[mythtv-users] Verizon Fios QIP7100 2 occasionally turns itself off, 6200ch always thinks it's on

[Eric Sharkey]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 1:29 PM, David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 01:07:50 PM Eric Sharkey wrote:
>>> > I had to turn on the STB
>>> > three times just yesterday.  (And yes, I verified that the sleep
>>> > timeout is still set to Never.)
>>
>> Mine almost never goes off.  There's a stand-by timer (or similar)
>> setting.  Have you disabled it?
>
> Yes.
>
> The frequency with which it turns off appears to be random.  It can be
> up for a few days, then turn itself off three times in one day.  The
> failing wall wart suggested by Jerome seems more plausible.  I'm also
> wondering if it might be overheating.

Just a followup:

It seems like this STB will turn off after a short while if it's not
actively outputting video.  If for some reason it gets tuned to an
unsubscribed channel or something like that and is just putting up a
UI screen telling you that the channel is unavailable, the sleep timer
setting doesn't seem to have an effect and the STB will eventually
shut down.  I realized that's what happened to me on those days where
it shut itself down multiple times in a day.  I had to change the
channel to get it to stay on.  (This is my lowest priority tuner, so
it doesn't get recordings scheduled that frequently.)

Eric