Recording Dish

Hey Rover Bill,
Everytime I call Dish they say the Wally does not have 2 tuners, so I would not be able to record a program, while watching a different channel, even with the external hard drive. Is there a specific model number on your Wally?

JerryDT

Thank you Rover. Exactly the type information I was looking for.

dhuse wrote:
What I want to do is record Dish programs thru the Wally at home and take them on the road. I understand I need an external hard drive attached to Wally, but that it has to supply its own power. Suggested brand? And model #? Next, can I attach that hard drive to my 211Z and watch recorded programs or is there something else I have to do?

It's very easy to setup the Wally DVR function. I have a Seagate Expansion 1TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA1000400) LINK attached to my Wally. It's solid state so it doesn't need any external power supply and has a fast USB 3.0 interface.

When you plugin the drive, Wally will automatically identify it and reformat it for the DVR function. You then need to contact DISH to activate the Wally (cost $40) to enable it to record programs.

Recording programs is a very simple menu option from the DISH program guide. Because the Wally has two tuners, you can record one program while watching another but you can only record a single program at a time.

The Wally programs allow you to copy recorded programs to an alternate external drive for backup or to use on other Wally boxes. The Wally disk and recording format is NOT compatible with the format used by the Hopper 3. I don't know if it will work with your 211z.

I love my DVR enabled Wally!!! :B

dhuse wrote:
Next, can I attach that hard drive to my 211Z and watch recorded programs or is there something else I have to do?

Is this a valid scenario or am I misinformed?

TKS

Doug

The recording drive is tied to the receiver that made the recording.

Don, I own all of it.

Why not return all the old technology and switch to a Hopper and a Joey? The Hopper has a built in HD.