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Welcome to another SatelliteGuys.US First Look! This time we are taking a look at the long awaited Dish Network TV2 IR Converter Kit.
This kit let you control your TV2 output with a IR Universal Remote, and it also lets you watch and control the TV2 output on Dish Network receiver with a Slingbox! (No more changing your wifes soaps on TV1 just because you want to watch TV with your Slingbox!)
Other uses for this kit include solving UHF Pro conflicts or interference in your house plus works great in appartments and condos as it gives you no more remote conflicts with your neighbors!
For me I will be using it with one of my Slingbox units. One of the issues I have had happen is I would log in to my Slingbox and someone would be watching TV at home and I would not know they were watching and end up changing the channel on them. Now with this new TV2 IR Converter I can put my Dish receiver in dual mode and get rid of that issue forever.
The Dish Network TV2 IR Converter comes in a small white box that weighs about a pound, but it is full of everything you need to hook it up.
The box contains the following:
TV2 IR Converter (With IR EYE attached on a long cable)
Power Supply
Industrial Quality Two Way Splitter. (This is no cheap WalMart Splitter)
3 - 10 inch RG-6 Coax Cables
IR Cable for Slingbox installs
Velcro Patch for IR Eye
User Guide
The TV2 IR Converter works with the following model Dish Network receivers:
Dish 322
DishPlayer 522 & 625
ViP 222
ViP 222k
ViP 622 DVR
ViP 722 DVR
ViP 722k DVR
For me I did not need most of wires inside, as I opted not to use the Splitter for TV2, instead my install was the TV2 IR converter to the receivers antenna input then the IR cable hooked to the Slingbox.
In the diagrams included in the user guide it suggests hooking a wire from the UHF Antenna Jack to the splitter, then hooking up the UHF antenna to one of the splitters outputs and hooking the IR2 converter to the out splitter output. I did not do this since I am not going to use the TV2 UHF remote on this receiver.
One of the things I needed to do was change the remote address of the TV1 remote since the converter also outputs the TV2 IR as TV1. This was done easily by changing the TV1 remote address to another number. (Anything but 1)
In my Slingplayer software I setup my DVR and told it I was using address one and then it just worked and worked great.
The switching time was about the same if you were using the IR blasters on the Slingbox. Speaking of the IR Blasters on the Slingbox, with this device your IR Blasters are removed, and the TV2 converter plugs into where the IR Blasters were plugged into. For most folks this won't be an issue, however if you use your Slingbox to control more then one device then this is going to be an issue for you. However for most folks this will not be an issue at all.
The converter does what it says it does, and does it well. There are no issues at all with the unit but unfortunately it has its own power supply, so make sure there is an extra outlet available if your going to get one of these.
This product will be great for those folks who have a custom install and want to use a remote like a Harmony or Pronto remote on their second TV in their house. The IR2 converter has an attached IR eye which can be easily hidden that will allow you to control your TV2 with your favorite universal remote.
The product seems welll thought out and the box includes almost everthing you might need (although for some installs you might need 2 diplexors so this way you dont need to run additional cable to TV2)
The enclosed userguide is well laid out and very easy to understand, making it wasy for anyone to install for almost anyone.
The TV2 IR Converter Kit will have a MSRP of $35 and will be available within the next few weeks from your local Dish Network Retailer or from places like DishStore.NET (A proud SatelliteGuys.US Sponsor!)
Thanks to the folks at Dish Network I am able to give one of these kits away to a lucky SatelliteGuys member! To enter to win just post a reply to this thread letting us know how you intend to use this converter. One lucky member will be picked at random on Monday June 15th on or around Noon Eastern Time! Good luck to all who enter!
(It should be noted that the unit being given away is the one I used to take the photos of the unit. The one I am using is in a pile of wirers behind my TV and wouldn't look good in pictures.)
Thanks again to the folks at Dish Network for making this First Look possible, this TV2 IR Converter Kit!
This kit let you control your TV2 output with a IR Universal Remote, and it also lets you watch and control the TV2 output on Dish Network receiver with a Slingbox! (No more changing your wifes soaps on TV1 just because you want to watch TV with your Slingbox!)
Other uses for this kit include solving UHF Pro conflicts or interference in your house plus works great in appartments and condos as it gives you no more remote conflicts with your neighbors!
For me I will be using it with one of my Slingbox units. One of the issues I have had happen is I would log in to my Slingbox and someone would be watching TV at home and I would not know they were watching and end up changing the channel on them. Now with this new TV2 IR Converter I can put my Dish receiver in dual mode and get rid of that issue forever.
The Dish Network TV2 IR Converter comes in a small white box that weighs about a pound, but it is full of everything you need to hook it up.
The box contains the following:
TV2 IR Converter (With IR EYE attached on a long cable)
Power Supply
Industrial Quality Two Way Splitter. (This is no cheap WalMart Splitter)
3 - 10 inch RG-6 Coax Cables
IR Cable for Slingbox installs
Velcro Patch for IR Eye
User Guide
The TV2 IR Converter works with the following model Dish Network receivers:
Dish 322
DishPlayer 522 & 625
ViP 222
ViP 222k
ViP 622 DVR
ViP 722 DVR
ViP 722k DVR
For me I did not need most of wires inside, as I opted not to use the Splitter for TV2, instead my install was the TV2 IR converter to the receivers antenna input then the IR cable hooked to the Slingbox.
In the diagrams included in the user guide it suggests hooking a wire from the UHF Antenna Jack to the splitter, then hooking up the UHF antenna to one of the splitters outputs and hooking the IR2 converter to the out splitter output. I did not do this since I am not going to use the TV2 UHF remote on this receiver.
One of the things I needed to do was change the remote address of the TV1 remote since the converter also outputs the TV2 IR as TV1. This was done easily by changing the TV1 remote address to another number. (Anything but 1)
In my Slingplayer software I setup my DVR and told it I was using address one and then it just worked and worked great.
The switching time was about the same if you were using the IR blasters on the Slingbox. Speaking of the IR Blasters on the Slingbox, with this device your IR Blasters are removed, and the TV2 converter plugs into where the IR Blasters were plugged into. For most folks this won't be an issue, however if you use your Slingbox to control more then one device then this is going to be an issue for you. However for most folks this will not be an issue at all.
The converter does what it says it does, and does it well. There are no issues at all with the unit but unfortunately it has its own power supply, so make sure there is an extra outlet available if your going to get one of these.
This product will be great for those folks who have a custom install and want to use a remote like a Harmony or Pronto remote on their second TV in their house. The IR2 converter has an attached IR eye which can be easily hidden that will allow you to control your TV2 with your favorite universal remote.
The product seems welll thought out and the box includes almost everthing you might need (although for some installs you might need 2 diplexors so this way you dont need to run additional cable to TV2)
The enclosed userguide is well laid out and very easy to understand, making it wasy for anyone to install for almost anyone.
The TV2 IR Converter Kit will have a MSRP of $35 and will be available within the next few weeks from your local Dish Network Retailer or from places like DishStore.NET (A proud SatelliteGuys.US Sponsor!)
Thanks to the folks at Dish Network I am able to give one of these kits away to a lucky SatelliteGuys member! To enter to win just post a reply to this thread letting us know how you intend to use this converter. One lucky member will be picked at random on Monday June 15th on or around Noon Eastern Time! Good luck to all who enter!
(It should be noted that the unit being given away is the one I used to take the photos of the unit. The one I am using is in a pile of wirers behind my TV and wouldn't look good in pictures.)
Thanks again to the folks at Dish Network for making this First Look possible, this TV2 IR Converter Kit!
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And the necrothread revival award of the week goes to STL for reviving a thread that had been dead for 4 years!
The Walking DEAD Threads...............
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Thanks for all the replies...and for the award (from brad1138)!
My thinking was that one might have a hopper or joey connected two two different televisions (that are never in use at the same time) and want to be able to control it from two locations. And being able to do that could save on having to rent an additional joey. But alas it appears this device isn't compatible with the newer hardware. The reason I was asking is because I am preparing to "cut the cord" (switching to Sling TV + Netflix + OTA HTPC) so I will be selling off my DISH peripherals.
Thanks for all the replies...and for the award (from brad1138)!
You can connect multiple RF 40.0 remotes to the Hopper, and I am pretty sure the Joey too, so that would do what you are wanting.My thinking was that one might have a hopper or joey connected two two different televisions (that are never in use at the same time) and want to be able to control it from two locations. And being able to do that could save on having to rent an additional joey. But alas it appears this device isn't compatible with the newer hardware. The reason I was asking is because I am preparing to "cut the cord" (switching to Sling TV + Netflix + OTA HTPC) so I will be selling off my DISH peripherals.
Thanks for all the replies...and for the award (from brad1138)!
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Nah, you just don't understand how ignore works, which is why you made your own NFL thread thinking there wasn't one
Was thinking same thing. It should be a good week for sec shorts and roll callThey ought to have fun with this…
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A continuation of a thread from the pub, just general discussion of AI.
Brief 60 minute clip about next gem autonomous fighters - not remote controlled, but rather collaborating with controllers and aircraft in the theater.
View: https://youtu.be/DRm0mbp_n1k
We've literally got a movie already about this
View: https://youtu.be/a2PW7a9ViDc
Brief 60 minute clip about next gem autonomous fighters - not remote controlled, but rather collaborating with controllers and aircraft in the theater.
View: https://youtu.be/DRm0mbp_n1k
We've literally got a movie already about this
View: https://youtu.be/a2PW7a9ViDc
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Oops.
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AI Agent Blamed for Deleting Entire Upcoming Season of TV Show
An AI agent reportedly deleted the entire final cut of the upcoming season of a Swedish reality competition show.
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I was watching some of this guy's stuff and realized some of you may not be familiar. Basically his show is Candid Camera meets a magician. This is a comp of a few of his exploits. I first learned of him when I was out at a meeting in Denver about 10yrs ago. The men I was sitting at the table with started talking about this show and said it was one of the funniest things they had seen. When I got home I started watching it....yes, it is funny.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIU09F8jdwc
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIU09F8jdwc
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This started a couple months ago. I have 2 H3s on one network, both with 2 EHD identical 3 TB seperately powered so all recordings are accessible by all 4k & J4s (8 of them).
On one H3 (not the main one that controls the MOCA network), after it reboots, it doesn't recognize it has two EHDs plugged into it. Rebooting the EHD by their power source doesn't fix it. Resetting the network doesn't. Software h3 reset doesn't fix it. Rebooting MOCA h3 doesn't fix it but so far, after 3+ cold boots (unplug pwr to H3 with unrecognized EHDs), it finally it figures out they are plugged into it. BUT.... Then when you open a program it only partially shows series and episodes, but instead of showing recordings, it only shows upcoming airings. HELP!!!!
On one H3 (not the main one that controls the MOCA network), after it reboots, it doesn't recognize it has two EHDs plugged into it. Rebooting the EHD by their power source doesn't fix it. Resetting the network doesn't. Software h3 reset doesn't fix it. Rebooting MOCA h3 doesn't fix it but so far, after 3+ cold boots (unplug pwr to H3 with unrecognized EHDs), it finally it figures out they are plugged into it. BUT.... Then when you open a program it only partially shows series and episodes, but instead of showing recordings, it only shows upcoming airings. HELP!!!!
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Thanks JohnGalt1234 - That's interesting. I wonder are the Boot Strap versions different between a Hopper 3 only and a Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus setup as I have the later. I guess when charlesrshell is able to since he has both setups, he can do the test. Unless the bootstrap version is tied to when the specific Hopper 3 is manufactured, in my case, mines is from February 2016 when it was installed.
At least Google Search AI is saying the bootstrap version will never change and unique to each Hopper 3.
This is probably why different people seem to either have the issue or they don't because the bootstrap code could also be tied to the hardware revision and
components other than the internal HD.
At least Google Search AI is saying the bootstrap version will never change and unique to each Hopper 3.
This is probably why different people seem to either have the issue or they don't because the bootstrap code could also be tied to the hardware revision and
components other than the internal HD.
JohnGalt1234 - So you basically have 2 Hopper 3's. The CasinoH3 is the one that is Hopper 3 only while Master Bedroom is a Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus setup.
Master Bedroom uses Android TV (ATV) software so the DISH part is actually a app and will behave differently as you can probably tell the Guide's are different on the Master Bedroom which will resemble the same guide used on other ATV devices such as the Joey 4 and Wireless Joey 4. If I am correct, the CasinoH3 is the one with the problem since you did say the one dated 09/05/2026 is the naughty one while 08/15/2026 named Master Bedroom is the nice one. Usually I would expect the CasinoH3 to be the one without the problem because it's Hopper 3 only and Master Bedroom would be the one with problems because it has the Hopper Plus involved. That is why they behave differently because CasinoH3 is running the native Hopper 3 software while Master Bedroom is running the Android TV software and also it runs a app called DISH known as package com.dish.atv.launcher, the version for mines is P15403 2026100917 so it's probably the same version as the Hopper Plus software version with the date of October 9, 2026, not sure what the 17 means except maybe revision 17?
This explains it better than I can. Sorry, had to take all the ads out.
Master Bedroom uses Android TV (ATV) software so the DISH part is actually a app and will behave differently as you can probably tell the Guide's are different on the Master Bedroom which will resemble the same guide used on other ATV devices such as the Joey 4 and Wireless Joey 4. If I am correct, the CasinoH3 is the one with the problem since you did say the one dated 09/05/2026 is the naughty one while 08/15/2026 named Master Bedroom is the nice one. Usually I would expect the CasinoH3 to be the one without the problem because it's Hopper 3 only and Master Bedroom would be the one with problems because it has the Hopper Plus involved. That is why they behave differently because CasinoH3 is running the native Hopper 3 software while Master Bedroom is running the Android TV software and also it runs a app called DISH known as package com.dish.atv.launcher, the version for mines is P15403 2026100917 so it's probably the same version as the Hopper Plus software version with the date of October 9, 2026, not sure what the 17 means except maybe revision 17?
This explains it better than I can. Sorry, had to take all the ads out.
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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....
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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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Additional tabs provide:
OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
No. Bring in someone new.
Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...No. Bring in someone new.
Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)
Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.
Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.
It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
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Time for another AWESOME video from Lon Seidman of LON.TV!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBnhKwMxIhs
Direct YouTube Link - Local AI Coding from Scratch: A Practical Beginner's Guide
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBnhKwMxIhs
Direct YouTube Link - Local AI Coding from Scratch: A Practical Beginner's Guide
The Official LON.TV Website
Lon on Facebook
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Please post your remote make/model here and any details of your issue. We are looking to collect as many examples as possible. I may reach out to you for your receiver number, but please do not post it here.
If you've already reported this to me, please repost it here so I can track all instances in one thread.
Thanks!
Brittany
If you've already reported this to me, please repost it here so I can track all instances in one thread.
Thanks!
Brittany
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I was having similar issues last night while watching and recording the NLCS game on 148. When I tried resuming the game at one point the screen went blank and I couldn't get my H3 to respond to any remote commands. Eventually the Hopper went to a HD channel but still no remote response. After a while the Hopper went into a re-boot cycle. This happened at least 3 times. I was using an IR universal remote only.
A little frustrating to have the game broken up like that but at least the Brewers won
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Trust me, when something important breaks, they get to own it!
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Anyone making their own breakfast sausage? I've recently been trying different recipes, found some I like, some I've modified...
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