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  1. J

    Picture Quality on HR24

    I recently moved one of my H24 boxes to the den and hooked it up to one of the inputs on my Sony LCD TV. I already had the HR24 hooked up to another input. Long story short, when I switched inputs, the picture quality on the H24 was much sharper, brighter and clearer than the HR24. When I...
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    H24 KILLS HDMI PORT

    I had Direct installed 1/9/11. One of my TV's is a Vizio 47" LED. A couple of weeks after the installation, the HDMI #4 port that the H24 is connected to displayed "No Signal". I moved the HDMI cable to HDMI #1 and all was well. Nothing I connected to HDMI #4 would work. Always "No Signal"...
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    External Hard Drive???

    Is it possible to connect and use an external hard drive to a HR24??
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    HD Platinum EMYST and SCINE

    According to the website, the EMYST and SCINE channels are included in the HD Platinum package of 17 channels. Where are the HD versions of these channels? I get the SD versions on channels 344 and 353. I have a 1000.4 EA dish. According to the guide, the channels are only in SD.
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    Dish to Direct changeover question

    I currently have (1) VIP722 and (1) VIP222. The 722 is in single mode in the family room (HDTV). The 222 serves the bedroom and kitchen TV's (SDTV"S). Both receivers are connected to my home network (internet) via ethernet cables. I am planning on getting (2) HR24 receivers from Direct. How...
  6. J

    Sound Cutting Out

    The audio on my VIP722 is dropping out about every 10 seconds. It doesn't do it on my OTA channels (they are fed directly to the TV, not through the VIP722). Anyone else with this problem or a solution?
  7. J

    DVR Question

    I have a 722 Dish Receiver and with 2 tuners, I can watch 1 program live and record another or watch a recorded program and record 2 more. My question is with a single tuner Direct DVR will I be able to watch a live program and record another different program at the same time??? ( I'm...
  8. J

    Message: Losing HGTV and Food TV

    A message just went across the bottom of my screen saying "Attention Dish Network Subscribers. Starting tonight, you will be losing two of you favorite channels. HGTV and Food Network. Don't miss...." It just ended like that. It was in a red banner with white lettering. What gives??
  9. J

    WTVD Freezing

    Anyone else having problems with WTVD-11 freezing? This AM mine was freezing and losing picture about every 2 or 3 minutes and staying off for a minute or longer at the time. The other channels and locals WRAL, etc were okay. Is this a Dish problem or a WTVD problem?
  10. J

    Loss of Signal

    When I go to menu 6-1-3 (System Info) on my 722, satellites 72 and 77 are always green. Sat 61.5 is always yellow. When i pick on details it says "You are currently experiencing signal loss" from -- am to -- pm you had x signal losses on tuner 1. Same for tuner 2. Is this a concern? Only...
  11. J

    Phone line requirements

    Hey everybody!! I'm new to Dish and new to this site. I've been searching and reading and found a lot of discussion, but cannot find the answer to my question. I'm sure it's pretty simple. I have a 722 and a 222k receivers. Am I required to have both connected to a phone line at all times...
  12. J

    Raleigh NBC channel not on

    Anyone else having problems with NBC-17 Raleigh dropping. About 1/2 the time, all I get is a yellow screen. I'm gettng it in HD on 61.5 sattelite. Also, When I go to the System Info screen in the Installation menu, it says I'm getting loss of signal on both tuners on both of my receivers...