the "I now have a hopper 3 and I have questions" thread

[patmurphey]

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It didn't make sense when I read it since I had DISH Service and the Hopper 2K installed in November 2012 which was longer than that, I always remembered it as being 1TB. How was DISH able to go from 1TB to 1.2TB as I thought the drive was partitioned for a certain size so the user can access it while the rest of the drive is on other partition(s).

When the Hoppers first came out, the 2.35 GB above 1 TB was reserved for PTAT. In a later firmware update they made the entire 1.235 TB available for user recordings. If you have PTAT set to record all 4 channels and save for 8 days, you will have used up approximately 2,35 GB and will have about 1 TB left for other recordings. With no PTAT, you will have the entire 1.235 TB available. With shorter save time or fewer channels in PTAT, you will have somewhere in between the 2 numbers.

 

[Hall]

Is it my imagination, but at one point did Dish notify users (can't remember the method now) of how to expand the "user" space, but you would lose, or could possibly lose, recordings ? This would apply, I think, only to existing or in-use DVRs. Any new or refurbished DVRs were partitioned with the new layout that combined the user space with PTAT space.

 

[Almighty1]

That seems reasonable... They may have a rule that looks at the total capacity and divides it up along the lines you say. A 500gb drive may have 1, 250, & 249 gb partitions (or adjusted for actual formatted capacity).

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What I meant to say was if the drive is 500GB, it will have 1 500GB partition. If it's 1TB, it will have 2 500GB partitions as the 500GB per partition applies for the first 1TB. So if you had a 1.6TB, it will still be 2x500GB partitions and 1x600GB partition.

 

[Frank Furter]

I was really excited to get the new 52.0 remote, but it's proving to be not so popular in my house. I paired the 52.0 to one of my wireless Joeys and put the older remote with the H3. I'm slowly getting used to it, but being that the buttons are so close together I find I still have to look at the remote quite a bit.

Anyway - my biggest annoyance right now - say I'm watching a recorded show and it ends with a few minutes left in the recording. With the old remote, I just hit the 'Stop' button and it brought up the 'Delete Recording' option. How do you do this on the 52.0? You have to go back to the recordings, and manually delete it. Surely I'm just getting old and slow......

 

[Almighty1]

I was paying my DISH bill today on dish.com and I noticed the following under My Equipment:

Is Broadband Connected and External Drive Enabled supposed to both say "No" even though both are working?

 

[peggy97850]

Mine does show as internet connected for all three boxes. External drive enabled has always said no for Hoppers, it's only for when you pay extra to activate use with a 211.

 

[Bobby]

External drive connected doesn't matter, except on 211s. Plus, if you are getting apps to work, you are obviously connected to wifi or broadband. I wouldn't sweat what it says if it works. You are not charged for either or saving anything for either as well...

 

[Almighty1]

Thanks, No was what I thought External Drive connected should be. I just remembered my Hopper 2000 did show Yes for Broadband Connected. I just used the Weather Channel app and it works so that means my internet is working.

 

[jsaxon2]

I was really excited to get the new 52.0 remote, but it's proving to be not so popular in my house. I paired the 52.0 to one of my wireless Joeys and put the older remote with the H3. I'm slowly getting used to it, but being that the buttons are so close together I find I still have to look at the remote quite a bit.

Anyway - my biggest annoyance right now - say I'm watching a recorded show and it ends with a few minutes left in the recording. With the old remote, I just hit the 'Stop' button and it brought up the 'Delete Recording' option. How do you do this on the 52.0? You have to go back to the recordings, and manually delete it. Surely I'm just getting old and slow......

I haven't messed with it that much and someone else may have a better suggestion, but I hit select to bring up the options at the bottom and then hit right arrow to the stop option and then hit select again. That's about the easiest way I've found so far.

 

[gadgtfreek]

The more I get used to the remote I like it. One thing I dont get is when you turn the H3 on it goes to the home screen, not live tv...

 

[Almighty1]

I was really excited to get the new 52.0 remote, but it's proving to be not so popular in my house. I paired the 52.0 to one of my wireless Joeys and put the older remote with the H3. I'm slowly getting used to it, but being that the buttons are so close together I find I still have to look at the remote quite a bit.

Anyway - my biggest annoyance right now - say I'm watching a recorded show and it ends with a few minutes left in the recording. With the old remote, I just hit the 'Stop' button and it brought up the 'Delete Recording' option. How do you do this on the 52.0? You have to go back to the recordings, and manually delete it. Surely I'm just getting old and slow......

I have done this regularly... You hit select, choose stop then choose delete.

What doesn't work for me is hitting the DVR button, then info on the recording, there is the delete, I hit delete and nothing happens. I have to watch the recording, hit select, then hit the stop and then hit the delete before I can delete the recording.

 

[scottk52]

I was paying my DISH bill today on dish.com and I noticed the following under My Equipment:

Is Broadband Connected and External Drive Enabled supposed to both say "No" even though both are working?

Hooked up Wifi or Ethernet ? Ethernet for me and it shows as connected.

 

[ROLLTIDE]

wifi for me and it shows not connected. Then again I am not worried about it

 

[Scherrman]

No reason to worry about what it says online. If the connection works in your home that's the only thing that matters.

 

[Hall]

The external HDD entry may be a leftover from a few years ago when you had to pay a one-time fee to enable the option.

 

[Almighty1]

Hooked up Wifi or Ethernet ? Ethernet for me and it shows as connected.

WiFi. On the H2K, I was on Ethernet. Didn't realize the H3 had Gigabit Ethernet so will switch back to Ethernet later with a longer cable as that 25 ft cable is at the max length, the installer forgot to give me the extension he promised back in 2012 so I'm replacing it with a 50 ft Cat 6 cable.

 

[Frank Furter]

I have done this regularly... You hit select, choose stop then choose delete.

What doesn't work for me is hitting the DVR button, then info on the recording, there is the delete, I hit delete and nothing happens. I have to watch the recording, hit select, then hit the stop and then hit the delete before I can delete the recording.

Perfect, not sure why I didn't think of that. I'm not getting too concerned about non-functioning items (yet!), or at least until we get a few more months into the update cycles. I like it immensely better than the H2, no doubt. Thanks for the help.

 

[VideoWhiz]

It is just a matter of getting used to.... my Harmony still works the same as it has for the last couple of receivers. But I am getting more fond of the small remote for routine watching.

 

[bnewt]

Is it my imagination, but at one point did Dish notify users (can't remember the method now) of how to expand the "user" space, but you would lose, or could possibly lose, recordings ? This would apply, I think, only to existing or in-use DVRs. Any new or refurbished DVRs were partitioned with the new layout that combined the user space with PTAT space.

I think that you are correct, but I don't remember which dvr it was, but I do remember following the steps & it worked

 

[Almighty1]

Perfect, not sure why I didn't think of that. I'm not getting too concerned about non-functioning items (yet!), or at least until we get a few more months into the update cycles. I like it immensely better than the H2, no doubt. Thanks for the help.

You're very welcome. One thing I noticed that came up when playing back recordings is that there will be a black box in the upper right corner that stays there except it's all black static without video. Going back to live won't turn it off, only turning on PIP and then closing PIP will get rid of it.