DVD,

Not to sound too much like the computer troubleshooters with their early investigatitive questions (have you plugged in your computer?!!), BUT have you tried simply learning the IR codes from the Dish remote?

The last few systems I automated with two different Dish tuners (don't remember model numbers) that were obviously UHF (marked on the remote, and they worked without line-of-sight), but both remotes spit out IR at the same time. I was able to teach both the Niles Intellicontrol and a Marantz 5200 from the UHF remote, and the tuner understood the commands without toggling anything in the setup menu. So it seems that their UHF remote speaks IR also, at least on two models.

I actually had the Intellicontrol customer order one of their new PVRs to get one that worked with IR...BEFORE I realized his existing tuner worked by both IR and RF--I NEVER would have tried it, because the owner's manual said nothing about IR. (He needed the PVR anyways...)

Let me know if it works.

Cheers,
John