For several months, I've noticed that at 5:12 every morning, my 622 switches to channel 101 on its own.
I'm pretty regimented in my morning routine. Around midnight, I tune the 622 to 005-00 (KXAS, my local NBC affiliate) so that when I turn on the TV in the morning, it'll already be on the channel I like for my morning news. I wake up at 5:00. I turn on the TV & 622 at 5:02 and the receiver is obviously on channel 5. While I'm in the restroom brushing my teeth, I listen to the news. At 5:12, I hear the channel 101 loop. It's easy enough to resolve. I can even hit recall to bring it back to channel 5, or manually dial it in, or navigate to it via the guide. For the remainder of the day, no problems.
I'd just assumed that this behavior was a nuisance bug since several software versions have passed. I figured it had something to do with the program guide update and subsequent reboot at 3:00 a.m. I'd also assumed it had something to do with elapsed time since turning on the receiver. As opposed to being related to 5:12 a.m. Perhaps it does it 10 minutes after being turned on for the first time every morning? Perhaps it has something to do with channel 005-00 itself?
On weekends, I'm not so regimented, so I haven't been able to determine if it's repeated....until this morning...
On Friday nights, I go to sleep watching the 722 (as opposed to the 622). I don't turn off the receiver at midnight, but rather it shuts itself down due to inactivity while I'm sleeping. This morning, I woke earlier than usual and turned on the TV/receiver at 4:50 a.m. This time I was using the 722. This time I was watching a different channel (HDNET)---in fact I'd surfed a little bit, even swapping tuners, until settling on HDNET.
While making my coffee at 5:12 a.m. on the nose, the channel switches to channel 101. WTF???
The variables:
Both receivers are going to the same TV. I'm using a DP33. I have a Dish 500 with DP twin pointed at 110/119 and a Dish 500 with DP single pointed at 61.5 (as has been my configuration for years).
It seems this is probably related to my switch, but I find it odd that it only happens at 5:12 a.m.
My closest neighbor is more than 300 yards away and obscured by thick forest.
I'm pretty regimented in my morning routine. Around midnight, I tune the 622 to 005-00 (KXAS, my local NBC affiliate) so that when I turn on the TV in the morning, it'll already be on the channel I like for my morning news. I wake up at 5:00. I turn on the TV & 622 at 5:02 and the receiver is obviously on channel 5. While I'm in the restroom brushing my teeth, I listen to the news. At 5:12, I hear the channel 101 loop. It's easy enough to resolve. I can even hit recall to bring it back to channel 5, or manually dial it in, or navigate to it via the guide. For the remainder of the day, no problems.
I'd just assumed that this behavior was a nuisance bug since several software versions have passed. I figured it had something to do with the program guide update and subsequent reboot at 3:00 a.m. I'd also assumed it had something to do with elapsed time since turning on the receiver. As opposed to being related to 5:12 a.m. Perhaps it does it 10 minutes after being turned on for the first time every morning? Perhaps it has something to do with channel 005-00 itself?
On weekends, I'm not so regimented, so I haven't been able to determine if it's repeated....until this morning...
On Friday nights, I go to sleep watching the 722 (as opposed to the 622). I don't turn off the receiver at midnight, but rather it shuts itself down due to inactivity while I'm sleeping. This morning, I woke earlier than usual and turned on the TV/receiver at 4:50 a.m. This time I was using the 722. This time I was watching a different channel (HDNET)---in fact I'd surfed a little bit, even swapping tuners, until settling on HDNET.
While making my coffee at 5:12 a.m. on the nose, the channel switches to channel 101. WTF???
The variables:
- It happened on a different receiver (722)
- It happened from a different channel
- It happened after interacting with the receiver (changing channels) before it automatically switched
- It happened after swapping tuners
Both receivers are going to the same TV. I'm using a DP33. I have a Dish 500 with DP twin pointed at 110/119 and a Dish 500 with DP single pointed at 61.5 (as has been my configuration for years).
It seems this is probably related to my switch, but I find it odd that it only happens at 5:12 a.m.
My closest neighbor is more than 300 yards away and obscured by thick forest.
