Recent content by w2kb

I seem to recall that the US National Electrical Code, adopted by many states, requires all radio/TV feedlines (e.g., coax) to be grounded at or as close as possible to the entry point to the building. That is generally done by a feed through a grounding block at that point, connected to the...

My 211K would not accept a 1.5T last week; It was fine with a 1T and that is what the firmware error message for the 1.5 indicate, i.e., 1T was the max size.

Always check Amazon.com as well as Ebay. I've purchased varoius items from authorized dealers on Amazon for less than EBay. My recent 211K purchase was from an authorized dealer via Amazon.

I recently installed a WD Elements 1TB and it formatted and works fine. Before that as an experiment I tried a WD 1.5TB Elements that I got to backup the PC, and got an error message that on the 211K that said it must be between 50?G and 1TB. So it clearly was updated to 1TB though the web...

The WD Elements 1TB arrived yesterday and everything went smoothly. Recognized, called the automated Dish number to turn it on, and in less than a minute was able to format it, and check out the settings for pause, future program recording, etc.

The only way is to try it and see what happens. Being digital, it will work or it won't. If you get a steady picture you are fine.

Thanks. Then, that indeed seems to confirm what I suspected, that Dishnet has not yet rolled out the firmware update for my receiver.

Thanks. I will watch the forum. Meanwhile I''ll go to plan B and use the 1.5T as a backup to the raid array in my PC.

I also would be most interested in finding a table of charges. Seems that the easy to find info is geared towards incentives for new customers, not those like me in the 11th year.

It falls between what the current 211K's firmware reports and the purported increase in that limit to be pushed out by Dishnet. Question relates to when the latter is expected.

Update. I opened the case and it contains a single drive, so that is not the issue. Also, the 211K is set to update automatically in the wee hours.

1.5T EHD on VIP211K gets error 955 I purchased a VIP211K a few weeks ago and it has been working fine. Just got a WD Elements 1.5T EHD and upon plugging it in, got a message that the 211K was checking for compatibility and then error 955 that the drive has to be between 50GB and 1TB. Any...