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  1. From what I understamd they will mo longer give you a replacement modem at the Telmex office. You have to put in a service call by calling the number for service indicated on your bill then if they verify a problem they will send you a replacement.
  2. I have switched to Kiwisat. Getting about 168 channels, mas o mano.
  3. Yes it is dying. The satellite that Shaw service for this area of Mexico is coming from (Anik F2) is falling out of orbit and will eventually burn up as it falls back to earth. In preparation for this, Shaw has been moving channels over to a different satellite (Anik G1) which does not have a radiation pattern this far south so we will no longer get any Shaw service. It is time to find an alternative (Kiwisat or live streaming through the internet).
  4. It has been my experience that OHIP will not cover any cost of medical expenses incurred while outside of Canada. That is why you need to have a third party travel insurance plan from a carrier such as CAA when travelling to Mexico.
  5. The Kiwisat receivers have a USB 3.0 port on the rear panel. Simply plug in an "off-the-shelf" USB memory stick, an SSD drive or a conventional hard disk drive - format to the FAT32 file system and the rest is all in the Kiwisat receiver's menus. Easier to manage than trying to record live internet streaming video (I gave uo on attempting that).
  6. I have not had any luck finding mineral spirits here. The locals just use gasoline!!!
  7. I guess I must be one of the stupid ones. My Kiwisat setup is working great - signal strength of 99% using an old Dish USA dish. I also have the record/playback feture working so all set for the upcoming F1 season!!
  8. How to Record Programs with the Kiwisat Receiver. The current receiver that Kiwisat is shipping is the "MICO-P6Plus". These instructions are for that one. I finally have this working. I could find no information anywhere on how to do this so I had to "play" for awhile and finally have it figured out. Here are the things I learned. Any type of USB compatible memory stick or portable hard disk drive will work - USB 3.0 interface is standard. Most of the Windows 10/11 compatible external portable hard disk drives you buy won't work out of the box and need to be reformatted to the older and more universally used "FAT32" file system. Windows 10 will only allow you to format to either the NTFS or exFAT (extended FAT) file systems. The Kiwisat receivers won't work with either. I had to use my PC with a 3rd party formatter to get the drive reformatted. Big capacity hard drives will work. The Toshiba 2TB portable USB disk drive I just bought came pre-formatted to the NTFS file system. The receiver recognized it and indicated I could store 99 hours of HD programming - but I couldn't record to it. I tried reformatting to the exFAT file system, but the receiver would not even see it. Once I reformatted it to FAT32, it worked right away. Recording Procedure The receiver only has one tuner so you can only record from one channel at a time. You can start recording what you are watching live at any time by pressing the button that has a red circle (beside the SAT button). When you have a compatible storage device attached, you can see the program listings for 7 days in the future when using the EPG button. You can record a future program by going to the channel that carries the program, hit the EPG button, toggle to the day (on the left of the screen), the program (on the right of the screen) and press F! (the red coloured key). To watch a program that you have already recorded, go to the Media menu and toggle down to PVR player and you will see a list of your recordings. Select the one you want to playback and hit the OK key. To delete a recording, go to the PVR menu, select the program and follow the on screen instructions.
  9. Jose de Martin Montero Gutierrez - Dentist in San Juan Tecomatlan (33) 3174-4640
  10. Nope, he did not move. Still at the same place.
  11. The only piece of Shaw equipment that would be worth anything back in Canada is if ou have an 800 series receiver. These can still be activated on an account up there. Everything else is now e-waste.
  12. The Shaw dish will work fine to receive Kiwisat, just needs to be repointed toward the satellite that Kiwisat uses (SES-10 at 67W degrees). Ajijic Electronics can set you up once you sign up with Kiwisat in Miami and get the receiver you need down here.
  13. There are a couple of authorized Makita Service Centers in Guadalajara.
  14. If you look at a Walmart receipt for instance, the line item is displayed including the IVA but their is a letter beside the price (A) to indicated it is taxable.
  15. For example, I recently purchased a bag of Kirkland dog food that had a sticker price on the bag as $923. My receipt for the purchase showed $795.69 and at the bottom of the receipt was added IVA 16% of $127.31. If you do the math, $795.69 + $127.31 = $923.00. Still a lot less expensive than the same bag at other stores in the area.
  16. They do not charge the 16% on food items, only those items you buy that are taxable (ie. cleaning products, paper products). The problem is that the "taxable" items are not identified on the receipt like it is on the receipts of most other stores. You have to do a bit of math to see which ones are by calculating what the 16% is of.
  17. All the ones (3) on the Chapala-Mezcala carretera are down as well.
  18. One thing to note that I found in doing this, if you are using one of the old "offset" fiberglass dishes (that I believe were originally used in this area for Dish USA), you may have to extend the mount a few inches higher. The elevation for the SES-10 satellite is only 42.8 degrees above horizontal. This is lower off the horizon than Shaw was. The dish pan is oval and about 1.8 mtrs. tall so the bottom edge of the pan comes right down to the roof deck. My installation is sitting on a cement pedestal so I have a couple of inches of clearance but an install that is directly on a flat roof may need to be raised.
  19. Set up the dish today by installing the new LNB I got on Amazon and finished tweaking the dish alignment. Was able to lock on Kiwisat's two transponders on the SES-10 bird and can see 167 TV channels. There is only one FTA channel, #001 PBS Miami (in HD) that you can view without the Kiwisat receiver since you need to be subscribed. With my dish and the new LNB I was able to get 90% signal strength and 81% signal quality. So nothing special here folks, good to go as soon as I get my receiver.
  20. Good news. Finally got up on the roof today and swung my Shaw dish setup around to where the SES-10 satellite is located and was able to lock onto the transponders. The one that Kiwisat is carried on (11900H) was found. This tells me that a universal LNB will work. The new LNB I ordered from Amazon MX is supposed to be here tomorrow so I will install it and see if it works fine.
  21. Just a bit more info, I have a cheap Chinese made FTA receiver here and not touching a thing with the dish and LNB I was using for Shaw (still aimed at the Anik F2), I can see all of the Shaw transponders fine so I know the dish and LNB is fine. No reception though because, of course, all of Shaw's signals are encripted. Now that the rains have stopped, I am going to get up on the roof and try and hit the SES-10 satellite (the one Kiwisat uses) and see if I can see it's transponders. If so, when the Kiwisat receiver gets here and has been activated, it should be a "plug-and-play".
  22. No specific table of costs yet. The LNB's appear to be an "off-the-shelf" linear Ku band universal LNB with an LO frequency of 9.75 - 10.6 gHz. This is the same LNB that we used to receive signals from the Shaw Direct Anik F2 if using a non-Shaw dish. I have ordered a new one with those specs from Amazon MX - link as follows: (https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B0C5WWPH4G?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1) ---that is on it's way from China so I will see how it works with my dish/receiver setup. The cost of that one (a dual port) is around $300 pesos. When I talked to Mike, he was skeptical it will work with Kiwisat but said he could supply one for about $1,000 MX. His installation and setup cost will depend on what he has to do at each individual house but has charged my neighbours that already have it about $2,000-2,300 MX.
  23. Just another update. A number of my neighbours as well as myself have ordered Kiwisat, receivers are on the way from the US. Mike Merriman at Ajijic Electronics will support the installation and ongoing technical support. We must deal directly with Kiwisat in Miami for account setup, ordering, activation and ongoing administrative support such as billing. Receivers are currently $150 US per receiver plus FL State Tax and shipping. You can put anywhere from 1-6 receivers on the same account supported from a single dish setup.
  24. Just an update. I have heard via my contacts that Ajijic Electronics has made arrangements with Kiwisat to be a dealer for this area. They apparently have some recivers that are due t arrive any day now. I don't have any info on pricing yet.
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