Can't use slingbox classic or sling adapter for second 722k dvr??

[turbocharger]

so i just got three DVRs...one is 922k and other two are 722k..Since i already have slingbox built in 922k, dish guy told me that i'm not allow to use slingbox classic(i already have it) or sling adapter on 722k because it's illegal. if i use slingbox classic, dish network will find out easily..is that true, guys?? i have big family so some of us need to watch tv via slingbox...please help! thanks!

 

[TheKrell]

Utter rubbish! It's not illegal at all, and Dish (who own Sling Media nowadays) will be happy to sell you more equipment.

 

[Paradox-SJ]

ROFL....who told you this....Next time you see them slap them with fish...they lied!

 

[turbocharger]

yea thats what i thought....i asked him how can dish network find out if i'm using sling adapter for 722k and he said they will find out because of internet IP address....so i didn't like the idea that dish network "snooping" my dvr even though adding sling adapter is legal....is that true??

 

[isaacmorseMI]

yea thats what i thought....i asked him how can dish network find out if i'm using sling adapter for 722k and he said they will find out because of internet IP address....so i didn't like the idea that dish network "snooping" my dvr even though adding sling adapter is legal....is that true??

No. They don't snoop your DVR. Except for accessing your DVR recordings via Sling.

 

[TG2]

yea thats what i thought....i asked him how can dish network find out if i'm using sling adapter for 722k and he said they will find out because of internet IP address....so i didn't like the idea that dish network "snooping" my dvr even though adding sling adapter is legal....is that true??

Of course... they would see your home's IP address... its the SINGULAR IP ADDRESS THE ISP GIVES YOU.. LOL !!!

so Dish could see you coming at them 3 4 or 50 times.. it wouldn't make a difference.

Now .... Caveat Emptor ... When you use Dish Remote Access or Dish Online, or the Android app (and presume its the same for the iphone) the last connected Sling (922/722 with adapter) device, will be the one defaulted to, for the next login.

You & Jr. mess with the sling stuffs.. you exit, Jr. doesn't ... when JR. goes to look at something on his DVR, he made sure the top left showed *his* DVR (if not the user for tuner 2 on your box)... the next time *you* log in, what ever the last DVR was selected by Jr. is the DVR you'll be presented with first.

Keep in mind they don't play well with upload speed .... and your home router can be taxed by someone playing a Multiplayer game, as well as the other upload users.

 

[nevarDeath]

The only reason Dish knows when you're using a sling adapter on your 722 is because the receiver is designed to acknowledge it and your receiver reports back to Dish's servers that it has a sling adapter connected when it phone's home. The reason that's good is because then your dish.com account will know it's connected and let you access those features. Call center techs can also see it's connected for troubleshooting purposes.

In order for a receiver to detect a sling classic, it would have to be snooping on your network traffic and be looking for that. It may violate Dish's contracts with their content providers for you to use a sling classic on some technical level, so a Dish employee isn't going to encourage that. Also if that Dish employee can get you to buy another 922, then that'll help their 401k, ya know?

 

[turbocharger]

well actually, i have two different ISPs at my home....one is DSL(work) and other is cable....so, would that cause problem if each sling has different IP addresses??

 

[isaacmorseMI]

well actually, i have two different ISPs at my home....one is DSL(work) and other is cable....so, would that cause problem if each sling has different IP addresses??

No.

 

[gdarwin]

No.

If one is connected to the work network and the other is connected to the home network, there would be a reason for the audit team to call on this one....