DirecTV HR2x Mass Lockups overnight 10/6

**jcrandall** · 10-06-2008 10:36 AM

I sent an inquiry up to their communications office, see if we can get some kind of actual idea of what happened. This lockup appears to be very widespread.

**sfollenius** · 10-06-2008 10:54 AM

Mine too! HR20-100 and running the latest CE, not the National Release.

**tigerfan33** · 10-06-2008 10:58 AM

Had to reboot before I came to work. Running the national release on HR-21.

**dc_red** · 10-06-2008 11:01 AM

Same here on the HR700. I'll try a reset when I get home.

**msmith198025** · 10-06-2008 11:04 AM

I am runnning the national release also, no C.E.

I cant wait to see what the actual problem is. As of now, D* says (as Rad posted) that they didnt do an update last night. Some are saying its possibly bad guide data? That would be odd

**skottey** · 10-06-2008 11:06 AM

Mine was stuck on one channel. I thought my remote was screwed, but I changed the batteries in it last night. I had to press the red button to reboot. It is working fine now. It retained my custom channels and my scheduled recordings of movies and series.

**tigerfan33** · 10-06-2008 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by msmith198025

I am runnning the national release also, no C.E.

I cant wait to see what the actual problem is. As of now, D* says (as Rad posted) that they didnt do an update last night. Some are saying its possibly bad guide data? That would be odd

Sounds like the same as a virus to me. I didn't think too much of it as I have to reboot every once in a while.

**Neutron** · 10-06-2008 11:07 AM

Our living room HR-21 did that. My wife called and said it wouldn't power on at all. I had her unplug it and plug it back in. That didn't do it. It took a second goaround for it work.

Our bedroom HR-21 did something weird Saturday. It froze up on one of my recordings, but what's weird is it showed a frozen image from live TV, not the recording. Deleting the recording did the trick there.

**msmith198025** · 10-06-2008 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by tigerfan33

Sounds like the same as a virus to me. I didn't think too much of it as I have to reboot every once in a while.

I didnt either at first. But then the mroe I thought about it, it was just different. I have never had mine completely freeze up like that. I could hear the hard drive running, but no responses, and no lights on until after I unplugged it.

**msmith198025** · 10-06-2008 11:10 AM

I wonder if some of these things being erased are more to do with some posters doing a hard reset versus a RBR. Could that cause a person to lose favorites and recordings? Not something I have heard of, but possible?