On Aug 25, 6:20*pm, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:52:02 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"

wrote:
spamtrap1888 wrote:

It was on a pile of discards that a former neighbor left behind. A
D12-300 if the number is useful. It's reconditioned and four years old..

* A few dollars by selling it on Ebay, if it works.

DirecTV will NOT provision a receiver that purchased in this manner.
There's no reason they can't do it, but in order to prevent a people
from going into business selling stolen receivers, they demand that
all such receivers be returned to DirecTV. *If you ask, they'll send
you a mailing box.

There's not much you're going to learn from the box. *However, if you
get a dish, LNB, some coax, and spend some time getting it setup,
you'll be able to watch some promo and test channels without
purchasing service.

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Transistors.resistors,capacitors,
transformer,,all good for scrounging,,
keep the board and throw/sell the metal
Explore the chips that are on the board,
data sheets can be interesting,,,pick out the voltage regulator
transistors,,7805 etc,
good practice,,for learning,
What is the name of this group again?
Joe in Texas