942- L288 Release Notes and Discussion

kmcnamara · 06-30-06, 09:45 AM

Last night I checked and my 942 shows software rev L288. I haven't seen any info on it anywhere. Anyone else notice this?

portagent · 06-30-06, 10:32 AM

Spoke to Dish CS techie last night for 2 hours, sEems we may have had a power surge yesterday afternoon in Spring,TX . Screen went black and my 942 goes through the motions, but wont boot up even with re-start, cold start, even disconnect all cables and re-connect. Had a monster cable power strip surge protector and a whole house surge protector as well. hmmm

Good News: moved my install date for the 622 up to Tuesday. YEA

Gonna miss this old girl.
Anyone have a better surge protector out there for my new unit.
Thanks
Louis

MichaelGS · 06-30-06, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by kmcnamara

Last night I checked and my 942 shows software rev L288. I haven't seen any info on it anywhere. Anyone else notice this?

Yep, it spooled yesterday....early morning.

kmcnamara · 06-30-06, 12:16 PM

Surprising there aren't any release notes yet.

MichaelGS · 06-30-06, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by kmcnamara

Surprising there aren't any release notes yet.

Maybe Jon can update us? The L2.88 is listed as the current software for the 942 on the dishnetwork software versions page.

dumbguy · 06-30-06, 09:55 PM

It fixed the un-pause/no audio for a second issue! Found that one out last night. Yay dish!

Jon Spackman · 07-01-06, 12:49 AM

I have no official info. I see it fixed the pause/audio delay problem. I will try to get some official info tommorow (Sat) may not happen till monday or tuesday with the holiday and all.

PS: Happy fourth to all!

Gremraf · 07-05-06, 01:41 PM

Did not fix the video freeze up audio still works problem.

lakebum431 · 07-05-06, 07:32 PM

Works great for me.

vahighland · 07-06-06, 10:08 AM

Hmmm...I lost all my timers about a week ago and couldn't figure out why. It appears that this occurred about the same time as the "upgrade" to L288. Anyone else lose their timers?

Jon Spackman · 07-06-06, 04:05 PM

There were a few miscellaneous fixes that went into this release. They
are:

Fix for momentary audio loss when unpausing an event
Fix for receiver reboot caused by Front panel power or Front Panel mode
key presses
Fix for getting stuck in 015 popup(acquiring satellite signal)
Fix for DVR rewind/skip forward going to end of file or live

Sorry for the delay in getting the info, but it was a holiday weekend. I am joining the L288 discussion thread into this one.

kmcnamara · 07-06-06, 09:09 PM

Thanks for the update, Jon.

Gremraf · 07-06-06, 11:11 PM

Jon,

Do you know if they are working on the videl freeze audio continues to run problem?

Jon Spackman · 07-07-06, 08:28 AM

I have not seen that issue for quite some time. I do not no whether it is being worked on or not. What conditions do it take to have that occur? Can you describe the steps it takes to see the audio without video?

Thanks

Gremraf · 07-07-06, 09:23 AM

It happens randomly, does not matter if it is OTA, DVR playback or Live satellite channels. System records fine just sometimes on playback and never in the same spot. Time of day does not seem to matter either.

jetskier · 07-07-06, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon Spackman

There were a few miscellaneous fixes that went into this release. They
are:

Fix for momentary audio loss when unpausing an event
Fix for receiver reboot caused by Front panel power or Front Panel mode
key presses
Fix for getting stuck in 015 popup(acquiring satellite signal)
Fix for DVR rewind/skip forward going to end of file or live

Sorry for the delay in getting the info, but it was a holiday weekend. I am joining the L288 discussion thread into this one.

Jon,

Any new developments on a universal IR to UHF-Pro adaptor for IR on TV2? Or a simple software update? This not restricted to the 942, but any dual tuner boxes.

dojoman · 07-10-06, 03:56 PM

Why didn't they fix the low audio issue on Tuner 1? It has about 35-40% lower volume than tuner 2 which is very annoying. I see this is #1 major issue that should be fixed than pause audio loss. Is E* even aware of this?

rscott · 07-10-06, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dojoman

Why didn't they fix the low audio issue on Tuner 1? It has about 35-40% lower volume than tuner 2 which is very annoying. I see this is #1 major issue that should be fixed than pause audio loss. Is E* even aware of this?

I agree, this audio issue is terrible, I am constantly having to lower and raise the volume. Does anyone know if they are working on this??

Thanks

Jon Spackman · 07-10-06, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jetskier

Jon,

Any new developments on a universal IR to UHF-Pro adaptor for IR on TV2? Or a simple software update? This not restricted to the 942, but any dual tuner boxes.

I have no news about IR for TV2, sorry.

jetskier · 07-10-06, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon Spackman

I have no news about IR for TV2, sorry.

Do you have the power of suggestion?

wrzwaldo · 07-21-06, 01:19 PM

I had auto update turned off and woke up this morning to find my 942 in standby.

After L285 my 942 was working just fine (that's why I turned off update).

Now it seems I have somehow been force fed L288 and my 942 is worse off.

1) Caller ID is hit and miss.

2) Goes into standby no mater what the option is set to.

3) Random re-boot is back (this really sucks).

Have not tried HDMI, but with the re-boots who cares...

lakebum431 · 07-21-06, 05:56 PM

That is very strange. None of those problems are being reported elsewhere. Try a hard reboot and see if that helps at all.

bcnvc · 08-18-06, 09:51 AM

Does the Release Notes affect the local HD reception? The reason I ask is for at least a 2 weeks or more the signal strength has dropped and the picture loses the signal no picture. I was at 85-95% at least on NBC now I am at 65-68% , CBS was at 70-80% now at 95%, FOX is at a constant (this did not change) 95%, KPLR is at (this did not change)70%, ABC is at (this did not change)75%. I hope this is enough info.

Bill

Jon Spackman · 08-19-06, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bcnvc

Does the Release Notes affect the local HD reception? The reason I ask is for at least a 2 weeks or more the signal strength has dropped and the picture loses the signal no picture. I was at 85-95% at least on NBC now I am at 65-68% , CBS was at 70-80% now at 95%, FOX is at a constant (this did not change) 95%, KPLR is at (this did not change)70%, ABC is at (this did not change)75%. I hope this is enough info.

Bill

Did you call your local NBC station? If that is the only channel that changed, it sounds like they are changing things or having a problem there.

RocketNJ · 08-23-06, 10:28 AM

I too have noticed OTA problems since the L2.88 upgrade.

I can no longer get WNYW-HD (FOX 5 New York City, 005-01 or 005-02). When trying to manually enter the channel in the local channel setup I enter channel 44 (their UHF HD channel) and get no signal strength. Connect the OTA antenna to my tv directly and I get 97 signal (out of possible 100).

Also WNET digital is showing a 90 on the 942 for signal but it does not lock on the signal. Again, works fine on the tv directly.

Both these digital channels were working fine before the L2.88 upgrade.

I've tried to delete all local channels, save, then power cord reset, scan for locals, save but no luck.

Dave