Recent content by dave_wilson

I suspect the 2.32 software "upgrade" My hard disk seemed to fail a couple of days after the 2.32 software download too. Dish replaced the 522 but, obviously, I lost all the recorded programming I had on the old unit. Talking to the tech support guy who phoned back for more information and...

522 digital audio out is pretty much broken From my experience (522 connected to a DD receiver via optical connection), the digital audio out function on the receiver is pretty badly broken. Dish acknowledge that there are problems in this area but have still not been able to provide a fix...

Problem possibly 2.32 initiated? Interestingly enough, someone from Echostar tech support called me back today to ask a few more questions about the failure I am seeing. It appears that there have been quite a few similar reports since the 2.32 download so this may have been software-initiated...

I got up this morning to a 522 which is cycling through reboot - signal acquisition - guide acquisition - hard disk diagnostic - crash and reboot. After an hour on the phone to Dish, they are now sending me a new receiver (they waived S&H after I complained about paying on a 6 month old, leased...

Anyone know which bugs are (supposed to be) fixed in new code drop? I'd love to hear the list of bugs which will be fixed in the next release. I've had my 522 for 3 weeks and am extremely disappointed in the reliability of the software. Specifically: 1. Dolby Digital playback via optical...

True enough - it's a DP34. I don't admit to being a switch expert - sorry. Unfortunately, I have no (easy) way to sniff DiSEqC on an old receiver but, given that I have the spec, when I get some free time, I'll play with some commands and see what happens - I have also heard rumours that the...

Investigation results OK, here's the skinny on the basic DishPro LNB as far as I can tell from scanning what's on the cable and looking at the PATs in the various transponders. I have not yet looked into DiSEqC signalling to select which dish/satellite's signals appear on the cable but, using...

Software bug? Maximum, I get the feeling this is probably a software problem to do with playback from the hard disk - clock recovery/av-sync related? I also notice that the lip sync is sometimes terrible but it clears up if I stop playback and restart. I'll complain to Dish and see if...

Macroblocking Wishbone, You are correct. "Macroblocks" are video encoding units in MPEG-2 and describe a small square of pixels on the screen. When you get errors in the bitstream, the decoder tries to cover them up but the usual effect is for blocks on the screen to be missed or incorrect...

DD Dropouts I dropped by to search for anyone else reporting DD dropout from their 522 and am disappointed that it didn't take long to see that this appears to be a common problem. After finally getting my optical output connected last night, I am seeing DD data dropouts for a couple of...

Great information - thanks Dishdood, This is very helpful. In other words, it looks like a dual LNB where the odd frequencies are offset 11.25GHz and the evens are offset 10.75GHz. I'm going to run a scan-the-sky on my line to see what it finds but, with this information, I should be able...

I figured this was probably the case but also figured that some industrious soul out there would have slapped a scope across their receiver's satellite input to see what it was doing. I guess I'll have to do this after all unless someone else can fill me in on at least enough information to get...

I work for a silicon company developing software for satellite ICs and use free-to-air signals from Dish Network's 119 satellite as a great test input. Using an old, simple 11.25GHz LNB and 13/18V and 22KHz signalling, all is fine. Unfortunately, the new system installed at my home uses DishPro...