2oldman wrote:
I would say a definite maybe.
Best thing would be to try that at home - just pull the antenna feed. Be sure to watch it for about 10 minutes. DTV had an issue a while back where the receiver would reboot every 4 minutes sans antenna.
It might be possible but I doubt it.
I have a VIP722 and when it loses signal due to heavy rain or snow all functions cease to work and a lost signal splash screen pops up and tells you to power down and recycle power to acquire a signal..
When you do that you get only the attempts to acquire signal screen until the storm has passed..
If it is possible it may take some hidden key sequence.. I would be curious to know if it is possible (stinks to lose signal and all your recordings on this thing are nothing more than a doorstop).
Like mentioned, you could try it at home by powering down, remove the sat antenna coax then try powering up and see what you get..
