This is probably a difference between single and dual mode.
No way to do it if you remain in Dual Mode. You could go to the front panel and change to Single Mode, I believe, but that can cause chaos.
but it works.. unfortunately not as easily as before.. another stupidity dish took from the firmware.. (ie, "Stop Rec." button when going into the recording in the DVR menu)actually many receivers default to TV2 when setting up timers (single or dual mode).
you may not believe it.. but as I edited my post to explain .. I was in fact testing while the previous person hit post on their's about deleting the timer.
as is currently.. you have to delete the timer... it will prompt you that the timer is currently recording.. and answer yes to stopping that recording.. *then* you can delete the program. And then too you'll have to re-create the timer if you want the timer. (ie. New Episodes)
Historically this not only was not a feature but the capability was intentionally not incorporated. Many of us thought that the reason for this was TV1 should not be viewed as a "primary" or "superior" viewing location. In some locations TV2 is the primary viewing location for one user and TV2 for another. Allowing each of these two persons to create their own timers and manage their own viewing content independent of the other person was viewed as important.
And I'd completely disagree ... if they really wanted to enable functions.. then they would have made it so that User2/TV2/Tuner2 would have a completely separate list of timers... and in every access type would have included timer id's that told whether the timer was created by user1 or user2 ... DRA, DO, both treat timers as a sole unified list. Point of contention would be the desire to control BOTH tuner's timers from BOTH remotes regardless of at TV1 or TV2 ... it becomes the users *AT* the controls to do the right things.. perhaps dish could make it with a double prompt (your tv didn't setup this timer to record, are you sure you want to stop this recording?) or could offer pass code options to protect a timer and or recording.. the issue though, is that dish never properly separated Tuner1/TV1 from Tuner2/TV2 simply because the fact that they were trying to redress "record one, while watching another" as a selling feature. Thats from having had the X12's 512/612 ... dual tuner single out .. dish only did the next best thing by having two independent outputs to cut back on their hardware ... service two tv's from one box rather than two boxes for two tv's..
Oh nonsense. On numerous occasions in the last couple of months you've come to these forums and stated a way that you think things should be done. No problem with that. But when folks point out another point of view you dismiss those views.
in what you said quoted right there ... that much I agree.Oh nonsense.
