Dish Network - Dual Tuner Duo Receiver

Dual Tuner Duo Receiver in Dish Network

Dish Network, the leader in technology has been providing the most advanced receivers in the industry. With the advanced DVR technology, subscribers can record, pause live TV, skip, rewind and much more. Dish Network keeps on offering receivers for standard definition programming that supports one or two TV's or both. This article explains about the Dual tuner Duo receiver in Dish Network and its features.

Dual Tuner
Several satellite TV and Cable providers bring out dual-tuner DVRs. These DVRs possess two tuners within the same receiver. They function independently of one another. With the dual tuner DVR, subscribers can record a live program when they are watching another live program concurrently. They can also record two live programs at the same time while enjoying a previously recorded program.

Dual Tuner Duo Receiver
In Dual Tuner Duo Receiver, two TVs will be powered by one receiver. This dual tuner technology is unique to Dish Network. With any other satellite TV providers, subscribers need to pay for two receivers if they wish to get service on two TVs. Only in Dish Network, subscribers can pay for only one receiver, even if they get service on two TVs. To get this service, dual tuner Duo Receiver has to be connected to a phone line or high speed internet connection.

Duo VIP 222/222k, Duo 322, DuoDVR 522, DuoDVR 625, DuoDVR VIP 622, DuoDVR 722/722k are the dual tuner Duo Receivers available in Dish Network.

Subscribers can watch same programming in both TVs at the same time. They can start watching the program in one room and finish it in another room. This is possible only with DVR models. Different programs can be recorded in different rooms simultaneously while watching the previously recorded shows.

In dual tuner Duo Receiver, one receiver will independently functions two TVs:

* TV1 possess green remote will be there in the receiver's room

* TV2 own blue remote is there in the room without receiver.

If subscribers see blue, black frozen or snowy screen, then they need to reset the receiver. Resetting the receiver is similar to rebooting the system. To reset the receiver, following steps has to be performed:

* Subscribers have to press and hold the POWER button on the front panel of the receiver for about 5 seconds.

* The receiver will restart and get back to programming in few minutes.

* The another way of resetting the receiver is to unplug the electrical cord from the AC power outlet.

Features of Dual Tuner Duo Receiver

* On-screen Electronic Program Guide(EPG) in dual tuner Duo receiver will show the schedule of channels' programs to subscribers. In order to update the Electronic Program Guide information, subscribers need to set the time.

* DishHOME Interactive TV in dual tuner Duo receiver allows subscribers to view six different Satellite TV programs simultaneously. It also provides On-demand entertainment like games, shopping, news, sports, weather report and much more.

* With the help of Caller ID feature, the names of the people will be displayed on the TV screen when they call subscribers. To have this feature, subscribers need to get a Caller ID from a local phone company and the local phone line must be connected with the receiver.

* Also customer service will be activated with the touch of a button.

* Parental control locks, themes lists, favorite lists, browse, closed caption support and alternate audio are the features available with dual tuner Duo Receiver.

With the exciting features, dual tuner Duo Receiver will definitely change the way of viewing TV at home. Subscribers can perform all sorts of functions such as pause, rewind or skip live TV, recording live TV and much more with this receiver.