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    dead receiver no signal ?????

    dead receiver? I checked my connections while home on lunch. They looked okay and did not notice any corrosion issues. Signal strength on channel 712 it is at about 10. I peaked the dish slightly when the pixilation problem first appeared about a month ago. The receiver does power up but...
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    dead receiver no signal ?????

    I am scratching my head on this one. I have the SD 505 receiver. The receiver shows no signal (0) at all for channel 299. Showing red satellite light. I tried a hard reboot and everything went dead on the receiver. It peaked my dish and there are not line of site issues. Prior to this the...
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    upgraded to Starchoice HD

    peaking the dish Iceberg; did you have many issues with moving the dish to bring in the two satellites? thedrifter
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    Comcast OTA

    follow up This TV is in my wife's study next to the computer. This TV is hooked up to the Comcast basic cable only. But like I stated before, I was surprised to receive the SCIFI and USA HD channels after hooking up the rabbit ears. I was only expecting to get the locals. The tuner is set for cable
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    Comcast OTA

    your questions I have Comcast for the internet plus basic cable because that is the way Comcast does it here locally. Yes I do receive USA and SCI FI via the tuner built into the Sony HDTV. But like I said I only have the very basic cable package. I did not have a choice in this matter. I als...
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    Comcast OTA

    Qam I am a Luddite, what is a QAM???
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    Comcast OTA

    I hooked up a new powered Terk antenna from BB. I was expecting to be able to receive all the locals (4 networks) plus CW, PBS, local NBC weather channel and was surprised to also receive SCI FI and USA HD. Is this normal??? Will the number of HD OTA offerings increase when everthing changes...
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    SC picture quality

    I have a question concerning some of my SC channels. I have the SC 305 sat receiver. On many of the Canadian channels I notice horizontal lines, especially in the red colors. I don't think it is color specific, but I could be wrong. The problem also appears on the US locals. Any...
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    Satellite choice for Florida

    I live in SWFL, Fort Myers and BEV was almost unwatchable with many dead transponders. I switched to Star choice and I am very happy