Satellite TV- power consumption. [RE-wrenches]

[Ray Walters]

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Hi All;

I just got back from a project with a satellite TV setup (Direct TV ). I 
had advised the customer to unplug the unit when not using it since it had 
a 30 watt draw on or "off". She began losing programing and when she called 
tech support at Direct TV, they told her to never under any circumstances 
unplug the unit or she would lose all her programming. She had left the 
unit on for a couple of weeks, and the extra draw (720 watt hours/ day) 
finally caught up with the batteries. I told her to unplug it anyway, and 
that I would talk to tech support. I have a similar setup with direct TV 
and never had any problems. Is this a new issue for us to tackle? 720 watt 
hours is a decent sized fridge worth of power, surely there is a solution. 
I'm glad to hear the Internet setups are working well.

Ray


>All,
>
>We are using the Direcway 6000 modem on an ethernet hub and running PC and
>Mac lapdogs seamlessly.  Can power modem down whilst working on either or
>both computers then restart when on-line wanted with no glitches.
>
>
>
>Ezra

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