestions on how to correct this screw-up???
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And I got..............., NOTHING!!!!!
Well, they did it again. Ironwood 'aka' Ironhead, stiffed me again this weekend. I'm starting to think someone from this company is monitoring this site for comments about their work. Okay, here goes: I got the call Friday evening confirming Ironwood/head would be out Sat morning btwn 8-12pm. Waiting Sat morning and............, nothing. No call about being late, no call whatsoever. I receive a call at 11:22am from a very lovely young lady saying she was from "Directv" and was doing a check up on my installation, (you see I was elevated to "special severe statis" after last weeks screwup - see original post in this thread). After telling her that Ironwood/head has yet to show up, she apologized over and over and said she will call tomorrow to get the info about the completion of this job. After hanging up with her I gave them an additional 1 hr. It's now 1:15pm, I call D* and after being sent from place to place I finally landed with a dept manager who again apologized about the service (after I reminded her that my checks are made out to D* not Ironwood/head she gauranteed me that this problem will be resolved because she will put in an emergency statis report concerning my situation. Okay, I said but will that help me today>? Sat>?. No unfortunately it won't - but she can (and did) deduct the $99 charge for the upgrade (I know, this was supposed to be free for existing HD subs) so as long as I don't have to pay anything that's great. It's now 2:45pm, I'm still on the line with the dept manager who it trying to contact Ironwood/head local dept. Oh, I can help you with that my dear, I say as I have the local office number. Great she says, I call them right now! Snickering on the other end, I hold from another 1-3 minutes (that's D* classic line when they can't do anything else). When she comes back on line and starts to say she coul......., I interrupt her in mid sentence and finish the statement for her. Wow, she say 'you must be a mind reader', no I say I've been on the phone with these clowns before. After some more back and forth apologies from her she insists someone from Ironwood/head would definately call me to fix this problem immediately. I'm still waiting for that call. A poster from this site was kind enough to get me a direct (not sure I should use that word) number for a manager with Ironwood/head and I plan to contact them shortly. And, oh by the way....., that call about the survey to check up on the problem I received at 11:22am from D*............, it was IRONWOOD/HEAD!!!!
THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES.............
Well, they did it again. Ironwood 'aka' Ironhead, stiffed me again this weekend. I'm starting to think someone from this company is monitoring this site for comments about their work. Okay, here goes: I got the call Friday evening confirming Ironwood/head would be out Sat morning btwn 8-12pm. Waiting Sat morning and............, nothing. No call about being late, no call whatsoever. I receive a call at 11:22am from a very lovely young lady saying she was from "Directv" and was doing a check up on my installation, (you see I was elevated to "special severe statis" after last weeks screwup - see original post in this thread). After telling her that Ironwood/head has yet to show up, she apologized over and over and said she will call tomorrow to get the info about the completion of this job. After hanging up with her I gave them an additional 1 hr. It's now 1:15pm, I call D* and after being sent from place to place I finally landed with a dept manager who again apologized about the service (after I reminded her that my checks are made out to D* not Ironwood/head she gauranteed me that this problem will be resolved because she will put in an emergency statis report concerning my situation. Okay, I said but will that help me today>? Sat>?. No unfortunately it won't - but she can (and did) deduct the $99 charge for the upgrade (I know, this was supposed to be free for existing HD subs) so as long as I don't have to pay anything that's great. It's now 2:45pm, I'm still on the line with the dept manager who it trying to contact Ironwood/head local dept. Oh, I can help you with that my dear, I say as I have the local office number. Great she says, I call them right now! Snickering on the other end, I hold from another 1-3 minutes (that's D* classic line when they can't do anything else). When she comes back on line and starts to say she coul......., I interrupt her in mid sentence and finish the statement for her. Wow, she say 'you must be a mind reader', no I say I've been on the phone with these clowns before. After some more back and forth apologies from her she insists someone from Ironwood/head would definately call me to fix this problem immediately. I'm still waiting for that call. A poster from this site was kind enough to get me a direct (not sure I should use that word) number for a manager with Ironwood/head and I plan to contact them shortly. And, oh by the way....., that call about the survey to check up on the problem I received at 11:22am from D*............, it was IRONWOOD/HEAD!!!!
THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES.............
And to think that I get Ironwood work from out of the Philly office. Joy Joy....
Str8poolbanger <~~~~~~~~Proud to be a certified installer and takes pride in his work...lol.........
5 LNB Dish.....install what>???? hahaha.....u should see the number of tech that turn the jobs down cause they dont know how.....i even made the dvd training video for some of the other installers....lol oh well i must be off to sleep...the wind is whipping here in bethlehem, pa and i have 3 installs tomorrow.....wonder if they will get done in the weather....hehe
Str8poolbanger <~~~~~~~~Proud to be a certified installer and takes pride in his work...lol.........
5 LNB Dish.....install what>???? hahaha.....u should see the number of tech that turn the jobs down cause they dont know how.....i even made the dvd training video for some of the other installers....lol oh well i must be off to sleep...the wind is whipping here in bethlehem, pa and i have 3 installs tomorrow.....wonder if they will get done in the weather....hehe
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I've always been super interested in things space related so this is a pretty cool event coming up. Nov 18, 2026 early in the morning, Voyager 1 will reach the distance of one full light day from Earth. Took almost 50 yrs. I was 13 when it launched.
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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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This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Even though it didn't work out for the Hoosiers, this event recorded and I was able to watch it in full 4K HDR.
Timer is set to Record the Series. Thanks, Bobby!
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So...DirecTV advertises the Choice package with 95+ bonus channels for Satellite customers. You don't want 90+ of the 95...
Excluding PPV, premium networks, infomercial, shopping, religion, and non-English programming, there are 7 channels on satellite that are not on streaming:
NFL Network, MavTV, FE TV, Free Speech, NASA, INSP, and Pursuit. I'm pretty sure a couple of those are public interest that they have to carry to meet an FCC quota on satellite.
I hope they get called out for this advertising because that is ridiculous. One big network, NFL, will probably get added to streaming when their next agreement comes up, and the rest are likely very low viewership.
What about streaming, what do you get extra with the Choice package that isn't on Satellite:
Two stations - one of which is an internet TV - Fox Weather, and Heros & Icons (a diginet). Nothing special here to look at either.
If they cleaned up a couple of their agreements, added a few public interest stations to streaming, they could probably have their lineups match. It's close now, if you take out all the garbage on satellite that they earn money on. If they can sell infomercials on satellite, why can't they on streaming, seems like a miss. A bigger miss, including those stations in the "bonus channels just for satellite customers." Pretty sad marketing right there.
Attached is a comparison sheet of satellite vs streaming for the three main packages if anyone is interested.
MOD EDIT: See Post #3 for an up to date list of what channels are available on sat but not on streaming/internet, see Post #21 for an up to date list of what's available in the app for streaming customers, but not for sat customers.
Excluding PPV, premium networks, infomercial, shopping, religion, and non-English programming, there are 7 channels on satellite that are not on streaming:
NFL Network, MavTV, FE TV, Free Speech, NASA, INSP, and Pursuit. I'm pretty sure a couple of those are public interest that they have to carry to meet an FCC quota on satellite.
I hope they get called out for this advertising because that is ridiculous. One big network, NFL, will probably get added to streaming when their next agreement comes up, and the rest are likely very low viewership.
What about streaming, what do you get extra with the Choice package that isn't on Satellite:
Two stations - one of which is an internet TV - Fox Weather, and Heros & Icons (a diginet). Nothing special here to look at either.
If they cleaned up a couple of their agreements, added a few public interest stations to streaming, they could probably have their lineups match. It's close now, if you take out all the garbage on satellite that they earn money on. If they can sell infomercials on satellite, why can't they on streaming, seems like a miss. A bigger miss, including those stations in the "bonus channels just for satellite customers." Pretty sad marketing right there.
Attached is a comparison sheet of satellite vs streaming for the three main packages if anyone is interested.
MOD EDIT: See Post #3 for an up to date list of what channels are available on sat but not on streaming/internet, see Post #21 for an up to date list of what's available in the app for streaming customers, but not for sat customers.
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My OTA is not working anymore. This started after the latest update. I have the OTA dongle with a OTA antenna that I've been using for years. My hopper does not recognize the dongle anymore and when I go to the OTA setting, it has a screen that says to plug a dongle into the USB. I tried unplugging and plugging back, in the same usb port and other ports. The Hopper does not recognize it. Anyone have same issue?
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Hi all. If you were using a single tuner USB OTA adapter that is no longer working, please PM me. Thanks. 
I have the dual tuner OTA adapter currently connected, but I have 2 of the single tuner OTA adapters that I can quickly connect - neither is seen by my H3.Hi all. If you were using a single tuner USB OTA adapter that is no longer working, please PM me. Thanks.
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I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.
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Unless the specific product or its packaging is known at the time of weighing, estimating the tare weight for a PoS system is a tall order.
I'm pretty sure that produce bags can't get any thinner.
You certainly don't want to put unbagged produce on a belt, scale, or in a clerk's hands (gloved or not).
I would think that all the packaging would already be accounted for ... they weigh the container, subtract that from the scale, then add the product , so its weighing the Product onlyUnless the specific product or its packaging is known at the time of weighing, estimating the tare weight for a PoS system is a tall order.
I'm pretty sure that produce bags can't get any thinner.
You certainly don't want to put unbagged produce on a belt, scale, or in a clerk's hands (gloved or not).
Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!
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I remember this in the news too...
www.nbcnews.com
$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone
A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.
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That is a misnomer. In the old days you subscribed to telephone service. That included the telephone line and one telephone. An extension cost $1 a month extra. So that $14,000 over 42 years was for the service not the leased telephone. There is no way they paid $28 a month for 42 years for a leased telephone.I remember this in the news too...
$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone
A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.
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Hi guys, is anyone getting any quality on transponder 4135 L 30000 I'm not getting any quality few weeks now.
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