Homezone Manuals and Install Instructions

[Scott Greczkowski]

Searching around on the Dish Network Tech Portal Today I found the installation instructions and user manuals for the upcoming AT&T Homezone!

It's a great read and has some very interesting information in it.

Below are these documents for your enjoyment. (This is a 16 Megabyte File, on dialup connections it may take awhile to download)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

 

[mlb]

below?

 

[RandallA]

Forgot to add the attachments.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Hold on its still uploading. Its a 16 MB file and my net connection at the office is SLOW today.

 

[dfergie]

Yeah I'm about 3 MB in on my download

 

[dfergie]

Got em... pretty interesting...

 

[RandallA]

Very nice indeed. Too bad I can't get DSL at my place (384 kbps max.).

 

[directvfreak]

Great info and downloaded in about 25 sec here.

 

[ilee]

What is Homezone? Is it available now and at what cost?

 

[jlhugh]

Too bad I am probably gonna be moving out in the boonies by the time this reaches me. So I will lost me precious AT&T DSL.

 

[goaliebob99]

Took me 10 Seconds to download from my 6 meg dsl!

 

[jcvaughan]

Interesting stuff. I'm still curious, will it be able to communicate with a macintosh via the home network for music and photos? If you already have a wireless setup do you need to use their network equip? I'm assuming you have to use AT&T DSL and not another providers broadband. Most importantly one of the documents mentions the receivers are based off the 942 and 522. Does that mean they aren't mpeg4 recievers? that would be bass ackward.

 

[gbs]

What about my 2 month-old 622?

HomeZone looks good but......

Will it receive MPG4?
How big is the hard drive?
Can I record 4 shows at once with the HD model (2 off the satellite and 2 OTA)?
Can I use it with my 622?

and.....

How much does it cost and when will it be available?

 

[techfan]

looking at the "add music" section... it seems to me that it COPIES your music from your PC to the box. thats bad if u have lots of gigs of music. maybe i read it wrong though, can someone confirm?

thanks.

 

[Wog1970]

looking at the "add music" section... it seems to me that it COPIES your music from your PC to the box. thats bad if u have lots of gigs of music. maybe i read it wrong though, can someone confirm?

thanks.

Yah... That's what it looks like. I agree. BAD. Not what I was hoping for at all. I have a lot of my music that I purchased through iTunes. None of that will be able to be played if this is the only option for playing music. They need to figure out a way to get this to work with legal, protected downloaded music.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

HomeZone looks good but......

Will it receive MPG4?

Yes its an MPEG4 HD receiver

How big is the hard drive?

At least 250 Gig

Can I record 4 shows at once with the HD model (2 off the satellite and 2 OTA)?

YES

Can I use it with my 622?

Why would you want to? The Homezone is a full satellite receive in itself. It offeres all the 622 features AND MORE!

As far as cost go I have not heard anything yet.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

looking at the "add music" section... it seems to me that it COPIES your music from your PC to the box. thats bad if u have lots of gigs of music. maybe i read it wrong though, can someone confirm?

thanks.

It can copy IF YOU WANT IT TOO, or it can just stream them from your computer, thats your choice.

 

[techfan]

thanks for clearing that up scott.

 

[pmalve]

Scott, did you get yours yet?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Nope did not get mine yet. I hope to though soon. Then I would be able to better answer your questions.

A lot of my answers come from the demo that was given to dealers.

Case in point here are some CORRECTIONS I have received to my answers. Sorry for the misinformaiton I only want to pass along accurate information...

So here are the corrections...

Will it receive MPG4?

- not yet. later release will work with with MPEG4

How big is the hard drive?

- 250 for now, with about 20 gigs reserved for photos & music

Can I record 4 shows at once with the HD model (2 off the satellite and 2 OTA)?

- not exactly sure, but i don't think so.. i beleive it's up to two shows record/watch at once

Can I use it with my 622?

- depends on business rules for Dish. IE, there's a limit to the number of leased DVRs you can have.

It can copy IF YOU WANT IT TOO, or it can just stream them from your computer, thats your choice.

- No. the music can only be uploaded to the box from internal PCs or Macs. Photos can be uploaded from computers or downloaded from the Yahoo Photos folders. Launchcast radio is streamed through the box.