Recent content by Tom_T.

You're not going find all the pricing options listed anywhere at the Dish site. Even talking to CSRs isn't much help unless you know the right questions to ask. I found out about the discount for paying annually only after I asked the CSR if it was any less if I paid a year in advance. She...

Thanks for the response & setting me straight. :o I focused in on the title "DVR Fee Waived on Annual Programming" and saw AT180 mentioned a few times. I missed the references to also subscribing to all the movie channels.

I'm subscribed to the Top 180, and for the past few years I've been taking advantage of the 1-month discount by making one annual payment. However, this is news to me that the $5 monthly dvr fee should also be waived with an annual payment for my programming subscription. The CSR never...

To answer your last question, before placing a bid, get the receiver's serial # and card # (one begins with R00 and the other begins with S00) from the seller. Give Dish customer service a call and ask them to check those ##'s to confirm there is no balance due, and the account has been closed...

Do you hear the same hisss if you connect the 522's A/V out directly to a tv's A/V in -- no switch between the two? If you do, I agree with Slyster. If you haven't tried this, connect your switch to the 522's other A/V out. (I'm guessing you probably have the switch connected to tuner #2; try...

All we had for about 4 years was a 301, so swapping that for a 522 about four months ago was like going from a sailing ship to a nuke powered ship in one step. Having two independent tuners in one box plus the DVR has made a huge improvement in our televiewing pleasure. I bought the 522...

Hey griz fan, I'm with you. I thought transfering (for home use) DVR-saved programs via the receiver's A/V out to a VCR, DVD recorder, or a PC A/V capture card can all be done without the FBI knocking at one's door. My perhaps mistaken understanding is that crossing the line into a life of...

birddoggy, is that question for me or drock85? My 522 is plugged in. If not, then I think it would be an additional $5/month for me. ($9.98/month total)

drock85, I purchased my 522 outright (to replace a single tuner 301). Altho the 522 has two tuners, it counts as one receiver -- so no additional charge there. However, I still have to pay the $4.98 monthly DVR fee. So, looking at the numbers you gave earlier, you would save $5/month if you...

I'm the guy who started this thread asking how to force a 522 to update the Program Guide. I did what Chad suggested. He IS 1000% correct. :yes

As cdoyle mentioned above, you definitely need to get the receiver serial number from the seller -- usually on the plate on the backside and starts with R00.......... Sometime that's all the DishNet customer service person will ask for (depends on model you're getting). Also good to get the...

Same thing happened w/my 522 a couple hours ago, only no dialog box or error code. It took 3 trys before the right menu came up so that I could select & play the program. Only had the 522 for three months, but hadn't experienced this before.

I agree with Maximum. When I select Movies, the listing of 6,472 choices is a bit much.

Thanks Chad, I'm sure you're 1000% correct as usual. I'll try that later on today when I get home. And WhiteForMe, as far as I know the guide has been updating every night. (My 522 is also set for the 3 a.m. auto update.) Yesterday evening I was looking at the schedule for a week from now...

This morning almost all channels on the Program Guide showed titles as "Not Available" starting around mid-afternoon today. I thought there's a way to manually force the guide to update, but I couldn't find that procedure in the 522 instructions. So, I went thru every possible selection in...