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    Adding 4th receiver without technician visit?

    Ordered a 211z. Although the rest of my smart cards are purple, so it sounds like it doesn't matter.
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    Adding 4th receiver without technician visit?

    AT250 - so I should be good? Haven't gotten new smart cards in years.
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    Adding 4th receiver without technician visit?

    Hi all, as I mentioned in a previous thread (thanks for the help in that one!) I'm looking to replace a 722 with a 612 and 211 as I've upgraded the secondary TV to HD. This would make the new 211 the 4th receiver on the account. When I've spoken with Dish, they've indicated they can only do...
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    Pricing Question (Upgrade to Hopper/Joey)

    Is this for existing customers too? They currently have autopay and no discount. Not on TV2 though (which is the TV being replaced).
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    Pricing Question (Upgrade to Hopper/Joey)

    Ah. I had tried the Dish builder wizard (for new customers) and it had put in a Hopper, two Joeys, and a Super Joey for 4 rooms. But looking more into it, looks like the Hopper has 3 tuners and that's probably fine (there's only two of them, plus the occasional grandchild visit). Yeah, with...
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    Pricing Question (Upgrade to Hopper/Joey)

    Hi all, question on current pricing/offers and looking for confirmation on what I've found. Dish's site isn't the easiest to find this on, and I'm not sure if there's any promotions or whatnot. Looking to upgrade my parents who currently have a 722, 222k, and 211k. They're swapping out an old...
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    Need to add another HDTV - help deciphering billing?

    Hardly ever watch 5 TV's at a time. Usually 3 at most. But they need to maintain independent programming on each TV - it's not a predictable combination of which TV's will be used. There's not really a way to have more TV's on fewer tuners easily is there? Dish lets me order this system if...
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    Need to add another HDTV - help deciphering billing?

    Hi all, Helping some (older) relatives upgrade to another HDTV. Currently in the house there are 3 HDTV's and 2 SDTV's. They currently have a 722, 222k, and 211k. Would like to upgrade the 4th TV to HD with least impact on monthly costs. Looking at the Hopper but that seems to be more...
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    So how many watts does Dish hardware use?

    Family members use a 211k in a remote area on solar, so we tested that receiver a few years back. I believe it was about 30 watts average.
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    Quick way to get a rehit?

    Yep, said error 005, programming not authorized, and that the receiver had been unplugged for several days and needed a rehit.
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    Quick way to get a rehit?

    Urg, well needed a rehit yesterday and tried the online chat. Eventually got one, but not before unplugging/plugging in/rebooting, even though I'd already done that. CSR told me it was "for documentation purposes" and that she could not send a rehit before I did this... Then she had me going...
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    Quick way to get a rehit?

    Probably just as easy to call a CSR as find someone from DIRT who is online. Plus there's no internet up there, so they'd be calling me, and I'd be contacting DIRT. But usually they're contacting me and I'm calling a CSR (otherwise they'll spend an hour on the phone with them...). I do tell...
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    Quick way to get a rehit?

    Relatives have Dish at their cabin. Electricity to the house gets shut off when they leave (they're on solar, so want to eliminate all phantom draws). Problem is if they're gone for a few weeks the receivers lose their authorization. Used to be really easy, you could enter the error code in...
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    NASA HD Television Channel

    The shuttle is done, forever. There's no going back - the program has ended, the orbiters are being decommissioned, the facilities are being repurposed. Manned space exploration is not over for the US...it will continue, in a different form. But the shuttle program is over. On the topic of...
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    HDCP to Begin on HBO Comedy

    I hope that this doesn't make its way to other channels...I have two TV's that are component only, lack HDMI. One has no HDMI port at all, the other's doesn't work properly. It was built in 04 or 05, and face it, HDMI sucked back then. It had lots of issues in the beginning, and devices from...
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    Dish/switch issues...getting frustrated

    Spoke with MattG yesterday and he was awesome! Easily the best person I've ever spoken with at Dish.
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    Dish/switch issues...getting frustrated

    ...have to sign up for the protection plan and pay for a visit - because this wasn't an upgrade we even asked for in the first place. It was one we *had* to have (or else lose channels, and they have screwed it up many times. If I have to pay for it, I'll just as soon switch providers. I'd...
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    Dish/switch issues...getting frustrated

    Hello all, I have two Dish 500’s, one pointed at 61.5 and one pointed at 72.7, connected through a DPP44 to a 722, 222k, and 211k. I am getting frequent switch errors, and I have to run a check switch test to get rid of them. This happens at least whenever signal is momentarily...
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    NASA Mandatory HD Upgrade?

    NASA does a whole hell of a lot more than shuttle. And it's not all "government waste." NASA does a lot, and while like any government program it does have inefficiencies, it's invaluable. Look at today's announcement about Mars. Some sort of liquid is flowing on Mars, and there's a chance...
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    Receivers in the basement????

    Any custom installed system with centrally located components is not going to use the OEM remotes. So don't worry about the RF remotes. That's when you use an RF universal that communicates with an IR base station.
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    Looks Like Lin is back!

    Nope, guess we'll just live with it that time around...but this time happily enjoying MSG.
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    Looks Like Lin is back!

    Will be making the call to DirecTV tomorrow or Monday. Sorry Dish, regardless of whether this is your fault or not (I know LIN plays hardball, they did it with TWC too), you no longer offer the channel that carries our favorite shows, nor the channel that carries our favorite hockey team. Had...
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    (Likely) switching from Dish Network - have questions

    Oh yeah, I know that for sure, I have my BluRay player, etc, connected to the internet at my house. Lots of nice features. But this household will never use it. They are both ~70 years old, have used a DVD player about 5 times in the past 5 years, and have no desire to do anything more advanced.
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    (Likely) switching from Dish Network - have questions

    Hmm, you can just cancel it after a month? Then will definitely get it, try it out, and see if it gets used. Definitely can get a phone line to one receiver without an issue. Will it still ping the SD ones though? If not, can put the extra HD receiver in that room for the time being anyway...
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    (Likely) switching from Dish Network - have questions

    At least 3 out of 5 phone lines won't be a problem...and 4 out of 5 should be possible, as I could get one run to the one room. But the one receiver is on an interior wall in a room with no basement or crawlspace under it (concrete floor under the carpet), and a second story above it (so no...