The Hopper remotes get their programming and software form the Hopper. That's how they back up timers, settings, etc. and can transfer them with just a few buttons. The codes aren't even the same. On Hoppers, they're 4 digitsChalk up another "you can't" for Hopper equipment.
I'll second that. I recently had to get a replacement Hopper Duo. (The first one completely crashed after a software download. Long story.) When I hooked up the replacement, all I had to do was pair the old remote, and my timers were automatically transferred. I had not even tried to back them up or restore them. The system just took care of that by itself.
Right, it auto backs up periodically. Maybe weekly?? Monthly?? Daily? Who knows but it's a cool thing that it does
Yes and because it does it with EVERY remote you have paired seldom used remotes go through batteries just about as fast as everyday used remotes.
I would think that the backlight would also play a role in using up the batteries faster. Perhaps for the next remote, Dish could build in a light sensor to turn off the backlight when the room is bright enough that you should not need it.
Cool! You're welcome!i know this thread is almost a year old but i had to make an account to say HipKat you just saved me and my mom money from a trip from tech support. we switched tv 1 and tv 2 by doing what you said and it worked perfectly!! we like figuring things out on our own so now we have more dish knowledge. and as a bonus we used the remote codes to fix our remotes in other rooms! thank you so much!!
i know this thread is almost a year old but i had to make an account to say HipKat you just saved me and my mom money from a trip from tech support. we switched tv 1 and tv 2 by doing what you said and it worked perfectly!! we like figuring things out on our own so now we have more dish knowledge. and as a bonus we used the remote codes to fix our remotes in other rooms! thank you so much!!
