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webbydude

Last reply Nov 12, 2006 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish 1000 receivers

I'm drawing a total blank right now, so bear with me when I ask this question. The part of Ohio I'm working in right now is part of the so-called "distant network" shutdown. To accommodate customers, Dish is supplying most people with a D1000 upgrade...for free. The problem I'm running into is that some of the receivers don't recognize the 129.

Unless I'm missing things, the ONLY Legacy receivers Dish "says" can't receive the 129 are the: 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 receivers. Like I said earlier, I'm running into some that aren't on the list but don't see the 129. As an example, today I had 3700 that wouldn't/couldn't see the 129. Just for the hell of it, I hooked up a spare 301 that I had on my truck. Lo and behold...129 shows up.

My question is...can someone post a link to what receivers do NOT see the 129? And maybe someone can help explain why a 3700 doesn't work. And for the record, I had the same thing happen yesterday.

Thanks in advance.

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Mr Tony

Nov 9, 2006

wouldnt you still need a DP Adapter?

Why couldnt you just do a Legacy twin/Dual/SW21 combo? Thats what I do even with my 811 and it works fine

...whoops read above and saw why

Derwin0

Nov 9, 2006

This from the DPP notes (see attached)

When connecting a Legacy receiver, a second receiver must also be connected to power the LNBF:
o If the second receiver is DISH Pro or DP Plus, the DP Plus Twin will be fully functional.
o If the second receiver is Legacy, the LNB IN port (for a second satellite dish) cannot be used.

Bascially if a legacy reciever is used, you must have another reciever in order to use the switch.
If you need 129, then the 2nd reciever must be DishPro.

DISH_Pro_Plus_Twin_LNBF_Installation_Information_&_Special_Considerations.pdf 700 KB

webbydude

Nov 9, 2006

Right...! I guess that's where I screwed up. Furthermore, the script-monkey CSR's seem to feed into that by telling me that there is no problem in using a Legacy receiver with DPP LNBs and a DP Adapter. True enough...but with the added proviso that you will not get the 3rd orbital slot.

djmbuildingservices

Nov 12, 2006

I guess what I'm curious about..is.. "What exactly does that SW64 switch do...??" It takes both polarities of a pair of Legacy Dual LNBs, as well as a Dual Legacy from a 3rd orbital location- 61.5..and combines that..But, does it make the 4 outputs appear like a DP signal-??ie-band-stacked.?? I have a 3000 receiver, and a 301 on one of those SW64s, and it seems to give me no end of grief...?? It would sure help to understand how that beast works.. any feedback would be appreciated...

webbydude

Nov 12, 2006

From what I do know about a SW64, it does separate both polarities and all 3 satellites. Your checkswitch screen will show that. With a DP receiver such as your 301, it's software is smart enough to be backwards compatible and not enable the typical DP bandstacking.

What my original issue is that I'm being told by the Dish CSRs that a DP Adapter is good enough in a single room, Legacy upgrade to a Dish 1000. Uh-uh! A big no go!! A person person needs at least one DP receiver in a D1000 upgrade. So what I've been doing is calling up to Dish to modify the workorders and giving the customer a leased 301 in the place of their owned Legacy receiver. What they do with the owned Legacy receiver is the customer's business. Either than can sell it back to Dish for the $10 (yeah...what a big joke THAT is) or I can be paid extra to wire up 2nd room.

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ts27330

4 minutes ago · posted in Cable Television and Fiber Providers

Charter/Spectrum tv app works with more brands

The Charter/Spectrum tv app has been updated to make it downloaded with more tv brands. I recently added it to my LG Oled tv.

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Bobby

Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 23 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

4K Events Discussion Thread

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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long_time_Dish

Oct 23, 2026

No NASCAR in 4K on Sunday? Bummer...

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Jim5506

Oct 24, 2026

long_time_Dish said:
No NASCAR in 4K on Sunday? Bummer...

It's on Prime.

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long_time_Dish

Oct 24, 2026

Jim5506 said:
It's on Prime.

Ah, ok, thanks!

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Foxbat

Oct 24, 2026

The World Series Game 1 quality was excellent, the Dolby Surround put us in the seats. Thanks, Dish!

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sasmith

Yesterday at 9:22 PM

Not seeing many 4k games on the 148 channels lately?

Also I do not see the 4KFox channel on 148-01; I also do not subscribed to our Local Houston channels.

Maybe I need to subscribe to locals or add the National Action Pack? Not sure the extra cost is worth it??

thx for any info or suggestions

S

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jsmit86

23 minutes ago

sasmith said:
Not seeing many 4k games on the 148 channels lately?

Also I do not see the 4KFox channel on 148-01; I also do not subscribed to our Local Houston channels.

Maybe I need to subscribe to locals or add the National Action Pack? Not sure the extra cost is worth it??

thx for any info or suggestions

S

Most of the 4K action on the 148-xx channels will be on Saturday for College Football. For whatever reason, the guide does not show the games until later in the week. The Fox Big Noon game will show up, and there will usually be a couple of other games, some on Fox, and some on ESPN.

I don't know if you need to be subscribed to locals to get them.

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ewindowman

Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 24 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish Bankruptcy - Business as Usual

Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th

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slow_poke_pete

Yesterday at 6:38 PM

https://www.phonearena.com/news/att-reshoring-customer-care_id184650

Meanwhile att is getting rid of overseas call centers

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 6:52 PM

slow_poke_pete said:
https://www.phonearena.com/news/att-reshoring-customer-care_id184650

Meanwhile att is getting rid of overseas call centers

Too bad their service is expensive and their coverage sucks compared to the other two of the Big 3

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Juan

Yesterday at 9:50 PM

comfortably_numb said:
Too bad their service is expensive and their coverage sucks compared to the other two of the Big 3

Was that a back door compliment for Verizon?

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 10:00 PM

slow_poke_pete said:
Meanwhile att is getting rid of overseas call centers

Too little too late.

I can actually shed some light on the corp attitude towards call centers.

2015-2017 I was on the Viasat Dealer Council. They would fly us out to CO or CA and wine and dine us. Pretty cool but I was there to give my input because I was a top retailer and I wanted things to improve.
Anyway, at one of the meetings I brought up the fact that customers constantly complained about the overseas call centers. The VP of the company told me that I just didn't understand....those people cost something like 25% of what US employees would cost. Well, as usual when I went out to these meetings, I was loaded for bear....ie facts. I gave them an example of a customer who spent over an hour with one of these call centers and still never got her issue resolved. She called me the next morning after we opened and I had her situation fixed in 2 minutes. I told him "So you guys paid this overseas call center X amount but the customer still wasn't taken care of. I on the other hand, and a US call center probably would have as well because there wouldn't have been the language barrier, had her taken care of in 2 min. so your savings just went right out the door because a US call center would have taken care of her and MANY other customers while your overseas call center did nothing more than PISS off a customer.
Blank stares was all I got.

And THAT was when I realized just how incompetent most of the people are who run these companies. It WAS an enlightening experience.

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Almighty1

Today at 5:30 AM

Even 23 years ago, Verizon was known for having quality customer service. T-Mobile had quality customer service too but just poor mobile service. AT&T when it was still known as AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless both had poor customer service. This was when all three were providing customer service from the U.S. so even in the U.S., some companies are still better than others as it still depends on who they hire. That's the same reason AT&T Broadband Inc. which was basically their Cable TV never gotten far and got sold to Comcast.

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comfortably_numb

25 minutes ago

dishstaller said:
And THAT was when I realized just how incompetent most of the people are who run these companies

I wouldn't call it incompetence necessarily, it's just that the customer is only a device now, the old idea that you need to spend money to make money has been forgotten. They're not looking at the long game. They're looking at immediate exposure and shareholder value. Spending a lot of money on local call centers might be a good long term investment, but it doesn't do anything for them in the short term. That's what the blank stares were about, they thought YOU didn't get it.

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comfortably_numb

24 minutes ago

Juan said:
Was that a back door compliment for Verizon?

And TMO. If anybody's lagging behind the most, it's ATT.

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dishstaller

Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter

Today at 8:50 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

FDA issues new warning for Ozempic - can cause eye-stroke

Now after reading this story I walked away thinking that this is being blown out of proportion because of the incredibly low numbers of those affected.....BUT....I've read posts by some of you who are taking this drug so I figured it was worth posting.

FDA issues new warning for Ozempic saying it can cause blindness

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Monday that it was requiring manufacturers to add a new warning to the label for weight loss drugs.

www.dailymail.com

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TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Today at 8:42 AM · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, and the Alleged Foreign Spy #shorts

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gOEC7EJLO3M

Direct YouTube Link - Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, and the Alleged Foreign Spy #shorts
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dfergie

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!

Last reply Today at 8:19 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Gas Price Info With National Gas Temperature Map

Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy

Ethanol Free Stations

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osu1991

Saturday at 11:49 AM

$3.55

reubenray

Saturday at 12:47 PM

$3.45 in Jane, MO.

Bobby

Yesterday at 11:04 AM

Regular$5.299
Premium$5.859
Diesel$7.599
at Costco, Rohnert Park.

harshness

Yesterday at 4:41 PM

Finally! Some big movement in California diesel pricing (and no, there is no such beastie as a diesel "winter formula").

Crude (combined pricing) is around $90/barrel now, so prices should have, at least, fallen in step with the crude futures.

dishstaller

Today at 8:19 AM

harshness said:
Finally! Some big movement in California diesel pricing (and no, there is no such beastie as a diesel "winter formula").

Just curious here.....then why is diesel so much higher out there than it is elsewhere. Bobby just posted $7.59/gal, locally it is $5.59.....that's two bucks difference. :eeek

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Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply Today at 8:07 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Song Name Game Part 3!

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!

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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