IIRC when I first saw the feature the popup message an option to set it to automatic. It did take me some digging to find it in the menus so I could turn it off if I wanted to.
Signal Protector is a very nice feature that applies to satellite delivered channels. Some one posted a link to the list on the Dish website.
Autohop has been around for a long time before this update.
It works well. Automatically switches to streaming when the signal is gone for some period of time and starts slightly before the current position. DVR functions are all there.
I found the setting on the Diagnostic page. Press Home 3x then Network then Internet settings the Advanced tab. The feature can be turned on and off here.