Hopper 3 Problem

[rodder]

How do i stop my Hopper 3 from asking me to push a button to watch tv?

 

[DISH Support]

How do i stop my Hopper 3 from asking me to push a button to watch tv?

Good morning, rodder! We don't recommend turning that feature off, but we can get you to the right screen. On your remote, if you have a house button, if you press it twice, then go to settings, power, inactivity timeout, you can extend or even turn the feature off completely. On your remote, if you have the menu button, you'll press it once, then settings, power, inactivity timeout. -- Jake B

 

[rodder]

Good morning, rodder! We don't recommend turning that feature off, but we can get you to the right screen. On your remote, if you have a house button, if you press it twice, then go to settings, power, inactivity timeout, you can extend or even turn the feature off completely. On your remote, if you have the menu button, you'll press it once, then settings, power, inactivity timeout. -- Jake B

Thanks but it is already off

 

[n0qcu]

Your Hopper is going to go to standby and reboot every night you cannot stop it.
If you don't want to push a button (I know that is so difficult to do) all you need to do is set up an auto time timer to the channel you want to be on at a time at least one hour after the reboot time.

 

[HipKat]

I believe what he's talking about is the 5 minute standby/countdown in which case, you cannot disable it. It's there for a specific reason

 

[DishSubLA]

Maybe it is not the "daily" reboot, but the Auto Stand-by feature that has the H3 go into standby after so many ours of no commands (remote or button on box) being sent. If so, then just be sure to just press (like SELECT, Guide, Skip, or the CANCEL button, etc.) any button every hour or few hours, and this action will re-set the the Auto Standby countdown. I do that on occasion if I leave the TV on for news as background while I'm doing something else, because if I don't, the warning to standby appears, and If I dont' see it, the H3 will go into standby. The Auto Standby feature can be set via the settings munu, I think. I set mine for 4 hours of inactivity before the H3 shuts down. I also have my AVR and HDTV set for 4 hours on inactivity to standby because if I do forget to turn off the H3 or AVR or HDTV after leaving the house for a very long period, I know that all those devices will auto standby. There is a 2 hour option, I think, but a lot of movies run for 2 hours and it is quite likely that as you are captivated by the movie, you are not likely to send any commands to the H3, the AVR, or the HDTV. This has happend a few times back when I had set it for 2 hours to standby. Instead, like 4 hours to standby.

 

[DishSubLA]

I believe what he's talking about is the 5 minute standby/countdown in which case, you cannot disable it. It's there for a specific reason

I didn't think of that one. You are probably correct. In that case, the OP should just ignore it becaue it will go into standby in 5 minutes. It is a great feature. One should not allow it to cause great consternation. It does this every time I shut of my Joeys, and it is no biggie. Again, I like this feature because sometimes I do use it. The Joey and even H3 itself uses a minimum amount of electricity and it is only for 5 minutes.

 

[dweber]

I always use the 54 remote voice command "turn off" on both of my Hopper3 receivers and my Joey3. I realize that they will shut off on their own after 5 minutes but I like to verify that they are off.


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[DishSubLA]

I always use the 54 remote voice command "turn off" on both of my Hopper3 receivers and my Joey3. I realize that they will shut off on their own after 5 minutes but I like to verify that they are off.


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If you see the countdown, it will go into standby at the end of the countdown. I've verified this. On the other hand, use one of the older remotes to put the box into standby immediately.