I just found out the problem with my Dish receiver is a weak extender that I use. If I remove the extender, (untaping the eye from the receiver) I can now control the Dish receiver. Not sure why the the phone doesn't like the extender very much and to be honest our remote has been having problems with controlling the Dish through the extender for about a month. They must get weak as it used to work flawlessly.
MG..