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[branchbouncer]

We have a 612 in the basement rec room, since the two olders have gone off to college(as of 8/22/09) the set gets little if any use. They are coming for Christmas along with a couple of thier friends that have just left Iraq. I was down stairs cleaning up, painting (since it is now an empty space) so I turned the set on. It will get the local channels but if I change channels to say HBO it says it needs to aquire a signal which it never does. I know that when we added an addition to the house and we had cable, one of the boxes was off for 3-4 months and needed to be "hit" to work again. I am wondering if this is the same case with E* since it hasn't been used in such a long time. The other 612 and 2 211K's work fine. Yes I have rebooted it a few times

 

[lakebum431]

Has it every worked correctly down there?

What does it say when you run a check switch? menu 6 1 1 (and then actually run the check switch).

 

[branchbouncer]

Forgot to read exactly what it said I'll run one again, and yes it work fine while the older kids were here but as I said it;s been off for months

 

[lakebum431]

OK, well if it worked before that is good as it is probably just glitch. Let us know what the checkswitch matrix says and we'll go from there.

 

[branchbouncer]

Check switch is as it should be, it's downloading the guide info now, see what happens

 

[lakebum431]

So what satellites does it show in the matrix?

 

[branchbouncer]

After another reboot and check switch all channels are there but on screen guides, menus and such are very slow to respond, ie: if you are in the guide to see what is on a channel and you scroll up or down the responce may be instant or it takes a few seconds before moving up or down on the guide almost as if you have to double click as on a mouse, think the 612 maybe fading out