Changed to Dish
Finally got fed up with Directv after about 30 years. Got set up with Dish a couple of days ago. I have two big questions. I found out that the receiver must shut down everyday for updates. After this...
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obgraham wrote:
Been with Dish for 23 years -- never once had it shut itself down to update while I was watching something.
That is because the "updates" are supposed to be scheduled to happen in the middle of the night.
So unless you are a night owl and stay awake from midnight to 6AM you will never know that the system gets updated then reboots..
I have a VIP-722, the original one I started with yrs ago rebooted at 2 AM, had it fail some time ago and the replacement I noticed reboots around 3 AM.. There should be in one of the setup menus a setting that you can change to the time that the unit picks up the update.. When it downloads the update it will then reboot.
Not to mention the receivers do have an "inactivity" timer, this timer monitors the time the unit has been turned "ON" and how much time has elapsed from the last human input has happened.. Human input as is in changing channels, looking at menu, program guide, basically any time you push a button or interact with the unit..
You fail to interact with the unit for too long of a time and it assumes you are not watching and turns off..
That timer sometimes may have enabled by default and you have to set it to "OFF" to disable that feature.
My first VIP-722 had that timer enabled, leaving me scratching my head the first time it happened to me.. The refurb replacement I got the that timer was not enabled.
Both are easy fixes.
