I am a new member of Satellite Guys and I am really enjoying some of the great advice and chatter on here. I am a longtime Dish customer and I currently own my Hopper 3 and 2 Wally's. I have the DP42 and received some great advice about adding the DPP44 to the mix to have the capability of running the best of Dish new and old tech. I have purchased a 211K and should receive it soon. I am planning on potentially getting a 222K as well and a new Joey when they come out soon. I have seen some old threads on here about how many devices you can own on an account and the potential of being a Hybrid customer by also having a Dish Outdoors account? Once I get the 211K set up I might turn off my Wally's for a bit. I would love the flexibility to turn on and off the devices I want to use from time to time and the luxury of owning my own equipment. I would really appreciate some advice. Thank you.
You came to the right place! I have exactly the set-up you describe. I would be happy to help you get this set up to your satisfaction. You can send me a private message if you would be interested in buying my old purchased ViP222k, or if you have any other questions.
For starters, I can tell you that you may need to deactivate your Hopper 3, at least temporarily, in order to get Dish to activate the ViP222k on your account. After you get your ViP receivers added to the account, you can log into your mydish account at any time to activate and deactivate any combination of these receivers you want, as long as your account is set up as a Dish Outdoor account.
I'm curious why you would replace a Wally with a 211K. I did just the opposite, replacing both 211K's with Wallys since the handwriting is on the wall for the 211K's as they approach EOL. When I upgraded to Wallys Dish didn't even want the 211K's back, told me to scrap them.
The reason why I did it before was that I ran into a glitch that comes with having a ViP222k active as the main receiver and also having Hopper or Wally equipment active at the same time. This combination of equipment can automatically deactivate DVR functionality on any active Hoppers (regardless of which model) or Wally receivers. (Deactivated Hoppers and Wally still work for playing existing recordings, though.) There is a work-around for this (calling a special Dish support phone number to get Hopper DVR functionality re-enabled) but I found that to be too much of a hassle, considering how often I was switching out which receiver I was using at that time. However, with a ViP211k, DVR functionality remained enabled, even with the ViP222k active, and with Hopper/Wally DVR functions disabled.