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I currently have two 500 dishes and receive programming on the 110, 119 and 61.5 satellites. Will I need to update my dishes for HD if I upgrade to a 722 receiver? If not, does Dish still need to have a service tech. install the 722 or will they let me do it myself? Thanks.

My dad has an old old Dish receiver so i picked up a used 301 to replace it with. I called Dish and there's no outstanding balance on it but they wanted over $60 ($49+$9shipping+tax) for a new smart card. Is there anyway to get one cheaper? Thanks.

I picked up a used 301 today and cleared the switch matrix. When i tried to find the DP34 switch it could only find the 119 sat. It came up with : port 1 DP Twin 1, 119 odd port 2 Dp Dual 2, Connected - no signal port 3 Dp Twin 2, Connected - no signal I tried a soft boot and re-did the...

I picked up a used 301 today and it turned on fine when i first plugged it in. I ran a check switch to clear the switch matrix and then plugged in the sat. feed and re-ran to detect the switch. After finding the switch it won't power up. When i unplug the power and re-plug it back in the power...

Last night a family member turned on the 811 and it went to the downloading software update screen (Your receiver is now ~~~~~~ Do not unplug/disturb the rec'vr if the blue/amber lights are on~~~~~~). Well....... this morning the blue/amber lights are still on. I've never had a download take...

a friend has a Dish 500 with Twin LNB that currently feeds a single tuner DVR (model 500?) in the house and a single tuner older receiver in his pole barn. He wants to get a 625 for the house. Is there anyway he wouldn't have to run an additional feed line into the house, or would he have...

a friend of mine has a old 3900 (running off a Dish 500) in his shop and every time you go to the guide the preview window comes up and it says searching for guide info. but it never goes to "downloading guide". Even after doing a check switch it didn't download the guide. I tried holding the...

if i bought a 811 of ebay that doesn't have an outstanding balance will Dish activate it without requiring the HD package? thanks.

I noticed that the new 622 will output 480i and I'm assuming that would be from the component output. My ? is, would would 480i thru the component output yeild better picture quality than from a s-video signal?

I currently lease a 811 and have the HD pack (no Voom). Is there any benefit of adding the current Voom channels now before Feb. 1? :confused:

Does or is Dish going to offer a single tuner HD/DVR mpeg4 receiver? I have an 811 but would like to get a HD/DVR but don't need a two tuner unit.

With the recent introduction of all the new Dish receivers I was just wondering from those who may know, whether Dish has learned anything in the past years that would maybe minimize the number of bugs in these new receivers?

Anyone know what you can use the $25 bonus anniversary coupons towards ? I was reading on Dish's site that the reffer'ers of the ClubDish cards get a $25 coupon in addition to the $5 per month off their bill, but I couldn't find what you can use the coupons for (besides lining the bottom of the...

I tried to record an event that was already in progress by pressing the record button and the red light came on indicating that it was recording. When I tried to go back and watch the recording it was listed in the DVR events but only listed the time as 0:00 and there wasn't anything to view. I...

There used to be a website ( http://www.switchinfo.info/ ) that had good pictures and information for the different type of LNB's and switches but that address no longer exists. Does anyone know if it's been changed or know of another site that would have the same info. ? Thanks.

Just picked up a 3900 receiver and want to add it to a DishPro system. I figured the cheapest way to make it work was by getting a DishPro adapter so I searched out Ebay and found one but the buyer is claiming " MUST BE INSTALLED BY A PROFESSIONAL!! ITEM IS VERY SENSITIVE TO VOLTAGE AND CAN BE...

My 811 is at 2.84 and did not take the 2.89 update when asked whether I wanted to. Will e* force the 2.89 at some point in time? or can I have 2.84 indefinitely? I've soft booted a couple of times since and haven't seen the "new software available" screen.

Any idea if the additional Voom channels rumored to be added will impact the monthly cost any?

Whatever happened to the Feb 1 deadline that required Television stations to include correct channel and programming information as part of their PSIP data? The local PBS channel in the Minneapolis area (channel 2) still doesn't list any programming information in the EPG. :confused:

My parents signed up for Dish back in July of '04 and received a 522 at that time under the Dish Home Advantage (lease?). On their last two billing statements there are $5.99 charges for Dish Home Protection. What's that for? Wouldn't any repairs to the receivers already be covered under the...

Anyone have the link on how to disable IntelliTXT ? I had it disabled but somehow it managed to turn itself back on. I did a forum search and came up with nothing.... thanks!

so what is "LIL" HD? HD that's be reduced in resolution?

the dish website currently lists three different software versions for the 301, P2.29, P2.05 and P2.04. I'm guessing that 2.04 is listed as 2.05 probably hasn't finished being released yet but what's up with 2.29? Are there different versions of the 301 that use different software releases?

what's up with this IntelliTXT garbage that's been infiltrated into the Sat. Guys? "IntelliTXT enhances and helps support this content by delivering relevant messages in a user-controlled format" ????? Give me a break. :rolleyes: Linking the word "called" to an Earthlink long distance...

Since the L232 download, my 522 is experiencing more audio drops when watching previously recorded programs. Seems that these audio drop problems have plagued the 522 for quite some time now. Does anyone from the Satellite Guys have any inside info. from Dish that they will be releasing a fix...