can you record from dish without tuner?
146819
Yes, you can record programs from your Dish Network so long as you connect this recorder to the box provided to you by Dish.
364259
To record from an off-air or cable signal, you will need an external piece of equipment with a built-in tuner (cable, satellite, or off-air converter box). No tuner means there is absolutely no antenna hookup in the unit. Although you can connect more than device to the unit, the way the DVD burner works means you can only record one channel at a time, just like an old-fashioned VCR. If two shows you've scheduled overlap, the one that starts first gets priority. There are other, more expensive units that do have tuners, but all of them are going to be limited to one channel at a time. That's just the limitations of the technology.
1295258
If you record off a HD over the air feed, it will record in a .ts format. There are various videos players (check the web) that you can download to view this format. Otherwise, you need a video editing software to convert the .ts file to something more mainstream such as .mp4 or mpeg-2. I found a way to record off my Dish as well but even though it's a HD Dish channel, it records in analog and the format is mpeg-2.
1451276
No, it doesn't have a tuner. You need an Elgato hybrid. See their website for specifics. They say they don't sell them in the US but Amazon has some.
133243
I just recently bought one of these to use with my H24 receiver. The dish comes with a single cable to connect to the receiver, meaning it will operate a single tuner.
130733
Yes. With an old-fashioned TV antenna hooked up to the unit, its built-in DTV tuner (like the one Congress, in their infinite wisdom, basically forced everyone to buy in order to be able to use their old TV's and VCR's at all) will pick up local TV stations, which you can then record on the unit. There's a timer function allowing you to record programs automatically (as you could with your old VCR). Additionally, it automatically records whatever you're watching from the time you turn it on, saving up to 6 hours. When you turn off the unit, that part all "disappears" -- UNLESS, you decide before you turn it off that you want to keep all or part of it. You just have to know from the instructions how to transfer that to the built-in hard drive. One disadvantage is that, unlike your typical old TV-and-VCR hookup, you CANNOT watch one program while at the same time recording another, since the unit has the only tuner that works... unless you have one of the newer TV's with a built-in DTV tuner, and you know how to hook up the two units to take advantage of that function. Or you can get extra units to simultaneously record (or watch) separate channels. I have 2 units both hooked up to the single antenna through a splitter, with a switch to select which one I want to watch through my single old-fashioned "functionless-tuner" 50-inch TV. I also have quite a nice old-fashioned TV antenna mounted outside. Rabbit ears will work, too. It depends on the strength of the local TV signals. And just to be extra clear, I do NOT have any type of cable or satellite TV service in my house. (IMHO, there are a million better uses for my money than that.) Nevertheless, it seems to me (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) you could probably manage to hook up any cable or satellite service to it and record or watch that, too.
459512
No, unfortunately you have to keep the tv tuned to the channel you are recording. I found out while trying to record a program for class while watching the news. Luckily a classmate had also recorded the program so I could watch it.
625375
no it does not. the tuner in the unit is an analog tuner. i have a digital adapter from the cable company that converts the signal so i can record a cable channel. the only drawback is you can only record the channel the adapter is currently tuned into and for any further recording you have to manually change the tuner to another channel.
708682
Yes so long as you have your set top box such as a cable or satelite box set to tune to that given channel weekly. And the dvd recorder set to start recording at that set time. I use mine on tuner two with me dish 222k reciever and it works great. I have two of these recorders in my house. One in my room as stated above and the other I use in the living room for capturing my dvred content onto dvd.
1431068
This recorder does not have a built-in tuner, I use an old VCR which no longer records, but does have a tuner in it to tune in the channel I need to get the programs from my TV service to record. Once this is accomplished I can record anything showing up on my TV.I hope this helps. It also gives new use to a machine which is no longer worth keeping.
1459980
No tuner so it can't directly record TV. If it is connected to another device that has a tuner then it could.
1995339
The system itself only transmits the sound, it does not record. You could presumably plug the tuner into a computer and record from there as if it were any other microphone.
1151459
Dish has an additional charge to use the DVR feature and if you get a dual tuner receiver they will charge to use each one even though they are in the same unit, but it will work fine if you only pay to use one
2000158
dish network is like cable sure you can , just make sure channel 03 is on vcr ,hit rec start recording .
1686963
I haven't received my order yet, but I'm sure you can. I'm hooked up to Dish Network and all I do is program VCR to start at the appropriate time to the channel my TV comes in on, then earmark the program on Direct /
2092855
If you have dvr service, you won't need an external tuner. The dvr (or if you just had a cable box) would serve as the external tuner. However, with this recorder you can only watch what you are recording at the time. You can't watch one show and record another.
415799
Yes. I can stream anything on my Dish Hopper and set shows to record directly on the Vulkano to side load onto my iPd, iPhone and computer. It's a great addition.