April 20th, 2012
What could be better than watching TV with your favorite Dish Network programming? Combining it with Google TV for the ultimate experience.
You can enjoy the latest technology on your current television. All you need is the Logitech Revue, a box designed to connect to your receiver. There is no need to buy additional equipment to get the Google TV experience. It allows you to surf the web, download apps, and make a video call. Imagine seeing your loved ones on a big screen while you visit.
Other options include the Sony Internet TV 3D Blu-Ray Disc Player and Sony internet TVs. You choose the one that works best for you and how much money you want to spend. With these two options, you will not need an additional box.
With Google TV, you can browse the internet while watching programs on your TV. If you’re watching a cooking show, you can look up the recipe at the same time. The picture in picture feature allows you to view two screens at the same time. Keep up on all of the scores while watching your favorite game. Even check your email or Facebook status and play games while watching a movie or reality show.
You can read articles or book a hotel online through your television. Watch videos on a bigger screen or check out Facebook photos of your friends.
Improve your TV experience even more by downloading apps like Pandora to play radio music on your surround sound. Classy Fireplace app lets you turn your screen into a fireplace when you’re not watching. Add some ambience to the room instead of watching a black screen.
You can schedule recordings easily and quickly so you don’t miss a single episode of your favorite show. With the BuddyTV app, you can find a show in less than a minute. Don’t waste time browsing over countless channels and not finding anything to watch. With this app, you’ll be watching in no time.
Google TV with Dish Network provides a unique television viewing experience. You’ll never go back to the old way of watching again. Internet and television: the perfect combination.
Categories: Equipment & Remotes
October 10th, 2011
With DISH Network and a Sling adapter you can take your home TV everywhere! With Nomad from DIRECTV you’ll wait hours to get content and it’s not even available on all mobile devices. With DISH Network you get LIVE TV everywhere you go!
DIRECTV claims to offer advanced technology, but let’s see how Nomad compares to DISH Network with Sling.
Categories: Equipment & Remotes
September 16th, 2011
It’s football season and there’s no shortage of exciting games to watch every Sunday! Why limit yourself to just one game or to flipping around to different game and hoping you don’t miss something exciting?
With Picture-in-Picture it’s easy to watch two games at the same time! Switching between the two windows is as easy as pressing the SWAP button on your remote, you’ll never miss another game changing play!
To activate Picture-in-Picture your DISH Network duo receiver needs to be in Single Mode. You can active Single Mode by pressing the Mode button on the front of your receiver, usually located behind the door.
Once your duo receiver is in Single Mode you can easily activate Picture-in-Picture by pressing the PIP in button.
Swap: This swaps the active and inactive channels, the channel that is active is the one that plays sound.
PIP: This activates and deactivates Picture-in-Picture as well as toggles through the different window sizes.
Position: This changes the position of the inactive window.
Categories: Equipment & Remotes
August 5th, 2011
DISH World is an exciting new IPTV service available from DISH Network! By simply connecting the DISH World receiver to your television and high speed modem or router you’ll be able to enjoy the best in international programming.
When you order DISH World you receive the following equipment:
Categories: Equipment & Remotes
May 26th, 2011
DISH Network remotes are designed to not only control your DISH Network receiver but also most other devices in your home theater system. Being able to use one remote to control your entire entertainment center simplifies and enhances your viewing. DISH Network works hard to maintain an accurate and comprehensive remote code database, but sometimes the codes provided do not work for your device or there are no current codes available. In this instance you can perform a power scan.
A power scan scans through all of the remote codes from 000-999 while sending out a signal to power off, you’ll know when you’ve found the code that works with your device when it turns off.
Make sure the device you are programming your DISH Network remote to control is powered on and you are standing within 10-feet of it and have the remote pointed directly at it with no obstructions in between – including any glass entertainment center doors or other seemingly “see through” objects.
At the top of your DISH Network remote there are four clear buttons, these are the mode buttons that are used to select which device you’d like your remote to control.
TV: When in this mode your remote will control your television, such as volume functions and changing the channels or inputs on your television. When your remote is programmed to your TV, you do not need to be in TV mode to control your volume, this can be done from SAT mode. Your remote should usually be in SAT mode for normal viewing functions.
VCR/DVD: This button is used to be programmed to your VCR or DVD player so you can control the power, and with DISH Network remotes that control DVR receivers you can control the play, pause, stop, rewind and other VCR/DVD functions.
AUX: Auxillary mode is used to program your remote to additional electronic devices in your home theater system, such as an additional VCR/DVD players or stereo equipment.
Press and hold the mode button you’d like to program for approximately 10 seconds and all of the mode buttons will light up.
Release the mode button and the button you are programming will begin to blink.
While the desired mode button is blinking please press and release the big red power button (not the smaller “TV” power button if present). Once released your desire mode button should stop blinking and become steady.
While the desired mode button is lit steady you can begin pressing the up-button. The up-button us the button just above the “Select” button, as shown in the image below. You want to make sure when you press the up-button the desired mode button is turning off, not on, to make sure the remote is performing the power scan.
Continue to press the up-button about once every two seconds. This process may take several minutes.
Once you’ve found a code the device will respond to you’ll know as the device will power off. As soon as this happens press the POUND (#) button to program that code to the mode button.
After you press the POUND (#) button the mode button will blink rapidly and then go out.
Test the remote functions now, can you turn the device back on and perform other controls?
If you are unable to locate a code for your device we apologize. Unfortunately electronic devices vary widely and so it is impossible to gaurantee one remote will work with every single one.
Categories: Equipment & Remotes
May 20th, 2011
Your DISH Network remote can be programmed to control most televisions, DVD players, VCRs and stereos in three steps!
At the top of your DISH Network remote there are four clear buttons, these are the mode buttons that are used to select which device you’d like your remote to control.
TV: When in this mode your remote will control your television, such as volume functions and changing the channels or inputs on your television. When your remote is programmed to your TV, you do not need to be in TV mode to control your volume, this can be done from SAT mode. Your remote should usually be in SAT mode for normal viewing functions.
VCR/DVD: This button is used to be programmed to your VCR or DVD player so you can control the power, and with DISH Network remotes that control DVR receivers you can control the play, pause, stop, rewind and other VCR/DVD functions.
AUX: Auxillary mode is used to program your remote to additional electronic devices in your home theater system, such as an additional VCR/DVD players or stereo equipment.
Press and hold the mode button you’d like to program for approximately 10 seconds and all of the mode buttons will light up.
Release the mode button and the button you are programming will begin to blink.
While the mode button is lit up, enter the code for the device you are programming the remote to on the number pad. You can find codes to program your remote on the DISH Network remote support site at the bottom of the page organized by receiver type. The codes are listed by brand, such as Sanyo or Admiral, and there are several codes for each brand. Start with the code at the top of the list, as the codes are listed according to highest success rate to lowest.
Once you’ve entered the code on the number pad, press the POUND (#) button on the bottom right of the number pad.
After you press the POUND (#) button the mode button will blink rapidly and then go out.
Are you able to control the device you were programming your remote to? Test the power on and off. If you are unable to control your device, begin again from step one with a new code until you find the code that works for your remote and device.
Categories: Equipment & Remotes