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Pepper
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
I am in hot water tonight. My wife told the ViP622 (L449RBDD) to record a movie on Hallmark Channel, an original movie "Thicker than Water" which of course is not scheduled again for at least the next month.

The timer is there in the history, shows start and stop times, but the two lines "AV Recorded" and "AV Stopped" are missing, and of course there's nothing recorded. There were no conflicts, and plenty of space available. Every other scheduled recording was normal. What's up with this crazy machine?!
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N
Is it possible that your receiver is powered off during the recording time? Plug into some kind of energy saving power strip with a timer?
Pepper
Nope, quite the opposite in fact, it's plugged into an APC UPS that will keep it running at least 10 minutes if the power's out.
Pepper
Here we go again.

Wonderful. More hot water for me. I didn't notice that 24 (currently Mrs Pepper's favorite show) was not recording until 7:36pm. So I have a 23 minute recording where I changed channels and hit the record button, and no other evidence in the history that the timer ever existed, which I remember seeing in the guide with a record dot on it as recently as this morning.

The properties of this timer are "Weekly - Mon", channel "010-00 WALA" (satellite HD not OTA) "7:00 pm - 9:00 pm" as I created it in week 1 when there was a 2-hour premiere. It shows it's scheduled for 8pm next Monday.

The only other thing that's changed since the last time is the software is now L618 and it was L449 a year and a few weeks ago when this last happened. At least it doesn't happen "very" often - but apparently only on events for which there is no repeat scheduled.

I guess now I get to figure out how to connect the computer to the entertainment center (surprisingly, don't have one there yet) to watch the online episode.
sajoc
Somebody can make $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Why doesn't somebody invent a DVD player for women???? It has to have only two buttons and do everything automatically!

No options for settings... just record and play.

The voice command would be nice too, except if she got mad and started yelling at it, that would just slow things down and make her even more angry!

OK, this a challenge for every engineer out there!

If you do it... you'll be like Bill Gates... you'll have your own island.
GaryPen
I realize you are mostly joking. But, CE companies really do need to concentrate more on usability. It has nothing to do with gender. The overwhelming majority of people would like their stuff to be easier to use. (Myself, included. And, I'm an audio-visual professional.) The brilliantly designed ergonomics is the number one reason for the iPhone's success.
Scott Greczkowski
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Show and Tell - Al Wilson
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On with the Show - The Rolling Stones
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The Show Must Go On - Pink Floyd
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Bobby
If Love Must Go - Dobie Gray
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Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Van
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Last reply · posted in What's Cooking?
Who says dinner or lunch has to be the only good meals of the day?

Honey butter grits with scrambled eggs and grilled boneless pork ribs on flakey biscuits washed down with cranberry juice.
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dfergie
Dos cackleberrys over easy on top of 2 corned beef hash patties fried in skillet... Chocolate milk.
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Cold morning today, only 32 degrees. Fired up the oven and made cinnamon rolls (from a tube) and a pot of coffee.
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2 egg burrito with bacon and a side of hashbrowns. Coffee.

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Breakfast Quesadillas. Grilled flour tortilla filled with scrambled eggs, hash browns, chopped green chile, cheddar & Jack cheese and bacon. Coffee.

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Bobby
Taco omelette. 3 eggs, taco meat from yesterday, diced green chilis, cheddar cheese, chopped red onion, avocado, black olives, chopped tomato, La Victoria Salsa Brava.

This one was really, really good!
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osu1991
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
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sdfntx
Sorry to hear this. R.I.P.
FTA4PA
R.I.P.
dishstaller
My Mom was a huge McMillan & Wife fan.

RIP
dfergie
Mcmillan and wife was where I remember her from, R.I.P. ...
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R.I.P.
Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in SiriusXM Satellite Radio
Some of the channels start next week.

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comfortably_numb
My favorite is probably Holiday Pops.
TRG
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It's not even Halloween yet.
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Scott Greczkowski
I like the Jimmy Fallon channel. This will be its third year. I like that it's all fresh each year. Also fun when he pops on live from time to time.
dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

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Jimbo
Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

They will have to look at the switching sections to determine WHY 2 trains were on the same track ... at the same time.