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Pyrophoric

Last reply Dec 22, 2004 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Problems with the 522?

I am getting a 522 next week yet was noticing a lot of people saying there are so many problems with the 522's. However, I notice a lot of those posts are dated around 3-5 months ago ...

My question is, are they still near as buggy as they were back 3-5 months ago? Are they even buggy much at all now?

Thx in advance

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Pyrophoric

Dec 17, 2004

Thats true but either way if you want HD then the 522 isnt what you want anyways since it has no HD support.

viqventeur

Dec 19, 2004

I don't care what everybody else says, receivers at each TV is how it ought to be.

I agree. I have installed many 522s and I find myself usually installing the receiver where it is more convenient to me, the installer, (ex: near a phone connection, easier to bring in second sat feed) and not more convenient to the customer (ex: using the cable junction box for future modifications, installing the receiver at the higher quality TV location). Granted when the DPP Separator becomes available to me this will make the availability of using the cable junction box more , it will not, however, change the fact TV2 is almost certainly going to be connected via a RG6 cable. I would have the best connection available for each TV (ex: s-video, optical audio ). And to do this you need a receiver at each TV. Earth Station, I agree with you totally.

SimpleSimon

Dec 20, 2004

Big V - I install x22s where it's best for the customer. That's my job.

If what's "best" is off the chart, then it's an extra charge, or a compromise.

As for the HD situation, good point. Remote SD PQ is less of an issue.

The trick is to design the receiver setup with the customer PRIOR to the sale, which is something that only (some) local retailers do, not DNSC.

So, my advice to all is: do NOT order from E* directly or even from a fulfilment "retailer".

hwbj

Dec 21, 2004

Pyrophoric said:
My question is, are they still near as buggy as they were back 3-5 months ago? Are they even buggy much at all now?

I had my 522 installed two weeks ago, (this is my first experience
with satellite tv) So far I haven't had any real issues. I get the odd
one line of pixelation on playback, only lasts a split second and has happened infrequently. I've had the audio syncing mess up a couple of times after jumping thru some commercials, but that only lasted for a few seconds and I've had the sound drop out for a second a couple of times. All this during the playback of recorded events.

All of these were very minor, considering how much I've played
around with the remote, testing all the features I'd say the 522 is reasonably stable.

The 522 has given me some added flexiblilty, my picture quality is a bit better than I was getting with cable, so far I'm very pleased with the 522 and Dishnetwork

DVHost

Dec 22, 2004

Hey Guys,

New to the forums which are outstanding, thanks for making them possible! Also new to satellite TV service although I have been a customer of Sirius Radio for the past year or so. Good times!

I had my 522 and 510 installed one week ago today and I am very pleased thus far. I have not experienced any issues with my 522 to date and it has performed as expected. Actually it exceeded my expectations because I wasn't entirely sure what it was capable of until it was installed. It was a quick decision to get the service from Dish Network or is it E* (please confirm) so I didn't have much time to investigate its capabilities by the time it arrived.

Like I said, everything works great. On the other hand the 510 will drop signal extremely briefly every once in a while. I am not sure if that is the right description for it. I use coax connections to the TV and every now and then I will hear a quick pfisht and see the TV itself display channel 03 as if it was just turned on. Not sure what thats all about, otherwise I have a had a great experience.

The 522 is quite the machine and does a great deal more than I ever imagined these things could. TV is actually fun again! I use the 522 in dual mode and no problems whatsoever. However, still no 2.31 or 2.32 update.

I do not consider myself a power user. I only see myself recording shows every so often, otherwise, I'm just surfing the channels or pulling up the guide for obvious reasons. My usage habits have not caused any problems with the 522 or 510 for that matter.

I think the offer of America's Everything Pak, 3 rooms with free install, 522 & 510, no contract, cancel anytime with no penalties or fees was spot on and a great value. If you are considering this service, I couldn't voice a complaint for you at this time; thumbs high. The installer that came out did all the work in 16 degree weather, was a complete professional and may even become a good friend.

On the other hand, I did call customer service about the misspelling of my last name and I spoke to an absolute moron whom came across as a clueless grinning marionette- absolutely gave me the chills and left me wanting for zero future interaction. Nothing spry about this staff but don't let that dissuade you.

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I loved it when Rodney was on the Tonight Show...

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dishstaller said:
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Thanks, I wasn't sure if you had the wrong Subject or the wrong YouTube link.

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EarDemon

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If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.

WhiteBeard

Oct 13, 2026

EarDemon said:
If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.

To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.

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EarDemon

Oct 14, 2026

WhiteBeard said:
To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.

For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.

I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.

harshness

Oct 15, 2026

EarDemon said:
I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows.

What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI? By many accounts, it has been going downhill since Windows 7.

There are Linux desktops that offer Windows or Mac UIs, yet you don't hear much chatter about them outside of questions about when the creators might get sued.

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EarDemon

Oct 15, 2026

harshness said:
What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI?

Because it's what I prefer. I know I've said this a few times, I use Open Shell to give me the cascading start menu a la WIN 95 and NT4.0. The only reason I went from Windows Vista to 7 back in the day was because of Classic Shell. I cannot stand anything other than the OG start menu from 30+ years ago. I'm using ExplorerPatcher to give me Windows 10 UI elements of the taskbar and right click context menus.

If you could take a look at how I set up Windows 95, you'd find many similarities to how I use 11.

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EarDemon

Oct 15, 2026

I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.

harshness

Oct 16, 2026

EarDemon said:
Because it's what I prefer.

I hope you don't believe that makes it wonderful (especially when you're using workarounds for Microsoft's malfeasance).

I use LibreOffice as opposed to Microsoft office (even in Windows) because it's UI is like the Office of old, so I'm putting my money where my mouth is (in a manner of speaking). The ribbon was one of the worst ideas to come out Redmond.

HipKat

Oct 16, 2026

EarDemon said:
I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.

I used to pin the C: drive to the Win Taskbar and it would open in cascading style

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DEATH TO NEXGEN!

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primestar31

Oct 21, 2026

navychop said:
DEATH TO NEXGEN!

It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.

There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.

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Mister B

Oct 22, 2026

What bothers me is the total waste of broadcasting spectrum in this very crowded market. It has been almost three years now since KFOX converted their broadcast tower to ATSC 3.0 and moved all of their channels to other towers causing noticeable degradation of the picture quality.
I have a Sony TV with 3.0 capabilities but still use the 1.0 version of locals due to the fact that one or all of the 3.0 channels are often missing or unwatchable. In this city of 800K I doubt that more than a few hundred even know about ATSC 3.0.
The only thing that could motivate me to be interested in 3.0 would be if all of the minor networks (diginets) could be in at least 720P rather than blurry ultra-compressed 480i.
Three years is long enough to waste one of the few available RF frequencies in the area for this trial.
It is time to either move on with this experiment or call it quits.

navychop

Oct 22, 2026

Mister B said:
It is time to either move on with this experiment or call it quits.

QFT. Of course, my preference involves a curb and some kicking.

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slow_poke_pete

Tuesday at 5:37 PM

primestar31 said:
It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.

There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.

WHAT ABOUT THE INTERNET PART OF IT. NO ONE WANTS A BOX CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET EITHER.

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Cough, cough. COVID vaccine implants.

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Today at 3:20 PM

I want it and I have to have it.

I can neuter the phoning home with adguard home so it won't be doing that in my castle but I prefer without Internet so that my TVs in the house don't turn into e-waste

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mheisen

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Hopper 3 with Hopper plus internet connection problems

Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?

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mheisen said:
Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?

I have a DISH Hopper 3 (Software H713) with Hopper Plus (Software P15403). I have not tried streaming services but I primarily watch TVB Jadeworld international package which is only available by streaming and when I have an issue, I usually have to go to a non-streaming satellite channel first before the streaming channels will work again. What software versions do you have and what is the error message if any are showing on your screen? or is that Dish downloading logo just stuck and never finishes?

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