Vip622 for OTA without active Dish Service?

[jackster]

I recently had to cancel my dish service. I still own a VIP 622 and would like to use it to (manually) record local OTA. Is this possible?

 

[BFG]

with the vip receivers. dish put in code where it has to be active for the ota tuner to be viewable. The least you could pay is a $5 service access fee and the $6 hd enabling fee, plus you'd have to be connected to the satellite.

 

[jackster]

Thanks, BFG. Would a 942 work?

 

[BFG]

Yes, but there would be no guide data so you'd have to have manual timers for everything