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I know. I'm new here and probably shouldn't make such a bold statement.
I have a Hopper with Sling, 1 Super Joey, and 2 Joeys. Yes, I'm a novice to DISH, some 2 months. But I gave up DirecTV after 21 1/2 years. However, to solve my recent DISH problem, DISH sent out their field tech to set up the new Hopper they had shipped to me a few days before. It would not install based on their scripted program. The technician had the same problems, bad signal, he said, but finally got going after some 2 house of diligence.
The problem at the root of my call for help?
Go to settings, DVR Timer Defaults, Max. events to keep. I originally had set that Max to 3 and kind of forgot all about it. Weeks later I noticed by pressing DVR button that my series records had gone wild -- Duck Dynasty had stored some 55 recordings, PGA tour, a dozen or so, and on and on.
Long story short, phone tech help couldn't solve it and sent out the new box. Well, the default setting was 20 so I again set it to 3 some 4 days ago. Did the new box help? Nope: Currently, Duck Dynasty has 4 recordings so it has already exceeded the limit of 3.
It didn't really surprise me because what I learned yesterday. I remembered my nephew nearby also has DISH, a similar installation. I went over there and checked out his recordings and his limits. He had no idea there was a limit setting so his was at the default of 20. However, one of his programs on the History channel had already accumulated 51 programs.
Evidence that the limit setting doesn't work.
If I had gone to my nephew's before I called DISH for help I wouldn't have bothered them. Not only did it cost DISH hundreds of dollars in equipment and labor, it cost its customer (me) a half day of inconvenience. It's a good thing I'm retired and no longer in the work force or I'd have lost some valuable earnings for that time. Plus, we lost all our prior recordings that were on the "old" Hopper. Yes, the series settings were restored, but several were not.
DISH could save themselves much grief by directing this problem to their programmers and not be deluded into thinking a new piece of hardware will solve all problems.
Len
ps: Before signing up to this forum I was able to find a similar thread from last October or November. I would have posted to that thread but couldn't find it again. Sorry for that.
I have a Hopper with Sling, 1 Super Joey, and 2 Joeys. Yes, I'm a novice to DISH, some 2 months. But I gave up DirecTV after 21 1/2 years. However, to solve my recent DISH problem, DISH sent out their field tech to set up the new Hopper they had shipped to me a few days before. It would not install based on their scripted program. The technician had the same problems, bad signal, he said, but finally got going after some 2 house of diligence.
The problem at the root of my call for help?
Go to settings, DVR Timer Defaults, Max. events to keep. I originally had set that Max to 3 and kind of forgot all about it. Weeks later I noticed by pressing DVR button that my series records had gone wild -- Duck Dynasty had stored some 55 recordings, PGA tour, a dozen or so, and on and on.
Long story short, phone tech help couldn't solve it and sent out the new box. Well, the default setting was 20 so I again set it to 3 some 4 days ago. Did the new box help? Nope: Currently, Duck Dynasty has 4 recordings so it has already exceeded the limit of 3.
It didn't really surprise me because what I learned yesterday. I remembered my nephew nearby also has DISH, a similar installation. I went over there and checked out his recordings and his limits. He had no idea there was a limit setting so his was at the default of 20. However, one of his programs on the History channel had already accumulated 51 programs.
Evidence that the limit setting doesn't work.
If I had gone to my nephew's before I called DISH for help I wouldn't have bothered them. Not only did it cost DISH hundreds of dollars in equipment and labor, it cost its customer (me) a half day of inconvenience. It's a good thing I'm retired and no longer in the work force or I'd have lost some valuable earnings for that time. Plus, we lost all our prior recordings that were on the "old" Hopper. Yes, the series settings were restored, but several were not.
DISH could save themselves much grief by directing this problem to their programmers and not be deluded into thinking a new piece of hardware will solve all problems.
Len
ps: Before signing up to this forum I was able to find a similar thread from last October or November. I would have posted to that thread but couldn't find it again. Sorry for that.
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I've got a few timers like Jeopardy and some news shows set to save only 1 episode. They usually work right and only 1 episode is saved. Very, very occasionally an extra episode will show up. 
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Continuing the Kilauea thread in the Pub here. Perhaps the Iceland one too next time there's remarkable activity.
Currently there is precursory lava flowing into the crater, leading to the next episode that'll probably start within the next day.
You can see the pace of inflation / deflation here. It serves as the primary predictor for when the expect the eruptions, which coincide w/ inflation turning into significant deflation and last for several hours on average with significant fountaining.
www.usgs.gov
View: https://youtu.be/Uecu2seh4b4
Wife and I like the AfarTV feeds, for the discussion along w/ them, though they're otherwise just mirrors of the official USGS feeds.
View: https://youtu.be/iws3rh5vLAQ
Currently there is precursory lava flowing into the crater, leading to the next episode that'll probably start within the next day.
You can see the pace of inflation / deflation here. It serves as the primary predictor for when the expect the eruptions, which coincide w/ inflation turning into significant deflation and last for several hours on average with significant fountaining.
Monitoring Data for Kīlauea
For more information on how electronic tiltmeters and GPS receivers help monitor the deformation of Kīlauea volcano, see the HVO Deformation page.
View: https://youtu.be/Uecu2seh4b4
Wife and I like the AfarTV feeds, for the discussion along w/ them, though they're otherwise just mirrors of the official USGS feeds.
View: https://youtu.be/iws3rh5vLAQ
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Since the Reds have there thread we should too!
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Last of the Dogmen is my favorite of hers.
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Not sure saving $24/year is worth it unless you're a hardcore Philo user. I'll stick with monthly.
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Oh boy, I can't wait!
'Rockford Files' Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order
I grow tired of all the reboots. Most I don't bother with but will depend on the actor chosen.
I grow tired of all the reboots. Most I don't bother with but will depend on the actor chosen.
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I have Dish with Hopper3. I choose to get local channels OTA and had a "guide list" established at my previous home. Having moved a few miles away, I wanted to update the list by appending a couple new stations via a rescan. As many would know, some stations come in with the UHF/VHF antenna aimed in one direction, while others come in better with a different direction.
Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.
It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list.
Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
Unfortunately, when a scan is done (bringing in 25-30 stations for that particular antenna aim), the dialog screen does not present the established guide list; it presents an empty field to the right that the scanned stations may be selected one by one and added to the empty guide. But because of antenna aim, some stations originally saved are missing, and would have to be retrieved with a different antenna aim. But as I explain, if a 2nd scan is done with a different antenna aim, the stations saved from the first scan are lost.
It troubles me that Dish didn't develop software that would allow a user to simply append only 1 or 2 channels to the established list.
Any thought on this? Has anyone experienced this or heard of this from others?
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