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How to Adjust an LNB Skew
The LNB is the part on a satellite television dish that is installed at the end of the small, straight arm. "LNB" stands for "low noise block-down" converter, and is often referred to as the "eyes" on...
View ArticleHow to Activate Game Mode on a Sharp TV
Sharp Aquos televisions feature preset viewing modes that adjust the TV's settings for optimal viewing experience. You can activate the game mode setting that changes the video and contrast settings to...
View ArticleHow to Get Caller ID on the TV With Dish Network
Your Dish Network receiver can tell you whether a call is worth answering or not -- without even looking at the phone. When a call comes in, the receiver will flash the caller's name and phone number...
View ArticleHow to Connect a Blu-ray Player to a TV With a Dish Satellite
Dish Network satellite receivers and Blu-ray players both lack audio and video input ports. That doesn't mean you can't hook these devices up to the same TV. Most TVs can accept multiple audio/video...
View ArticleHow to Run DISH Network to an Extra TV
If you have more than one TV in your home, you can connect multiple TVs to the same DISH Network receiver. Whether you can watch different programs depends on the type of receiver. Some receivers can...
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How to Determine Satellite Dish Coordinates With a Zip Code
Precise alignment of your satellite dish is vital for satisfactory reception of all available paid and free-to-air digital satellite television channels. Different broadcast satellites transmit...
View ArticleHow to Install CCcam on DreamBox
Dreambox is the brand name of a variety of Linux-powered satellite and digital television set-top boxes available across Europe. You can install different types of software on Dreamboxes depending on...
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Problems With Thunderstorms & DirecTV Satellite Dishes
DirectTV is a direct broadcast satellite television service that provides viewing to homes in the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America. The company uses small, proprietary satellite receivers mounted on...
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How to Hide a Satellite Dish
Given a choice, you probably don't want a hunk of dark gray metal detracting from the appearance of your front yard or your view from the back deck. Satellite dishes are utilitarian, but that doesn't...
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Does HDTV Require a Different LNB?
Although often misused, the term LNB means a combination of two devices used in satellite communications: a low noise amplifier and a downconverter. The term is correctly written as "low noise block...
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Why Does the Dish Network Satellite Dish Have Two Cables?
Dish Network produces different models of parabolic satellite antennas for their systems. Each model has one or more low noise block-downconverters to amplify signals and downconvert them to a range of...
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What Causes Satellites to Lose Their Signal?
A satellite TV signal passes through three basic stages to get to your receiver: a television programming signal, an uplink to a satellite orbiting the Earth and a signal to dish pointed at it....
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Which Way Must a Satellite Dish Be Facing?
Because satellites orbit the Earth at the equator, a dish in North America must face in a southerly direction, with the elevation angle decreasing the farther North it is installed. The exact azimuth...
View ArticleWill Dish Network & DirecTV Satellite Dishes Work With Bell ExpressVu?
Bell TV, formerly known as Bell ExpressVu, Dish Network Canada and ExpressVu Dish Network, offers satellite TV services in Canada. When you subscribe to their services, they install a new dish along...
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How to Calibrate a Satellite Dish
Because satellites orbit above the equator at various intervals, installing a satellite dish in North America works best with a clear view of the southern sky, with no obstructions from trees, houses,...
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What Can Amplify My Satellite Dish Signal?
A satellite in-line amplifier can increase the signal strength between your dish and your receiver, but it can't compensate for a poorly aligned dish. Only use an in-line amplifier when the cable...
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My Satellite Dish Is Frozen
A satellite dish uses a parabolic reflector to focus and concentrate signals into a low-noise block downconverter (LNB) in the feed horn. Ice or snow on a reflector or feed horn cover can refract,...
View ArticleHow to Connect Your TV Wirelessly to U-verse or DirecTV
You can connect your TV wirelessly to your U-Verse service to unlock thousands of on-demand titles for DirecTV. The cinema connection kit available from DirecTV provides your TV's set-top box with the...
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What Is Satellite ECM?
When you subscribe to satellite TV service in the United States, the provider installs a dish and a receiver with a card inside to identify it. You select a service package to include the number of...
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Does Temperature Affect the Direct TV Satellite?
The satellites used for DirecTV orbit the Earth above the equator at an altitude of roughly 20,000 miles. The temperature remains fairly constant, and the complex and sophisticated electronics inside...
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My Satellite Receiver Overheats
A satellite receiver converts the signals from the dish to audio and video for your TV. Like most electronic equipment, it can get warm. Problems that can cause the receiver to overheat include...
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How to Troubleshoot Repeat Satellite Setup for DirecTV
The Repeat Satellite Setup troubleshooting procedure in a DirecTV satellite receiver can re-establish service if you can't tune to programs in your subscription package or they are missing from the...
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What Is the USB Port on the DirecTV HD DVR For?
When you live in a rural area, most of the time the only option available to receive television is via a satellite television service. DirecTV (directv.com) offers subscribers several different viewing...
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Dish Network Error 122
You turn on your TV and DISH Network receiver, only to see a blue error message pop up on the screen. "Error 122," the message reads, informing you of an internal communications failure within your...
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What Are LNB Cables?
If you subscribe to satellite TV, you may think that the most important part of the satellite dish mounted on your home is the large, round reflector -- the "dish" part of the equipment. However, it's...
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How to CardShare With Dreambox
Cardsharing is a way to watch unencrypted and encrypted television programs by using a satellite and Linux-based satellite receiver. Dreambox makes several Linux-based receivers that will cardshare and...
View ArticleDish Satellite Error Messages
Dish Network satellite systems include a receiver that changes the signal from the dish into programs on a TV set. It also monitors the system and presents a error messages on the TV screen in the even...
View ArticleDish Network Closed Captioning Won't Turn Off
Dish Network offers a variety of satellite programming features that require special equipment, including a satellite receiver, satellite dish and remote control. In addition to its programming...
View ArticleWhat Hz Does DirecTV Use?
Physicists define the electromagnetic spectrum in frequency waves, named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolph Hertz, who was one of the first scientists to send and receive these electromagnetic...
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What Is the DirecTV Function on a PS3?
DirecTV began offering its NFL Sunday Ticket through the Playstation 3 gaming system in late 2011. PS3 users can subscribe to the service to see the games of their choice as well as highlights and...
View ArticleWhat Can a Dreambox Decode?
Manufactured mainly for the European and United Kingdom market by Dreambox Multimedia, the Dreambox is a set-top receiver box that decodes free and premium satellite and cable digital-television...
View ArticleHow to Program MBC in Dish Frequency Polarization
MBC is a network of English and Arabic stations that are available using free-to-air satellite systems in areas of the Middle East and North Africa. To receive MBC stations you will need to properly...
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Does Weather Affect DISH TV?
Direct-broadcast satellite television providers like DISH Network got their start providing digital-quality television in areas where cable TV was unavailable, but they have grown in popularity as an...
View ArticleHow to Fix a DirecTV Signal
When your DirecTV dish signal seems weak, or you lose your satellite communication, you can adjust the dish to regain communication and signal strength. Understanding how to adjust the satellite...
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At What Degree Is a DishPro Satellite Set?
Because free installation is provided with DISH Network service, customers rarely need to know the degree or other positional settings. However, if you're considering a self-install or DIY...
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How to Install AUX on a Dish Remote
Most Dish remotes include three buttons for controlling other devices. After pressing the button, you can use the remote to carry out some functions on the other device, saving you the need to use...
View ArticleHow to Use a Compass to Point a Dish
Pointing your satellite dish antenna is an integral part of the overall satellite installation process. Customarily, the use of a built-in angle measurement scale on the body of the satellite dish is...
View ArticleHow to Transfer Files From a Bell 9241 PVR to a PC
When you open the Bell 9241 PVR's "Multimedia" menu option, you see another option called "External Hard Drive." Within the "External Hard Drive" menu, there is an option to "Archive Recordings" stored...
View ArticleHow to Put English Subtitles on DirecTV Boxes
Subtitles in the form of closed captioning has been available on TV sets for years. Even if you have perfect hearing, subtitles can be handy when you want to watch TV while the sound is muted, or the...
View ArticleHow to Reset My DVR on Direct TV
Perform a reset on your DVR receiver for your DirecTV service to restore the unit to its factory settings and clear out any recordings saved to its internal storage. The process can also be helpful in...
View ArticleHow to Use Dish TV on a Vizio
Vizio makes high-definition LCD television sets. One source you can use to get a high-definition signal to the Vizio set is through Dish TV, also known as Dish Network. Setting up a Dish TV satellite...
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How to Instal VIP222K
The VIP 222K, a satellite set-top receiver box from the DISH Network, is user-friendly and straightforward to set up. Even if you don't have a great understanding of electrical equipment or television...
View ArticleHow to Connect Multiple Televisions to Dish Network
There's no reason to enjoy your satellite TV service on only one TV. Install a multi-switch into your home satellite service to connect multiple televisions to your satellite dish. Multi-switches...
View ArticleHow to Reset a Direct TV Model D12-100 Satellite Receiver
If your DirecTV D12-100 satellite receiver is malfunctioning, before you call for repairs, try restoring it to working order by resetting the device. Several reset options are available -- you can...
View ArticleHow to Set Up a Dreambox
Dreambox is a type of receiver used for cable and satellite television primarily used in European countries. The German Dreambox uses Linux software and comes with a PowerPC processor and Ethernet...
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How to Hook Up Bell ExpressVu with Multiple Receivers
Bell ExpressVu is a Canadian satellite TV service. Subscribers receive programming through a satellite dish connected to a descrambling receiver in their homes. Hooking up additional receivers with a...
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How to Install a Plugin on Dreambox
Dreambox is an advanced Linux-based satellite decoder that, unlike standard machines, allows users to increase the systems functionality by downloading and installing various plugins. The process for...
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How to Hook Up My Insignia LCD TV to a Satellite Dish Box
Insignia is an American brand of budget-friendly, standard- and high-definition televisions. Hooking up an Insignia LCD TV to an input source like a satellite TV receiver is generally simple, but...
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How to Measure Satellite Dish Elevation
Measuring the elevation of a satellite dish correctly can mean the difference between watching the big game in the comfort of your recliner or standing on the roof with a pair of pliers during pre-game...
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How to Stop Satellite Rain Fade
It can be very frustrating when you are watching your favorite television show and the signal is suddenly interrupted by the weather. Rain fade is what happens when rain gets in the way of the dish...
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