External Hard Drive Addendum

Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Is Happening

Possible Reason

What to Do

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pop-up message “USB mass

Receiver detects an external

• The device must be reformatted to provide

 

 

storage device has to be

hard drive at the USB 2.0 port.

DVR Conversion. Any information on the hard

 

 

reformatted to support DISH

 

drive is lost in the reformatting process.

 

 

Network DVR functionality.”

 

• If you are connecting an external hard drive

 

 

 

 

previously used on a ViP211, ViP211k, or

 

 

 

 

DISH 411 receiver to a DISH Network HD-

 

 

 

 

DVR receiver (such as a ViP612, ViP622,

 

 

 

 

ViP722k DVR, or ViP722), you are using your

 

 

 

 

external hard drive for a different product

 

 

 

 

feature called DVR External Hard Disk Drive

 

 

 

 

Storage. DVR Conversion requires

 

 

 

 

reformatting the external hard drive which

 

 

 

 

deletes all recordings. A separate activation

 

 

 

 

fee applies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pop-up message “Receiver has

The satellite receiver has to be

Receiver needs to reset before it can use the

 

 

detected a USB hard drive and

restarted in order to provide the

DVR Conversion features, such as pause live TV

 

 

has to be restarted to use the

DVR Conversion features

or recording programs.

 

 

DISH Network DVR feature.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timers

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Is Happening

Possible Reason

What to Do

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You set up an event timer, but

• You may have several

 

 

 

the timer does not operate at

timers set up for the same

• Check the Priorities as described on page 10.

 

 

all.

time and the event timer you

 

 

 

set is at a lower priority than

 

 

 

 

others.

 

 

 

 

• You may have selected New

• Check the Timer Frequency as described on

 

 

 

Episodes and the timer you

page 10.

 

 

 

set was for an episode that is

• See Reasons Why Timers are Skipped on

 

 

 

not new.

page 12.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You set up a DishPASS timer

The DishPASS timer may have

Delete that DishPASS timer and begin again. See

 

 

and you notice that you have

included more matching

page 16.

 

 

no space left on your My

programs than what you

 

 

 

Recordings.

expected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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