Dish Network (pressing ok)

[zay]

I have Dish Network, hate it, but now when ever I want to watch TV via my htpc, I have to press the OK button before it launch tv. Did not have that when I had DirectTV. This is not an issue except when I want to record shows. I noticed this when I set Remote Potato to tape Wipe out. It set the schedule fine, and it ran the recording fine as well. So what is the problem? When I tried to watch the recorded show, all I saw was the stupid Press Select to continue screen (see attached screen shot). Has anyone experienced this, if so, how was it resolved?

 

[Johnathan Lyman]

My guess is it's a screensaver of sorts to prevent exactly what you're doing. If there is no input activity on the box for X minutes it goes into screen saver mode.

 

[zay]

You know I never thought of that, good suggestion. Any idea if or how that can be turned off? In the mean time I will search the net for a solution, and I will post my findings if any.

 

[Johnathan Lyman]

You know I never thought of that, good suggestion. Any idea if or how that can be turned off? In the mean time I will search the net for a solution, and I will post my findings if any.

If you have a setting on your box (I don't know if there is one. I have Comcast *shutter*). That's all I can think of.

This article is a bit older (Sept 2009) but it may be worth looking at.

http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/digital-media-servers/dish-network-cablecard-usb-microsoft

 

[zay]

Thanks for the response, I contacted dish network tech support, and they suggested creating a custom timer to activate the receiver and that will take the receiver out of standby. I explained to them that won't work as I need the standby feature off so that my htpc will do the recording. I sure miss direct tv. I only have dish network because my land lady works for DN so she get a big discount to have it.

 

[Johnathan Lyman]

I just got Dish Network today and I notice on my box (VIP 211K) I hit MENU > PREFERENCES (8) > Inactivity Standby (7). Is that what you're talking about?