[mythtv-users] DirecTV receiver problem
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sun Apr 22 03:20:41 UTC 2007
On 04/21/2007 10:39 PM, Richard Freeman wrote:
> I have a pair of RCA DRD435RH providing content for my mythtv system,
> and every few weeks one or both of them stops working and provides only
> a black screen. The only way to fix this problem is to power cycle the
> box. Channel changes don't work, although the menus work fine.
>
> Has anybody else run into this and come up with a fix? I guess if I can
> find some way to detect the problem via the serial port I could get some
> kind of computer-controlled outlet to do the reboots, but that is a bit
> of a hack (well then again, so is using mythtv in the first place... :) ).
Why detect it? Why not prevent it?
Just power cycle the box every day|couple days|week|... as required. I
did this for a couple of years with my DISH receivers. It's easy enough
to do with a cron job or whatever (especially if you can get discrete
power controls).
Mike
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