Mce'05 GUIDE Selection Mated to Which Satellite STB (set top box)

I have a Two Tuner mce 05 with a DishNetwork (DN) Satellite with TWO echostar
individual Receivers STB (set top box) model 311 (not that that probably
matters).

Per the GUIDE with using a 2 tuner MCE and 2 Satellite STB's. Is there
anyway to know which tuner is coupled in the Guide with which STB. Because
they seem to change, but with not reason. Of course the direct cable
connection in the back to the stb to the mce tuner, it is always the same(of
course), yet there doesn't seem to be a way to know which tuner is connected
to the First Selected MCE Guide Listing(ie. if you are going to record 1
show, something at say 2 am. Which tuner will it go thru-Tuner1 or
Tuner2(hense STB1 or STB2? There doesn't seem to a rule. That it is always
tuner 1 for the 1st scheduled-recorded show and sometimes it is Tuner-STB2).

 

Because they are the same tv signal sources, MCE doesn't allow you to really
pick between the two tuners in the UI.

You can specify which tuner is preferred with this app.
http://www.salloway.org.uk/mediacenter/util/index.htm#tuner

 

Thanks Gary, do you use it? It shows Tuner A and B and since I have the same
tuners, they are listed as the same. Yet how do we know which A or B
physically is? And in the "Service Type" Tuner A is listed as "Auxln1(via
STB)" and B is "Antenna(internal)" YET, I have STB's on both and one shows an
"Antenna." And Still how does one know which is it physically
tied-corresponds to. So even by trial and error, I guess one could figure it
out-I just have taken the time to figure it out,

And I don't get what you mean by:

STB aren't the same signal, if they were reg. antenna, then it wouldn't
matter. Because the STB have to be on (which if left on is a waste of
energy)(like keeping your car running in the garage for when you might want
to use it)