What is wrong with my DISH DVR? Most of the time it only records the first couple minutes...?

Question

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I have not really ever been able to use my dvr fully because of this. When i try to record something in advance it usually on records the first couple minutes and not even half of the show..

Any ideas?

How do you record something i nthe first place?(Maybe im doing something wrong)

Answer 1

go to the "my recordings" screen,  select "schedule", press the up arrow until you have highlighted the show in question, press the info button and it will tell you why it was stopped. if it doesn't indicate the problem, go to the system info screen  ( menu-6-1-3 ) and check you software version, it should be L512. if its not you ll need to call dish for tech support, if they end up sending a new receiver remember to watch all your recorded shows because the new one will be empty