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Kevinw: The Dish rep says that I need to leave it on around 3 a.m. to get the programming guide. One of my problems in the past was that I kept having to wait for it to download when I'd change channels. Any truth to that? It does SEEM better now that it's off at night, but that might be...

Autotune is way too much trouble; my wife wants to push one button and fall asleep watching whatever stupid show is on. I guess the 811 doesn't provide for this. I also tried to see if I could get my harmony remote to send an "off" to the 811 30 minutes after the activity, but no dice. Please...

Thanks! This is all very helpful; thanks. You'd think I could figure out that simple macro on my own (answer to Bobby: I dunno), but apparently I was doing something wrong. I do wish that I didn't have to go through the activities menu and then hit Watch TV again when I'm finished to...

I have a programmable remote (Harmony) and want to set it up for one-button switching between 720p and 1080i. I tried a couple of times but I'm a real amateur, and kept screwing it up. Is there any other way besides inputting the whole series that I'd do manually, which would be menu, 6, 9, 1...

Is there a way to program the 811 to "sleep" after 30 minutes? I used to set the TV to sleep after 30 minutes, leaving the Dish on. Then the Dish folks told me to turn the 811 off at night to get the updates -- I did. But if I have to turn the 811 off, the sleep function on the TV becomes...