Correct me if I'm wrong: The "Deep Standby" terminology seems counterintuitive. Seems that would "Deep Standby" the receiver into OFF with no power to track the timer either. Seems to me it should be relabeled to like "Allow connected devices to sleep and awaken".
I don't know enough as of yet with E2 to offer suggestions for them to rename things that everybody else is used to, but I'm not. However it does for SURE allow set timers to kick off even IF it's in "Deep Standby" (off) mode.
As for that post you quoted, El Bandido asked me to change "Startup to Standby" to "yes" (default is NO) in the 'Customize' screen, and it now allows the G-box to power UP and Down with the Mio only going into regular standby. The external USB drive though, stays live, as the receiver is just in a lower power mode.
I LOVE this receiver, however it's
so good, it's making me really work hard to get it all setup the way I want, as I have to learn how to do some things in a different way ("hidden" menus). So far it's going well, but it's not as intuitive (to ME) as an old-school receiver that has everything hardcoded out in plain sight.
If I can figure this stuff out, albeit in some cases with some help and prompting from others, I think
most if not all of us here regardless of background can also do so without too much frustration. After EB helped me get it up and running on Saturday, and I scanned in just two sats and then left it for a day, after sleeping that night much of the stuff that caused me brain-lock settled/ got indexed properly in my brain overnight, and I'm doing much better now.