Re: Viewing Dish Network on Vista Media Center
- From: Rollinghillsfarm <Rollinghillsfarm.3e24rb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:54:51 +0530
Well - the below articles helped me for sure and they are appreciated.
I have a brand new DELL XPS 420 and the newer version of Media Center
(Vista). I could not under any situation or scenario get the Media
Center to program my DISH signal from a coax cable using the Dell
supplied internal TV tuner. Frustrated I went to this site where I
learned that I was not the only one having issues. Here is my story and
I hope it helps others.
1st - I called DELL and requested their help. No luck at all.
2nd - Still frustrated, I called DELL again (the next day) and talked
to a reasonable technician in the U.S., but he really did not understand
what I was trying to do.
3rd - I called DISH technical support. These people are very food and
know their business well. I have never called DISH when I did not get a
reasonable person that was willing to help me through the issues.
Here is how DISH and I easily corrected the program issues with Media
Center. The Dell supplied internal TV tuner coupled with Media Center
can ONLY be programmed with certain DISH channels (2,3,4) using a coax
cable.
The set-top box from DISH that I was using was my #2 set-top box. It
was not the main box that is a DVR. Furthermore, I was using the coax
for the
2nd TV on this #2 set-top box. This 2nd TV remote is programmed from
DISH to receive only upper channels. It cannot be programmed for 2,3,4
channels. Only the 1st remote can receive channels 2,3,4. I physically
moved and connected the DISH 2nd set-top box to my office where my DELL
was located. I also brought that remote to my office.
When I went into Media Center set-up it took 5 minutes to program the
DISH signal.
Bottom line is: If you want Media Center to program your DISH signal,
you can easily do this by making sure you have the set-top box (either
the DVR box or the satellite box) directly connected to your PC and you
use remote #1
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