Dish Network access card swap

[jadams]

Has anybody sucessfully married an access card from an ISD 2200 receiver to a 4000 receiver. What kind of compatibility issues are there between access cards and various receivers.

 

[ROLLTIDE]

Why would you want to know that ?

 

[HokieEngineer]

OH NO ROLLTIDE SPOTTED A HAXOR!!! :shocked

 

[Smith P.]

You shouldn't worried about compatibility - just call Dish CSR and they will do that for you.

 

[jadams]

Sorry to disappoint you all.

No, not a hacker, Just someone who's ISD 2200 receiver decided to die. I located a 4000 receiver at a very good price with no access card. It makes sense to use the access card from my old ISD 2200 in that case. What is the point of buying a receiver with access card? You then end up with two access cards and one functional receiver. The cards seem to be more valuable than some receivers.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Chances are Echostar won't let you transfer the smartcard over from your old receiver. Instead they would send you a new card for your 4000.

 

[boba]

DISH is upgrading their smart cards so Scott is probably right. Though I just checked my 5000 and it does not show Dish 500 ready. If you were the original owner of that 2200 you should be a long time existing customer who would qualify for upgrade promotions. You should be able to get a DVR 510 for $99.00 with a 1 year warranty.

 

[Smith P.]

I did similar card's transfer for a couple my relatives last months without problem - call CSR and provide your info, tell them your old 2200 is dead, you got from fleamarket other 4000 and your smartcard still the same.

 

[Stargazer]

You just have to talk to the right person, but I know that it is possible to put a smart card from one receiver to another because I have done it before to see if the receiver or smart card went bad. They discovered it was a bad smart card.

 

[Claude Greiner]

#1 Deactivate the receiver with the card you want to use and remove it from your account completely.

#2 Put the old card in your new receiver

#3 Call and activate the new receiver with the old card.

If you don't say anything to the CSR about it being a used card then you will not have a problem

 

[HokieEngineer]

Yea, what claude said. Sorry, I wasnt accusing you of hacking, just poking a little fun at rolltide for his helpful response to your first question

At worst i would think you could send the old card back to dish and they would send you a new one free.

 

[Smith P.]

Claude was overload you - #1 is not necessary. You will notify CSR about release old box while old card will rehit and will married to other receiver.

 

[briani]

Dish recently mailed me a new smart card for my 6000......can anyone tell me why they are changing out cards? Are the new cards more secure? Don't really matter, I
got the 811/Hd in a box upgrade so my 6000 will probably be going to Ebay.

 

[Stargazer]

They are trying to deter hackers, starting with the receivers that are hacked more, and are going for a premium as a result.

 

[jadams]

"Followup" The card swap from the 2200 to the 4000 was accomplished with Dish CSR help with no problems. Thanks for all of your comments.