Quick deactivating PVR question

[waltinvt]

I will be replacing my 811 and 508 with a 942 soon.

Since the 508 still has many recorded programs on the HDD, can I leave the audio / video hooked up to my tv (even though it won't be getting a satellite signal any more) and still watch them at some point after it's deactivated ?

 

[dfergie]

unhook satellite connection, I had a 501 die last fall (receiver part) I unhooked and deactivated, shows were still there when I traded to dish for replacement...also I took the 501 I had and have taken the 501 I have now camping, often not hooking up... shows were viewable.

 

[waltinvt]

unhook satellite connection, I had a 501 die last fall (receiver part) I unhooked and deactivated, shows were still there when I traded to dish for replacement...also I took the 501 I had and have taken the 501 I have now camping, often not hooking up... shows were viewable.

Thanks. So should I make sure I unhook the sat input BEFORE I call Dish to deactivate or does it really matter ? In other words will the unit eventually cease to allow playback of the HDD contents because it no longer gets any satellite signal information?

 

[dfergie]

Unhook before I would think (along with phone) ... My dead 501 was unable to lock on a signal, so it was probably like not being hooked up for 3 months before I sent it it...