Al Noland has posted a chat at DBSTalk. (Al has quick fingers... good recap.)
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=39027
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Welcome to Tech chat with Mark Jackson and Dan Minnick
Schedule:
Product update
CES
iTV Update
Remote Control tips
Questions & Answers.
Video of DishPlayer 522.
New Feature added to 522 : Name-Based Recording.
With name based recording a:
Program can move to another day
Program can change length.
Includes new choices:
All Episodes – on that channel
New Episodes – On that channel – based on year.
Also added Dishpass. Will record a program based on search parameters.
Set a timer in name based recording and if the theme is “sports”, it will add an hour to the timer.
Name based recordings have Priorities associated with them. The box will resolve conflicts based on these priorities.
How to get a 522 – If you are an existing Customer. Go to My Account on Dishnetwork.com and see if you qualify for a special upgrade.
Spanish Menus are available on some boxes. Goto the Installation/Setup menu and choose Language.
Alternate audio option will allow you to select alternate audio and if the language is available you will here it instead of English.
A reminder box will be displayed on some boxes if you are late paying your bill.
Now talking about Card Swap stuff – Blue Cards are being replaced with Yellow cards.
Next: Dan Landreth. – Video from CES.
Prize Time. – 811 and HDTV.
Question – 3 Doors………. To complicated to type.
Questions.
I’ve been trying to get my 811 DD output to work with my Sherwood receiver. Answer. Sofware fix in the future.
From Tom, Does Dishnetwork sell OTA antennas. No, call a local dealer.
Caller – Jack, 921 questions. HD outs look great, composite output look bad. Firewire outputs. Answer - Firewire, Copy protection preventing it. Composite output fix in Marchish.
Marca – DVR quits recording before the show is over. Create timer from guide, set the pads.
Brian – NBR for 50x series. 501,508,510 engineers should have NBR second have of this year.
Can dish receiver have ED-TV 480p. 811 does both, 921 has to be in safe mode and it will do 480i/480p.
James – DD output problems since June 04. Got the run around. Replaced receiver. Still broke. Going on and on. Answer – Dan says. They’ve fixed 1 of the 3 in August. Should be fixed next month. Problem with the device drivers.
510-522. Are they compatible with VOIP phone services. – No.
Robert – Portable dish media player. When will it be available. 1st one in June ( maybe). Designed to work with receivers with USB 2.0. May work with USB 1.1 devices in the future. Otherwise, would transfer real time through the video jacks instead of up to 10x speed.
Another Brian – Question about Mpeg4. Looking at 921. How will transition affect that receiver. Doesn’t want to be out a receiver. Not software. Hardware Upgrade required. Will take years for it to happen. Plans to take care of existing customers.
Frank. 921 question. Fans and HD don’t turn off in standby. No plans. Box is linux based and uses the HD all the time.
Dominic. 721 receiver – Noticing that he gets pressing the Dish interactive brings up the screen, but most apps aren’t working. Apps are coming, no timeframe.
George. Use separate cables for satellite and OTA signals. Yes for best, but diplexers work with minimal loss.
Annie – Dish network remote doesn’t work. Call local retailer or at dishnetwork.com and order a new one.
ITv Update.
TVG – Wagering available in certain states. (13).
The Sharper Image Shopping channel.
Sound Choice Karaoke.
Remote Control help with Leslie Harper. Limited Mode and Recover Mode. Long process I’m not going to type. Check your manual.
Answer to Question. From Jeff, Switch your answer will give you a 67% chance of being right.
Record and watch questions. Dual tuner boxes can record one show and watch one show and such….
John – 921 When will screen saver for it. All other boxes have it, but 921 doesn’t have it. There is a plan, but not available yet.
Software updates for the 921. Early March.
Can record a program on one DVR and watch it on another one. Can do that with a 522 ( sort of).
Jeffery. Have model 6000. If I purchase a 942 will it work with the SW64. Yes. But you may want to upgrade to a new switch anyway (and LMB).
E-mail wants to know how to stop a recording in process. Says to press the stop button (which is incorrect for the 921). Also wants to know out to get guide data for OTA locals. Have to subscribe to dish LIL.
Grace – Can’t hook up phone line to 522. Suggest getting wireless phone Jacks for 522.
When will I be able to view all channels from 1 Dish for locals and HD. 1 dish solution is for SD locals only, not sure on HD. Still working out Satellite planning.
921 question from William. Purchased a second HD out. Manual says DVI and component can’t work together. Is it true. Yes. Suggest using Component video distribution amps. 942 will provide SD to remote TV’s.
Closed Captioning problems. Content providers provide that service, they just pass that through.
Charlie Chat Monday March 14th 9pm Eastern.
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