DishPVR 501/508 Receiver Overview

Dish PVR 501s and 508s are DISH Network's single-tuner, integrated personal video recorder satellite receivers. DishPVR 501s and 508s use advanced digital television recording and playback technology to let viewers choose how they will watch television, whether it is skipping through commercials on recorded programs, rewinding sports to make your own instant replays, or pausing live TV in case the phone rings. Featuring 40 or 80 GB hard-drives, DishPVRs can record hours of your favorite programming, from sit-coms to sports to news and even pay-per-view movies, for you to enjoy at any time, when it is convenient for you.

Features

• PVR (Personal Video Recorder) includes the ability to pause live TV, play, stop, fast forward and fast rewind at 4 speeds (4x, 15x, 60x, 300x), skip forward (30 seconds), skip back (10 seconds), view in slow motion or frame-by-frame, set manual/auto record event timers and quick record, and also includes recorded events management features to play, delete or protect a recorded event.

• 40 or 80 gigabyte hard drives for as much as 60 hours of 100% digital personal video recording. Actual recording time will vary depending on content type being recorded.

  • Record a live program while watching a pre-recorded program from the hard drive.

  • Records Dolby Digital™ when available.

• Extended EPG, expanded to seven days of programming, is stored onto the hard drive for quick and easy access to listings information. Use Search to look for favorite program names, subjects or actors.

• Fifty event timers for scheduled program recording

• Enhanced Automatic and Manual Event Timers

  • Program the satellite receiver to record directly to the hard drive, automatically tune to a program at a designated time, or to command a VCR using infrared blast to record selected events (VCR must be powered on).

• Optical digital output for Dolby Digital and Linear PCM digital audio

• Standard features include parental control locks, program information, themes lists, favorites list, browse, one-touch channel return, closed caption support and alternate audio support.
  

Specifications

• Satellite Antenna Input

• TV Antenna/Cable Input

• RF Modulated Output: Outputs satellite source on channel 3 or 4, or passes through a connected antenna/cable feed to the television

• 2 sets RCA-Type Audio/Video Outputs

• 1 S-Video Output

• Optical Digital Output for Dolby Digital and PCM Digital Audio

• Phone Jack

• UHF Remote Antenna Input

• Size: 3"[h] x 15"[w] x 11.5"[d]

• Weight: 8.3 lbs

• Color: Black

• DishPVR 508 Receiver Part Number: 111159

• DishPVR 508-22D system (includes dish antenna/DishPro LNBF) Part Number: 111154