Apple’s got CarPlay and pretty soon Android Auto will come out to challenge it. It seems like a sensible way to go… carmakers have looked for ways to phase out expensive GPS systems and CD players…
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Yes, we sell the parts for the DIRECTV Alaska/Hawaii dish at SolidSignal.com. Yet, we’ve told you to beware of the dish, and if you call our technicians, they’ll do their level best to convince you that you don’t…
Do you remember your first cell phone? What about the company you wrote the checks to? (For that matter, remember when you used to write checks?) For many folks, their cellular history dates back to sometime…
This happened to me. I messed up programming my remote for RF. This meant I couldn’t use it for IR and I couldn’t use it for RF. Well, I thought, I have the front panel, I’ll…
When we had DISH, they installed it on two TVs for us, controlled by one box. This allowed us to watch either two different programs or record two different programs and watch a third on…
OK it’s not THAT nice OR easy. But believe me, it’s easier than it used to be. DIRECTV receivers have built-in closed captioning in order to meet government rules, but of course you can also use…
Maybe the best possible solution for the problem of too many remotes. Universal remotes are great, but they tend to be pretty inflexible, pretty hard to program, and if you want to solve those two problems…
I got a cool toy delivered to me from Solid Signal a couple days ago and it is something I’ve been missing since getting my first RC71 remote. The RC71B is very similar to the RC71 but…
No matter which side of the political spectrum you’re on, there’s no denying that our Congress has done very little for us lately. They consistently rank as the lowest-performing, least-trusted legislators in our history, and we’ve…
Ever wonder how much time was left in that awful movie? Or just wonder what time it was and didn’t want to drag out your phone? The answer is easy and all it takes is one…
Thanks to Signal Labs member RAD for this testing! Your neighbor’s cable box may be a power hog… but you can sleep easy knowing that your DIRECTV receivers are cool as cucumbers… and we have the…
If you’ve been jonesing for that new C41W Wireless Genie Mini you might have been wondering how it all works. The good news is that once the Wireless Genie Mini is hooked up it’s pretty much hands-off,…
If you’ve ever been bored and looked at the system info screens on a DIRECTV receiver, you’ll see that there are about 900 channels, and depending on your package you might get 500, 600, 700 or…
Ever wonder what the difference is between a Slimline-3 and Slimline-5 DIRECTV Dish besides the obvious differences between the LNB’s? What benefits are there to having a SL3 over a SL5 and vice versa? Often times I am asked “If…
At this point it’s more than just a cliché to say that movies are a dying art form. We’ve heard about declining grosses for years now and how long has it been, seriously, since you hear…