Does it work reliably with Dish Network?

[Guest]

I've been using a cheap WinLirc setup to change the channels on my Dish 2700 reciever. It wasn't reliable, but I was able to work around that by sending the codes several times. This worked since a failed channel change caused the receiver to stay on the same channel. This seems to be a common approach used by others as well.

They recently changed the software such that a failed change defaults to an info channel. Now I only have 1 shot to get it right, and the WinLirc setup doesn't cut it.

From researching, it would seem alot of the IR blasters have trouble sending codes for these receivers.

On a related note, if it does work, are there already codes I can download for this, or do I need to get the 56k version so I can learn my own?

[jrhees]

I cannot speak specifically for the 2700 receiver, but I have the model 6000 (which I believe uses the same IR codes) and it is 100% reliable. You can either learn the codes from your remote (you can LEARN any freq. with both USB-UIRT models) or you can get the codes from someone like me.

Best Regards,

Jon

[Guest]

Thanks. Order placed.