View Full Version : Where does the snow come from?
CrazyforYeshua
03-26-09, 12:09 PM
Every once in awhile, maybe 3 times in the last few weeks, when i turn on my TV in the morning, there is nothing but snow.
I have to reboot the HR20-100 to get the signal back. No storm, no wind, nothing.
What the heck is up with that?
Brian Hanasky
03-26-09, 12:15 PM
My guess would be that the "snow" is an HDMI handshake issue. I have seen it once or twice on my HR20-100 and my Sony LCD.
rahchgo
03-26-09, 12:52 PM
Every once in awhile, maybe 3 times in the last few weeks, when i turn on my TV in the morning, there is nothing but snow.
I have to reboot the HR20-100 to get the signal back. No storm, no wind, nothing.
What the heck is up with that?
Have you tried any other remedy? For example, have you tried changing the input on your TV to DVD player and back to Satellite? If it's an HDMI handshake problem that might work as an easier "fix" than a reboot.
Greg Alsobrook
03-26-09, 12:52 PM
I also agree that this sounds like an HDMI issue. Try using a different cable, or even hooking up with components to see if it fixes the issue.
Most likely has to do with the copy protection D* rolled out a while back. Never happened to anybody before that time. Then it happened a lot until they fixed most of the issues months ago. Need to post the problem and what model TV you have in the ISSUES (http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=153054)thread so D* will hopefully see and be able to fix it. Only workaround until then is to use component.
Every once in awhile, maybe 3 times in the last few weeks, when i turn on my TV in the morning, there is nothing but snow.
I have to reboot the HR20-100 to get the signal back. No storm, no wind, nothing.
What the heck is up with that?
Tell use how your HR20 is connected to your HDTV, then what channel was it last on? Does this happen both SD and HD DirecTV channels? On off-the-air-channels? And so forth.
Greg Alsobrook
03-26-09, 01:49 PM
You could also try not putting the HR20 in standby and just leaving it "on" to see if that resolves your issue.
CCarncross
03-26-09, 02:13 PM
Most likely has to do with the copy protection D* rolled out a while back. Never happened to anybody before that time. Then it happened a lot until they fixed most of the issues months ago. Need to post the problem and what model TV you have in the ISSUES (http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=153054)thread so D* will hopefully see and be able to fix it. Only workaround until then is to use component.
many people may not have noticed it, but the snow caused by a problem with the HDMI handshake has been around since HDMI was launched, it really has almost nothing at all to do with the content protection.
jazzyjez
03-26-09, 02:53 PM
I agree with those going for the HDMI handshake issue. I have an inactivity timeout set on my Panasonic (3-hours) - oftentimes when I turn the TV back on after that has occurred then I get the snow. I find no need to reboot the DVR though (HR20-700) - I can just go back to standby for a few seconds, then back on and all is well.
many people may not have noticed it, but the snow caused by a problem with the HDMI handshake has been around since HDMI was launched, it really has almost nothing at all to do with the content protection.
I never had any handshake issues until about this time last year when D* started with the content protection changes, which broke the handshaking. Then a few rev's later, it was fixed. No changes at all on my part and zero problems before or since.
CrazyforYeshua
03-26-09, 03:54 PM
Tell use how your HR20 is connected to your HDTV, then what channel was it last on? Does this happen both SD and HD DirecTV channels? On off-the-air-channels? And so forth.
It's connected HDMI, I have no clue what channel it was on-kid stays up later than I do so she watches it after I go to bed.
Yea, it does it whether it was on OTA or thru D*, and both SD and HD, as far as I know.
I will hook it up thru the components, and see if that helps.
Thanks, guys!
DodgerKing
03-26-09, 04:34 PM
It occurs when the atmosphere is saturated with moisture. As the temperature drops mostly by uplift of moist air higher into the atmosphere and/or as moist air is fed into a region in which dew point temperatures are higher than the air temperature, moisture if forced out of the the damp air through a process known as precipitation. When the mass of the precipitated water droplets exceeds that of the forces of lift, precipitation falls out of the sky. If the temperatures are cold enough, water droplets can form as solid matter and as long as they do not melt on the way down, you get frozen precipitation.
Oh wait.....You meant the snow on your TV??? Never mind... :p
CrazyforYeshua
03-26-09, 05:34 PM
Too funny.... I enjoyed that. :lol:
veryoldschool
03-26-09, 05:56 PM
Too funny.... I enjoyed that. :lol:
I had this with my Sony HDSAT200. it's the DVI/HDMI handshake. Once it breaks lock, changing channels didn't matter. Rebooting the receiver or TV would get it to work, and the TV was faster to recover...
rabit ears
03-29-09, 12:47 AM
Have you tried draping tin foil strips over the input lines?:lol:
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