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    Joey Suprise - No Coax needed

    Gotya....I think sparc...I'll go back and reread this thread. There was a time when I understood tech stuff...like cb radio and eight tracks. Hard to keep up with things now days. Tks again.
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    Joey Suprise - No Coax needed

    Forgive me for being a little slow here but I have a simple question. I have two hoppers and two joeys. I do have wifi working in the house. Are you saying I could take one of the joeys loose and connect it to a tv in the spare bedroom that has no cable to it and it would work?
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    Just a little skip

    Well yes dare2be, I think that's what I am getting also. Did not see that discussion. Thanks and who's that old lady who ranted on and on, then ended with....never mind.
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    Just a little skip

    Has anyone besides me noticed that in the last few minutes of a program there is a little, tiny skid in the video. Almost like someone is changing cameras or something. Always near the end and happens only once. Not a big thing...just wondering if I am imagining something.
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    Safe to hook phone cord to hopper ?

    I don't know about the phone line power charge but today we put our hoppers through an electrical challenge. It was 105 degrees today and half our town lost electricity. Stayed off about two hours. And then when it came back on it would start, cut off, start, cut off. After about the second...
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    Getting Install Tomorrow - Any Advice To Give?

    We changed over to 2 hoppers and 2 joeys. Our installer was great. He had every thing up and going without having to do anything twice. He even changed out our antenna because there was a problem with it that I did not even know existed. We have really enjoyed this new system. You are very smart...
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    Error trying to view recording from mydishonline

    I have the same error when trying to watch live tv on laptop. I talked with tech on the phone. We ran internet speed test, turned hopper off and reset, and checked settings on tv. Everything showed my setup to be working ok. He said it would be a problem on their end and he would report it and...
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    Wire repair and Hopper upgrade

    Not neglecting anyone...just got side tracked. Thanks for your help. I took your advise and switched to 2hoppers and 2joeys. Four HD tv's and one mirrored tv. We'll be losing one tv in extra bedroom. It is $100 per hopper upfront and extra to the installer for the mirror job. Install tomorrow...
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    Wire repair and Hopper upgrade

    Our home has a VIP 222 and a VIP 722. The 222 has two tv's on it. The 722 has two tv's and two mirrowed tv's. Each tv has it's own cable that runs form the tv to a outside box. Last week three of the four second tv's on both units went fuzzy. The HD tv's on both receivers are still good...
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    Sling Adapter Rebate Tracking!

    Thank you Mary for thinking ahead of the box! Great work. Dayton
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    Need little help with sling reward

    This morning I was able to submit for refund on the sling adapter. Thanks to Zach the problem was corrected in a timely manner. Thank you Zach...you reps are the best in the field!
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    Need little help with sling reward

    OK Zach....I have never pm so give me a few minutes to figure out how..
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    Need little help with sling reward

    I have received the sling adapter....connected it....got it working with my wife's computer...no problems. When I go to my account to get the refund/reward it shows my receiver not on line. When I go to My Equipment..it shows on line. After clicking around I see that the reward section shows...
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    Dear Friends... (A Note about the Sling Adapter Promotion)

    Just had my first chat and ordered the free sling adapter. Because I bundle with telephone I ended up speaking with three different reps. Still no problem. Tks Scott for this information site because I would never have known about this.:)
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    Why can I post in some treads but not others?

    Hey papalittle, it is not a disgrace getting old.....it's just unhandy as hell..
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    Sling Adapter and internet connection

    Ok, thank you Scott
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    Sling Adapter and internet connection

    I have a question about the new sling adapter and internet connection. My embarq 660 and linksys wireless g is in one end of house and the vip722 is in the other end. Will the sling adapter work? Tks
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    Cant get Dish to stop calling my celll phone!! sometimes 4x a day for an account I dont have!!!

    I had (have) the same problem with DirectTV. I called the number on the cell phone and ask to speak to a supervisor. I explained that my wife had a new phone and was given the number they were calling. I told them I had DISH and did not want direct. No more calls for a week now. I think you...
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    Options for DVR

    No Thomas cannot do that. HIFI, I was thinking that the 222 was not upgradable to record, but thought I might be behind times. Can't seem to keep up. Thanks
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    Options for DVR

    I have a VIP 722 and a VIP 222. What is the best way to be able to record on the VIP 222 TV?
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    Bundle telephone and dish or seperate the two

    Thanks Mary for the info. The last time I checked that site I don't think that was the way it was offered. I just signed up for the discount. Thanks again and you have a good vacation! Yes jhon69 I just recently started getting Starz without asking for it and there is no charge. Now...
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    Bundle telephone and dish or seperate the two

    I currently have my Dish tv bundled through Centurylink with a $5 discount for the bundle. I have HD 250 plus $10 HD. If I seperate Dish from the phone company can get a $10 discount for free HD for life? $5 is $5. Anyone done this?
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    Dish Radio

    Perfect! If I can not find it there I'll give up. Tks. Just hope I don't need it.
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    Dish Radio

    azgreg has same problem as I do. Radio reception just not what it used to be. In fact the only reason we use a radio is for the alarm. I did not know about the online stuff. Think I better look around. Thanks for suggestions.
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    Dish Radio

    If Fox pulls the plug and we can not see the last games of the World Series on TV...is there anyway that Dish could put a radio feed into one of the music channels?