HR22-100 sat. signal questions

[rayodin]

hey guys, I am really hoping you can help me out a bit here. I recently got a HR22-100 at a second hand store, thinking I would just pull the 320gb drive out of it. however after bringing it home and looking more into its features I am really interested in the media player side of this box. I have absolutely no intention of ever watching anything from any sat company, I am strictly trying to use this box to access my stored media over my network and my netflix account. so my first question is: is there anyway to bypass the searching for sat signal message and get to the menu on this box or does it need to be attached to a dish? second question: what kind of dish and setup would I need to get this thing running?

I am unaware if either of these is possible but after weeks of googling I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Again I just want to get access to the media server part of this box. Thanks in advance for any help or info you guys can give me.....

 

[Ronnie-]

I do not think you can do what you want to with the Box.

 

[rayodin]

Thank you for the answer, but a bit more info would be nice. I know that this box is capable of doing what I am asking of it. The part I am wondering about is if there is some way to get it past the searching for satellite signal part of starting up the box. I was under the impression having it wired to a dish and pulling a signal would get it past the 771 error. I am merely trying to see if there is some bypass to get into the menu and system without said signal or if there is a specific type of dish and setup I should be trying with it.

 

[rayodin]

I gather that no one knows of any way to get this to work? I tried hooking up the dish I have on my roof and I can't get any kind of signal at all, just says not acquiring. even without service I should be pulling a signal shouldn't I?

 

[raoul5788]

Without the box being activated by Directv, I don't know of a way to get it to do anything.