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brad1138
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
I have been installing for a long time, seen lots of receivers come and go. For a long time the 622/722 (really any 2 room DVR model) was very fast and responsive. We used to compare it against what DTV had and it was so much better, near instant response to remote commands. Then about 2 years ago, after a software update, it all changed. The 722/722k in particular (but the same with all of them really) became very sluggish. You hit the guide button, wait a sec, nothing happens so you hit it again, then both commands fire and your guide gets changed (for example). Some days are worse than others, some software versions are worse than other. It isn't uncommon to see a 5 second delay between the time you hit the guide button, till the guide displays (that's ridiculous). I see this in my 722k, my fathers, our offices 722, and at customers houses, we just got another call on it which prompted me to post this. I used to tell customers it would be fixed on the next software update, but I gave up waiting for that a while ago.

The 722k really is a great receiver, just sad that apparently Dish has no plans on fixing this problem. Does anyone have any insight on why this happened and why they won't fix it?

Thanks,
Brad
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Ghpr13
Mine is the L750.

Ghpr13:)
Jim5506
I'm on L690 with my 722k and there is about a 2.5-3 second delay between the press of a remote button and the response of the remote, just a little bit annoying, but nowhere near the 10 second delays some have reported.
TG2
TG2
I'm on L750 ... and on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th .. the remote was the slowest I'd *EVER* had it be ... then for no reason it suddenly sped back up again.

Though I have had more cases of it not responding at all on some buttons ... like I'll be at the end of a show ... arrow up to delete, and then arrow left to YES and hit the center.. only to find it hasn't activated. press it a second time.. STILL didn't activate ... 3rd time was the charm ... and its not batteries..

Another time I was trying to access the timers schedule (3 button presses of the DVR) and it didn't seem like it took past the first button press .. it took cancel readily enough and tried a second time to go in.. same thing.. then on the third try it went normally.

so if anything.. I'd say the remote response has gotten worse. Mind you all.. its not batteries ... and there were *no* obstructions as I generally hold the remote under the table, in a straight line with the 722k .... there's absolutely nothing in the path... next time I hold the remote down there goes through just fine. and there's no glass door in front of this unit... its in one of those tiered stands open on three sides (just a bar on either side at the front but no where near the 722k's IR window, there's a good 4 to 5 inches on either side)
Ghpr13
I'm on L750 ... and on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th .. the remote was the slowest I'd *EVER* had it be ... then for no reason it suddenly sped back up again.

Though I have had more cases of it not responding at all on some buttons ... like I'll be at the end of a show ... arrow up to delete, and then arrow left to YES and hit the center.. only to find it hasn't activated. press it a second time.. STILL didn't activate ... 3rd time was the charm ... and its not batteries..

Another time I was trying to access the timers schedule (3 button presses of the DVR) and it didn't seem like it took past the first button press .. it took cancel readily enough and tried a second time to go in.. same thing.. then on the third try it went normally.

so if anything.. I'd say the remote response has gotten worse. Mind you all.. its not batteries ... and there were *no* obstructions as I generally hold the remote under the table, in a straight line with the 722k .... there's absolutely nothing in the path... next time I hold the remote down there goes through just fine. and there's no glass door in front of this unit... its in one of those tiered stands open on three sides (just a bar on either side at the front but no where near the 722k's IR window, there's a good 4 to 5 inches on either side)

I tend to agree with you about the response to the remote being worst. I have had a number of times that the 722k doesn't respond at all to the remote, and this is a brand new remote Dish sent me last month. (Also with new batteries.) So now, along with some days of very slow response, I have moments of no response at all. It's becoming quite annoying. I don't understand why we owners of the 722k are having these problems.

Ghpr13:)
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I have the intermittent remote sluggishness blues as well, also have a post up for intermittent random complete loss, loss, out of viewing area and local channels are down etc...usually the times when the remote seems to be the worst for response is when i'm having the most trouble tuning in a channel, when all channels are working fine and no issues, the remote seems to fall in line with this...usually using TV1 on my 722k, recently switch to single mode just to see if that would help the signal issues, but it hasn't.
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Show and Tell - Al Wilson
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The Show Must Go On - Pink Floyd
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If Love Must Go - Dobie Gray
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Drift Away - Dobie Gray
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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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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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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.

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Sorry to hear this. R.I.P.
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R.I.P.
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My Mom was a huge McMillan & Wife fan.

RIP
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Mcmillan and wife was where I remember her from, R.I.P. ...
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Scott Greczkowski
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Some of the channels start next week.

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My favorite is probably Holiday Pops.
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It's not even Halloween yet.
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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.
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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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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.