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    What Happened to the Dish Executive Team?

    I'm a long time Dish customer. In the past when Dish was more responsive to customer needs, they maintained an 'Executive Team' that helped customers resolve issues they were having that didn't get resolved by the the standard customer service team. That team eventually became the 'Corporate...
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    Blockbuster @ Home Still Su%ks - Cancelled Again

    First let me say that I was a long time Blockbuster customer but that all changed after Dish bought them and turned the service to crap. Additionally, I only used Blockbuster for the DVD mail service, and I only request new releases. I never watched videos on my computer, didn't stream video to...
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    Anyone Else Having a Problem Accessing Receivers via Sling Adapter?

    Added a 2nd Sling adapter yesterday but wasn't getting any audio when testing from my Droid 4. This morning I can access either of my receivers via a browser or my Droid 4. Just spent 45 minutes with Dish chat and they can't view Live TV or my recording either. Pushing the problem up to...
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    2 Hopper & 2 Sling Adapters - No Sound

    I have 2 Hoppers and up till yesterday, 1 Sling Adapter that is hooked up to my family room Hopper. The Family room Hopper is the one plugged into my home network. When I accessed my Hopper from a remote device (my Droid 4) everything work fine and the picture and sound quality was fine...
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    Does Dish Care About Blockbuster Movies at Home (Mail) Service?

    Dish/Blockbuster forced me to cancel my BBM@H subscription and take my business to Netflix (great business model) because they couldn't provide the service I was paying them for. Before you all jump on me saying that you do get additional HD channels with the package making it worth the extra...
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    PTAT Start Time Adjustments

    I'm sure this has been asked but I can't find an answer. My PTAT shows it starts recording 2 minutes before the actual start of prime time which impacts my recordings if I try scheduling 3 recordings for the period just before prime time. Is there a way to adjust the start of PTAT so I can...
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    What is the Recommended Network Hookup for a 1Hopper/2 Joey Setup

    The loyalty department talked me into upgrading my Vip722k, and two Vip211 equipment setup to a new Hopper/2 Joey setup which was installed last Saturday. I've already found that because 'Prime Time Anytime' doesn't record the CW network, there are a few nights when we don't have enough tuners...
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    Sorry Dish, It's a No-Go For Me

    My current system consists of a 722K w/ OTA module (owned), a 211k w/OTA (leased), and the original 211 w/OTA (owned). Both 211’s have external hard drives attached to them so they can be used as DVR’s. Believe it or not but there are a couple of nights that we use all four of the receivers on...
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    Has BBMP Service Gotten Any Better in the Phoenix Area?

    Anyone out there in the Phoenix area that currently has BBMP? Is the service any better? I used BB for years before they went onto bankruptcy and eventually got purchased by Dish. Service was pretty good until Dish offered the BBMP to its customers and then the service turned to crap (at...
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    Blockbuster Deals for Existing Dish Customers

    I checked around and was wondering if Dish has or plans to, offer special deals to exiting Dish customers. I see they are giving new customers free Blockbusterfor 3 months but I didn't see anything for existing customers. I use to be a Blockbuster customer and liked the fact that they shipped...
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    What Happened to the Sling Extrender/Sling Reciever 300?

    What happened to the Sling Extender/Sling Receiver 300? It's been talked about for almost two years and according to Google searches, received FCC approval back in January.  Isn't this the unit that allowed 922 users to view HD video via TV2 on the 922 on a HDTV connected to the Sling...
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    Dish Remote Access and Firefox 4.0

    Is anyone using Fire fox 4 to log into the 922 or 722 via 'https://dish.sling.com/'? Using Firefox 4 I logged into (checked the remember me box) the site and after logging in, I was taken to the step one screen (enable web services) where it wants me to enter my receiver number. I've enter...
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    A Way To Prevent The Scheduler From Recording Rebroadcast Episodes??? Fix It Dish!

    I know that if you set up a recording scheduler to record only 'new episodes', the Dish scheduler will also record old episodes of a program if the episode date is not in the mm-dd-yy format it understands and uses in it's compare. Every time I've seen this happen is when the episode date is a...
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    722k Recording Scheduler Problem

    Did they download some new software this week to the 722’s? Starting on Monday my 722 started recording old shows (reruns) and skipped new ones. I’ve got my scheduler setup to only record new versions of shows and so far this week it recorded all of the shows in the scheduler that were on Monday...
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    How's The Pichure Quality On a HTPC via the Sling Adapter?

    How's The Picture Quality On a HTPC via the Sling Adapter? I was all ready to pull the trigger and purchase the Sling Adapter from Dish when I found out that ALL equipment (laptops, PC's HTPC's, smart phones) that you want to use to watch video on that will be pulled from your 722 (via the...
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    Whole-Home DVR Service

    I see that DIRECTV now offers a "Whole Home-DVR Service" that connects all of the HD receivers in the house to a HD DVR receiver so you can watch HD recorded shows off the central DVR at other locations. You can even add a second DVR to add the possibilities. I know that Dish has a lot...
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    Changing Channel While Recording on a 722

    I have a 722 with the OTA module. I'm supposed to have the capability to record at the same time, 2 recordings off the sat and 2 off the OTA module. I've done it and it works. Recently I've noticed that if I'm recording 1 show off the sat and try to change to a different channel on the sat, I...
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    Volume Leveling - Is It Working for Anyone?

    Finally got the latest firmware for the 722K (L661) and checked to make sure it is enabled in the audio section of the setup, which it is. I can understand the volume being different from channel to channel but on some the the channels like HGTV, History Channel, etc, I still have some...
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    New Equipment Fees & Lease Fees

    I think I know the answer but I would like to get confirmation for the experts here. For years (10 year customer) I've always purchased and owned all of my own equipment because I couldn't see paying Dish $$$ up front for the honor of leasing their newer receiver models. That changed when I...
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    211 DVR Function & TV2 IR Converter Info &

    I finally got a response to the emails I've been sending to Dish Support regarding the IR TV2 Converter and the DVR function for the 211. In response to my inquiry about the availability of IR TV2 converter, they stated in their email 'As of now the IR converter it appears was delayed until...
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    Information on an IR to UHF Converter

    ...the IR signal from the Slingbox or the HAVA Player into the UHF Pro signal needed to control the TV2 tuner on the Vip622/722/222 receivers but that *E was coming out with a converter that would allow. I couldn't find anything that mentioned an availability date. I'm surprised *E hasn't...
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    Equipment Needed for a Vacation Cabin Installation

    A friend wants to use one of their Vip-211 receivers at their cabin in the woods and wanted to know what they will need for equipment. Because of the trees directly around the cabin they will need to install the antenna (Dish 1000.2) on a pole. How big of a pole (diameter) should they use...
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    Moving WD EHD Back to Vista

    I tried doing searches for this but haven't found an answer so hopefully someone will point me in the right direction. I purchased a WD 500GB My Book Essentials external hard drive and attached it to one of my 622's and had it authorized and formated. After I tested moving some of my saved...
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    Scheduling/Timer Problems

    I'm having a problem with my 622 when setting up timers. The one that keeps happening every week is the timer I have set for the Daily Show othe n Comedy Channel. I've tried deleting the timer and rescheduling it and it still happens. I set a timer to record only new episodes but every week...
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    Recording To an External Harddrive from a 211

    I thought I read sometime ago that once Dish opened the USB port up so it could be used with external storage, they were going to come out with an upgrade that would be able schedule and record shows on the 211 to and record them to the external HD. Was that something that was being talked...