Rocket,

Hi - did you make sure your Dishplayer is using remote address #1? For a description of this, go to http://www.slingmedia.com/support/ then click on "Remote Control Issues" and find the article "How do I get the Dish DVR receivers to work with the SlingPlayer IR emitters?"

Please let me know if this works for you.

Best,
Jeremy

I wrote up the procedure for creating upgrades here:
http://www.slingcommunity.com/article/10580/

If all you want to do is customize an existing upgrade, you can also import your existing bin files into RM and edit them.

In the JP1 world, we learn the signals from the OEM remote using a JP1 learning remote like the "One For All" URC-8811, then we download the memory using one of the JP1 programs and it tells us what the signals look like. It will tell us what the protocol is, what device codes are used and what command codes are used. We then use this info to build an upgrade for the device.

You can also use the Philips Pronto, though it's alot more expensive. With the Pronto you learn the signals, then download the memory to your PC and save it as a CCF file. In the JP1 world, we often download CCF files from Remote Central and decode them to get the code info we need.

In your case, you don't need to capture the original signals as we have plenty of upgrade files for Dish PVRs, so I'm pretty sure that we have all the buttons covered.

I got your email and I created some bin files for you. However, the reason why you'd really want to do this yourself is so you can lay out the buttons exactly how you want them.

Congrats Mini. As you have discovered, if you change the remote address of your PVR, you need to change the remote code accordingly, so if your unit is set to address #4, the upgrade also needs to be set to unit code 4. If you wanted to tailor your upgrade to work for others, you'd just have to reset the unit code.

As most people probably don't know if they have a PL or a JU box, I recommend that people just create both types of bin file (ie, select the JU version in RM, then save the bin file, then selec the PL version and create another bin file).

Just FYI, the PL and JU tags refer to the UEI "remote control" chip that's built into the Slingbox, AFAIK the Slingboxes themselves are otherwise identical.

<<So when is Dish going to add their custom maps for this?>>
I don't follow, do you mean Sling?

I don't think that will be necessary as we have all the Dish codes in various JP1 upgrade files, so it's just a question of loading them into the Sling, which is something you can do also, by the way.

Way too complicated for my tiny brain. Here's how I got my DVR 942 to work with Slingbox, and access the DVR menu:

1. Skip any advice on this forum for complex "Remote Master" programming (unless you're a hobbyist).
2. Upgrade to the latest Slingbox software
3. Go into Slingbox Setup
4. When it gets to the "Television Source" screen, pick "Satellite Receiver" NOT "DVR".
5. On the "Device Brand" screen, pick "EchoStar/Dish Network"
6. On the "Device Model" screen, pick "DVR522"
7. Roll through the rest of the setup screens
8. Once into Slingbox, the "Menu" button will access the DVR menu.

Voila!

I have a new Dish Network 2 tuner DVR 942 receiver and I still haven't been given a clear simple way to get a code that works. Please Help. I don't want to have to send my Sling Box back.

Thanks, I actually found out from a tech that the "other" codes: S1322, S1775 and S0775 work as well. Now the problem I have is that I am controlling the #1 tuner with my Sling remote on my dual tuner receiver. I don't have a way to connect to that output. I need the remote to connect to the #2 tuner. Does anyone know how to control the remote on the #2 tuner with these codes?