Why does cablevision box say hold

After I plugged it back in now it's been flashing "hold" for awhile. What does that mean? It's a new feature they added so when people reboot they need to "hold" on until it finishes loading before turning the box on.

I think they should have "WAIT" but that's just my opinion. Jmartz0 join Tenafly, NJ. I rebooted a HD box yesterday and saw the Hold message, it seemed to be flashing between HOLD and BPAS or something like that, so I just pushed the power button and got the familiar blue screen for about 10 minutes, and then everything was back up and running.

I thought it was odd that I had to push the power button, normally the thing just boots up. But it didn't appear to be doing anything so I figured the power button was the right way to go. HardwareGeek join Brooklyn, NY. Mines flashes Hold anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes. JDolan optonline. Just push the power button. It will get rid of the hold message and boot the box just fine. The old Sony boxes were the best.

They told you everything what was going on. Sony if Io keeped the Sony boxes it would have been a better product. I think Cablevison nneds to move to a Motorola box something other then SA. The product is is so dated now. They are already supposed to be deploying new boxes that are DCAS and tru2way. Kyle Renner has been writing professionally since He has worked as a proposal writer for a subsidiary of a Fortune company and been a reporter for "The Chautauquan Daily" and the "Salamanca Press.

Bonaventure University. Home Hardware. Tips As you should not need to reboot your digital cable box often, leave a copy of these instructions near the box for quick reference. Yes No. Anonymous "Only option i had was to call cable co Box probably has a malfunction or something.

This answer closely relates to:. Anonymous 0. Connection issue could be water in connection on exterior they will check with their I pad and replace. If yo are a little handy clean with emery lots. Anonymous "Optimum technician called it a weather related outage due to that code Optimum technician called it a weather related outage due to that code. Contact the optimum cable customer service so you could know the problem and report the problem on your reception.

Yes you can! Then type the name optimum application and then just download it. Anonymous 3. Yes True Just had the same problem.. Anonymous "Optimum cable cablevision There are jacks you buy for that.

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Unplug the modem from its power source Once your modem is unplugged, all of the lights on the modem should go off. If the lights are on after you disconnect it, you may have a battery backup that also needs to be disconnected. So go ahead and disconnect that, too. Unplug the router from its power source Not sure if you have a router? Routers are connected to your modem with an Ethernet cord and will have several additional Ethernet ports to manually connect computers.

Reconnect the modem to its power source Wait until it has fully restarted and the lights on the modem turn on. This can take up to a few minutes. And if you use a battery backup, be sure to reconnect it now. Reconnect the router to its power source Wait until it has fully restarted. This also can take up to a few minutes. Check your internet connection Open your web browser and visit optimum. Once the page loads, you'll be good to go.

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