My satellite is fugged and next available appoinment is July 16th.

 

Anyone work as a field tech and live near Hillsborough and wanna work out some kinda repair deal?

 

I got a service plan but I can't wait 8 more days for them to come.

Jon just wants free cable

 

 

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What's wrong with your setup? DirecTV is using contractors these days. They sent a guy who hardly spoke any English and who drove a beat up mini van. I had to direct him constantly so he wouldn't butcher up my house. 

My receiver is constantly getting digital farts and choppy picture. It fails system test and the tech Support says some wiring and connections are old, along with repositioning dish. We have two dishes and unfortunely I'm on the old one and want to get switched to the newer one to use all the features of my box.

Jon just wants free cable

 

 

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Funny guy we got here

Well in that case you have to wait for a tech. They aren't servicing legacy equipment anymore unfortunately. So what you'll have is a full blown install with a new dish, SWiM and new SWiM compatible receivers that can get all the new satellites. They are backed up the wazoo so unfortunately you will have to wait. 

We have two dishs right next to each other, how hard is it for them just to switch the wires from old to new?

 

Half my house is on the new one while my tv is on the old for some reason.

 

Bummer It unbearable to watch at times, just squelching and pixelated picture at random times. everytime it does it my dog runs for cover.

The new dish is different. If you are using older receivers without SWiM it won't work with the new dish.

 

They will likely want to swap your old receivers with new ones. 

That and you can only run so many tv's off of one dish which is why you have two dishes