Missing Channel 540-01 Update

[sasmith]

Here is an update to a very old thread. I have been missing only the 540-01 channel for a couple of years. Recently added the Houston local channels via the Dish Chat on the website.

The missing 540-01channel showed up after the local were addend. Any idea what fixed the problem?

I now have 01, 02, 03, 05, 06, and 07.

Nice watching the World Cup in 4K.

thx

Scott

 

[Bobby]

Here is an update to a very old thread. I have been missing only the 540-01 channel for a couple of years. Recently added the Houston local channels via the Dish Chat on the website.

The missing 540-01channel showed up after the local were addend. Any idea what fixed the problem?

I now have 01, 02, 03, 05, 06, and 07.

Nice watching the World Cup in 4K.

thx

Scott

540-01 is kind of the 4K version of your local Fox channel. I believe you needed to sub to local channels to receive it.

 

[rocatman]

540-01 is kind of the 4K version of your local Fox channel. I believe you needed to sub to local channels to receive it.

I receive my local Fox channel via antenna and not through a Dish satellite and I am able to view the 4k channels including 540-1.

 

[Bobby]

I receive my local Fox channel via antenna and not through a Dish satellite and I am able to view the 4k channels including 540-1.

That blew a hole in my thought. Thanks for posting!

 

[Foxbat]

We subscribe to the Locals at our vacation home so I just used that account on the Fox One app on our AppleTV 4K boxes, so we've been watching the matches in 4K via that conduit.

But our home account does not include our Locals, so I'll have to check our Hopper 3 to see if we have any 540 channels.

 

[llokey]

I receive my local Fox channel via antenna and not through a Dish satellite and I am able to view the 4k channels including 540-1.

When I dropped the locals from Dish, 540-01 went away at the same time. Makes sense that if I don't sub to Fox, I won't get Fox 4K.

 

[dennispap]

540-01 is kind of the 4K version of your local Fox channel. I believe you needed to sub to local channels to receive it.

I sub to the local channels, but i don't receive 540-01on my HWS. Is it only available on the Hopper 3 ? Thanks in advance.

 

[Bobby]

I sub to the local channels, but i don't receive 540-01on my HWS. Is it only available on the Hopper 3 ? Thanks in advance.

Yes Hopper 3 only.

 

[rocatman]

Yes Hopper 3 only.

As I posted above, I receive 540-1 but don't subscribe to my locals via Dish. I do have a Hopper 3.

 

[Bobby]

As I posted above, I receive 540-1 but don't subscribe to my locals via Dish. I do have a Hopper 3.

If you look at my last post it was answering dennispap's question about his not seeing 540-01 on his HWS.

 

[Foxbat]

But our home account does not include our Locals, so I'll have to check our Hopper 3 to see if we have any 540 channels.

I looked last night, and sure enough, the All Star Game was showing up at 540-01 on our Hopper 3, even though we do not have our Locals through Dish, just OTA. This is different behavior than before, when I would have to subscribe to Locals or the Sports Package to get 540-xx channels on the Hopper.

I set a Recording for the England - Argentina match today at 3pm EDT on Channel 540-01. However, while watching the All-Star game last night, our Hopper 3 crashed twice and lost connection with our 4K Joey (MOCA loss) so there may be something flakey in our system after a decade of operation. The recording may turn into a garbled mess.

 

[Foxbat]

I set a Recording for the England - Argentina match today at 3pm EDT on Channel 540-01. However, while watching the All-Star game last night, our Hopper 3 crashed twice and lost connection with our 4K Joey (MOCA loss) so there may be something flakey in our system after a decade of operation. The recording may turn into a garbled mess.

I checked and I did get a single three hour recording of the match, so I guess it's okay receiving the 4K signal, just not showing it Live.