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I got this offer this morning - such a deal - it started yesterday :coco

Thanks sktrus. I'll choose to keep the OTA as it might be better resolution, but as Jim said, probably not worth obsessing over.

Thanks HipKat. I'll try that. My other concern is to choose which file to keep between multiple recordings already completed, so as to keep the one with the higher resolution. I would assume a larger file size would indicate higher recording quality, but I don't know that for a fact nor even...

One of my timers is set to "seek". I am getting multiple duplicate recordings of episodes from a local station, and USA network. Both are "HD". Is there a good way to decide which one to keep? Thanks!

Hard to give a definitive answer, but probably, yes. I've used a variety of drives with my Wally. I've had nothing but problems with 500G drives, but my current (ex-laptop) 750G drive has worked flawlessly for over a year now. Occasionally I get a USB interface the Wally doesn't like, but if...

DOS 1.0 had folders named 1 through 16. In 1983, DOS 2.0 introduced user-defined sub-folders. When Dish has perfected this cutting-edge technology, they will implement it ..... Soon.

The lower of the two rear USB ports is blue, and labeled "3.0". Silly me thinking it made a difference! I even moved my OTA adapter out of the 3.0 to the 2.0 to make room for the EHD, thinking it would optimize the configuration. I wonder if the 3.0 port is actually 3.0, and if it is, what...

Thanks for the advice KAB - I will follow it. They say "a watched kettle never boils", and checking transfers is probably the same concept. Tranferrring hundreds of programs/movies/concerts may take a months of calendar time in increments of 6-8! I'm in the ballpark of 15-20 minutes for 3...

I'm transferring many years of programs from old to new drives, and reorganizing my saved programs (which is proving difficult given the inability to manage folders/rename files on EHDs, but I digress...:confused:). Before starting this project, all existing USB 2.0 harware was...

Have you tried power-off reboots? With my Wally and Playmaker, what I've found out the hard way, is that if I do a re-scan after I get the "blockage" screen, I continue to get them, even if I've moved the antenna to a supposedly better spot. If I actually power off the receiver (10 or 20...

Since we're on the subject of the guide... in the big scheme of things not a big deal, but this morning my Smerconish (CNN, ch 200, 6 am PST) did not record, and next week's schedule shows "not a new episode". Fortunately, there is a 12pm PST time slot to which I cleverly changed my timer from...

Thanks NYDutch. When I set up and get only one or two satts it says "fewer satts than expected found". I wasn't sure if the 110/119/129 search was built in to the antenna or if the receiver controlled what was looked for. Glad it's the latter.

I have a Wally / Playmaker in my RV (in the heavily treed PNW) and I'd welcome a 9 degree vs 19 degree sighting arc needed for setup. Might there be any technical or UI issues for users with single LNB automated antennas?

My timers are set to 2 minutes before and 3 after. I think the another reason for my problem (other than missing the obvious OTA indication) was that the timers in conflict were set to "Seek", so they were often subject to dual recording attempts by duplicate OTA stations I left out of my...

Ok, duh!. Thanks for all the replies. OTA channels - right there in front of my eyes. I forgot we've been so many months into a dispute with KIRO Seattle (CBS) that I took the Dish channel off the guide and replaced it with the OTA version. That would explain it all. I don't use Prime Time...

I've never seen this before - I thought the Hopper 3 had 16 individual tuners. I'm on software 339 (tried 4 times to upgrade to 341 but, whatever). I tried a pull-plug-from-wall reset (30 seconds) but it booted up to the same. What may be part of the issue is "Dateline NBC" is listed 3 times...

Thanks! I thought it was was just me... Amazing how much time you can waste searching...

Let me second that! I bought one and it's one of the most-used testers in my toolkit. I even bought "F" to BNC and UHF adapters so I use it for all my ham antennas. With multiple terminators it saves many trips to find the wire you're looking for. Bought mine on Amazon.

Yes! And my suspicion is a "500G" drive which may only have 460-480G usable capacity is inadequate for reliable operation as an Wally EHD. I have the America's Top 250 package - perhaps the size of the 7-day channel guide pushed storage capacity too far? In any event, with the cost of drives...

I've had a long string of failures of EHD drives on my Wally. All were 2.5" form factor. They were all labeled "500G", but all had under 500G useable capacity. I have yet to get an answer to my question "500G" (advertised capacity) drive, or, "500G useable space" as I suspected the latter was...

Criticize the guide all you want, but I appreciate the time warp capabilities. Hate waiting for new episodes, so this feature is awesome!

I'm noticing the same thing. Even stranger is scrolling down the episode guide. The channel and program info sync just fine until they don't. The next down arrow jumps down 6 or 7 entries, then the channels scroll but the program info stays locked to one previous channel. It seems to always...

Sure did, and multiple hits/authorizations. What was wierd were messages that the EHD drive "had been used on another account", although it was velcroed to the Wally before and after it was deactivated/reauthorized (sold my RV & deactivated it). Even after I ran "DiskPart" to clear out the...

YMMV, but my Wally (with Tailgater in RV) forced re-format of EHD every few days. EHD works fine in my laptop. Dish tech support was not very helpful (reboot the receiver: wow, after decades with Dish/Echostar BUD, never thought of that...). I replaced Wally with my older VIP211z, and no EHD...

DishDude - if not that exact enclosure, close enough is what I was using with a 500G 2.5" HD (Western Digital Black) salvaged from an old IBM laptop. It worked fine until it didn't :(