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

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Eric,

Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 8:24:35 PM, you 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.  I'll see if I can try to
> convince my kids that the ventilation grill on the top is not in fact
> a place to stack DVD cases.

Place it somewhere high, where they can not reach it without a stool!
:-)

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