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Sorry been a bit busy the past couple of weeks (72 hrs in 1 week and only 60 in the other two) Time was short .. as to cleaning that head .. half to 1 dollar 2 inches of cable .. just snipped & snapped new head. Lesson learned about not leaving dangling cables, while the other side is...

No no, while I was working to solve the wiring / switch issue, I had left the new room un-connected and unprotected at my switch port side. It was dangling there for about 16 to 24 hours. It was directly touching the cinder block wall, and the corrosion (this case) is simply a fact of leaving...

Silicone Dielectric, Yes? No? Absolutely Not? I just finished updating my wiring, during the process I had an exposed end, while attached to a hopper w/sling at the other end. In about 24 hours, with it contacting slightly damp area, at basement cinder block wall, and saw I had a corroded...

Thanks all .. :) humor (and understanding) deeply appreciated!

I wonder if you could use gParted with 2 EHD's one already formatted by the Hopper, to allow you to manually copy the data from working older partition, to newer partition. eg, is it just the drive layout that's the issue, or is the data saved to the disk also saved differently that makes the...

I know .. :( but it all starts to coalesce into this "I'm as mad as h*ll and I'm not going to take it any more" rage. I'm *that* guy, the one always in the losing percentage. ... 5% failure rate? it fails for me .. 94% served on time, in proper working order, etc etc .. I'm in that 6%.. it gets...

Depends on the technician and how knowledgeable you (dish customer) are about things. I just had a Hopper 2000 replaced with a Hopper w/sling. Aside from this 3rd party install tech saying it couldn't be done, also tried to tell me you couldn't have 3 hoppers on the account, couldn't use...

Wait .. how exactly is forced obsolescence "good" for them? Cost for the box, cost for the installer .. sure they get to pull the whole 2 year commitment garb, but even that isn't worth all that much .. you stem the tide of some losses only to have people (myself included) badmouthing dish at...

They couldn't really recommend it even if really needed, as it becomes a litigious issue "your product wasn't designed properly and overheats" ... fix or repair diligently and even if they do, they still get sued. Funny thought ... the problems with the new UI and oddities in recording are...

H2k ? 1 Hopper w/Sling, 1 Hopper without sling (also have 1 Joey)

Possible partial resolution to PTAT issue .. so I've not been able to watch PTAT recorded on the 2nd DVR in my house from my first DVR.. DVR 1 is Hopper w/Sling, 2nd DVR is hopper without sling. I only record PTAT on Hopper 2. I prefer to have my PTAT shown to me grouped by Network.... so...

And while I'm here... More Negatives.. Since day one, I've had nothing but problems with PTAT. 2 Hoppers, 1 Joey. 1 hopper is w/sling, the other is not, but I do have the sling adapter attached. I group PTAT by network on the regular Hopper, and on my HWS I go in .. I reset the view there...

No option for watching which? PTAT? there is.. on the new UI .. click to go into PTAT .. you'll see the 4 network folders .. press the RED button on the 40.0 remote ... and you get the 9 square options .. #2 should be "Group By" at the bottom of its cube .. and you probably see "Network" above...

My bad I must have read the "2 years" as 2 hoppers. The multiple recordings .. with less than full length look like the recording got halted by "whatever" and so the hopper picked up where it left off, but one of the pictures didn't show reduced time ... wow. :(

Ferl ... check that PTAT is not enabled on BOTH boxes. I only had it on one box before, then my hopper updated and it turned it on, on my DVR... Since the update I've not been able to watch any PTAT recordings from my other DVR which does the PTAT. I get to see the folders that tell me how...