Does receiver have to be active to use EHD?

[mfoster711]

I was wondering if it is possible to use a receiver strictly for the purpose of watching stuff on my EHD. I was thinking of putting the receiver in my camper and taking my EHD when camping but I did not plan to hook the receiver up to a Dish.

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[TheKrell]

Nope. Your receiver needs to be authorized from the satellite data stream before it will show you the EHD.

[navychop]

You must be active and connected to a dish. After some varying period of time, your receiver will cease working after it has had no satellite signal and has been unable to "phone home."

[TheKrell]

Navychop, we have seen reports of people watching stuff recorded internally on 501 recievers for years after they disconnected the dish. Is this something that has a different answer for VIP receivers?

[the mack]

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Navychop, we have seen reports of people watching stuff recorded internally on 501 recievers for years after they disconnected the dish. Is this something that has a different answer for VIP receivers?

I have a couple of 508's that I can still watch recorded programs on and they have been off for years.....when I shut off service for a a few months with my 722k's I could still access my internal recordings and any free preview channels that were showing, but I did not have external drive hooked up at that time....heck I could record shows that were previews even though my service was suspended...

[garys]

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Vip receivers are not like the 5xx ones, EHD is deactivated when the account is cancelled.