Guide of Death

[Jahntassa]

He also told me that he shouldn't actually ground the dish outside because it would attract lightning.

Did he suggest where you should ground it? Your fridge? Perhaps your television itself? I really want to know what's up with the stupid installers. But then..this is a topic for another thread.

With how obviously widespread the problem is..it has to be some sort of software thing. It -could- be voltage irregularities, though. I have my 522 hooked up to an APC 1000va UPS, so it gets regulated voltage, and I haven't run into any problems so far...

Because of how complex the 522 is, and obviously unstable..i'd say try to get a Batterybackup (UPS) and plug your 522 into that. You don't need that big a UPS...but the more money you spend, the better the unit..

 

[mrschwarz]

It has always been plugged into a UPS, along with my Tivo and a network switch.

Good suggestion, though.

 

[jgray127]

My 522 is on version 2.01 software. However, I first noticed the guide crash occuring with 1.69.

 

[imstriker]

I am getting the reboot about once a night now on 2.0.1 in single mode. I did not get it before the update and switch to single mode. Oh well, I still enjoy beta testing anyway.

 

[mrschwarz]

I checked my machine this morning and saw that it is now running V202. I haven't seen the problem with this version, yet.

 

[mrbluehead]

Got the Guide of Death last nite :shocked

 

[mrbluehead]

Got the Guide of Death last nite :shocked

 

[Bizzach]

I've had it happen a couple of times in the last week, but I was trying to avoid hitting 'guide' while recording as much as possible! Where's the next update!?

 

[mrbluehead]

I got while I wasn't recording.

 

[itsonthedish]

I have a feeling this dvr isn't ready for primetime.