ViP722k Software History

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L667, 8-30-10

L664, 8-16-10

L662, 5-26-10

• Features
  • Broadband network setup has an option greyed out for a wireless connection (menu-6-1-8-1)²
• Fixes
  • Freezing of live satellite stream after deleting a show from the EHD²

L661, 4-21-10

• Features
  • SRS sound leveling²
  • Ad on bottom of guide; turn off via TV Enhancements (menu-6-1-6)²
• Flubs
  • Bug: HDMI handshake issue with some Panasonic TVs causes loss of sound²

L660, 3-31-10

4-20-10 per Dish chart

L658, 3-11-10

2-4-10 per Dish chart

L657, 2-14-10

This version never went into wide release and never appeared on Dish's s/w chart.

L656, 2-4-10

L655, 8-25-09

• Fixes
  • Acquiring satellite screen shows up when the other tuner was tuned to an OTA channel that experiences dropouts from multipath²
  • Response to remote
  • Font color on program info screen back to white from blue
• Source (SatelliteGuys)

L654, 8-11-09

L652, 6-3-09

L651, 4-16-09

• Features
  • For new installs, set Custom DVR Group option to “Group by Title”¹
• Fixes
  • 2-Way Remote/System Wizard
    • Fix pop-up 403 displaying every day even if canceled¹
    • 403 pop-up text wording updated, help button grayed-out¹
    • Event timer restore fixes (restore function is for a replacement receiver scenario)¹
    • Reboot issue fixed during restore (restore function is for a replacement receiver scenario)¹
  • SlingGuide (DVR Manager) - reported HDD record time remaining and available recorded DVR events¹
  • DishONLINE - use TV's EDID checking to determine 1080p24 compatibility for 1080p24 events¹
  • DVR
    • Enhancements to prevent audio drop-outs on playback¹
    • in Single User Mode, when performing a PIP Swap function while trick mode buffer bar is displayed, the buffer bar will remain displayed in primary screen¹
    • Slow Motion FWD x1/15 speed adjustment¹
  • Audio/Video
    • brief “green flash” displayed on channel change when going from SD to SD or SD to HD channels¹
    • Further HD Closed-Caption enhancements, mainly for HD local networks¹
    • garbled/no audio via HDMI connection when receiver is reset in standby / screen saver mode¹
    • black screen caused by some high temperature conditions¹
  • Misc.
    • More robust implementation for recording the two new customer videos at install/activation¹
    • $0 price display, black screens, and reboots when ordering future PPV events from the EPG¹
    • not recording current PPV event from EPG using remote record button¹
    • slow signal acquisition on 129 satellite local channels¹
    • able to remove video black crop bars on TV1 SD video outputs¹
  • More consistent OTA reception and higher reported signal strength²
• Source and Discussion (SatelliteGuys.US)

L650, 2-20-09

Initial public software, available only from 61.5°, 119°, or 148°.

• Flubs
  • Bug: Froze on second screen of the Remote Setup wizard²
    Workaround: Reboot
  • Bug: Garbled audio when turned on via auto-tune timer (sat and OTA)²
    Workaround: change the channel then change it back
    Status: Resolved L651
  • Bug: Viewing the DVR list 2x when transferring a file the transfer will stop²
  • Missing: IR control of TV2 (manual, p. 74)²
  • Bug: Shows wrong number of recordings in custom folders²
  • Bug: Deleting from the EHD leads to an event being recorded freezing on playback²
    Status: Resolved L662

ACA1, 6-15-08

Initial beta software

Notes

1. Per Dish sources
2. User observations
3. New to this version
4. May have been present in earlier versions

Compiled from user reports on DBSTalk.COM, SatelliteGuys.US, and news://alt.dbs.echostar.

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