Receiver dongle question.
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The service tach said it would improve the UI; it didn't.
All it has done was screw up DVR use by popping up a couple new unneeded messages and causing a video to stop and require a restart of it.
All it has done was screw up DVR use by popping up a couple new unneeded messages and causing a video to stop and require a restart of it.
It does. You have the 2nd Hopper gen, called a "Hopper with Sling". I still maintain you got a bad Snap and should get it replaced.
From the online site: Log Into Your DISH Account | MyDISH:
Despite the “Not Connected” remark it is when looking at the UG WiFi file.
Going online to WiFi setup, the first step to go to channel 300 only has program listing , nothing else,
I’ll be so glad to dump Dish if we ever get high speed net.
Thanks for your reply but I give up trying to post what I wanted and am not physically able to crawl around to get it off the freaking rcvr.
Unfortunately you can't post here and get a new Snap, unless another owner wants to send you one. It sounds as though you need another truck roll to get this problem addressed.
Unfortunately you can't post here and get a new Snap, unless another owner wants to send you one. It sounds as though you need another truck roll to get this problem addressed.
WHy get a new snap when you can probably get Hopper 3, and probably for free if you talk to Loyalty Dept.
I think OP is just looking to complain, which is fine. I've been there many times!
Agreed, if I'm paying all the fees for a Hopper, it better be an H3. However, I don't think OP was looking for help...just to blow off some steam. I can relate, I've been there as well.
Agreed, if I'm paying all the fees for a Hopper, it better be an H3. However, I don't think OP was looking for help...just to blow off some steam. I can relate, I've been there as well.
On the alternative, why get a new Snap when the existing Hopper With Sling is apparently still working just fine without it? Remember, according to the OP, adding the Snap was something that Dish insisted on, not something the OP requested. Since the OP has noticed no difference in performance, the Hopper With Sling was probably responding relatively quickly to begin with, even without the Snap.
The OP has had the Hopper With Sling long enough to likely be grandfathered at the old $12 per month rate. Therefore, not paying "all the fees for a Hopper" since the Hopper 3 would cost $15 per month. If you want the extra features of the Hopper 3, it might be worth the extra $3 per month. Otherwise, why pay extra for features that you are not going to use?
Tell you why. The snap has been known to cause issues in many cases. As we can see here.
Hopper 3 is faster than a Hopper w/Sling. Better graphics processing. More apps. More tuners, and etc, etc, etc, for the same price.
and even if, as crodrules suggests, that Hopper 2 is grandfathered at $12 ( and that is a possibility not a actual fact) it would be worth it to spend that extra $3 (think of it like 10 cents a day) to get all the best that you can get with a Hopper 3.
Understood, I mostly wanted to know if I could ditch the USB or if it contained code that was necessary to operation.
We have had only a few instances when we couldn't record a program we both wanted so I don't care if we could have more channels or not.
We are two old farts (wife 10 years younger, sorry mein Schatz} with fairly simple tastes. I do think the current user interface really sucks and is far more unpredictable than the one Dish replaced and is fraught with glitches.
We may not ever have decent connection speed (very rural area) so we may be stuck with Dish until we perish.
We have had only a few instances when we couldn't record a program we both wanted so I don't care if we could have more channels or not.
We are two old farts (wife 10 years younger, sorry mein Schatz} with fairly simple tastes. I do think the current user interface really sucks and is far more unpredictable than the one Dish replaced and is fraught with glitches.
We may not ever have decent connection speed (very rural area) so we may be stuck with Dish until we perish.
I can't buy a cup of coffee for $3. I was simply pointing out the obvious, for, maybe, $3 a month you get rid of the issue entirely.Some members here are so quick to spend other people's money.
