Dish Network 411 manual Timers

Reference

Troubleshooting Tables

Timers

What Is Happening	Possible Reason	What to Do
You try to set up an event timer	• You must enter the password	• To be able to set up an event timer for the
and the receiver displays a	before you can create an	program, first enter the password.
message noting that the	event timer for a locked
program is locked.	program.
You try to set up an event timer	• You must order a Pay-Per-	• To be able to set up an event timer for the event,
and the receiver displays a	View event before you can	first order it.
message noting that the	create an event timer for it.
program is a Pay-Per-View
event.
You try to set up an event	• You already have set up the	• To be able to set up a new event timer, delete one
timer, but the receiver displays	maximum number of event	of the event timers you set up earlier.
an Error message giving you	timers.
the option to delete an event
timer that was set up earlier.
You set up an event timer, but	• You may have set up a	• Remember that a Reminder just reminds you that
the receiver does not tune to	Reminder but what you should	the program is about to start. An Auto-Tune timer
the channel of the program, or	have set up is an Auto-Tune	reminds you and tunes the receiver to the
does not record the program.	or a VCR timer.	program. A VCR timer reminds you, tunes the
		receiver, and starts recording to tape.
You set up an event timer for a	• You may have set up a timer	• Remember that a Once event timer operates just
program that is repeated (such	with an incorrect frequency.	one time. A Mon.-Fri.event timer operates
as a regularly scheduled		Monday through Friday on the same channel at
program), but the timer does		the same time. A Daily event timer does the
not operate for a showing of		same, Monday through Sunday. A Weekly event
the program.		timer operates once a week on the same channel
		at the same time.
You stop the operation of an	• Stopping the event timer	• To stop all operations of a repeated event timer,
event timer for one showing of	applies only to the current	you must delete the event timer.
a program that is repeated	showing of the program.	Note: The receiver deletes a Once event timer
(such as a regularly scheduled		when it operates.
program), but the timer
operates for the next showing.
You edit an automatic event	• Editing an automatic event	• If you want an automatic event timer to start and
timer. The timer does not start	timer converts it to a manual	stop according to a specific program, avoid
or does not end according to	event timer. Such a timer	editing that event timer.
the program for which you set	starts and stops at the times
the timer.	you specify, not the start and
	stop times of any specific
	program.
You try to set up a manual	• You may have tried to set a	• Review the rules on start and stop times for
event timer. The receiver	manual event timer with	manual event timers.
displays an Error message.	invalid start or stop times.
The receiver does not display	• The receiver may not be able	• Use the Program Guide or a printed schedule to
the program name for a	to display a program name for	find the program name.
manual event timer.	a manual event timer.
You set an event timer.	• The program may have	• Use the Start 1 min. early option to start any event
The event timer misses the	started a little earlier than	timer one minute early, except for a Pay-Per-View
beginning or the end of a	scheduled, or it may have run	event.
program.	over its scheduled ending	• Use a manual event timer to start any event timer
	time.
		at the times you set yourself, except for a Pay-
		Per-View event.

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