[mythtv-users] DISH 722 receiver and "screen saver"

[Brian Wood]

Anyone using a 722 (or other DISH DVR) receiver with Myth and run into  
this problem?

It has an "inactivity timer" that shuts the receiver down after an  
interval if inactivity. You can disable this via the menus, but even  
if you do this, it apparently puts up the "press select to watch TV"  
screen after it completes its download of program info.

Obviously Myth has no way to know the receiver is in this condition,  
so recordings can be blown.

With an older receiver I just sent a "select" code before the channel  
number, this had no effect if the receiver was already on.

Now, however, with the 722, on some channels, sending a "select" code  
when the receiver is displaying normal video results in the unit going  
into "interactive" mode, something you definitely do not want for a  
Myth recording.

The only solution I have come up with is to set the update time to  
5:00am, and set up an auto-tune function for 5:30. This is still a  
problem if I happen to want to record something at 5:00, but that's  
rare.

Anybody have a better solution?

beww