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We're getting more frequent HD failure messages on one of our old, rented HWSs, so it's decision time. H3 is a reasonable option, but it's not the best time for us. I know that it's easy to replace the HD, what would be the fallout if I did it myself on a rented HWS? I could save the old one...

I need some insight into how Dish assigns channels to it's satellite orbitals and what the future should look like. For almost a year we've seen HD channels dropping off of our program guide due to uplink changes, and I didn't have time to analyze the potential solutions until now. In over...

Saw a hard drive failure error message (970?) this evening when I turned on the TV. It's the one that says "Your timers have been saved but any recordings have been lost..." and telling me to select OK to reformat the hard drive. It wasn't exactly a surprise, since the box acted flaky a couple...

Surely these questions have been asked and answered before in The Hopper Zone, but I can't find any relevant threads. Like others we have a rental HWS that is starting to act like it has a failing hard drive. These questions are driven by my need to prepare for that situation. 1. Do any of the...

Sorry if this has already been asked and answered elsewhere. If it has, my searches didn't find it. Currently PTAT is only possible on the big 4 networks. For a given market, by design, Dish has put those 4 stations on the same transponder so that the Hopper can stream them all using one...

A few weeks ago we upgraded from VIP receivers to 2 Hoppers w/ Sling and 2 Joeys (1 attached to each Hopper). Because of obstructions, we have to have two dishes: a 500+ with 2 LNBs and a wing dish with 1 LNB. The installing tech didn't know how to handle that situation:confused:, but after...

We live in an area where power outages occur several times a year, sometimes multiple times in one week. To avoid receiver (622) disruptions until I can get a generator started, we run the receivers off of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). The cheaper modified sine wave (stepped) type of...

A friend told me that wireless joeys are coming. No more coax or wifi adapters needed. Can anyone confirm this? Timing?

Because of obstructions we're unable to see the right combination of DISH satellites to get all the channels (particularly HD ones) that we're paying for. I need to look at DirecTV as an alternative, and I don't understand which satellites DirecTV uses. TheList only shows three: 101W, 110W...

Are other folks seeing problems with the quality of refurbished receivers? After 4 good years our 622 started failing when we tried to record something or play a recording. We’re now waiting for our third replacement unit since I reported the original problem 12 days ago! The first replacement...

How accurate/complete are the various Dish channel charts? It's an innocent question, because I need to know what I'm working with to figure out one of my problems. They seem to be very complete, and I've found nothing to that would cause me to question the charts. However, I'm not getting...