[Stuart Sweet]

H20-600/[strike]H21-100/H21-200[/strike]: 0x407E
Staggered release began 7/9/08.

Release notes for H20-600:
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=132756

[strike]Release notes for H21-100 and H21-200:
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=133268[/strike]

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[mogulman]

H20-600 : 0x407E

Unit intermittently will turn off on it's own. Probably happens less then 1/week. Started a few CEs ago. I leave my unit on 24/7 on a bedroom dresser. First time since this update was on 7/14/2008.

 

[Stuart Sweet]

Note, this is now a combined thread for all receivers with 0x407E. Please note your full model number when posting (e.g. H20-600.)

 

[saryon]

I'm seeing video stoppage randomly on MPEG4 channels (H20-600) - TBS, FOX, even CNBC a minute ago. Am I alone here? Audio keeps going, but picture just drops out. Menus, et al still work fine, just no video. Can go to another channel and come back to same channel, picture works for a bit and then boom, stops again.

 

[Spring Rubber]

I'm seeing video stoppage randomly on MPEG4 channels (H20-600) - TBS, FOX, even CNBC a minute ago. Am I alone here? Audio keeps going, but picture just drops out. Menus, et al still work fine, just no video. Can go to another channel and come back to same channel, picture works for a bit and then boom, stops again.

I saw this happen early this morning after receiving the update the morning before, but I remember seeing this before the update during the past week, plus the outage this morning was coupled with a "technical difficulties" screen from D*. I think D* may be having signal issues with the MPEG4 channels or something. Then again, this might be completely unrelated to what you're experiencing.

On another note, Is there a reason that my H20-600 already received this update but my H21-200 has not? Is the authorization being pushed on separate schedules or something?

 

[fratwell]

I saw this happen early this morning after receiving the update the morning before, but I remember seeing this before the update during the past week, plus the outage this morning was coupled with a "technical difficulties" screen from D*. I think D* may be having signal issues with the MPEG4 channels or something. Then again, this might be completely unrelated to what you're experiencing.

On another note, Is there a reason that my H20-600 already received this update but my H21-200 has not? Is the authorization being pushed on separate schedules or something?

Have intermittent MPEG4 HD signal breakups that seem to have started last Friday evening always between 8 and 9 pm...last two days used the fan blowing air method into my H20-600 and that made the breakup less in duration. Another method I've tried is running the Signal Test/Signal Meters having Transponder 1 or 2 off the 103B. Strange this started recently and yes I got the same 0407E upgrade

 

[saryon]

Just to clarify, I'm not having pixelation issues. The screen will just freeze in place and eventually go black. Audio is unaffected. Menus are unaffected. My HR20 works fine on the same channels, and watching the SD version of the same channels doesn't affect this. It'll be interesting to see how this all shakes out. h20-600

 

[saryon]

OK, spoke too soon. This morning it started massive (1/2 screen) pixelation and then dropped to black screen. Menu resets and then a power off for 5min didn't help so finally did a RBR. It appears to have gotten the point now as I haven't seen it since the RBR, but time will tell. h20-600

 

[Stuart Sweet]

I know it's annoying, but please post your model number in every post, even if you're continuing an issue you've already posted.

 

[j2fast]

SWMLine: H20-600 : 0x407E

Both my H20-600's got 407E early Thursday morning (07/17). Since then I'm back to getting issues I originally had when I first installed the SWM LNB using the then current national release such as:

*Tune to a channel directly or with the previous button and the screen is black with no audio.

*Tune to a channel directly or with the previous button and the screen is black with no audio as well as get a message that the channel has not been purchased even though its something like TNT.

*This morning when I tuned to ESPN2 and I got a blue screen that said the PPV show had ended even though I was tuned to channel 209 (new issue, never saw this happen before).

Firmware: Prior to this national release I still had CE:11:01 - 0x406C on both boxes because I missed the last CE before the national release. On 406C everything worked perfectly and I never had any SWM related issues.

Whatever the national release firmware would have been back in April is the last time I had these types of issues.

 

[rorkin]

H20-600 twice today it just lost signal and went to searching for signal 771

RBR restored.. Did not happen on the h20 -100.. No rain clear sky jist hot

 

[saryon]

OK, spoke too soon - continual, trivially repeatable video stoppage on any MPEG4 channel. HDMI or componant, no difference. RBR did not do anything to fix it as I thought it might have. H20-600.

 

[fratwell]

Have intermittent MPEG4 HD signal breakups that seem to have started last Friday evening always between 8 and 9 pm...last two days used the fan blowing air method into my H20-600 and that made the breakup less in duration. Another method I've tried is running the Signal Test/Signal Meters having Transponder 1 or 2 off the 103B. Strange this started recently and yes I got the same 0407E upgrade

For the past couple of days, no reoccurrence of the MPEG4 breakups on the H20-600, but have had a fan constantly on as well.

 

[knew001]

H20-600 It seems to have fixed the OTA dropoffs I used to have. No other issues noticed

 

[gsel1966]

H21-200

Got the update on Saturday PM. Every update of this box has involved re-doing the initial box setup and then having to do visit the Directv site to reauthorize the box, as my locals no longer show up.

 

[saryon]

Well, my box has now gotten to the point where there's no picture on any channel (H20-600). Audio is fine, menus are fine. They're going to send a tech with a new box for Thursday. Guess the box decided it had enough and wanted a rest.

 

[hggeorge]

Since I got 407E I have been having pixelation and break ups on HD feeds. This is on a H20 600. I can watch the SD feed with no problems, but if I switch to the same HD feed the pixelation and break ups occur intermittenly.

 

[indie_dev]

H20-600

Since this new update, my receiver no longer recognizes IR codes from USB-UIRT.

 

[saryon]

hggeorge: Curious, is your receiver running hot? Strangely enough mine was running fine, then this release, ran physically hot to the touch, MPEG4 pixelation started, then MPEG2, then complete friage. Now have an H23 through the protection plan....

 

[bakerm5]

Ever since 0x407E was downloaded onto my H20-600, when changing channels with the up/down keys, the receiver responds very slow. Some times you can change 3 or 4 channels at a time (flip from CNN to ESPN2 occasionally works), but usually gets "stuck" every 1 or 2 channels.

I've noticed that it on the info screen the "english DD" doesn't pop up right away (in the right hand corner), and until it comes up the receiver will not respond to new commands, even though the blue light on the front of the receiver blinks with every button push. Once "English" appears, I can push a button again at it responds.

This was a problem a couple of releases back, but the national release prior to 0x407E didn't have this issue.