I've noticed on some recordings on the 522 that all of a sudden the sound will drop out and there will be this weird color distortion on the screen- almost like a magnet is being placed too close to the TV. I know its not the TV because when I switch to live mode, the problem goes away. Has anyone else experinced this? Wonder what could be causing it. Its most annoying to say the least.
New Problem with 522
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itsonthedish said:
Congrats! You are one of the un-lucky ones with a touchy 522. I've not had the sound/video problems that you and others share, but my box has decided to randomly reboot now since the 2.03 udate. It chopped Stargate Atlantis into 2 bits last night with only about 4 seconds missing. (Gee I'm having a 921 flashback!)
Hopefully it will be fixed in the NEXT update.
itsonthedish said:
Yeah, this is real common (and has been for quite a while). I've experienced it on three different boxes and posted pictures of it happening, here. I always just described it as "the color fading in and out and leaving a black and white picture," but now that I think about it, you're absolutely right; it looks a lot like what happens when a magnet is placed near a TV. I don't want to be a downer, but don't count on a new box to fix the problem. Like I said, I've seen it on three different 522s. Also, I wouldn't count on it being fixed in a software update. I know this is a common problem, but I've seen very little about it in terms of complaints on the message boards (by the way, good job looking out for bugs! :up ). Since in-house beta testing is nonexistent on the 522, and since there apparently isn't a huge outcry from customers, don't plan on ever seeing a fix for this problem. I mean really, customers have been screaming about other issues for months, and those issues persist. So you just know something "small" like this is going to be ignored.
Mark_AR said:
Yeah, mine does that too. I immediately hit the pound key, find a rerun, set a timer and delete the segmented recording. Depending on how long the reboot takes, and whether or not it downloads a guide update, there could be several minutes missing from the recording.
Mark_AR said:
Thats really strange... this was the first recording it did this to... fortuantely it did it right during a commercial for me. I still recorded the midnight show just in case.
I have had the color distortion and audio drop problems a couple of times since getting my 522. However, I have gone about a week or so with fairly extensive tv use and recording without any problems. Is it fixed?...I'm not sure, I'll just have to wait and see. I don't think there has been a software update. It's probably waiting for the worst possible time to strike again!
The only time I've had the audio completely drop was when I was quickly pressing the skip forward button. This happened twice and each time I had to stop the recording and go to live TV to get audio back. One of the times it happened I also got the color distortion. But each time it was while watching a recording and skipping forward.
