channel won't change after inactivity?

[catman60]

i have a vip 612 .i leave it on all the time ,i have the inactive setting set to disable but it still shuts it down after several hours.it says press select to view tv,sometimes it works when i do that other times i get the last channel i was on the night before but the remote will not respond to any command.i can use the up and down arrow or try to punch a different channel in but nothing works.i have to push the re set button on the receiver then wait for it to do it's thing to acquire signal

 

[KKlare]

You can disable the inactivity timer but you cannot disable the daily reset. You can change the time of that reset or have it active recording and it may skip a reset. Skip 2 or 3 and eventual it will reset despite you and without asking even if you are recording because it has memory leaks, a stack overflow, or it just gets confused.
-Ken

 

[TheKrell]

I used to leave my 4900 and 301 receivers on all the time, without any apparent problems. But that seems to give more recent receivers (from the 501 onward) grief. I think Ken is right; it's buggy software. Or maybe buggy DVR software.

 

[TimberWolf]

612 + 622 = seem to be buggy by design

 

[gadgetguru63]

Turn the receiver off when not in use. That will solve that problem.

 

[Jim5506]

Receiver is never off, just in stand-by mode, an occasional power cord reboot might be in order.