Sling adaptor not working.

[jtoo]

Hi everyone,

I have a dish 722k hooked up to a sling adaptor, which all of a sudden just stopped working tonight. I've unplugged and reset the receiver to no avail. The light is not coming on the sling adaptor at all, I've checked and I have a good network connection, just no sling availability. When Ive unplugged and plugged it back in to the USB I get the message on the screen to activate, however in system info it says the Sling is not there. Has anyone else had this issue with the sling adaptor? Could it be possible that it just died?

Thanks,

J

 

[BeckiB@Dish Network]

Have you tried to plug the sling into another USB port on the receiver? Please send me a PM with your account or phone number so that I can further assist you!

 

[Bent82]

Just to chime in, these Sling adapters are incredibly fragile electrically. I think I have had something like 5 replacements for mine, Dish even sent me a new receiver in case it was causing them to fail, but they have failed on the new receiver as well. Your symptoms tell me this is the likely case for you as well.

 

[dwarren2]

It may be time to consider upgrading to an HWS. I always had troubles with my SA on my 722 then on my original Hoppers. One day they would work Next day not, no matter how many times I rebooted. Then the next day, they would work again. With the HWS, I've always been able to connect via DA.

 

[TheKrell]

Huh. I've owned one since the day of release, and it just keeps going, and going, and going.

 

[Bobby]

I just recently had a Sling Adapter fail. Wouldn't ya know it, I was on a week vacation at the time. It worked for a few days while I was away, then it didn't. When I go home I found the failure. I replaced it and all is well. The old one lasted for years and years, all the way back to my 722...

 

[ChadT41]

I have 3 and all 3 are working strong still. Unfortunately, I have a HWS and a H2K so I only need one.

Side note, anyone want a sling adapter. Lol.

 

[dwarren2]

When I upgraded to 2 HWS's from the original Hoppers, the installer bought one of my SA's. I still have the 2nd.