I have had that issue with my DVR and had to go to TV2 to stop the recording. I also had an issue where the autotune would not work. I think this software has become so complicated and filled wth bugs.
722K with OTA Module locking up
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I have had that issue with my DVR and had to go to TV2 to stop the recording. I also had an issue where the autotune would not work. I think this software has become so complicated and filled wth bugs.
Agreed...it gets old having to coddle, burp, diaper change, etc, my 722k. One should be able to plug it in and forget about it.
Eric
Like I have said before, it seem as if devices which are software controlled are having an ever increasing problem with the software crashing. I think the complexity of the software is getting beyond the programmers ability to control it. Or, the more complex it is the more time they must spend to make sure it works properly and eradicate bugs to prevent crashing. Since time is money the corporate attitude today is to do it cheaply and quality be damned!
Michael
Michael
I agree with you 100%. I think the current situation is totally unacceptable. I'm just as upset as everyone else. But what choice do we have until it gets fixed? You can continue business as usual and reboot several times a day. You can cancel. Or you can work around it. In any case we all need to continue complaining loudly because this has gone on far too long.
We know that it is frustrating when equipment does not work properly, and want this fixed as much as you do. This is a known issue, and we have been told that this will be fixed in the next software update for the 722k and 622. Thank you for your patience
After 3 months it is now a known issue. Dish will not work with me just against me. I swear they want me to leave. I do not have the option not to watch OTA but just record. We watch our local news and just about everything I watch is on OTA channels. My hubby watches a few OTA but also switches to golf or history channel during his watching. when he does that we also get a freeze. We are paying to watch and paying good money. We should not conform to what dish wants but to what WE pay for. I am tired of new receivers, cabeling, LNB's, dishes, diplexers.....etc....... I have lost all my recordings 2 times. WHY , should I buy a external HD to move my recordings to ? when they feel the need to send me another receiver with the same problems. Just money wasted which you and I pay for. cut me a break on my bill, don't threaten to turn me off if I don't pay. See Dish you have that to hold over our heads..........I am not in contract, but I think if the 722K worked like it was suppose to , I would have no problem signing another contract.
I am trying very hard to be nice and refrain from being a Bit**. but come on, how much longer until we get the blasted update? All we hear is an update is coming, appease us and let us know a time frame. PLEASE............At least I can tell my hubby and get that 6'3 bald headed man off my back.
I am trying very hard to be nice and refrain from being a Bit**. but come on, how much longer until we get the blasted update? All we hear is an update is coming, appease us and let us know a time frame. PLEASE............At least I can tell my hubby and get that 6'3 bald headed man off my back.
As an addition to my last post, we have not been able to confirm that this is an issue with the 922. If you are having the problem with the 922 and OTA module, please send me a PM with your phone number or account number
I know they wont.
But why cant they just roll everybody back to the working previous software release before the L750 fiasco.
My stupid receiver froze up again last night. At least mine is not every day like some peoples.
I watch a lot of live OTA with no adverse effects. So I am not sure if that is really the main cause.
But why cant they just roll everybody back to the working previous software release before the L750 fiasco.
My stupid receiver froze up again last night. At least mine is not every day like some peoples.
I watch a lot of live OTA with no adverse effects. So I am not sure if that is really the main cause.
I agree, roll us back. I think it is unacceptable to expect us to pay for faulty service and have to live with a purchased piece of equipment that is unusable due to Dish's software. To make it worse, it won't be available till June and even then we don't know if it will truly be fixed. If I could, I would return my OTA and route the antenna straight to my TV. I know it is not the case but it seems like a ploy to get people to switch to the Hopper system. Of course, OTA does not work there either. It really makes me wish I had switched to the other brand instead of "upgrading" to the 722.
This is directed to one of the dish internet team members: How about contacting someone in engineering, who write the firmware, about the feasibility of rolling the 722's having this problem back to the previous firmware, like right now! Please check into this and report back here.
Michael
Michael
Do you think an Exorcism would help? Some churches will do a remote Baptism.
Ever since I have avoided live OTA, I have had NO lockups.
Ever since I have avoided live OTA, I have had NO lockups.
Can't you connect the OTA antenna to you TV and not use the 722 for OTA but watch directly with TV?
Michael
Michael
I think he could do that but then we do not get locals on our bedroom TV, gotta watch my Sundays shows, actually everything I watch is just about on OTA. If he has to switch from sat to ota not using the ota module doesn't he have to switch inputs on the TV to watch all the time . If he has to do that, then I do not think it will happen. He went to bed early tonight ran a marathon 12 miles, and played a round of golf. I'm tired of just watching him...........lol
Switching inputs is usually done with the remote. On my Vizio's it's nothing more than pressing the TV button and to switch back press the HDMI button. On other TV's you may have to go into the menu, but you don't have to go behind the TV and switch cables around, ever. Now I assume you bedroom TV is connected to the 722 via a coax cable and you watch on a UHF channel you have programmed the 722 to put out. In that case you can combine the signal from the OTA antenna onto the cable from the 722 to your bedroom TV. The only thing you have to be careful of is to not have the output of the 722 the same as any of your OTA channels and at least 3 channels away from any OTA channel. If you want more detailed help with this feel free to send me a PM.
Michael
Michael
I have NOT seen any freezing since my last post. Since there are no more posts have they stopped or have others just given up?
Yours seems to be one of the "sicker" 722's it is interesting why some are affected so gravely like yours and not so much like mine! I know we will never know the why of this but I sure would like to.
Michael
Michael
It's disappointing this hasn't been solved yet. I solved my problem by getting a hopper and watching OTA using my TV's tuner. I can do without recording it until OTA is supported on the hopper. Besides PBS and a few rarely watched sub-channels, most of my OTA use was to handle conflicts. With PTAT on hopper, the conflict issue goes away entirely.
D* was never an option for me for a couple of reasons:
D* was never an option for me for a couple of reasons:
- Many of the OTA stations in my market are not picked up by their OTA box (AM21) at all
- They are missing about 30 basic HD channels that I watch
- Cost is higher in the long run
