I had Dish for 10 years or so, from the 4000 reciever up to the 922, but left them when they dumped SNY and most local sports 2 years ago. Went to cable, and today dumped them (Charter) and am now a DirecTV guy! For the first time ever, I had the provider do the installation, and the guy who came was great and dealt with my unusual installation. Everything is working and so far so good. However, I have two questions.
1) I got the Genie and it came with an additional box the installer set up for DirecTV Cinema/On Demand. He said that it had to be wireless, and set it up that way. The location of this install has a very low wireless signal, but in that rack, I have a hard wire network hub and could easily wire the extra box right to my network for full speed. However, he said he did not have the proper box with him to do that, and that I had to have a wireless connection. When I saw him set it up, there was a box on the screen to select ETHERNET and there is an ethernet jack on the back of the unit (and the Genie). So, the question is, can I just plug the CAT5 (or 6) cable that came in the box with the on demand unit and reconfigure for non wireless? I can't see why not, but the installer seemed to insist that it could not be done.
My second question involves the small receiver that is in another room for the second TV. It seems that at times I get remote control "runaway", like if I push DOWN, the receiver buffers 10 or 12 downs, and the grid runs away. This is very annoying. Is this common, or do I have a problem with either the remote or the unit?
Thanks, and boy, it's good to be back with satellite. I can't believe how horrible the cable companies DVRs are, low tech, low-fi, and low service.
1) I got the Genie and it came with an additional box the installer set up for DirecTV Cinema/On Demand. He said that it had to be wireless, and set it up that way. The location of this install has a very low wireless signal, but in that rack, I have a hard wire network hub and could easily wire the extra box right to my network for full speed. However, he said he did not have the proper box with him to do that, and that I had to have a wireless connection. When I saw him set it up, there was a box on the screen to select ETHERNET and there is an ethernet jack on the back of the unit (and the Genie). So, the question is, can I just plug the CAT5 (or 6) cable that came in the box with the on demand unit and reconfigure for non wireless? I can't see why not, but the installer seemed to insist that it could not be done.
My second question involves the small receiver that is in another room for the second TV. It seems that at times I get remote control "runaway", like if I push DOWN, the receiver buffers 10 or 12 downs, and the grid runs away. This is very annoying. Is this common, or do I have a problem with either the remote or the unit?
Thanks, and boy, it's good to be back with satellite. I can't believe how horrible the cable companies DVRs are, low tech, low-fi, and low service.
