I have a 501 and 4900 in the same room. The 501 is remote address 3, the 4900 is address 1. When I press the 501 remotes RECORD button it will reprogram the 4900 to address 3, even though the 4900 isn't even turned on. Pressing the RECORD button on the 4900 remote does not cause the same problem with the 501. Dish's response: Pull out the 4900's smartcard when using the RECORD button on the 501! He says that they do not feel that this is a problem!! Anyone come up with any better solutions?

Thanks,
Brian

I'm assuming you have probably did this, but I have to ask anyways. Have you tried changing the addresses to something different other than the 3 and 1 you are using? I have the exact same receivers with no problems, I'm using 2 and 1.

I would call Dish back again and talk to another CSR, or got to the Forum I posted in the topic above and ask that question over there.

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After further troubleshooting with various addresses and conditions, it appears as if the 4900 is always receptive to address changes. I believe this should only be the case when you are looking at the 4900's System Info screen. Another call to Dish was no help.

Brian

Well, it was as simple as unplugging the receiver for awhile. That did the trick...no thanks to Dish.