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After fighting the saga of the HH90 and the Winegard 76cm (they don't work together) I was getting annoyed at the whole thing and near ready to take my brand new Fortec Classic NA and throw it in the lake.
Tonight, I figured I HAD to do something with that new toy, so I took a (twin LNB) Dish 500, threw it on a tripod and pointed in the general direction of 110w.
I turned on the Fortec and had a 86% signal the first try.
Did a scan and lo and behold I was on the right bird.
I'm watching soccer as we speak!
Yeah, it was good shooting but it was rigged... I can point a D* Phase 3 with my eyes closed I've done it so many times since Katrina. (That's actually why I used the Dish 500 and picked 110w)
Anyway, still no motor but at least I'm not playing Tetris any more.
Tonight, I figured I HAD to do something with that new toy, so I took a (twin LNB) Dish 500, threw it on a tripod and pointed in the general direction of 110w.
I turned on the Fortec and had a 86% signal the first try.
Did a scan and lo and behold I was on the right bird.
I'm watching soccer as we speak!
Yeah, it was good shooting but it was rigged... I can point a D* Phase 3 with my eyes closed I've done it so many times since Katrina. (That's actually why I used the Dish 500 and picked 110w)
Anyway, still no motor but at least I'm not playing Tetris any more.
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was that 86% quality?
Good job! I've aimed so many DBS dishes I just aim near the spot and usually it's pretty strong
Good job! I've aimed so many DBS dishes I just aim near the spot and usually it's pretty strong
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Duh- I dunno.
I get an orange bar when I go into the antenna setup and if hit the info button twice the bar is green. I suspect it is quality since the picture is perfect. (well not on GOL all the time, but on the advertisements. - I assume Gol is what it is.) I looked in that paper thing they euphemistically call documentation and did not see what the colors meant.
I'm actually triple lucky. This morning I played with it again and I see I'm actually punching thru a few thin branches from a neighbor's tree. I also tried the other LNB and it appears dead. My signal meter is melting (even turned down) but I can't get anything on the receiver. If I had tried the wrong cable (LNB) last night, it would have been more frustration.
I'm lucky I got 1 out of 2 good LNBs... The Dish the LNBs came from was banged to heck and I noticed this morning the reflector had boot prints on it. (Probably rescue workers crawing on the rubble pile looking for survivors.) I had to take the LNBs off that dish and put it on a decent Dish Pro dish that I had from a house that flooded.
I'm bringing ghetto FTA to a whole new level.
I get an orange bar when I go into the antenna setup and if hit the info button twice the bar is green. I suspect it is quality since the picture is perfect. (well not on GOL all the time, but on the advertisements. - I assume Gol is what it is.) I looked in that paper thing they euphemistically call documentation and did not see what the colors meant.
I'm actually triple lucky. This morning I played with it again and I see I'm actually punching thru a few thin branches from a neighbor's tree. I also tried the other LNB and it appears dead. My signal meter is melting (even turned down) but I can't get anything on the receiver. If I had tried the wrong cable (LNB) last night, it would have been more frustration.
I'm lucky I got 1 out of 2 good LNBs... The Dish the LNBs came from was banged to heck and I noticed this morning the reflector had boot prints on it. (Probably rescue workers crawing on the rubble pile looking for survivors.) I had to take the LNBs off that dish and put it on a decent Dish Pro dish that I had from a house that flooded.
I'm bringing ghetto FTA to a whole new level.
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You prefer FTA over Tetris?
Changing bar colors - I got excited (sort of) when I read that you had done this. I went to try it on mine, but I can't seem get it to work. When I'm in the channel viewing mode, I can get a small red and green bar (Which I never knew that I could do). A red bar for no signal (For some reason I'm locked on channels that don't seem to be there) and a green bar for good channels. No big alignment bar though.
My current alignment technique is to set up our big television in the window inside, and use binoculars to see what the bar is doing while I'm outside. It's quite a pain. Red and green would really help.
Maybe you could come to Pennsylvania and align my dish for me? I'm doing it about twice a week now.
Hope that you like your NA as much as I do mine.
Tim
Katrinasucks,Katrinasucks said:Duh- I dunno.
I get an orange bar when I go into the antenna setup and if hit the info button twice the bar is green.
You prefer FTA over Tetris?
Changing bar colors - I got excited (sort of) when I read that you had done this. I went to try it on mine, but I can't seem get it to work. When I'm in the channel viewing mode, I can get a small red and green bar (Which I never knew that I could do). A red bar for no signal (For some reason I'm locked on channels that don't seem to be there) and a green bar for good channels. No big alignment bar though.
My current alignment technique is to set up our big television in the window inside, and use binoculars to see what the bar is doing while I'm outside. It's quite a pain. Red and green would really help.
Maybe you could come to Pennsylvania and align my dish for me?
I'm doing it about twice a week now. Hope that you like your NA as much as I do mine.
Tim
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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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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....
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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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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LOL. It depends if the person saw it during the years when they were actually still available which is 1968 to 1983 meaning the person could be 43-58 years old or they can even be a few years old if they learned to read and write at a young age and actually saw a telephone with that label somewhere recently just like even here in San Francisco, payphone still exist physically in public places but whether they can be used or not is a different issue. It still looks like this even today:
I opened my Radio Shack in Sept 1984 and right about that time they did the whole deregulation thing with the phone companies. I bought TONS of those phones that had been refurbished with a new outer shell. You could throw one of those out of a 3 story high window and it would still work.
That was an interesting time in history. I would have older customers come in and ask about phones.....they were terrified that they were going to get into trouble hooking up a second phone without the phone company knowing about it. One of the funniest episodes of WKRP was the one where Johnny thought the cops were showing up because they had an unregistered phone. I guess younger folks can't conceive of a time when you were limited to the number of phones you could have in your house....and limited to the length of the cord
That was an interesting time in history. I would have older customers come in and ask about phones.....they were terrified that they were going to get into trouble hooking up a second phone without the phone company knowing about it. One of the funniest episodes of WKRP was the one where Johnny thought the cops were showing up because they had an unregistered phone. I guess younger folks can't conceive of a time when you were limited to the number of phones you could have in your house....and limited to the length of the cord
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He was 71 yrs old. One of my favorite songs is Seminole Wind....the violin is killer.
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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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Did you people having this issue contact Brittany yet? Shes trying to keep track of things and it would be good for you to contact her as maybe she can get this somewhere and get fixed.
Now while unofficial, I am hearing this issue wasn't caused by DISH's software team, but was caused by a chipset driver update that seemes to have hosed some older USB devices. If this is indeed the case I can see why DISH didn't know and why they are slow in fixing it as they need the chipset company to fix its drivers and release them to DISH so they can be pushed out to all.
DISH does not hate you guys nor do they want you to buy new USB dongles. I am rather sure they didn't even know this was an issue until they saw it posted.
Again contact Brittany if you are having this issue, so she has your info and hopefully she can do something for you to keep you happy.
Now while unofficial, I am hearing this issue wasn't caused by DISH's software team, but was caused by a chipset driver update that seemes to have hosed some older USB devices. If this is indeed the case I can see why DISH didn't know and why they are slow in fixing it as they need the chipset company to fix its drivers and release them to DISH so they can be pushed out to all.
DISH does not hate you guys nor do they want you to buy new USB dongles. I am rather sure they didn't even know this was an issue until they saw it posted.
Again contact Brittany if you are having this issue, so she has your info and hopefully she can do something for you to keep you happy.
Thanks, but until they do, can't Dish just revert to the old driver that worked? Then test the new driver when delivered,d before pushing it again.Did you people having this issue contact Brittany yet? Shes trying to keep track of things and it would be good for you to contact her as maybe she can get this somewhere and get fixed.
Now while unofficial, I am hearing this issue wasn't caused by DISH's software team, but was caused by a chipset driver update that seemes to have hosed some older USB devices. If this is indeed the case I can see why DISH didn't know and why they are slow in fixing it as they need the chipset company to fix its drivers and release them to DISH so they can be pushed out to all.
DISH does not hate you guys nor do they want you to buy new USB dongles. I am rather sure they didn't even know this was an issue until they saw it posted.
Again contact Brittany if you are having this issue, so she has your info and hopefully she can do something for you to keep you happy.
But then what does an old CIO know! I've only reamed quite a few buttholes from my people that didn't do that!
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dish can't revert back to older drivers or updates. although just one reason not to buy the ota dongle!!!Thanks, but until they do, can't Dish just revert to the old driver that worked? Then test the new driver when delivered,d before pushing it again.
But then what does an old CIO know! I've only reamed quite a few buttholes from my people that didn't do that!
Interesting article about the work being done to develope an ATSC 3 converter box. Yes it does mention affordable.
www.tvtechnology.com
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
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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.