can the Dish Network 622 be used as OTA tuner?

I think you're out of luck on that - newer Dish receivers have to be activated on an account AND paid an HD activation fee, AND you have to subscribe to your locals in order for them to show up in the EPG as anything but "Digital Service". I might be wrong here.

I pretty much thought so. Figured I'd run it past here anyway.


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Originally Posted by Scooper /forum/post/0


I think you're out of luck on that - newer Dish receivers have to be activated on an account AND paid an HD activation fee, AND you have to subscribe to your locals in order for them to show up in the EPG as anything but "Digital Service". I might be wrong here.

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So if you have a Vip 622 and subscribe to HD channels incl HD locals, and want to also pull-in the OTA HD locals, is the method to connect the antenna to the back of the vip622 in addition to the satellite feed? Or is it better to run the OTA directly to display and then send the audio out of display (Sony XBR2) via optical to Audio receiver?

I am looking for the option of selecting OTA channels instead of the E* HD channels when I want to. Additionally E* does not carry some of the broadcast HD locals in my region.

Any thoughts on best hookup would be appreciated.