Recent content by scottts

Gilbert, just north of the 202 south.

I'm in the Phoenix area with an antenna in my attic that was there when I bought the house. Using the Hopper OTA module I get Tucson stations fairly well. Channel 18 is usually pretty good but does suffer dropouts at times. I'm actually splitting the antenna signal to two hopper OTAs, so if I...

I saw this exact symptom as the hard drive in my HWS was failing. After the drive failed for good, the video to attached Joeys paused for about 5 seconds every 30 seconds or so. I think the Joey video is very dependent on buffering by the hard drive for smooth playback. If you've ever...

That's right, no prep.

Update: Received the Seagate ST2000VM003 yesterday and installed it in about 5 minutes. Powered up and after downloading the guide the DVR works perfectly now. Attached Joey's now work again without choppy video. Thanks for all the input.

Well I opened up one of the dead HWS and the drive is indeed a Seagate ST2000VM003. Bought one for around $80. Will replace it when it arrives and see how it goes. For me this option is just simpler and more convenient. I'll let you know how it works.

Thanks everyone. I'll check with DIRT on the cheapest way to proceed. I'd still like to replace the drives myself, depending on the drive cost. I've had trouble in the past with 622/722s getting refurbed units back with tuner problems and rebooting problems. I also don't know if I will have...

I've got two HWS, both purchased and out of warranty, with hard drive failures. I'm thinking of opening one up to see if I can replace the hard drive. But I thought I'd ask if there are any special records or signatures Dish puts on the drives that make a simple replacement impossible before...

I'm using Netgear model XWN5001 at my router and XAV5201 in my garage. I wanted wifi in my garage but my ASUS router was too far away and research into extending wifi range came up with less than satisfactory answers. Netgear has other models if you just want an Ethernet port on the garage end...

I've had pretty good luck for the past year with netgear power line Ethernet adapters for about a 100 foot run from my router to my garage.

I had a similar problem. Did a chat with tech support and they found some kind of authorization problem. The tech reauthorized everything and now both of my Joeys can easily and quickly link to either hopper. Took just a few minutes minutes total. Might be worth a try.

Had this same issue after my install. DIRT took a look at my account and found some glitch with the authorizations on the account. Since they reauthorized everything the problem has not returned. Took about 2 minutes for DIRT to fix it.

Had a similar problem. Contacted DIRT and there was some sort of authorization problem with my account. 30 seconds after DIRT reauthorized, problem was gone and has stayed gone.

Thanks. I bought all my VIPs so I would just buy three hoppers. Using a third hopper is easier than running a cable to the detached garage. Can I use an EHD to transfer programs from the VIPs to the hoppers?

Thanks guys. This weekend I'm going to try swapping the receivers, but I've been looking around and think its time to upgrade everything to hopper. My account has 3 VIP receivers on it. 1 622 in the garage on its own 1000 antenna, and the 622 and 722 on the house 1000 antenna. As I...