On August 2, 2007 at 01:54, nardo1 said...
Tried that. The unit would lock up after a couple of
days. However, on the older HR20s we would leave those
on since you had to go into the menu and place the unit
in standby.
I think the question should be, is it common, or normal, or a bad receiver, that locks up after being on for only a couple of days.
And be sure you've got a surge protector on it for at least a week before asking.
Actually, I would have already ordered a replacement from DirecTV. I've never seen any satellite receiver do this, starting with the first models of RCAs that came out in the nineties and completing with all present "brother" models of DirecTV receivers. Have you ever seen a model do this? Have you seen others of this model that ALWAYS turn off after a couple of days?
If this is a good receiver, it will always turn off the same number of hours after its last use because that will be programmed into it. "If it's random, it's wrong" would be a pretty good motto for bizarre equipment behavior.
