The Dish DVR is a collection of receivers that allow for pausing and replaying live television as well as recording any show or movie on your DVR unit. Skipping ahead to the end of a show when you are short on time or even using remote access to record a show you forgot was coming on are all features of the Dish DVR. Dish DVR offers subscribers the option to be able to access their DVR from any location with internet access by utilizing the Remote Access option. Simply plug in the internet line to the back of your Dish DVR, and you can access it from any place. Work, home, dinner at the in-laws: you can always use your internet ready cell phone to access the DVR and set it to record a show you forgot was coming on, or even to record an entire day’s worth of programming while you are on vacation that will be waiting for you when you return. There are however specific receivers that are required in order to use this service. These include the 522, 625, VIP 612, VIP 622, VIP 722 and the VIP 722k. If you do not have one of these qualified receivers, you can contact the toll free phone number and upgrade today.With Dish DVR, you can even expand the amount of space you have on your HD DVR storage. Any Dish customers that have a DuoDVR VIP 722 or 622 as well as the Solo DVR VIP 612 receiver can have unlimited DVR storage by using an external hard drive. These can be purchased at most retailers of electronics or through the Dish Network compatible online access purchase links on the website. Each of these external hard drives are required to be connected with a USB 2.0 cable. When using the Dish DVR external hard drive storage space there is a onetime activation fee of $39.99 required on certain receivers including the 612, 622 and 722 DVR VIP units. The units on the market that are compatible with these receivers includes the Seagate Showcase DVR storage expander. This unit will allow you to hold an additional 500 hours of space on your Dish DVR, and is a plug and play setup style. This means you simply plug in the expander to your existing DVR and the DVR will recognize it and begin using it at that point. In order for the Dish DVRs to work with the external hard drives, the expanders must have at least 50 GB of space and a 1TB hard drive is allowed should you require one.Regardless of your package, the Dish DVR allows for you to record, pause and play back any programming available to you. This includes live television broadcasts and sports, for those who don’t want to miss a second of the plays. Bringing you more up to date electronic multimedia and programming is what Dish DVR is all about. Making you the master of your domain on your own time is what it allows.

These drives can increase your DVR’s storage capacity by more than 400 hours of standard digital recording and nearly 100 hours of high-definition recording. An external hard disk drive (HDD) makes it possible to save all of your favorites and not be forced to delete a program to make room for more. Dish Network has announced that any future DVR’s manufactured will be compatible with this technology, but for now Dish has three models that will work; the ViP612 DVR, ViP622 DVR and the ViP722 DVR.

To get started simply connect a compatible USB 2.0 hard disk drive to a compatible Dish Network receiver. You will be able to view content from the HDD, or transfer content back to the DVR. All major brand name external HDD’s sold in stores are compatible. Although USB is the most popular choice for hard disk drives, it is preferable to use one with an external power supply. Which ever you choose, be sure to dedicate that drive for DVR purposes only. Using the HDD for computer files may cause corruption of your programming content. When the HDD is connected for the first time, you will be prompted to reformat the drive – If you choose to, anything previously stored on that drive will be lost. If you choose not to reformat you will not be able to transfer content from your DVR. Be sure to remove anything of importance before reformatting.

The supported Dish NetworkDVR receivers have two USB 2.0 ports on the back panel. At this time only one device such as an HDD or a PocketDish device can be connected to the receiver at a time. If you connect two devices simultaneously the DVR will simply ignore the last device connected. The trick here is to fully install and format the first device to the DVR, then install and format a second if you wish. This will allow you to dedicate one drive for let’s say movies and the other for sports. If you choose to remove the HDD you can watch or transfer the content to other compatible DVR receivers, however the receiver must be registered on the same customer account.

Transferring content is easy with Dish Networks’ user-friendly interface. From the Dish Multimedia Menu simply select USB Storage. From here you will be given two choices; Manage Device – this will allow you to see a list of programs already stored on the HDD and Send to Device – this is the option to transfer DVR programming from the My Recordings list on your DVR receiver to the HDD. If a program on your DVR contains copy protection it may impact your ability to transfer to the HDD. If it does, a pop-up message with more information will appear. For more information on copy protection restrictions visit www.dishnetwork.com and search for “copy protection.”

Within Manage Device you will find options to Restore – transfer programming from the HDD back to the DVR receiver, Play – watch programming directly from the HDD and Delete – remove programming from the HDD.

These drives can increase your DVR’s storage capacity by more than 400 hours of standard digital recording and nearly 100 hours of high-definition recording. An external hard disk drive (HDD) makes it possible to save all of your favorites and not be forced to delete a program to make room for more. Dish Network has announced that any future DVR’s manufactured will be compatible with this technology, but for now Dish has three models that will work; the ViP612 DVR, ViP622 DVR and the ViP722 DVR.

To get started simply connect a compatible USB 2.0 hard disk drive to a compatible Dish Network receiver. You will be able to view content from the HDD, or transfer content back to the DVR. All major brand name external HDD’s sold in stores are compatible. Although USB is the most popular choice for hard disk drives, it is preferable to use one with an external power supply. Which ever you choose, be sure to dedicate that drive for DVR purposes only. Using the HDD for computer files may cause corruption of your programming content. When the HDD is connected for the first time, you will be prompted to reformat the drive – If you choose to, anything previously stored on that drive will be lost. If you choose not to reformat you will not be able to transfer content from your DVR. Be sure to remove anything of importance before reformatting.

The supported Dish NetworkDVR receivers have two USB 2.0 ports on the back panel. At this time only one device such as an HDD or a PocketDish device can be connected to the receiver at a time. If you connect two devices simultaneously the DVR will simply ignore the last device connected. The trick here is to fully install and format the first device to the DVR, then install and format a second if you wish. This will allow you to dedicate one drive for let’s say movies and the other for sports. If you choose to remove the HDD you can watch or transfer the content to other compatible DVR receivers, however the receiver must be registered on the same customer account.

Transferring content is easy with Dish Networks’ user-friendly interface. From the Dish Multimedia Menu simply select USB Storage. From here you will be given two choices; Manage Device – this will allow you to see a list of programs already stored on the HDD and Send to Device – this is the option to transfer DVR programming from the My Recordings list on your DVR receiver to the HDD. If a program on your DVR contains copy protection it may impact your ability to transfer to the HDD. If it does, a pop-up message with more information will appear. For more information on copy protection restrictions visit www.dishnetwork.com and search for “copy protection.”

Within Manage Device you will find options to Restore – transfer programming from the HDD back to the DVR receiver, Play – watch programming directly from the HDD and Delete – remove programming from the HDD.

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