Recent content by Big Bob

that is the plan

I bet the dish was pointed at 129, not 121. Guess I had it wrong in my head.

So I dug around and found enough cable and barrel connectors to run another line. I did a check switch, and now it is reporting that both satellite inputs, 1 and 2 have only one port, they are on 110 and they are OK. Of note, they are now reporting DP Dual. that is what I thought they would be...

We just got a new roof, and the installers had to remove our dishes. I have an appointment scheduled to reinstall the dishes on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I just found out that the Emmy Awards are being broadcast tomorrow. Recording them is an import thing to do in our house. So I have about 24...

Good idea about disconnecting the EHD. I will give it a try. I just watched it crash. gave a dialog about shutting down, seemed to go into screen saver mode where the message jumps around every few seconds, then the message just froze and the EHD is blinking like an error state. I will unplug...

How do I get a hold of the DIRT team? And does anyone know if it is possible to turn off the daily check for updates?

I recently changed my schedule, so I changed the time of the daily system update check to 4:30 pm. Now everyday, it is locking up right after the check. I have to push the red button to get it to work. I also have to unplug my hard drive so it will work too. What is going on here? If I must...

This happened to me a while back. There is a 1000 (or 999) limit to the number of show that will be displayed from a single drive. I had a whole bunch of standard def shows recorded from the last few years. Plenty of recording space on the drive but limited by the actual number of shows...

I was wondering about something like image magic or something...

I now have 3 2-tb hard drives for my 722k full of programs that I would hate to lose. If I get a different receiver, will these hard drives still work? For example, if my 722k dies, and I have to upgrade to a newer receiver, will I still be able to watch the shows I have recorded? Are the hard...

I now have 3 2-tb hard drives for my 722k. What is the best procedure for swapping them in and out of the DVR? I get kinda scared just unplugging one and plugging in another. And sometimes, after plugging in a different HD, the receiver never sees it and I have to do a complete reboot. Is there...

Is is possible to create a backup of an external hard drive from a 722k? I have a couple of hard drives full shows that I would hate to lose. Has anyone successfully cloned an external hard drive? Thanks

So when you say it works, you can actually see your recordings?

http://www.dishonline.com/my_dvr is totally broken for me right now. It is throwing a javascript error on page load. document.getElementById("receiver_switcher_arrow") is null ("receiver_switcher_arrow")&&$("receiver_switcher_arrow").hide()})}function hide... common...8222847 (line 182)...

I deleted shows that I could see, then the invisible ones were visible