New 721 software?
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How ironic, you gotta love it. The timer for Jeopardy fired and caused a timer reboot. I got the L171 upgrade. Unfortunately, all the timers, saved programs and the configuration information were erased. This isn't the first time that an upgrade acted cleaned house in such a thorough manner.
I just hope that Dish has fixed the timer problems.
I just hope that Dish has fixed the timer problems.
Well, I came back to the receiver at 7:30 and it seems ok. I cruised around OpenTV for a little while...got a lot of "coming soon" messages but it worked. I've watched one of the recorded programs since my power cycle of the box and it was good. I haven't tried to watch the Modern Marvels that was screwed up before all my problems...I guess I'm afraid. 
Looks like this upgrade is a good one, but time will tell.
Looks like this upgrade is a good one, but time will tell.
I think that's the one for the 2nd tuner buffering for you.ken said:
Re-read Scott's preview of this SW.
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Scott, you ain't lyin about it acting weird after the update....
I was watching American idol last night, started watching about 10 minutes into it, so I rewinded, went to skip 30 seconds and the reciever kept fast forwarding. Wouldn't respond to any button but stop. Had to start recording again and watch AI in 2 seperate recordings until I caught up to live.
I'm off to check for the radio channels and the new update features, later.
I was watching American idol last night, started watching about 10 minutes into it, so I rewinded, went to skip 30 seconds and the reciever kept fast forwarding. Wouldn't respond to any button but stop. Had to start recording again and watch AI in 2 seperate recordings until I caught up to live.
I'm off to check for the radio channels and the new update features, later.
Oh great. After I convince the wife to spend the money on a 721, and return the 510, all I need is for it to screw up American Idol. Forget about ever being allowed to take my balls out of the jar again.
After taking the update yesterday and letting the receiver regain it's composure, it's running flawlessly today. Listening to Sirius Prime Country and it sounds great. It kept all timers and recorded programs, but the guide had to re-download. All in all, no biggie!
I am still experiencing the same timer failures with L1.71 as I have been for several releases. So far my timer failures are:
1) Short programs. The program appears to be recording for the full duration but only the first few seconds are saved.
2) Timer reboots. A timer fires and the 721 reboots. I know these are timer related because the only occur at the beginnings of programs. Typically, two entries are saved. One for the first few seconds of the program. The second is for the remainder of the program (less, of course, the time it takes for the boot cycle).
My 721 was completely wiped following the firmware update. I lost all daily timers, saved programs, and my configuration was reset to default.
I love the dual tuners of the 721 and we use the heck out of the receiver. However, the continuing bugs are getting old.
1) Short programs. The program appears to be recording for the full duration but only the first few seconds are saved.
2) Timer reboots. A timer fires and the 721 reboots. I know these are timer related because the only occur at the beginnings of programs. Typically, two entries are saved. One for the first few seconds of the program. The second is for the remainder of the program (less, of course, the time it takes for the boot cycle).
My 721 was completely wiped following the firmware update. I lost all daily timers, saved programs, and my configuration was reset to default.
I love the dual tuners of the 721 and we use the heck out of the receiver. However, the continuing bugs are getting old.
Is this new? From the guide, if you click on a channel number (as opposed to a program) it switches the picture to that channel but leaves the guide up. I could swear it didn't do that before because i remember thinking it was goofy to have that column selectable/clickable. Maybe I';m nuts.
As owner of a 721 I too have seen these:kirk27 said:
1) This typically only happens to me if I'm recording two programs that both end at the same time (programs A and B) and when they end two more programs start (programs C and D). Usually either program C or D is only a few seconds in length even though the receiver shows that it is still recording.
2) This hasn't happened to me in a looooooong time (knock wood) but it did in previous software releases. I actually lost a 721 to the dreaded "Too many timers" bug from a while back. Unit went into a cycle of continuous reboots and wouldn't stop. Dish replaced it and it's been stable since...more or less.
I, fortuantely, haven't had my receiver wiped as a result of a firmware upgrade. I have had the guide wipe with this most recent upgrade but my timers and recorded programs are still there. Overall I'm extremely happy with my 721.
Nope, it's done that all along. I found that by overshooting the back button in the guide and slamming the select button. Pretty cool huh?cmaier said:
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