I want the 40.0. My tech told me all I had to do is call Dish and ask for them, and they would send them out for free. Alas, Dish won't do that. It looks like they are $20/ea.
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I want the 40.0. My tech told me all I had to do is call Dish and ask for them, and they would send them out for free. Alas, Dish won't do that. It looks like they are $20/ea.
Keep calling DISH. Maybe call during the week day time and maybe get a good CSR.
I would've locked up my remotes in my document fire safe before the tech arrived.
BUT there is NO way to turn off just the receiver and leave the TV on since the voice command to power off no longer works.
Let me check my “Dish Stuff” box and see if I still have a 40 remote or two. No point in paying for “obsolete” equipment.
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Sorry. The only “40” I have is with my Joey. I should have another couple for my HWSes, but I can’t find them.
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I pretty much stopped carrying more than one 612 about 3 months ago. Still have that same one
How long since you had it installed??One notification along the bottom of the screen told me I could search by using the magnifying glass button. There is no magnifying glass button! How is that supposed to be done with these perverse voice remotes? Voice search is very hit or miss, and sometimes can't find what I asked for, and cannot seem to tune to channel names such as BBC America. I tried searching for Star Trek, but getting past all the movies and asking for more is a PITA. Lots of button presses finally shows the original series, next generation, enterprise, voyager, and DS9, but I can't select those to set a timer. Plus it usually takes so long I just give up and hit the back button.
You can just hit Voice then select to open the search panel.
Also on that 1 button power, the receivers actually don't power off for 5 minutes. One benefit is that gives you time to pause in one room, power down the TV, start the 5 minute countdown and go to another room to pick up where you'd left off
Yes it’s terrible to be able to press one button instead of having to press two heading out the door for worklol
I use my voice remote to turn off the receiver and it leaves the tv on . You say clearly "Turn Off Receiver " and the receiver turns off. I can even be watching on my Roku stick and tell the DISH remote to turn off receiver and it will do it and never interrupt my tv viewing.Yup, one of the reasons I hate the single power button.
Less than a day.
Voice then Select before saying anything? I'll have to try that.But I still want the old layout which I gather works on IR even with older remotes. If my tech hadn't taken mine, I would have tried this already. He even made off with my owned 722 remotes. Speaking of which, does anybody know whether you can still activate a 722, should I sell it to somebody?
Some people don't watch TV before work.
And there are many times I want to leave the TV on for something other than the Hopper.
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The voice feature will work better as the next day or 2 goes byLess than a day.
But I still want the old layout which I gather works on IR even on older remotes. If my tech hadn't taken mine, I would have tried this already..
Some people don't watch TV before work.
I remember buying two IR remotes in the favored button layout, new, for $4/ea shipped, which should fix that problem for my 2 Joeys. So I really only need to buy a 40.0 for our main family room TV to replace this POS voice remote. Going from a properly functioning Dish remote and old-style GUI where you had a chance to find and fix things, to the new dumg-as-dirt tiled interface, is quite jarring. The wife is not pleased. I am not pleased. My daughter hasn't even tried her setup yet.
This Hopper Hopper Hopper everywhere, for everybody, is a bad strategy because now we've learned how to stream (Roku and FireTV Stick), we could very well save $110/mo and just stream. My wife already is lobbying for a 2nd Fire TV Stick for her mother, just because she located a lot of Prime Video movies in Russian. (My MIL is visiting starting some time in January.
This Hopper Hopper Hopper everywhere, for everybody, is a bad strategy because now we've learned how to stream (Roku and FireTV Stick), we could very well save $110/mo and just stream. My wife already is lobbying for a 2nd Fire TV Stick for her mother, just because she located a lot of Prime Video movies in Russian. (My MIL is visiting starting some time in January.
Yeah, this new equipment is worse than I had feared.
We have so many folks here who claim the H3 is such a great upgrade. It definitely has more capability than my VIP equipment. If only I could find and use that without a bazillion button presses. Hipkat claims the voice response will improve over time, so maybe that's the only way to use this stuff. It's too bad Dish sabotaged the iVOD feature of our VIP receivers. Did you notice they removed my ability to play programs via DishAnywhere from my EHD? 
Once you get used to the differences between the old and the new things will get better. I guess it could be like those who change from Dish to Direct, you have to get used to the channel changes.... You will find that 40 remotes fix most of your issues, all the shortcuts you are used to still work just fine.
It will take time TheKrell. I am user fluent so to speak for both the 54.0 and 40.0 remote controls. You need to get a few 40.0 remotes to use and then slowly use the 54.0 till you learn everything. Also give your new Hopper 3 system time to fully populate and she will work mucho better. Attached are a couple work sheets I made my damn self when I first got a 54.0 remote. They may be a little out of date but will help you to get thru things till you get a 40.0 remote.Yeah, this new equipment is worse than I had feared.
