“Prepare for Mobile” Setting

DawnB

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• Aug 17, 2018

• #1

There used to be a setting somewhere in the Hopper 3 that you could turn on “prepare for mobile” so that the H3 would automatically do that....and when you went to transfer a recording to a mobile device, it would be ready to go. SOMEHOW, that has gotten turned off on my H3, and I can’t figure out how to turn it back on, and am now having to have each recording prepare before I transfer them, which is driving me insane. Does anyone remember/know where that setting is????


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Tony S

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• Aug 17, 2018

• #2

I am going from memory. But I think this is how:

1. Press the MENU button
2. Select Settings
3. Select Timer Defaults
4. Select Smart Prepare for Mobile

 

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DawnB

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• Aug 17, 2018

• #3

Tony S said:

I am going from memory. But I think this is how:

1. Press the MENU button
2. Select Settings
3. Select Timer Defaults
4. Select Smart Prepare for Mobile

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Generally, that was it. Thank you. I wonder how the stupid thing got turned off to start with!!!


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DawnB

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• Aug 17, 2018

• #4

And as it turns out, it was ON.....but for some reason, wasn’t working. I turned it off and then back on again. Maybe that will jump start it back to working correctly again.



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Tony S

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Sometimes, when my receiver gets a firmware upgrade, it resets some settings. This doesn't happen all the time, but I have seen it happen more than once (I have a HWS receiver). Turning it off and on again was a smart thing to try.

 

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DishSubLA

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• Aug 19, 2018

• #6

Tony S said:

Sometimes, when my receiver gets a firmware upgrade, it resets some settings. This doesn't happen all the time, but I have seen it happen more than once (I have a HWS receiver). Turning it off and on again was a smart thing to try.

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Yes, and the last update reset or upset my DVR Timer Defaults without my knowing about it and consequently a newly set Timer started minutes LATE, so I missed the beginning. Some timers have to be set MORE than ONE minute before because one week it starts no more than a minute early, and some days they can start more than TWO minutes early. This usually occurs for those :05 beginning times as displayed on the EPG and in clear type marked for Start Time of the program. Now, I have to keep a look out for when an update is downloaded so I can check ALL my defaults because there were other defaults for the DVR that were also changed the last update. Found out the hard way.

 

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jasonh1965

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Feb 4, 2016

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• Aug 20, 2018

• #7

It's a longstanding bug. I'm sure Dish has it on their list and will fix it "SOON ®"

 

DawnB

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• Aug 23, 2018

• #8

Posting an update.....still not doing the preparation automatically. Very frustrating.


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