My hard drive went dead in my vip722 what the best way to fix this. is there an image that i can download.

many thanks

My hard drive went dead in my vip722 what the best way to fix this. is there an image that i can download.

many thanks

Do you own it? If not, Dish will send you another one. If you own it, see my PM.

Ted

My Vip722 is suggesting (via on-screen message) that I connect a phone line to the unit to avoid a $5.00 monthly charge. What are the real intentions behind this connection?

My Vip722 is suggesting (via on-screen message) that I connect a phone line to the unit to avoid a $5.00 monthly charge. What are the real intentions behind this connection?

The real reason Dish wants you to plug in the phone line is so it can charge you when you watch PPV. Of course, you can pay the fee, and use the phone to order PPV: it is up to you. It also can keep track of the health of your DVR, make sure software upgrades go well, etc.

Alternately, with the 722, you can plug it into a home network and take advantage of some upcoming features, such as remote programming which will allow you to record content on your DVR by programming it via a website. Going the home networking route will also remove the $5 fee.

Ted

My Vip722 is suggesting (via on-screen message) that I connect a phone line to the unit to avoid a $5.00 monthly charge. What are the real intentions behind this connection?

It's their way of knowing that your receiver is being used at your address, rather than stolen, pirated, etc at another location.

As mentioned by the above poster, you can also connect it to your broadband internet instead.

Any other uses or advantages for having this dvr hooked up to a home network? Is there any way to play (and discretely record) any programming on your pc?

I have a few questions about connecting this dvr to an external hard drive. How much recording time do you get for different size drives?

I know the manufacturer says that the 722 does 350 hrs of sd and 70 hrs of hd; but no one outside the engineering department knows the storage capacity of the drive as expressed in bytes; all they know is hours of recording time. Conversely, no one at Dish customer service knows how many hours I'll get with different size drives.

All they can tell you is that the 722 can connect to a hdd that's minimum 40gb and max 750gb but not how much recording time you get with either.

I've heard everything from approx 1 hr per gb; to about 300 hrs on a 100 gb drive; etc.

The 722 has a 500 GB hard drive. For MPEG2 encoding it takes up to 10 GB per hour of HD recording. I believe the 10 GB per hour is if an OTA station is using the maximum 19.4 MBPS data rate. Since many use less than that many times it only takes about 8 GB per hour. With MPEG4 from satellite it appears to take about 4 GB per hour of HD.

My 622 which has a 320 GB hard drive has 20 GB reserved for one hour of live recording on the two TVs. That leaves 300 GB for storing saved programming. Dish claims that it records 30 hours of HD. However when I delete a one hour MPEG4 program it only adds about 25 minutes to the available recording time.

Hope this helps.

Rick R

The 722 has a 500 GB hard drive. For MPEG2 encoding it takes up to 10 GB per hour of HD recording. I believe the 10 GB per hour is if an OTA station is using the maximum 19.4 MBPS data rate. Since many use less than that many times it only takes about 8 GB per hour. With MPEG4 from satellite it appears to take about 4 GB per hour of HD.

Hope this helps.

Rick R

Rick R, thank you very much. This is huge for me.

How did you find out this info about the 722? I really beat up on half a dozen csr's and two csr supervisors. They said only the engineering dept knew, and that there was no way to contact them for the answer, etc.

The most reliable answer I could get was from one Dish employee who said that his fellow csr supv has this set up at home (722 w/ ext hd) and he believes he gets 300 hrs with a 60gb drive. My gut told me that was a bit much.

Here is a quick list of shows and sizes from my USB hard drive:

LOST (1 hour, MPEG2, 720p): 5202MB (ABC OTA)
The Office (30 Minutes, MPEG4, 1080i): 2535MB (NBC LiL)
The Office (30 Minutes, MPEG4, 1080i): 1108MB (TBS-HD)
Torchwood (1 hour, MPEG2, 1080i): 5231MB (HDNET)
Battlestar Galactica (1 hour, MPEG4, 1080i): 3462MB (SciFi HD)
Lawrence of Arabia (4 hours, MPEG2, 1080i): 11898MB (HDNET)

Hope this is enlightening.

Ted

How did you find out this info about the 722? I really beat up on half a dozen csr's and two csr supervisors. They said only the engineering dept knew, and that there was no way to contact them for the answer, etc.

Dish Network has Technical Forums and Charlie Chats on the second monday of the month at 9:00PM ET on channel 101. There is typically one Tech Forum and one Charlie Chat a quarter. The Charlie Chats are a one hour show of the Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen and one other guy talking about the Dish Network Service. The Tech Fourms are also one hour and there are two Engineering Managers that talk about Technical Issues. They give out this kind of technical information.

Both programs also take live and emailed questions.

My experience is that much of the show is boring but there is also lots of good information if you like to know the technical stuff behind the satellite service.

Rick R

I would like to connect my 612 and 722 to my wireless network.

I would like to run my broadband connection to my dish network recievers to waive a $5 per month fee since it is not plugged into a phone outlet. (I do not have a landline i use a cell phone). I have a wireless router. How can I get that signal to my dish network reciever? I dont want to run a long cat5 cable from one room to another. Is there something I can buy that will recieve my wireless signal allowing me to run a short cat5 cable from that device to my dish network reciever?

I would like to connect my 612 and 722 to my wireless network.

I would like to run my broadband connection to my dish network recievers to waive a $5 per month fee since it is not plugged into a phone outlet. (I do not have a landline i use a cell phone). I have a wireless router. How can I get that signal to my dish network reciever? I dont want to run a long cat5 cable from one room to another. Is there something I can buy that will recieve my wireless signal allowing me to run a short cat5 cable from that device to my dish network reciever?

If you can plug one of them into the router, you can conceivably use the built-in HomePlug functionality to let the 2nd receiver connect to the first through your electrical wiring. The downside is you need a compatible power strip or UPS if you want to use one of those.

Another alternative is to use one or more wireless bridges, like this one from LinkSys: http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&cid=1134692497433

Ted

I would like to connect my 612 and 722 to my wireless network.

I would like to run my broadband connection to my dish network recievers to waive a $5 per month fee since it is not plugged into a phone outlet. (I do not have a landline i use a cell phone). I have a wireless router. How can I get that signal to my dish network reciever? I dont want to run a long cat5 cable from one room to another. Is there something I can buy that will recieve my wireless signal allowing me to run a short cat5 cable from that device to my dish network reciever?

YES.

answer: Airport Express http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0015YJOK2/ref=pd_luc_mri?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

is it possible to play your recorded movies that you save on external hard drive on PC?

why is there a limit 750gb max external HD? what's wrong with 1Tb?

If you can plug one of them into the router, you can conceivably use the built-in HomePlug functionality to let the 2nd receiver connect to the first through your electrical wiring. The downside is you need a compatible power strip or UPS if you want to use one of those.

Another alternative is to use one or more wireless bridges, like this one from LinkSys: http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&cid=1134692497433

Ted

YES.

answer: Airport Express http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0015YJOK2/ref=pd_luc_mri?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

Thanks for the replies! I think I may go with the Apple Airport, since I will be upgrading the network to the N standard. I have one computer on the edge of the house that barely connects to my network.

is it possible to play your recorded movies that you save on external hard drive on PC?

why is there a limit 750gb max external HD? what's wrong with 1Tb?

Not at this time. Some folks have reported getting 1TB drives to work.

Ted

Not at this time. Some folks have reported getting 1TB drives to work.

Ted

Where I can read more to confirm that?

How bout viewing the recorded movies on external HD onto HTPC?

Where I can read more to confirm that?

How bout viewing the recorded movies on external HD onto HTPC?

Sorry. I was answering your questions in order. I do not know of a way to view the recorded movies on a HTPC at this time. I'll PM you a link to the other.

Ted

I have ATT internet with a modem/wireless all-in-one. Where and how would I plug it into my 722 receiver? What benefits will it give me?

I have ATT internet with a modem/wireless all-in-one. Where and how would I plug it into my 722 receiver? What benefits will it give me?

You would need to run an ethernet cable from the 722 to the modem/wireless all-in-one somehow. The only benefit at this time is that the phone line is no longer required. In the future Dish plans to offer Internet-based scheduling which would require the ethernet connection.

Ted

Hi, just been reading over the other posts here. I just connected the CAT5 cable to my system. I see lots of new programming available thru dish online. I was able to create a name for my receiver to schedule events online but it seems that is still being worked on. My reason for posting is I notice several people are trying to save the $5 as they only have internet and no phone line. A simple fix is to get a phone line, not thru the phone company but thru magic jack. I have one and it works ok most of the time. They cost like $40 upfront and $20 a year. Thats a lot less than the $5.00 dish charges a month and I have had no trouble with my 722 or 625 both of which are hooked up thru the magicjack. Hope this gives someone an Idea.