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RE: new to direct TV
My advice: Keep it as an RV account. That way you have more flexibility to get DNS (NY and LA) channels for nationwide use if you need to. It requires filing an affidavit with DirecTV at some point. It costs an extra $20/mo. but you can activate it when traveling outside your 200 mile radius, spot beam. Deactivate it when you don't need it.
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mikestock
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05/18/13 02:16pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Kindle e-book Formatting Q?
I guess I'm not really sure about what you are asking but will say that you can take any free publication without DRM and use Calibre, as Robert78121 said, to convert it to Mobi(pocket) file format. Then you use your PC to drag the Mobi file to "documents" under Kindle.
If you buy the book from Amazon it will download to everyone on your account without any conversion.
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mikestock
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05/17/13 02:12pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Directv DVR continuously resetting when no signal from sat
My tv and DVR are actually powered, full time, through a Xantrex sine wave inverter that automatically switches from ac input to stand by battery input when ac is unavailable.
I did this to avoid resetting when my EU3000is sometime gets a temporary power drop as the air conditioner compressor starts. It also allows me to get over-the-air tv while stopped at rest stops. Part of my packing up procedure always includes unplugging the DVR and PI.
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mikestock
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05/17/13 09:47am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Directv DVR continuously resetting when no signal from sat
I have a fifth wheel trailer, not a motor home. My thinking is that the damage done by driving a motor home down the road would be much less than pulling a trailer. I have never actually ridden down the road in my fifth wheel, but I have seen the effects on unsecured items after a rough road. Most trailers have no shock absorbers, so I doubt my DVR hard drive would survive very long on a rough road, while towing.
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mikestock
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05/17/13 08:17am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Honda 3000is powering a 1999 American Tradition
I wonder what this "yellow adapter" is that everyone has
That's just a small adapter that plugs into the 23.3 amp twist lock receptacle seen in one of the above pictures. The standard three prong RV pigtail plugs into it.
To the OP: You can try using the companion cables, pairing the EU3000is with the EU2000i (not the companion). Draw from the 30 amp receptacle on your 3000. They will pair up just like the two 2000's. I've done it many times to run two ac's. This may give you enough juice. That's a total of 4200 watts or 35 amps.
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mikestock
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05/13/13 07:54pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Honda 3000is powering a 1999 American Tradition
I have used an EU3000is to power my 15k air conditioner, with lights and charger. My charger will pull 1000 watts for the first 15 minutes if the battery is very low. I know this can create a problem if the charge is at 1000 watts when the ac starts up so I sometime turn the converter off to give the ac a chance to get going.
I use the yellow adapter to convert from the twist lock to the RV receptacle. 1000 watts is quite a lot to run a charger. If yours pulls more than that, something is wrong, for sure.
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mikestock
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05/13/13 04:19pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: DirecTV Spot Beams/Local Channels
This may be of interest to others. I originally got an RV only, account in 1999. Eventually, since they made it, not so easy, to turn service off and on. I bought more receivers and started using DTV at home. All the while I paid for and got DNS as well as locals.
A few months ago, in expectation of making a long trip, asked for DNS again and found that they no longer recognized me as an RV customer. I sent a new affidavit and declared that all (6) of my DVR's and receivers were in my RV. It took effect and I now have NY/LA and my locals on all six units.
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mikestock
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05/09/13 12:33pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Direct TV Setup
Neither receiver should put out voltage when set to SWM. Both receivers should put out voltage when set to multi-switch. While the PI is "rated" for 21V, it's likely that it can put out different voltages in different situations.
Both the HR21 and the HR24 will output 13V and 18V when set to multiswitch and both will output zero when set to SWM (assuming they are working correctly).
Thought I would check a couple of other units, all set up for SWM. One is an HR22-100 DVR that puts out 13.44 vdc and the other is a receiver, H21-200 that puts out 13.53 vdc. Although I haven't tried it, I would bet that those two would work with the SWM without the PI. Next time we go out in the fiver I will find out. Will also record the signal strength. Keep in mind that I don't get the same signal strength with my modified Slimline that you would get with the actual 32" reflector. My reflector is a modified DISH 1000.2 that has some strength loss on the KU satellites. 85 ti 88 is very good. 101 is usually around 95%.
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mikestock
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05/08/13 08:50pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Direct TV Setup
OK. Here's what I found. The HR21-100, which, for some reason, will work independently of the PI and splitter puts out 13.25 vdc, a far cry from the 21v that the PI puts out but, for some reason, works with the SWM. The HR 24-200 puts out zero when set up for SWM, thus will not activate the SWM. I guess it only supplies voltage out when it is switched to work non-SWM setup.
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mikestock
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05/08/13 06:58pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Direct TV Setup
Can't do this at my home. Dish on the roof. 28v SWM system. I could check the voltage from the HR21-100 compared to the HR24-200. If the older unit doesn't have higher voltage output I will be surprised.
As I said, at the time I was trying to find the reason for a " Can't Communicate With Dish" error. I just went straight to the receiver, trying to make sure I had the dish pointed. Never said this before, but this was not the first time I had seen this phenomenon.
I replaced the PI with a new one and all was back to normal.
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mikestock
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05/07/13 08:55pm |
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RE: Direct TV Setup
Just for clarification: My HR24-200 would not communicate with the SWM without the PI, only the HR21-100. The voltage from the older model must be just over the threshold required by the SWM.
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mikestock
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05/07/13 08:40am |
Technology Corner
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RE: All in one DVD player/FM Radio/Surround source
What ever you do, avoid the RCA unit sold by WalMart. I bought one which went out in a week, took it back and got another which went out in 3 months.
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mikestock
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05/05/13 09:00pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Length "fudge factor"
No magic rule-of-thumb. Every place is different. I have seen 26' sites that would hold my 37' fiver by having room for my tail to overhang. Then I have seen sites at Yosemite and Fort Wilderness that say they allow 37' and found them near impossible for my fiver and long bed truck to maneuver into.
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mikestock
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05/05/13 01:27pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Direct TV Setup
What ? No “(which he’s not using) or “Thanks for the ‘believe it or not’” and no dismissive Latin this time. Thanks.
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mikestock
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05/05/13 12:40pm |
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RE: Direct TV Setup
The implication that I am not being truthful is confrontational and will not go without response, with no disparaging Latin adjectives.
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mikestock
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05/05/13 09:23am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Direct TV Setup
Bill. Please read carefully. I am in my fifth wheel right now. I have a modified smaller version of a Slimline which I made from a DISH 1000.2 reflector. I have set it up over a hundred times in the last four years. My LNB only has one RG6 port (not four) from which I run a wire to the PI and then a 4 way splitter with two of the ports capped. From the splitter I feed two DVR's. Now tell me that's not SWM. I know what SWM is. I simply stated that during trouble shooting what turned out to be a bad PI I connected the RG6 directly from the SWM to one of the DVR's and it worked. End of the story. Maybe somebody else has run into the same thing and maybe not, but it seems that no one here has tried it so until you do you can't really dispute it.
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mikestock
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05/04/13 10:32pm |
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RE: Direct TV Setup
HR21-100 . Must be putting out more than 18v. Don't know how much under21v the SWM can tolerate.
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mikestock
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05/04/13 06:15pm |
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RE: Direct TV Setup
OK. I guess I am misunderstanding. I said that I found that a SWM horn will feed one receiver without a PI or splitter in the circuit and you said I was wrong. I have been trying to get you to try it for yourself and you have not done so.
When accusing someone of an erroneous post the least you can do is see if you can duplicate the process before disputing. Doesn't look like you have tried it yet but that's OK. If you have,in fact,tried it then I understand your bowing out.
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mikestock
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05/04/13 03:40pm |
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RE: Direct TV Setup
As I can see, you still haven't tried ti.
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mikestock
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05/04/13 01:15pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Direct TV Setup
Take the PI and splitter out of the circuit. If it is in the circuit you didn't have the same setup.
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mikestock
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05/04/13 10:09am |
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