Ok, my hopper started acting very strange all of the sudden.
I noticed today, that on the guide, normal on the left where it shows all the channel numbers, names, and logos, that the logos had disappeared. I didn't think too much of it.
I then noticed that all my DVR recordings (although still present) no longer showed the TV show logo....rather just the generic "dish" logo for every recorded program. I also noticed that all my timers were gone, and my prime time anytime wasn't recording (it was 8pm and should have been).
Also, the commercial skipping feature to the hopper seemed to be gone.
I thought maybe the system just needed a restart, so red button reset I did.
Reboot seemed to take a long time. Showed the "starting up screen" 3-4 times with black screens in between. It took about 4-5 minutes for the boot to reach the "this should take no more than 5 minutes to complete" progress bar screen. That process took another 3 minutes making my boot a total of about 7 min. When it was done, on the bottom middle of the screen it showed the message: "your program guide and dvr are being updated. Please wait to create timers or access DVR events." This progress bar progressed quite slow.
After reboot and the above mentioned progress bar went away, all the previously mentioned issues were still there.
I started digging to if I had signal and such......discovered i seemed to have lost my internet. I have it wired directly to my ATT uverse modem. I tried different hard line ports (that I new worked as I was using on a different device all with no luck. I also noticed that when I put the hopper in standby mode, it keeps trying to update my guide.
So.......is the original issues I noticed (no guide logos, no DVR logos, no timers, no hopper skipping commercials) all a result of no internet? In other words, are those features all dependent on Internet? I'm thinking yes, and this I really only have one problem on my hands.....right?
If that is the case, any suggestions as to how to fix all my issues here???
I noticed today, that on the guide, normal on the left where it shows all the channel numbers, names, and logos, that the logos had disappeared. I didn't think too much of it.
I then noticed that all my DVR recordings (although still present) no longer showed the TV show logo....rather just the generic "dish" logo for every recorded program. I also noticed that all my timers were gone, and my prime time anytime wasn't recording (it was 8pm and should have been).
Also, the commercial skipping feature to the hopper seemed to be gone.
I thought maybe the system just needed a restart, so red button reset I did.
Reboot seemed to take a long time. Showed the "starting up screen" 3-4 times with black screens in between. It took about 4-5 minutes for the boot to reach the "this should take no more than 5 minutes to complete" progress bar screen. That process took another 3 minutes making my boot a total of about 7 min. When it was done, on the bottom middle of the screen it showed the message: "your program guide and dvr are being updated. Please wait to create timers or access DVR events." This progress bar progressed quite slow.
After reboot and the above mentioned progress bar went away, all the previously mentioned issues were still there.
I started digging to if I had signal and such......discovered i seemed to have lost my internet. I have it wired directly to my ATT uverse modem. I tried different hard line ports (that I new worked as I was using on a different device all with no luck. I also noticed that when I put the hopper in standby mode, it keeps trying to update my guide.
So.......is the original issues I noticed (no guide logos, no DVR logos, no timers, no hopper skipping commercials) all a result of no internet? In other words, are those features all dependent on Internet? I'm thinking yes, and this I really only have one problem on my hands.....right?
If that is the case, any suggestions as to how to fix all my issues here???