Tony, I used your guide to install the probe so it's more or less in the same location as yours. The only time the Auber was fired up prior to the failure was during the Autotune programming so I'll rule the smoke box factor out. Even worse, I didn't even wet the thing to clean it so water in the sensor is also out of the question. All are valid suggestions but unfortunately neither are likely the cause of failure in this case. At any rate, Auber has already shipped a replacement. I didn't but my Auber from Steve because the SI website was reporting "out of stock" for several weeks when I was wanting to buy mine. I do own the SI-3 and paired it with the recommended 1503CPH which I purchased just days before the gen-4 Auber came out. So are the gen-3s not able to save "recipes"?
Great news on the probe. And, the unit you have is very solid. I have most of my Auber experience with the 1503 CPH, and actually prefer it over the 1200 GPH. Not because of features, but power. It's 1800 watts, so it has a little more overhead when pushing the bigger elements. No, you can't save programs. With the 1200 GPH, I have recalled saved programs, but (with experience), you can input them just as fast. It's just nice if you have a few complex programs that you don't want to commit the steps to memory on.
After using mine I find that the C-1 location is the one it starts when the power is first turned on. So, if you recall one of your saved programs and then experience a power blip it will come back on in program C-1. Depending on what was saved in C-1 the last time, you could ruin your meat.
Ed, I've tested this, and discovered the 1200GPH doesn't revert to program C1 when power is reset; it actually reverts to the
last program you input. I bet, in your case, C1 happens to be the last one you manually input and saved. I attempted to confirm your theory several ways, and it wasn't the case. Initially, mine reverted to P2, as it was the last program I input. So, I believe that's the answer. You might be able to confirm this.