Forced program guide download

[mteller]

Is there anyway to force an 811 receiver to download the program guide? I scroll right but it just seems to lock up.

 

[cpdretired]

You can do a soft reboot by holding the power button in on the front of the 811 for several seconds. Once it shuts off it will acquire channels and refresh the EPG.

 

[SimpleSimon]

A Check Switch should do it, too.

 

[SpringsGuy]

Listen to Simon definetely, he fixed my 811 yesterday and it was having the exact same problem, "locking up when trying to download the guide."

 

[SimpleSimon]

Thanks, Erik! :up

However, Erik's problem was that his DPP-Twin (on a D1000) was locking up. Pulled the feed cables on both receivers (drop power to the LNB) to force the LNB to reset.

First time I ran into that with a DPP-Twin, but I'm not surprised - I've seen it happen with most other DishPro switches (external or internal to the LNB).

 

[mteller]

Soft reboot worked fine. Thanks everyone.