Can I use a Dish 522 for OTA without Dish service?

fourholesn1

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I was given a Dish 522 today. I have Directv but the receiver doesn't have an OTA tuner so I was wondering if I could use the 522 as a tuner to pull an some local HD channels which are not carried by Directv. Possible at all?
 

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Even if it could those receivers only had an analog tuner built in. The digital transition put an end to that type of tuner.
 

Mr Tony

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Yeah the 522 has a passthrough only
If you had a 622 or 722 (or 211) without Dish service the OTA tuner in it wont work
 

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