Recent content by butters

You are correct. I just double checked and now I see it. Odd since I am the one that put it on. I was probably so anxious to get it setup I didn't pay much attention to it.

Hmm, never knew that was even an option. Only problem is there isn't an external antenna on the Hopper or Joeys to adjust so not sure how you would make the signal stronger other than moving the Hopper/Joey itself.

Couldn't you just make a custom channel list without those channels? I agree it would be a good feature however.

I would like it to cook me breakfast and do my laundry. ;)

I have a hopper in the bedroom and I haven't noticed any noise at all from it. Of course my computer is always on so the fan in it might drown out some of the hopper noise. Still I cant believe it would be that loud. One other thing besides Pip is the hopper supports bluetooth so you can use...

I have my duo node installed inside for ease of swapping cables. Might want to consider that. Sounds like you are on top of it. I have the same setup you are contemplating. I did not opt for the HIC which I am regreting. Seems to be the best option for full connectivity right now. Other than...

I have a 2 Hopper/3 Joey setup and I couldn't imagine only having 1 Hopper. I think that anyone with 4 TVs or more should at least be offered a 2 Hopper setup when signing up. However, in Dish's defense the vast majority of people out there probably only need a one Hopper setup. I would be...

Just to update, mine continues to do a check switch when I turn the Hopper on after being off for a while. Thankfully it doesn't take long. I am on firmware S207 btw.

Had an issue last night where the DVR showed that I was recording the same timer event twice at the same time on the same channel. I did cancel one of them and the other kept on going. Weird. Also later I was watching the History Channel and I got the acquiring signal screen like a rain fade...

Not sure about your specific wifi adapter but wifi does work with the Hopper. The HIC, wired ethernet and wifi are all options.

Joey's will work on RG59.

As isaacmorseMI stated it would only be $11 more per month. You'd be better of with 2 Hoppers and 2 joey's than the single Hopper and 3 joey's. Other than the extra $99 fee for the 2nd Hopper the monthly fees are the same and you gain 3 more tuners and twice the recording space. Plus redundancy...

I was actually going to try the remote setting but never got around to it. Now that I read the description it is quite obvious. That makes sense for the recordings too. Thanks for clearing that up.

I am having an issue with all of my remotes not being able to control my TVs. If I press the TV button it flashes and then the SAT button lights up as if it is going back to SAT mode. Volume and On/Off functions work for the TV but it's like it won't let me change to any mode other than SAT...

I just ran into a situation where I was watching ESPN2 on one tuner, PTAT was using another tuner and my son was watching a show in his room on a Joey. I wanted to record a move and all 3 tuners were in use. I just went into his room and paired his Joey to our other Hopper. Problem solved and...