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so my friend called me up to come over and stay with her during her installation the other day, she said the installer made her feel a little uncomfortable. Anyway, he shows up at 6pm, rather late, but whatever as long as he gets it done.
It was a 4 room install, on a newer house. 1 622, 1 322. Anyway, the guy didnt finish until 2am!! was this guy just inexperienced? stupid? or does it normally take that long for an install. we were both irritated with him by the time it was done
It was a 4 room install, on a newer house. 1 622, 1 322. Anyway, the guy didnt finish until 2am!! was this guy just inexperienced? stupid? or does it normally take that long for an install. we were both irritated with him by the time it was done
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This is why I don't start full installs after 3PM (4PM Summer). I don't work in the dark. An unwired home that is real nasty, I figure one hour for the dish, one hour for each receiver, putting a 4 room at 5 hours. That's including showing them how to work the box and features like DishHome, etc. Not just "up arrow, down arrow, goodbye."
I had one recently that took 4 hours for a dual tuner to 2 rooms. I had to wrap both lines in and also had to wrap underneath the second story eave and the dish was on 2nd story North eave (flippin HOAs
) that had patio under it so I had to bring a ladder up onto patio roof. It really burns a lot of time when you have to use the 28' ladder, put in two screw clips, go down, move ladder 3', go up, two more clips, for about 50 feet.
OP, you mention this home is in AZ. I live in the Phoenix area if you are near there. I can check out his work for a fee, or if you have a neighbor who wants signed up, I can check your install out while doing his install to let you know if its up to spec. I've been doing this for 10 years. Don't do the fulfillment thing again, go with a local retailer or PM me here.
A new home here in AZ should have at least two prewires, one for LVRM and Master Bedroom. Often that is two of the four outlets. Pole mounts in AZ are rare, then again, so are trees. Also elevation to the birds is around 50.
I had one recently that took 4 hours for a dual tuner to 2 rooms. I had to wrap both lines in and also had to wrap underneath the second story eave and the dish was on 2nd story North eave (flippin HOAs
) that had patio under it so I had to bring a ladder up onto patio roof. It really burns a lot of time when you have to use the 28' ladder, put in two screw clips, go down, move ladder 3', go up, two more clips, for about 50 feet. OP, you mention this home is in AZ. I live in the Phoenix area if you are near there. I can check out his work for a fee, or if you have a neighbor who wants signed up, I can check your install out while doing his install to let you know if its up to spec. I've been doing this for 10 years. Don't do the fulfillment thing again, go with a local retailer or PM me here.
A new home here in AZ should have at least two prewires, one for LVRM and Master Bedroom. Often that is two of the four outlets. Pole mounts in AZ are rare, then again, so are trees. Also elevation to the birds is around 50.
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Ouch.
I have a lot of sympathy for the installer that'll be setting up our Vegas place.
Line's for 119, and the wiring all terminates on the north side (basically, top 'left' of house).
Oh yeah, and I have an HOA to deal with too, but given the location and the OTARD rule I don't think there's much reasonable they can ask us to do. Also, there are others in the neighborhood with dishes so I don't expect many issues
They could get into the wiring from the south side but then there's grounding to deal with.
I have a lot of sympathy for the installer that'll be setting up our Vegas place.
Line's for 119, and the wiring all terminates on the north side (basically, top 'left' of house).
Oh yeah, and I have an HOA to deal with too, but given the location and the OTARD rule I don't think there's much reasonable they can ask us to do. Also, there are others in the neighborhood with dishes so I don't expect many issues
They could get into the wiring from the south side but then there's grounding to deal with.
This is why I don't start full installs after 3PM (4PM Summer). I don't work in the dark. An unwired home that is real nasty, I figure one hour for the dish, one hour for each receiver, putting a 4 room at 5 hours. That's including showing them how to work the box and features like DishHome, etc. Not just "up arrow, down arrow, goodbye."
I had one recently that took 4 hours for a dual tuner to 2 rooms. I had to wrap both lines in and also had to wrap underneath the second story eave and the dish was on 2nd story North eave (flippin HOAs
OP, you mention this home is in AZ. I live in the Phoenix area if you are near there. I can check out his work for a fee, or if you have a neighbor who wants signed up, I can check your install out while doing his install to let you know if its up to spec. I've been doing this for 10 years. Don't do the fulfillment thing again, go with a local retailer or PM me here.
A new home here in AZ should have at least two prewires, one for LVRM and Master Bedroom. Often that is two of the four outlets. Pole mounts in AZ are rare, then again, so are trees. Also elevation to the birds is around 50.
You have this luxury when doing retail only. We are a retailer and a DNSC contractor.
I can't believe builders out there are still putting houses up without coax as a part of the prewire. That's unheard of here. Even cheap starter homes have at least one run each to the LR and MBR. And even if they ask for 4 tv's (why is it that people want to hook up 4 locations when they only own TWO TV'S)
I take it most homes built on concrete slabs there. It's getting that way here. I'd say 50-60% of all new homes are slab built. Even large homes of 3k to 4k SF. MAny of those homes have distribution panels. Which is fine as long as there are enough service lines to the d mark. If not we're screwed. If the panel is on the main floor in the interior of the house, we can't access the panel unless we tear up al lot of sheetrock.
Anyway, I will find a way to not wrap a home if I can.
I don't work in the dark either.
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One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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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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I remember this in the news too...
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$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...
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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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Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank 
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Take the cover off, show me pics of the board of the bad one and also the bottom of the board. I'm an old hardware electronics tech plus a satellite dealer; I fixed a lot of FTA and regular receivers. I may be able to fix it for you. And yes, they got hit by lightning; it's best to email me the pics at diamondsatellite@snet.net or call me at 203-232-8888. I give you a 50-50 chance of fixing it; I do have spare parts. my phone is a fliptop phoneHello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank
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a good surge protector will help to.Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank
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Actually I take just 2 prescriptions, Atorvastatin and Lisinopril. They cost me $6 each for 100 pills. Next year that will be nothing.That's ok. I probably take enough for the two of us.
God knows what Bobby takes. Maybe so much they count as a meal?
