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Stupid rebooting

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    Misterhumax

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    Sick of half the time I turn the box on from standby, it immediately turns back off or does a slow standby where it doesn't really work for the first minute or two properly. It's definitely not once a week.
    Wish it would do this when in standby mode or give me the option to configure it...

    But that's just how it is, my question is, if I disable internet access to the box will it stop this? And, will it still work... I only use it for TV recording none of the smart stuff, not sure if the EPC relies on internet.

    | Thu 22 Jun 2023 12:25:28 #1 |
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    Martin Liddle

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    Misterhumax - 3 hours ago  » 
    Sick of half the time I turn the box on from standby, it immediately turns back off or does a slow standby where it doesn't really work for the first minute or two properly.

    I believe it is supposed to be every 4 days.

    But that's just how it is, my question is, if I disable internet access to the box will it stop this? And, will it still work... I only use it for TV recording none of the smart stuff, not sure if the EPC relies on internet.

    I think the only way to find out is to turn off Internet access and see what happens. The backward EPG comes, I think, from the Internet but the normal forward EPG will be delivered from the broadcast stream although some elements probably come over the Internet. Please let us know what you find.

    | Thu 22 Jun 2023 15:48:59 #2 |
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    That makes sense on the EPG. I'll give it a go although I'm not optimistic, it's such a kludge and implemented in an extra kludgey way. Still tempted to put the thing on a smart-plug with a scheduled power cycle at 4am every day, but I'm not sure it wouldn't still do the automatic reboot when it wants to.

    | Thu 22 Jun 2023 15:52:44 #3 |
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    Harters

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    When I was getting numerous daily reboots over a year ago, I did a reset and it hasn’t rebooted since.

    I guess it must be doing it scheduled reboots, but I have not witnessed it yet.

    Maybe worth a try.

    | Thu 22 Jun 2023 17:05:43 #4 |
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    james_uk

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    My box never used to do this, but in the last month or so, when I turn mine on nearly every morning now, it goes through the initial starting up, then the picture will come on, then a few seconds later the screen goes black with what looks like the restart icon in the centre of the screen.

    That icon thats like a circular arrow, I think?

    Then a few seconds later the picture comes back, but then mine does it then again, sometimes upto 4/5 times then eventually just stays on ok.

    James

    | Tue 27 Jun 2023 9:11:32 #5 |
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    james_uk - 5 hours ago  » 
    My box never used to do this, but in the last month or so, when I turn mine on nearly every morning now, it goes through the initial starting up, then the picture will come on, then a few seconds later the screen goes black with what looks like the restart icon in the centre of the screen.
    That icon thats like a circular arrow, I think?
    Then a few seconds later the picture comes back, but then mine does it then again, sometimes upto 4/5 times then eventually just stays on ok.
    James

    I think when it does that, it's trying to establish a connection with the TV. Sometimes it fails completely and decides the TV isn't compatible (HDCP failure).

    | Tue 27 Jun 2023 15:01:49 #6 |

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