VIP Receiver Retirement

[trojan67]

But back to my original question.

If the equipment is MPEG4 8psk what is the issue?

Do the hoppers and Wally’s have the ability to allow for more compression to allow dish to free up channel capacity?

Or is this some bull crap where they say the kangaroo stuff provides for a better customer experience which will help keep customers With dish longer?

Looks like these carbon receivers go to sleep more often, you can't autotune them like regular VIP's, you can't use them in headend unless commercial account, anti piracy like IPTV, I give Dish credit in the fight against these type of piracy

 

[JSheridan]

Looks like these carbon receivers go to sleep more often, you can't autotune them like regular VIP's, you can't use them in headend unless commercial account, anti piracy like IPTV, I give Dish credit in the fight against these type of piracy

You can set the inactivity timeout to 'Off' in the Settings/Power menu and the receiver should only reboot itself once every 3 days.

You can make a manual timer under DVR/Timers/Options/Create a Timer and set it to autotune to turn on the receiver and go to a specific channel at a specific time.

I use both of these features and can verify that they work as advertised.

 

[trojan67]

You can set the inactivity timeout to 'Off' in the Settings/Power menu and the receiver should only reboot itself once every 3 days.

You can make a manual timer under DVR/Timers/Options/Create a Timer and set it to autotune to turn on the receiver and go to a specific channel at a specific time.

I use both of these features and can verify that they work as advertised.

Thanks, I have to try it again, I tried it on the Hopper and super joey and it didn't work, I am going to try it later

 

[JSheridan]

Thanks, I have to try it again, I tried it on the Hopper and super joey and it didn't work, I am going to try it later

You're welcome. Good luck.

 

[trojan67]

You can set the inactivity timeout to 'Off' in the Settings/Power menu and the receiver should only reboot itself once every 3 days.

You can make a manual timer under DVR/Timers/Options/Create a Timer and set it to autotune to turn on the receiver and go to a specific channel at a specific time.

I use both of these features and can verify that they work as advertised.

The inactivity feature I never saw it before, I must admit, thanks for the info,

 

[Claude Greiner]

Looks like these carbon receivers go to sleep more often, you can't autotune them like regular VIP's, you can't use them in headend unless commercial account, anti piracy like IPTV, I give Dish credit in the fight against these type of piracy

Yea that can be tough putting a residential box in a rack and having it go into sleep mode all the time.

I know a few hotels that have the porn channel setup like that.

 

[blatimer1983]

Are VIP receivers (222, 612, 622/722) still being activated?

 

[bobvick]

Are VIP receivers (222, 612, 622/722) still being activated?

Since it is after the 16th, not for new installs.

 

[blatimer1983]

When is the last time VIP receivers received a software update?

 

[pattykay]

When is the last time VIP receivers received a software update?

Dish seems to have tweaked the software for the ViP722k, although I haven't been keeping track of the software version to know when it was changed. Other than that, there are probably not a lot of updates for any of the older receivers.

 

[blatimer1983]

Dish seems to have tweaked the software for the ViP722k, although I haven't been keeping track of the software version to know when it was changed. Other than that, there are probably not a lot of updates for any of the older receivers.

On Hopper/Joey System it gives the date when the software was updated. VIP receivers don’t give the date.

 

[HipKat]

Last update for the 722 was 8/9/17.
622 & 612 was 6/1/17.
211K/211Z was 6/9/17

 

[HipKat]

...and in other news, I have a new connect today; 2 211's!

 

[rvvaquero]

...and in other news, I have a new connect today; 2 211's!

Smart customer.

 

[HipKat]

Smart customer.

And answers the question about whether those were still going to be activated on new accounts

 

[dare2be]

...and in other news, I have a new connect today; 2 211's!

Was this an RV account, or regular home installation?

 

[HipKat]

Was this an RV account, or regular home installation?

Home

 

[pattykay]

Last update for the 722 was 8/9/17.
622 & 612 was 6/1/17.
211K/211Z was 6/9/17

Thanks, I was wondering when that happened. I posted about it on August 28 after I noticed it. They changed the screen saver on the ViP722k to say "Press SAT to watch TV" and they also updated some details on some of those screens. All other ViP receivers still have the old version of the screen saver that says "Press Select to watch TV."

 

[long_time_DNC]

My VIP722k says "Press SAT to watch TV" (I just checked). I plan on keeping it a couple more years, unless it croaks first (I hope not!). I like it just fine and does everything I need...

 

[Foxbat]

I'm interested to see what happens in June when my sister and brother-in-law call in to re-activate our ViP722k at our vacation cabin. This will be the third year for the "pay-as-you-go" account and I'd hate for them to run into a road-block on this account. There are a pair of ViP 211 receivers we can replace the 722 with (and I'm all on-board with that since it would cut out the DVR fee) but I guess I'll worry about that later...