I RESEMBLE THAT COMMENT!! LOLHICs are only needed for hicks that don't have whole house ethernet.
I RESEMBLE THAT COMMENT!! LOLHICs are only needed for hicks that don't have whole house ethernet.
Not a hijack--just chucking in my install progress. 1st Hopper is not behaving yet, saying the smart card with the Hopper is invalid. The installer has rebooted a few times and double-checked it with Dish and the numbers all match, plus a check switch all comes back in the green--not sure what's up with that. He just unplugged the Hopper and went to try setup for my 2nd Hopper, hoping for better luck.
Not a hijack--just chucking in my install progress. 1st Hopper is not behaving yet, saying the smart card with the Hopper is invalid. The installer has rebooted a few times and double-checked it with Dish and the numbers all match, plus a check switch all comes back in the green--not sure what's up with that. He just unplugged the Hopper and went to try setup for my 2nd Hopper, hoping for better luck.
The HOA stuff doesn't really seem like it would be the installers job. It's not Dish's HOA. If they require something other than the code it would be the homeowners responsibility right? (Not sure on that... I don't have a HOA so am not really familiar with it.)
I do agree that ground looks iffy tho....
LER said:The installer needs to honor the HOA requests IF POSSIBLE, and the Homeowner needs to know what the requirements are. That said, the OTARD rules from the FCC give some lattitude as well.
If an HOA tries to bully me into violating NEC regulations because they don't like the way it looks, I simply smile, get their name and report them to the local code enforcement authorities. They usually start singing a different tune a few days later. I have a very low tolerance for bullies.
I really hate to see all those screws into your brick. That is one reason why I will do my own upgrade and not make any new holes or attachments to our stucco.
I thought you had to buy the Hopper/Joey in order to be able to do that - not allowed for leased receivers? I bought my first one (5000) back in the 1990s when Dish encouraged self-install, but the current ones just die too often. Course the Dish installers see my setup and they just act like they did something, and I change what I need to change when they leave...
I thought you had to buy the Hopper/Joey in order to be able to do that - not allowed for leased receivers? I bought my first one (5000) back in the 1990s when Dish encouraged self-install, but the current ones just die too often. Course the Dish installers see my setup and they just act like they did something, and I change what I need to change when they leave...