On-screen display pops up with 2 minutes remaining in shows

[popechild]

Has anyone seen this, and is there a setting or something in the menu that I'm missing that would prevent this? When I'm watching a show, it will often (maybe always, I haven't paid close enough attention to know for sure) pops up the on-screen display at the top of the screen that shows the date and time and channel and program info, along with "Time Left: 0:02" for about 3 seconds and then it goes away on its own. It's the same display that shows when you first change to a different channel.

It's starting to drive me nuts trying to figure out why it would be doing this with exactly 2 minutes left. It's also annoying when you're in the middle of a show with a dramatic climax and suddenly the display pops up.

Any ideas?

 

[popechild]

BTW, I did a chat with Dish's support team and they say that this is a feature that's intended to work this way and that everyone with Dish should be seeing the same thing. This seems crazy, but I guess if that's the truth then it should be pretty easy for others here to verify that the same thing happens to them. I can't believe people wouldn't complain about it if that's really the case, but maybe it is...

 

[KAB]

That is NOT the norm. What receiver? Always come here first before calling Dish.

 

[popechild]

VIP211k

 

[SomeDishGuy]

Do you have any auto-tune or reminders set? The 211K cannot record (unless you have an external hard drive connected to it), but it can have the auto-tune or reminders set, and it seems like more than a coincidence that it's doing it with 2 minutes left. Auto-tune/reminders/DVR are often set to begin 2 minutes early.

 

[Charise]

I don't have a 211, but this usually seems to happen to me if I'm watching a delayed program (not recorded to save), and another program is set to record in 2 minutes. I then have to check if all other tuners are set to record starting in 2 minutes, in which case I would lose the program I'm watching--again, the one that's delayed. That's because I won't have a tuner to keep watching, because all the others will be in use.

?Good luck solving this!

?(This is the first time in months that I've been able to put a line between paragraphs!)