It's often necessary to leave electronic devices off for extended periods to allow the capacitors (which hold a charge like batteries) to fully discharge to zero and power the circuit down completely. This is why you see instructions to 'power off for at least 30 seconds' or more (depends on the siz...

I'd also add I have a new Vizio and it uses more wifi bandwidth than anything else in the house. Vizio has added some free tv services that combine ota and internet. It was unusable for me - lag and buffering constantly. The wifi bandwidth was so much I disconnected the tv from my network. It is now...

Just connect the new HDHR to your network.
The app will find it automatically. Then do your channel scan from the HDHR menu.