New Software Updates Discussion Thread

[Smith P.]

That old one telling:
'L616': 'L615'- 'L615'
means - for those who who had L615.

 

[tnsprin]

L615 was spooled by zip codes. L616 is spooling to a range of receivers, check the software updates thread to see if your receiver is in that range. Look at the serial numbers if you don't know yours, just press Menu twice and look for the R00 number.

It was first spooled to all receivers that had l615 (see your own numbers that were quoted by the person you answered) but the new identifiers are in fact, as you said, to a range of serial numbers (73174765-78927837). See http://www.satelliteguys.us/1654453-post476.html

 

[Sponge14]

So what about we customers who have never been updated with 615 to begin with? I guess I don't understand why most of the country is still on 614 when 616 has been released.

 

[Smith P.]

tnsprin posted URL to that spool just above your post - did you check your DVR IDs against last spool ?!

 

[Sponge14]

tnsprin posted URL to that spool just above your post - did you check your DVR IDs against last spool ?!

Yes, I did, but when you said earlier:

"That old one telling:
'L616': 'L615'- 'L615'
means - for those who who had L615."

I took that to mean that of you didn't have 615 that you wouldn't get 616 since in the software thread he linked to, this was said:

"'L616': 'L040'- 'L615'
'L616': 'L040'- 'L615'"

So are you telling me they are releasing 616 to all receivers based on the serial numbers, or is 616 going to receivers that meet both requirements of having 615 AND falling in the serial number range?

 

[RandallA]

Yes, I did, but when you said earlier:

"That old one telling:
'L616': 'L615'- 'L615'
means - for those who who had L615."

I took that to mean that of you didn't have 615 that you wouldn't get 616 since in the software thread he linked to, this was said:

"'L616': 'L040'- 'L615'
'L616': 'L040'- 'L615'"

So are you telling me they are releasing 616 to all receivers based on the serial numbers, or is 616 going to receivers that meet both requirements of having 615 AND falling in the serial number range?

You're mixing them up. There's been a different update on different days. The first one was just by zip codes (L615), then they released L616 to some receivers based on serial numbers. Most likely next week, there will be another batch of receivers and so on.

 

[josem3]

With the L614, I didn't have any problem with my 722. Now, the L616 can not able to watch my local channels thru OTA. No signal on my local channels at all using my OTA. What a mess we got now. New year with no local channels on my local antenna. We should fired all the programming engineers.

 

[KKlare]

Did you re-scan for locals? They should have been kept but who knows.
-Ken

 

[cparker]

I still have L614 on my 622 *shrug*

 

[fredp]

I still have L614 on my 622 *shrug*

RandallA listed an expanded list of serial #'s for the 622 this AM( 73174765-82708798). My 81xxxxxx, sure enough got it today! At last folders for EHD's! For me it was my only wish.

 

[MikeD-C05]

With the L614, I didn't have any problem with my 722. Now, the L616 can not able to watch my local channels thru OTA. No signal on my local channels at all using my OTA. What a mess we got now. New year with no local channels on my local antenna. We should fired all the programming engineers.

CHeck under your menu #6 then #8 and see if you are set for ota or for cable. Sometimes this happens in software updates. If it is set for something other than ota , change it back and you should see your ota channels again.

 

[cparker]

RandallA listed an expanded list of serial #'s for the 622 this AM( 73174765-82708798). My 81xxxxxx, sure enough got it today! At last folders for EHD's! For me it was my only wish.

yup yup yup.... my R00 starts with 8329. I still have 614
I'm really kinda ok with not being among the first to get a new version. For reasons evident by reading this thread. I can wait. It's only TV.

Actually I haven't even activated EHD.... haven't needed it. We use the DVR mostly to time shift and we delete stuff after we've watched it. So EHD folders is not something that affects me. Now if they could cure the sound skips... THEN I'd be whining.

 

[Sponge14]

I've got L616 on my 722 receiver finally! What does 616 do that 615 and 614 didn't? I am assuming they fixed the audio issues, but what else?

 

[RandallA]

L617 is spooling to some 622/722 receivers.

Note to Dish Network: I thought I told you I didn't want to be your guinea pig. Give the option to say NO to the update. Thank you.

 

[Laddyboy]

I've got L616 on my 722 receiver finally! What does 616 do that 615 and 614 didn't? I am assuming they fixed the audio issues, but what else?

Folders on the EHD bu now L617 is spooling.

 

[VegasVoomer]

I got L617. I don't know what it was supposed to fix or change but I did notice I can now get a local channel OTA with a 63% that ALLWAYS was at 0% and I could never lock on to it.
Oh, and I still havn't seen anything that says "Folders" on my EHD.

 

[long_time_DNC]

What's 617 supposed to do/fix?

Is there a 617 discussion thread yet?

 

[RandallA]

What's 617 supposed to do/fix?

Is there a 617 discussion thread yet?

I haven't seen anything about 617 so it might be a stable one. We don't get release notes anymore.

 

[long_time_DNC]

I haven't seen anything about 617 so it might be a stable one. We don't get release notes anymore.

No more release notes? So we get to beta test stuff we have to guess about?

 

[Pepper]

Release notes, as they were providing, were pretty much useless anyway.

Here, I'll give it a shot.

L617 Release Notes
- Fix something that worked in L615 but we broke in L616
- Introduce some other obscure bug you likely won't notice until your favorite show is on
- other miscellaneous fixes