Hopper ota adapter

[ekilgus]

For what it's worth, I upgraded from a 622 to the hopper and needed to get the ota module to keep watching ota channels.
The only con I see is that the hopper's ota module does cause some picture pixilation fro time to time, but not often enough to be annoying so I consider it a minor issue. On the plus side, for some reason, the signal strength of marginal ota channels is much better with the ota module than with the 622.

 

[boba]

I have one HWS and a Super Joey, they both have the OTA channels. Pretty sure my plain Joey had OTA channels as well.

The OTA is on the HOPPER and passed onto other SLAVE RECEIVERS.

 

[Bobby]

The OTA is on the HOPPER and passed onto other SLAVE RECEIVERS.

Provided they are bridged....

 

[harshness]

My Hopper OTA tuner isn't quite as sensitive as the ones in my ViP622s were, but it works.

 

[thomasjk]

I find it to be better.

 

[n0qcu]

Provided they are bridged....

Bridging isn't necessary.

Sent from my iPhone using Chrome.

 

[navychop]

Mine are bridged. I could not see the OTA channels, the ones with a number greater than zero, on the "other" HWS or the Joey.

I will try it again and see if I made a mistake.

 

[edisonprime]

I'm assuming they never enabled the "add locals" function, or am I wrong?

 

[Bobby]

Add Locals still not functioning...

 

[MikeD-C05]

Add Locals still not functioning...

It's never coming........

 

[Bobby]

It's never coming........

Really!!!???

 

[bluegras]

i hope this feature will be coming soon we have waited for a long time for this to happen

 

[dwarren2]

I periadicaly scan ota channels on my tv to see if anything has been added locally. So far nothing since I installed the ota dongle. Try that to see if your missing anything.

 

[pattykay]

I periadicaly scan ota channels on my tv to see if anything has been added locally. So far nothing since I installed the ota dongle. Try that to see if your missing anything.

The problem with that, if you live in an area with marginal OTA reception, is that the rescan will delete any channels that don't happen to be coming in at the time. Then, you have to keep rescanning over and over again to try to get those channels back, and other channels will probably get deleted by those scans. I don't have a Hopper, but I used to have a Bell Expressvu 6100 (the equivalent of a Dish 811) so I know from experience what it is like to have the scan delete any temporarily unavailable channels, and it drove me nuts. The lack of an Add Locals feature on the Hopper OTA would be a deal-breaker for me.

 

[KAB]

I periadicaly scan ota channels on my tv to see if anything has been added locally. So far nothing since I installed the ota dongle. Try that to see if your missing anything.

You could just check Antenna Fool.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Really!!!???

Might as well be never . Soon will never get here in DISH time.

 

[dwarren2]

I don't rescan with the Hopper. My rooftop antenna's feed is split to several tv's and the ota dongle. I only rescan on the tv's.

 

[ljdonato]

HWS with OTA and Super Joey. My OTA is the strongest receiver of every other receiver I have, except for one of the TVs, that OTA and that TV are equal. SuperJoey sees all stations from the OTA.
As stated by other members, the thing I wish the most for is the ability to add channels individually, without having to rescan everything...

 

[navychop]

I just rechecked. I absolutely cannot access the OTA adapter on the LR HWS from the Joey or the MBR HWS. If you can, please explain how you do it.

I shifted to all channels, linked to the LR HWS, and hit guide. No luck.

 

[n0qcu]

I just rechecked. I absolutely cannot access the OTA adapter on the LR HWS from the Joey or the MBR HWS. If you can, please explain how you do it.

I shifted to all channels, linked to the LR HWS, and hit guide. No luck.

you cannot access the OTA on another Hopper, only the Hopper that has the module can view OTA channels.