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[Jon J]

I wonder who decided to require a response periodically to keep what you are watching? I admit I don't watch intently all the time.

 

[tjboston5676]

I wonder who decided to require a response periodically to keep what you are watching? I admit I don't watch intently all the time.

If you're talking about Netflix or other apps it's so if you're not watching anymore it will stop using your internet. If you're talking about the hopper itself it has to do with the inactivity timer and can be changed under power settings

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Its been like that for a long long time.

Sometime it catches me when I just have music playing and I don't have the screen on.

 

[dishdude]

You can turn that off in the menu.

 

[Jon J]

If you're talking about Netflix or other apps...

Nope. Just a regular program playing multiple episodes in a row. It popped up in the middle of the second episode.

 

[Jon J]

Its been like that for a long long time.

Somehow I have avoided it all these years.

 

[SandFarmer]

I wonder who decided to require a response periodically to keep what you are watching? I admit I don't watch intently all the time.

That comes up on my H3 right when I turn it on. And Ducks the audio until I confirm.

 

[Jon J]

You can turn that off in the menu.

I found it and it is set for 7 hours.

 

[Bobby]

I found it and it is set for 7 hours.

I have mine set for never, they say it is not recommended but I've been set to never for over 20 years.

 

[Jon J]

I have mine set for never, they say it is not recommended but I've been set to never for over 20 years.

Mine came on long before the 7 hour setting.

 

[sktrus]

it is not recommended

Maybe, the concern is that the device will die faster if it is accidentally kept on all the time. Manufacturers had the same suggestion for receivers/amplifiers years ago.

 

[Bobby]

Maybe, the concern is that the device will die faster if it is accidentally kept on all the time. Manufacturers had the same suggestion for receivers/amplifiers years ago.

That could be true. However, for myself, I never accidentally leave my equipment left on all the time. I actually use Harmony remotes and when I am finished watching my program, whether it be from my Hopper or Apple TV, or whatever, I simply push the off button and everything goes into off/standby. That is why never has always worked for me.