NBCE(HD) Recieved but not working for Season Passes

[ImmerTech]

Has anybody had any trouble setting season passes to record on NBCE(HD). I have a few NBC shows I Tivo. So I setup a season pass to record these shows on NBCE(HD). When I went to my To Do list none of the shows were listed. So I went back to the season pass itself to "View Upcoming Episodes". When I did I noticed that the programs I wanted to record were listed on my locals but not on the NBCE(HD) channel. I went back and made sure that NBCE(HD) was listed in my "Channels I Receive" list and sure enough it was checked as it should have been. Then as a last resort I went to "Record by Time or by Channel" and looked for the shows I wanted to tape, in this case ER last night. Sure enough ER was listed and I was able to select it and record it.

So it looks like Season Pass is not working for NBCE(HD) for me, only one off recordings are working. I should point out that I ran a similar test after the Software upgrade last night and had the same problem.

Any thoughts??

- ImmerTech

[Tusk]

I had setup season passes for NBCHD, but after the software update, the channel name had changed so I I had to delete all of my old SP's for NBCHD and reset them in order for them to find the programming. Might try that. Otherwise, I can't help.

[Elryzor]

I also had issues with season passes on a lot of channels.

Check your season pass list. Part of my problem was that I had CBS local higher in the season pass list than I did CBS HD. So, the local channel (SD) broadcast was scheduled for recording instead of the HD broadcast. When I canceled the local channel recording in the "To Do" list, the TiVo did not automatically add the HD recording.

However, I also noticed that in every case where "Season Premier" was listed, the HR10-250 did NOT schedule that episode for recording. We missed Cold Case, CSI:Miami and NCIS because of that. I had to manually add every episode that showed up as "season premier". "Premier" and "First Run" and any other guide data entry worked except for "Season Premier".

[eichenberg]

I am having a some what opposite situation happen with NBCWHD. MY Season Pass records first run and repeats even though I have the NBC programs set to first run only.

[JLucPicard]

However, I also noticed that in every case where "Season Premier" was listed, the HR10-250 did NOT schedule that episode for recording. We missed Cold Case, CSI:Miami and NCIS because of that. I had to manually add every episode that showed up as "season premier". "Premier" and "First Run" and any other guide data entry worked except for "Season Premier".

Two things I did notice. The first may not affect what you set on your HR10-250, but last season NCIS was Navy NCIS. I had a season pass for Navy NCIS on my standard D*DVR, but it did not pick up this season's shows because of the name change (dropping "Navy"). Luckily I figured that out before I missed anything.

The second was as I was doing a Keyword Wish list (different than a Season Pass so this may not apply either, but it may explain if you were going the Wish List route). I set a Wish List for "Pilot". There are a number of programs whose first episode is simply named "Pilot" and these picked up just fine. I also set one up for "Premiere" and "Season Premiere" (all without the quotes). Since it was not a word(s) in the actual title or program description for the show, it did not pick those up. Season Premiere was a notation for the program the same as "HDTV", "Action/Adventure" or "CC" are following the program description. I'm assuming that's why my Wish List did not pick those up. I was fortunate enough to catch that before missing anything, too.

Don't know if that helps you or anyone else. Just an observation.

Mike

[CAL7]

Is it possible to change only the channel on a season pass (leave all other parameters the same)? This would be particularly useful when D* adds new network HD channels.

[ImmerTech]

Is it possible to change only the channel on a season pass (leave all other parameters the same)? This would be particularly useful when D* adds new network HD channels.

I have not found a way. You can change just about everything else, but the channel.

- ImmerTech