How To Hide Channels On Dish Network?

It has a wide range of packages with numerous channel options to suit the needs and preferences of its clientele. There can be up to 300 channels offered and some of them you do not watch or never want to have to access. Staging these unused channels of your Dish guide is beneficial since it will help reduce the number of channels that are displayed frequently and make way for your preferred channels. Below is the guide on how to hide channels on Dish Network.

See If Channel Blocking Is Offered as Part of Your Package

However, channel blocking is not available for all Dish packages. In case you want to hide channels, first, ascertain which package you are subscribed to. Dish America, Dish America Silver, and Dish America’s Top packages come with the “Block Unwanted Channels” option. If your current package does not include this, you might want to subscribe to a higher package that includes this. Otherwise, you can transfer to a core package that can help you block the channel.

Identify Where The Master List of Channels Is Kept

The first step that needs to be taken involves determining the channels that are of interest and should therefore be hidden. There is also another option known as Channels list which you can use to see the entire list of the different channels which are available on Dish together with their respective numbers. On your Dish remote:

1. Press the Guide button. This leads to the opening of the Dish program guide.
2. Again, use the arrow keys to move and select the Channel List from the list that appears on the guide screen by pressing the Enter or Ok button.
3. All programming coming through Dish will now be grouped into several categories for easy identification. Customers can go through the channels by genre to know the channel numbers and their names.

It is simple to see from this master list the channels that you would want to remove from the guide, which are the unwanted ones. Write down these channel names/numbers.

Initiate Channel Blocking

Now that you have decided on the channels to hide, you can block them by following these steps:

1. On the Dish remote, press the Menu button.
2. To open the desired list scroll to the right until you see the Parental + Fav’s location then press the Select/Ok button.
3. Select the Channel Locks option and then select it to proceed further.
4. Enter your PIN here. The default password is set to 0000.
5. Select the Channel Blocking option.
6. In the “Channel Blocking” section, select Add Channels I Want To Block.
7. A list of all the available channels is revealed. The steps are to scroll down the list to look for the channel you want to remove then look for a circle near the channel name to block it.
8. Likewise, continue choosing the channels that you wish to remove by ticking the circle icon next to them. Of course, you can block as many channel lists as you want.
9. After that, press the blue button on the remote to set the blocked channels.
10. To block the marked channels, ensure that you press the red button present in the Dish remote.

A “Success! Your channels have been blocked” status message appears to ensure that the specific channels that were selected are now blocked and are no longer visible in the guide.

You can repeat these steps to add more channels to block any time you feel the need to do so. Any given channel that has been blocked cannot be seen in the Dish guide until such time that they are unveiled.

Unlock Hidden Channels

But what if you decide that you want to unblock some of the channels you previously had blocked after some time? No worries, you can easily reverse channel blocking by:

1. Following the above steps to get to the Add Channels, I Want To Blocklist
2. Here I have to look for the blocked channels and uncheck the circle icon to unblock them
3. If you want to set blocked channels, you just need to press the blue button.
4. Keying the red button on the Dish remote to confirm changes or settings.

If you remove a channel from the blocking list, you should be able to see its icon in the channel list.

Things To Remember

When you block channels on Dish Network, do note that:

• The process of channel unlocking may take up to an hour before it is fully implemented throughout all the receivers.
• Some of the characteristics of blocked channels include; blocked channels cannot be received from any receiver on the affected Dish account.
• The packages that are not used and all the channels are closed will also be charged by Dish.
• The only way to fully eliminate the charges for the channels that you do not wish to subscribe to is to change your core package.
• As for the channel blocking, it is to be noted that this feature is not currently available with the Dish Hopper 3.

There are times when one may need to deal with many channels on the Dish channel guide, and hiding unwanted ones can be helpful. With the Dish menus, you can effectively censor out programming that is not appropriate for your family and seamlessly enjoy the programs you prefer. It means that you can make necessary adjustments to the blocked channel list from time to time and thus ensure an effective subscription with Dish in the future.

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