I just hooked up my new (leased) 942, and I've kept my 721 with 70 hours of recordings on the PVR. I have been assured by Dish tech group that I do not need it to be hooked up to a dish to be able to play recordings off the hard drive, but that doesn't seem to be the case. When I turn on the 721, a screen stays on forever saying to please wait, acquiring satellite signal. Well, since I have no dish feeding into it, it's going to be looking for a signal for a loooooooooong time. I can't get past that window to get to the PVR, so I'm wondering what the heck I have to do to get to those recordings. I want to be able to see them over the next month or so, and then sell it on eBay. Any ideas on how to access the hard drive?????
Using 721 simply to watch PVR events...
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Worst case, hook it up to the satellite temporarily, offload the recordings to VHS or DVD, and sell that puppy that much sooner.
Yes, the first thing I tried was the PVR button and it did nothing. Pushed a bunch of other buttons, like Cancel, but nothing. I did not hit the Menu button...I'm out of town right now, but for anybody out there in front of their TV, is there a way to get to the PVR recordings through the Menu button? I can't remember.......Smith said:
Thanks for the VERY positive response...I don't need to have any cables hooked up from Ant. 1 or 2 do I? I can just have the audio/video outs plugged in (plus power cord, duh) and going to the receiver/plasma and that's it?larrystotler said:
Thanks...can't wait to get home and try it out...I still have the season finale of The Shield on there and I have to see what kind of trouble Vic gets into!NOHDjunkie said:
SteveinDanville said:
Nope. I do it with my 721 and my DirecTiVo all the time. No lines from the dish.
Got home tonight and hit menu 1-1 and there it was, and the PVR functions worked fine! I just now need to figure out where the heck I fed the audio into the receiver????? I'll find it! Thanks one and all!
