Dish Remote Access, no Internet needed?

[AriesGodofWar]

Okay, not sure where I have been, but looked at the Dish Website and noticed that for certain receivers, that one need not have their box connected to the internet to gain the ability to remote schedule. This seems like kind of a big deal (I know for me it is as I have my whole house set up on Wi-Fi with no hard wire and could not justify the cost of HomePlug just to remote schedule).

Message on my account says:

DISH Remote Access has new expanded availability -- no internet connection is required for your receiver.
CLICK HERE

to access.

Has anyone else seen or tried this? Does it work? Thought this would be big news, but I had no clue of this feature. Am I the only clueless one?

[Scott Greczkowski]

It works for all ViP DVR's now. If you have broadband, then stuff is send to the DVR instantly, however if you dont have broadband the timers are only sent to the receiver once every 30 minutes.

Your better off having broadband hooked up.

[lineman20109]

I noticed that the other day also, and it worked on the 722k hooked to the phone line only!

[AriesGodofWar]

It works for all ViP DVR's now. If you have broadband, then stuff is send to the DVR instantly, however if you dont have broadband the timers are only sent to the receiver once every 30 minutes.

Your better off having broadband hooked up.

I can deal with the 30 min batching. I do not know how many times I have been sitting at work and had the random realization that something I want to record will be coming on to then call my wife and try to explain when and where it is on so she can set the timer up. Any idea when this went live? Was it formally announced here at Satteliteguys.com and I missed it?

[dishrich]

It works for all ViP DVR's now.

According to this, it also includes the 522 & 625 DVR's - is this NOT correct?

http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-net...ap-11-9-a.html

Obviously, since you can't hook these up to BB in the first place, this would be the ONLY way to do remote timers on them...

[Pepper]

It was announced on the recent Technical chat.

[Stargazer]

Is this not for 501/508/510 receivers as well? If not then that may be due to them being phased out due to not being 8PSK.

[Slamminc11]

It's been up and running for two weeks now...

http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-net...p-running.html

and yes, it's works

[nrholland]

I tried it. I unplugged my homeplug adaptor. You can add timers to your receivers, but you cannot delete or make changes to them unless you have a broadband connection.

The only downside to having a broadband connection is that you cannot look up or pay your Dish bill thru the receiver. You have to unplug your broadband/homeplug adaptor in order to pay your bill online or look at your account.

Is Dish aware that it does this? Are they going to straighten it out?

[bowens]

This is awesome. I don't have internet at my house (can't get highspeed other than satellite). I don't mind the 30 minute wait. I already tested it so I'll see how well it works when I get home.