My 622 HDMI port died today

[CDH]

This is ominous. I've only had my 622 running since last week and I too have noticed some HDMI problems. I had the problem once or twice with my 942, but it seemed to stabilize after a while and for months I never had difficulties.

I hope that mine doesn't flake out completely!

CDH.

 

[gutter]

I hope that mine doesn't flake out completely!

CDH.

Don't hold your breath!. Mine did crap out and I called and finally got a replacement within 48 hours. When I called to get the new 622 authorized, the CSR asked why it was replaced and I told them. He said that the 622 doesn't have a HDMI problem. I told him he needs to read the forums and that the issues on the output problems are all the same. He said nothing more and proceeded to activate.

 

[riffjim4069]

HDMI died - received replacement - annoying buzz gone!

Powered on my 622 receiver early this week and noticed there was no video. The receiver is connected to my HDTV via a HDMI cable. I powered up my other devices (hooked up via component cables) and noticed they were working fine…even my cable and over-the-air broadcast television inputs were working. I attempted to recover the receiver by performing a soft and then hard reboot. This did not correct the problem since I had still has blank screen.:down

I then swapped out the HDMI cable with a spare to no avail. The 622 is running in single user mode and I have TV2 (composite cables) running to my DVD recorder. I turned on my DVD recorder-->switched to the appropriate input on my HDTV-->selected the appropriate input on my DVD recorder and viola! All of the 622’s tuner and DVR functions are working perfectly when displayed on TV2.

I then swapped out my 622 with my 942 dual-tuner HD receiver. The HDMI output worked perfectly on the 942 using existing HDMI cable. Plugged in the 622 and experienced the same trouble with HDMI. I then connected the 622 using component cables, but that too had failed (blank screen).

OTHER ISSUES: I’ve had various problems (blank screens, audio sync, trailing video effects (MPEG-4 HD LIL) with this receiver, but most were related to receive software and/or transponder encoder issues. However, I have experienced a persistent, and rather annoying, electronic buzzing when skipping forward/backward through recordings. Likewise, the tuner would also make an annoying electronic buzzing sound when local over-the-air channels experience borderline signal levels (i.e. when the OTA channels start to break-up the receiver will buzz). The receiver appeared to have operated normally for the most part and, since I never had any of these problems with my 942, I assumed they could be corrected with software. Ref: http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?p=528497

Anyway, I received a replacement receiver from E* yesterday. I hooked it up late last night and it works like a champ; all previously noted problems (that were blamed on software) have been corrected. Both boxes are running L356 and the only obvious difference is the dead 622 was using version B motherboard whereas the replacement 622 is using a version D motherboard. :up
Ref: http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=62820&highlight=622+version

 

[mrhoni]

Well as folks predicted, no HDMI today. So I just ended up connecting the Component video cables.

A question I had but didn't get a response:
If I were to have returned the 622 for replacement, would I have be SOL for all recordings , including PPV, on the defective 622 or would they actually swap the hard drive from the old to the new?

 

[Kaydigi]

Well as folks predicted, no HDMI today. So I just ended up connecting the Component video cables.

A question I had but didn't get a response:
If I were to have returned the 622 for replacement, would I have be SOL for all recordings , including PPV, on the defective 622 or would they actually swap the hard drive from the old to the new?

SOL

 

[gutter]

Suggest y ou view them before you actually make the swap.

 

[fenwah]

So when will Dish voluntarily recall these SOBs?

 

[riffjim4069]

So when will Dish voluntarily recall these SOBs?

Knowing Dish, they will probably ship component cables and tell you they are going above and beyond in their level of support...

 

[gutter]

they would't even ship component cables to me. Not the first CSR ass. The second was very helpful and sent a new unit. So far...so good.