[RFI] Fw: Direct TV DVR problems

[dalej]

We have two Dish 501's and the third is a late model plain jane receiver.   

Why is a late model receiver different than the older models?

Trying to keep this on topic, I never have had any RFI problems with any Dish receiver, but our old Sony TV did.  We switched to a Sony LCD a couple years ago and it is clean.  This summer I installed a Samsung small LCD here in the shack and it too is RFI free.  Now, I wish my neighbor would get rid of his fancy lights and dimmer control, what an RFI generator.

73
Dale, k9vuj



On 14, Dec 2010, at 10:47, Dave Harmon wrote:

> Dish Network **DOES** charge a fee for not having a telephone line.
> 
> As mentioned....older DVR's are grandfathered not to have a phone line.
> Newer DVR's....like in the last 5 years...REQUIRE.... a phone line to be
> connected or else you have to pay a monthly $5 fee.
> Period....whether you like it or not. 
> Dish doesn't care if you don't have a landline phone....tried that
> already....pay the 5 bucks.
> 
> A lot of guys are stating that they don't have the phone line and don't pay
> the fee.
> What I want to know is how do they avoid the fee.....
> 
> No, I'm not going to change service providers....
> No, I don't want to get HD free over the local channels....
> No, I don't what to use a computer for tv viewing....
> No to anything else anyone can think up....
> 
> What I want to know is how do you avoid the $5 fee on a late model Dish DVR
> with no phone line??
> How do I avoid this fee if I just unplug the line and do nothing else??
> 
> Lemme think a minnet......
> Oh...that's right....I CAN'T!
> 
> Dave Harmon
> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
> Sperry, Ok.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rfi-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Joe
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:19 AM
> To: Bill Gillenwater; RFI
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Fw: Direct TV DVR problems
> 
> Dish Network does **NOT** charge a fee for not having a telephone line. 
> When you stop and think about it, something like 28% of American households 
> now use a cellular phone as their sole means of 'public' 
> communications....sorta tough to connect a DVR receiver to a cell phone.
> 
> As for RFI...I get no interference, what-so-ever, in my Dish setup, upstairs
> 
> or down...(I didn't when I had Direct TV either.)  I did when I had cable.
> 
> Joe Wolfe
> WA6RKN
> Reno, Nevada
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Gillenwater" <gillie at pa.net>
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Fw: Direct TV DVR problems
> 
> 
>> My point was the $5 charge is BS. You don't have to have the phone line
>> connected, that's the bottom line. If Dish Network is not flexible enough 
>> to
>> allow a customer to "not have a phone line", then I would find another
>> supplier who is a little more customer friendly. Why not tell them you 
>> don't
>> have a landline?
> 
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