Dish 211/411 L262 Software Release Notes

[Scott Greczkowski]

L262 for 211/411 spooled this morning @ 2AM MDT.

Major Changes:

HD Local Downmapping support (local DMA only - currently only NY and LA available) and downmapping menu option in Local channels screen Improvement for timers for VCR setup Support for independent SD/HD aspect ratio control in the view banner (equivalent to 811) Low-level a/v driver support / changes to support MPEG4 channels / closed captioning

Improvements:

Remote low battery indicator in browse banner
More updates for reset issues on boot-up
Improve local channel identification in channel list
Improve 129 authorization pop-up on initial boot-up
New inactivity screen saver graphics
Improve synchronization of video and audio when using timers

 

[rdinkel]

HD Local Downmapping support (local DMA only - currently only NY and LA available) and downmapping menu

Scott, What does this mean?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Beats me I only posted what I was sent.

 

[NightRyder]

Scott, What does this mean?

Just a guess, but I believe it refers to mapping the HD LIL channels to their respective local channel numbers in the guide, just like they do with SD.


NightRyder

 

[rdinkel]

Just a guess, but I believe it refers to mapping the HD LIL channels to their respective local channel numbers in the guide, just like they do with SD.


NightRyder

Perhaps, but why say only LA and NY?

 

[NightRyder]

Perhaps, but why say only LA and NY?

(local DMA only - currently only NY and LA available)


NightRyder

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Because only NY and LA are up in LIL HD.

 

[rdinkel]

Because only NY and LA are up in LIL HD.

Okay, so there will be a new software release for each new LIL HD roll-out. Got it!

 

[John Kotches]

Perhaps, but why say only LA and NY?

Because that's all that is up there for LIL at the moment.

Okay, so there will be a new software release for each new LIL HD roll-out. Got it!

No, they're just telling you which customers are going to benefit from this. They will setup the channel flagging for each LIL so that if the customer desires, they can remap the satellite channels.

 

[ceeveeb]

Could someone please explain to me what is the difference between:

Dish 411

and


Dish ViP211


???????

Why do they always have to make things confusing

 

[MikeD-C05]

Ethernet port on the 211 and no ethernet on the 411. The 411 is or will be discontinued when they run out. The vip ethernet series of receivers will be the only ones that do both hd and sd and have ethernet for future video on demand over the internet.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

They are the same thing, except that the 211 has an ethernet port built in which has no use at this time.

 

[jerryez]

Yeah, but people stuck with the 411 will have to pay another upgrade fee, if they add a use for the ethernet port and those people want that service.

 

[tribalmunky]

I'm still confused about the HD locals remapping. What does it do and how do I do it?

 

[tnsprin]

Scott, What does this mean?

Probably means your HD stations will appear as the Regular channel 2-69 (previously would do this for SD stations) if you chose the option.

 

[Poke]

Either way it would be best to run some Cat5 or Cat6 to your jack so just get a jack plate with a Cat,Cable,Phone all in one.