R15 enhancements/bug fixes needed

[slappy]

Mine has never locked up, but I am getting increasingly frustrated at the lack of responsiveness when trying to stop a FF during a commercial break:mad: . I end up taking more time trying to get the bloody thing to stop and then rewind to the right place.

I've been having this same problem, on my R15 (software version 109A). It seems like it has been more noticeable over the last week or so. It's been very frustrating. If I keep it FF'ing at 1x or 2x, it USUALLY will stop and resume playback when I press the PLAY button. If I kick it up to 3x or 4x, then forget it. It takes forever to get it to respond and stop FF'ing. Occasionally I'll even have troubles with 1x and 2x.

[ejohnson]

- I wish that you could change the colors, font or "scheme" of the guide and menu. I have trouble reading it, but never had trouble with my old RCA receiver. I especially have trouble with the white letters over light blue background.

- It would be nice if it would automatically bookmark recordings every 15 minutes or so. Instead of having to do it manually. Then you could skip most the way and FF the last little bit.

[eengert]

The list has been updated.

[P345PR_AR15]

I've been having this same problem, on my R15 (software version 109A). It seems like it has been more noticeable over the last week or so. It's been very frustrating. If I keep it FF'ing at 1x or 2x, it USUALLY will stop and resume playback when I press the PLAY button. If I kick it up to 3x or 4x, then forget it. It takes forever to get it to respond and stop FF'ing. Occasionally I'll even have troubles with 1x and 2x.

I had the same problem, so I pressed the the little red reset button and it fixed the problem for me.

[rossnr]

Right now, I have dishnetwork and I can't stand their dvr user interface besides the guide data and the dual tuners with pip. The guide is so slow and their are no good search features like directv has. One thing I've always liked about directv is their user interface compared to dishnetwork. I had thought the new dvr guide ui would be just as good as the guide interface on the hughes and rca boxes, but without ways to customize the guide like having logos, color schemes and different guides to choose from it doesn't seem much different then the dvr I have now but with better search features, mini guide and quick menu. I would really like to switch to directv but with all the problems they are having I'm wondering if I would be stupid now to switch. Does anyone have any idea how long this could take to fix these issues?

[gvaughn]

Does anyone have any idea how long this could take to fix these issues?

It's probably fairly safe to say that nobody (outside of people at D*TV perhaps) knows this answer...

[cabanaboy1977]

I have another one that's related to my earlier jump-back problem (hit jump back and get the menu asking if you want to delete). I went to use the jump-ahead button to jump to the end of a recording after finishing. It jumped-back. It seems that on ocassion, the functions of the jump-ahead and jump-back buttons get reversed.

I had this happened last night. Was watching American Idol with the wife and kids and I hit the jump back button and it asked me if i wanted to delete the program.

[pjo1966]

I had this happened last night. Was watching American Idol with the wife and kids and I hit the jump back button and it asked me if i wanted to delete the program.


This happens to me every day. It gets really old.

[benn5325]

What software version do you have?
Sorry for late reply..... 109A

[Halo]

*using version 109A*

A couple of bug reports:
(1) The "Go Back" button seems to not always jump back six seconds, but sometimes jumps back as little as two seconds.

(2) After the "Go Back" button is press sometimes the video will play for about a second then SKIP FORWARD about a second almost seamlessly. This bug is best seen on a news type program with a ticker on the bottom- you can easily see it jump ahead when it shouldn't.

(3) As previously reported in this thread, sometimes the "List" button will take me to the MyVOD page but it will be completely empty.

(4) This only happened once: The R15 was left on "pause" for about 20 minutes. When I came back the screensaver hadn't come on like it normally did and when I unpaused it video played normally but NO button on the remote had any effect. The receiver light still blinked when a button was pressed, so it wasn't a remote problem. The red button reset was needed to unhang the receiver.

[cabanaboy1977]

Had another issue with the jump back button last night. Was watching Lost and it was about 30 mins into the playback. I hit the jump back button and it jumped back 15-20 mins.

[URU70]

Here is a possible new one. Every now and then, on playback mode, for a few seconds the picture seems to go into either slo-mo or it skips some frames. Audio continues fine. It readjusts itself quickly but it looks odd when it happens. :confused:

[eengert]

Added

[gvaughn]

Here is a possible new one. Every now and then, on playback mode, for a few seconds the picture seems to go into either slo-mo or it skips some frames. Audio continues fine. It readjusts itself quickly but it looks odd when it happens. :confused:

Could this possible be due to a short time period of signal loss or signal degradation? Occasional signal interference would probably cause this, as well, as other strange picture and or audio anomolies that last for anywhere from a fraction of a second to several seconds or longer...

[ejohnson]

Here is a possible new one. Every now and then, on playback mode, for a few seconds the picture seems to go into either slo-mo or it skips some frames. Audio continues fine. It readjusts itself quickly but it looks odd when it happens. :confused:

I have also noticed this in playback mode. I have not noticed it while watching live TV. I would be curious next time it happens to make note of the spot it happens and rewatch it later to see if it happens again in the same spot of the recording.

[Baraccus]

I am pasting this from my review....This may explain the reason that people miss showing and have no record of why.

My wife has a Series Link or "season pass" For General Hospital. I have it as Priority 1 and I never set anything to record at that time. Sometimes I look through the guide day by day and sometimes I have the R))) symbol and sometimes do not. When I check the to do list, it's not always there. It doesn't make sense. Both repeats and first run are set to record. If it's not on the to do list it doesn't record. But there is no reason it shouldn't record.

I am definately under the 100 items....Trust me there is absolutely no explination for this.
I did do a small test though.
I have it set to record as a series link. It was not on the todo listbut did have the symbol R))) I made sure I was on the channel that the show is on prior to the show starting. I gave it a few mninutes after the show started and I had no orange record light. I checked the VOD and it was not in the list like it was recording. I pushed the record button on the remote and it said "do you wish to stop recording" but it wasn't recording. But it thought it was. This may explain why when you miss showings it doesn't show up in history. So I stopped the rocording and hit the record button again and it started recording but it missed the the portion that it thought it recorded. It's like it dumped the first 10 minuted from it's memory....
I also ran another system test to make sure it new I had only 1 tuner.....It knows I only have one tuner. I thought maybe it thought it was recording on tuner that is not set up yet???

I know this sounds confusing...Let me know it it doesn't make sense and I'll try to clarify...Thanks

[pjo1966]

I am pasting this from my review....This may explain the reason that people miss showing and have no record of why.

My wife has a Series Link or "season pass" For General Hospital. I have it as Priority 1 and I never set anything to record at that time. Sometimes I look through the guide day by day and sometimes I have the R))) symbol and sometimes do not. When I check the to do list, it's not always there. It doesn't make sense. Both repeats and first run are set to record. If it's not on the to do list it doesn't record. But there is no reason it shouldn't record.

I am definately under the 100 items....Trust me there is absolutely no explination for this.
I did do a small test though.
I have it set to record as a series link. It was not on the todo listbut did have the symbol R))) I made sure I was on the channel that the show is on prior to the show starting. I gave it a few mninutes after the show started and I had no orange record light. I checked the VOD and it was not in the list like it was recording. I pushed the record button on the remote and it said "do you wish to stop recording" but it wasn't recording. But it thought it was. This may explain why when you miss showings it doesn't show up in history. So I stopped the rocording and hit the record button again and it started recording but it missed the the portion that it thought it recorded. It's like it dumped the first 10 minuted from it's memory....
I also ran another system test to make sure it new I had only 1 tuner.....It knows I only have one tuner. I thought maybe it thought it was recording on tuner that is not set up yet???

I know this sounds confusing...Let me know it it doesn't make sense and I'll try to clarify...Thanks

It makes perfect sense. I posted the exact same problem with the same show earlier in the thread. On Friday all of next week's episodes will be in the To Do list. By Monday morning they will all be gone and I'll need to reprogram them.

[pjo1966]

I turned on my TV this morning to find a gray screen. I still had audio but I had no video and I couldn't bring up any menus. A reset using the red button behind the panel did the trick. It's been my experience that I've had more days with problems with the R-15 than I've had trouble-free days.

After some signal issues a couple days ago, I scheduled a house call from DirecTV. They are bringing a replacement R-15 just in case the one I have is bad.

[rrorton]

First of all, does anyone know the best way to get these suggestions to someone who can actually do something about it?

Here are the things that I've found so far that I would like added to or changed on the R15. Feel free to add to the list and/or correct me if there are currently ways to address any of these.

- Ability to set guide filter preference once and for all so you don't have to choose the guide filter every single time you open the guide

- FF compensation (the 8 secs for FFx2 used by TIVO seems about right) is a MUST - cursor should be automatically set back 8 secs when you press Play after FFx2, more for FFx3, and even more for FFx4

- When using FF, there is a delay in responsiveness when you press the Play button causing you to go farther than you would like

- When creating a Series record, the new series should be placed at the end of the priority list by default, not the beginning

- Remove any limitations on number of Series, To Do list, MyVOD, Find By, etc.

- Find By should only return hits from channels that you receive (better yet, it could be an option setting to return from any one of the Favorites lists that you choose)

- Message that it needs to change the channel for a recording in 5 mins should not change the channel after you say OK until the time when the recording needs to begin

- Live Dual Buffers - ability to toggle back and forth between the two tuners and have a separate buffer maintained for each

- When viewing from the live buffer, if cursor is not at the present (end of buffer) when you attempt to change channels, a message should be displayed confirming that you would like to change change channels and lose the buffer

- Fix bug that causes Favorites list to revert back to All Channels after you've set it to a Custom list (there seems to be some evidence that this may be caused by new channels being added to the lineup/subscription)

- Fix freezing/crashing that some have reported when managing files in MyVOD (I don't have specific scenarios since I haven't experienced this - maybe others can provide further details)

- Allow customization of the Channels I Get list so that channels can be removed even if you technically receive them (PPV, etc)

- Allow hiding of adult related channels and content so that adult programs don't show up in searches. For shows that are "blocked" by current parental control settings, in MyVod, Items Title and Description should be blocked out. Note: This would be a usefull setting on the parent control settings, Boolean check box... Block Listing and Descriptions.

- Fix problem with Series set to First Run either recording reruns or missing some new recordings

- When viewing a recorded pgm from MyVOD, the live buffer(s) should continue in the background (currently, the live buffer is flushed when you view a program from MyVOD)

- It should warn you with a confirmation dialog when using -- (dash, dash) to delete a pgm from MyVOD

- Search results and MyVOD should display the channel name, not just the number (ie: 206 - ESPN)

- After changing settings on a Series, those settings should update all scheduled recordings in the To Do list

- There is the option for a 4 hour unlock and permanant unlock. If the 4 hour one is selected, then the password is maintained when the unit is put in standby and brought back out. Otherwise there are NO controls when the unit is fired up again. I'd like the feature that locks the unit when it comes out of standby, no matter what the last setting was unless the parental controls are deactivated in the setup menu

- If the unit was put in standby while the 4 hour window was selected, and then brought out and a channel is selected, then entering the code only allows for THAT channel to be watched. If another channel is selected, the the code has to be entered again. This process continues until the 'extend window' is selected in the parental controls setup

- ANYWHERE you can see what episodes or shows are going to be recorded or not you should be able to edit that episode or series

- The ability to explicitly save by Find by terms but NOT have them autorecord.

- Allow search on ALL saved finds simultaneously

- I think editing the editing my series auto records in general just needs to be easier, you can see them all in the prioritizer but i'll be darned if I can figure out how to edit them from there

- When you change the default in the series options, say to repeats only and exit out and then come back it shows "First Run" but as you highlight the option again then it automatically changes back to "repeats"

- Being able to put a check mark on programs. This is useful specially to check mark movies that are viewed, I do not always remember the name of ALL the movies that you see, and sometimes I mistakingly recorded a movie the I previously viewed but did not recognize the title at the recording schedule. I used to cheat with DirecTivo (as I had suggestions recording disabled) I was giving thumbs up or down to the movies to mark them as viewed.

- Make the Menus faster, very often when I hit a remote button I have the feeling it did not work as it takes a long time to load.

- 30 second Skip.

- Make the recommendation in "Best Bets" a link to the actual program in the guide, so that we can put a recoding action on them.

- This must be a difficult one, but would be nice to have the local traffic info along with the weather info.

- One-button record does not work in all guide views. For example, when doing a find, you can't record with the record button.

- When doing a find, if you select a program that is on an unsubscribed channel (channel you don't receive), there does not appear to be a way to exit back to the find, only back to the guide.

- Series Links appear to only record from one channel. And once you setup a SL on one channel, you can't setup a SL for the same program on another channel. This needs to be fixed.

- Setting up a Series Link should give you the following options:
(1) - Record this program anytime it appears
(2) - Record this program only at this time

- In the History, shows that have been viewed are marked as "Canceled"...this is misleading and inaccurate

- Fix extremely slow repopulating of the guide data after a reset

- Move "The" to the end of program titles in the Find By listings. Many shows starts with The, making it a pain to have to type in.

- A nice feature would be when setting up a season pass or series record to have a checkbox to only record in prime time. An example is "that 70's show" comes on fox twice a day, but only comes on during prime time once a week

- I'd like to see the "Last Aired Date" listed in the MORE INFO

- Bug fix: I purchased the Outdoor Channel ala Carte a week ago. I can view the channel on the R15 but can not record it. The R15 does not show it as one that I receive on the Channels I Receive under favorites

- when you hit info the second time & it gives you the option to search "episodes" I wish you could just hit record in those lines. As it is it takes like three screens & makes you start over if you do record one

- When I hit the jump back button it askes me if I want to delete the show. I was only about 3/4 of the way through the recording. This has happened several times. This has been fairly consistent and happens about 40 minutes into a 60 minute program. After I tell it I don't want to delete, it takes me back to the beginning of the program and I need to shuttle forward 40 minutes... it's annoying

- I know the USB port is "for future use"
I would like to be able to hook up an external USB HD with all my MP3 files on it and be able to play all my music through the R15. Let's make this a true media center.

- Remote recording...ability to logon to directv and tell it to record a show across the internet

- In the Find By areas... Include a "special character section", such as @ and special spanish characters

- The problem is that the series link does not recognize all episodes of a show. I have a series link for 2 shows that are scheduled to record daily. One records with no problem. The other one is set to record all episodes. There are no reruns (soap opera). If I look in the To Do list, it won't show all the shows. If I look at the guide view, it shows the episode in the schedule, and it has the icon for the series link, but it does not record the show. The week before last, none of this week's episodes were listed in the to do list, but all of next week's were listed. I tried to add them back manually, but it didn't work. I had to manually select recording them on the west coast feeds.

- Need functionality to recover deleted programs from sectors that haven't yet been overwritten

- When viewing a recorded program, the Save/Delete option should not automatically popup when you reach the end of the recording. Instead, it should popup only when you leave the recording (to go to MyVOD or elsewhere) after reaching the end.

- When it comes to the end of a MYVOD it flashes the delete/don't delete message many times before it let's you click on it. I happens even if you didn't FF to the end.

- When going into the To Do List and finding a recording labeled as "Won't Record" the reason is that it won't record because it conflicts with itself. This is for 1/12 at 8:00pm Eastern that the "Won't Record" Emeril Live episode comes on. Well on 1/12 at 8:00pm it's also scheduled to record an episode of That 70's Show which IS a higher priority show [Only 1 Sat feed hooked up right now]. So actually the reason for not recording should read "This will not record because it conflicts with That 70's Show, a higher priority program". But it does in fact read "This will not record because it conflicts with Emeril Live, a higher priority program".

- Exclude any additional recordings over the next "X" hours, where X can be a selected or typed in value

- Record the 2nd (or other value) scheduled recording for this program. For networks such as Discovery and Sci/Fi that always replay their primetime programmig again 3 hours later. Help avoid conflicts, but going ahead and telling it to record the 2nd one.

- I was watching a pre-recorded program while another was recording. After finishing with the prerecorded program I hit stop. Instead of asking if I wanted to delete the program I had been watching, it asked if I was sure I wanted to stop what was recording. It's pretty easy to make a mistake there if you're not paying attention. The menu that pops up should correspond to the program you're watching, not what's being recorded in the background. The work-around is to shuttle to the end of the program. When that's done the correct menu will pop up.

- When the R15 loses power in the middle of a recording and then regains power while the recording should still be active, it DROPS the initial recording (pre-power failure) and just picks up the new part (post-power restored). It needs to follow the way that TIVO does it: Keep the original recording as a partial and start the second (restart) recording as a second partial.

- At 8pm last night, the R15 was recording 24 on one tuner and West Wing on the other. Since FOX's NFL coverage ran over into the first 10 minutes or so of 24 I decided to tell the R15 to extend its recording of 24 by 15 minutes. When I finished updating the recording length for 24 the R15 informed me that I would need to cancel the remaining portion of West Wing on the 2nd tuner in order to extend the 24 recording by 15 minutes. This doesn't make any sense to me since (1) both recordings were on seperate tuners and should not have conflicted with each other at all; (2) Even if the R15 HAD to use the 2nd tuner (who knows why) to record the 15 additional minutes of 24, West Wing would have already been off the air for an hour.

-The "Go Back" button (instant replay button) seems to not always jump back six seconds, but sometimes jumps back as little as two seconds.

- After the "Go Back" button is press sometimes the video will play for about a second then SKIP FORWARD about a second almost seamlessly. This bug is best seen on a news type program with a ticker on the bottom- you can easily see it jump ahead when it shouldn't.

- As previously reported in this thread, sometimes the "List" button will take me to the MyVOD page but it will be completely empty.

- This only happened once: The R15 was left on "pause" for about 20 minutes. When I came back the screensaver hadn't come on like it normally did and when I unpaused it video played normally but NO button on the remote had any effect. The receiver light still blinked when a button was pressed, so it wasn't a remote problem. The red button reset was needed to unhang the receiver.

- About 30 mins into playback of a recorded program, I pressed the "jump back" button (instant replay button) and it jumped back 15-20 mins.
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Guide/List info should include year info. Helps to determine if a program is new or a rerun. Have seen year info sometimes.

Fast rewind is not smooth, it skips anywhere from 1 to 5 minutes at a time. For example, I want to go back to 15 minutes and when I reach 14 it might skip to 10. Frustrating!

When doing a -- on a List item header with more than one show it should ask "Delete all?" Now it deletes one of the group without even asking which one to delete. I think you should have to go to the actual program listing to delete single entries.

Any word as to when the next software update is due? I have 109A and think that is the latest but am not sure.

Thanks for the terrific job you are doing. rrorton@flashmail.com

[Earl Bonovich]

109A is the latest version...

The next version... Much Sooner then later, but no set date yet.

[MIKEMULITSCH]

HI GUYS AND GALS iM SOHAPPY T HAVE THIS SITE ,I USED TO HAVE A TIVO BRAND DVR NOW I HAVE THE R-15 IM ON MYY SECOND REMOTE AND MY 2ND RECEIVER IS ON THE WAY, IVE BEEN HAVING MOST OF THE PROBLEMS YOU ALL ARE LISTING THE MOST TROUBLESOME IS THE NON RESPONSE FROM THE REMOTE AND TRYING TO STOP AFTER FF BUT ONE MORE THING CHECK YOUR DATES ON YOUR LAST UPGRADE OCCUREDMY DATE IS JULY 2010, NOT A MISTAKE 2010, THE TECH SAID.......HMMM THAT DONT SEEM RIGHT , I HAVE THE 109A VERSION THAT CAME DOWN IN DECEMBER BUT???THE TECH WENT AND LOOKED AT THE R-15 THERE AT THE CALL CENTER AND SAID HER DATE WAS THE CORRECT DATE , DOES ANYBODY HAVE THE ODD DATE, ]

[Calebrot]

How about this for an odd date, July 21, 2012 4:58am

[Murph]

Enhancement:

On my old receiver I could check shows to have the channel automatically change for me. On the R15 you can only set things up to record.
It would be nice to have a Record list and a view list so that I can have it change channels for my viewing schedule and record other items in the background.

I know this is being lazy but, it would be nice.

[Clint Lamor]

Enhancement:

On my old receiver I could check shows to have the channel automatically change for me. On the R15 you can only set things up to record.
It would be nice to have a Record list and a view list so that I can have it change channels for my viewing schedule and record other items in the background.

I know this is being lazy but, it would be nice.

It has 2 tuners in it and the ability to record both of them so why wouldnt you just record both shows? That way if you wanted to walk in the middle you could.

[dochase]

It seems that my caller id stops working after 24 calls are in the log. I believe this is the reason because when I delete the last call in the log it will then work. I have even deleted say, 4 calls, and then after 4 calls come in working, it will stop when the log reaches 24.

I was having problems with caller id not working after the first couple of calls after I first got the R15 in Nov. After the latest software update 109A I thought it had fixed it. Nope. Once the log reached 24 it stopped showing who was calling when I received a phone call. I am one of those that love this feature...hope they fix it.

D

[bjflynn04]

How about this for an odd date, July 21, 2012 4:58am

That is the exact same date that my R15 is showing for the last update.

[ejohnson]

I have noticed twice now that my live TV buffer is not working. Both times it has been in the morning after turning the box on, change the channel to what I want to watch (ESPN2), then after I got out of the shower I went to rewind it to what I missed and I could not rewind. I also could not pause, the screen just glitched for a second and then kept playing. All I did to fix it was change the channel & then change it back. Then it works pause for a while rewind, etc.

Also, there was nothing recording at the time, and I am hooked with 2 inputs and have tested that both tuners are working, I do have the latest update, it has only been hooked up for a couple weeks and has been relatively glitch free (considering the problems I've read here)

Thanks

[matty8199]

- Setting up a Series Link should give you the following options:
(1) - Record this program anytime it appears
(2) - Record this program only at this time


The way my digital cable DVR (soon to be former digital cable DVR) does it is to give you the option to record on this channel only, or record on all channels. I think that's a better option than "only at this time"...what the program changes times? Then you're screwed...

[I8>DVR]

- I wish that you could change the colors, font or "scheme" of the guide and menu. I have trouble reading it, but never had trouble with my old RCA receiver. I especially have trouble with the white letters over light blue background.

- It would be nice if it would automatically bookmark recordings every 15 minutes or so. Instead of having to do it manually. Then you could skip most the way and FF the last little bit.

I agree on the colors and fonts. I just recently got my parents to start using a dvr and they luv it, but they do have a bit of a problem sometimes reading the R15's menu's. A way to slighty increase the font size would be nice for those that can't see as well as the rest of us or as you suggest maybe different color schemes would contrast better.

[cabanaboy1977]

Eric another one for the list.

Want the R15 to record the next showing if system does a partial recording. Bacisally not inculde the show in the 30 day in the 30 day rule.

Just had and issue with the 1st showing of BSG on Scifi this last friday it did a partial recording for the 1st show but didn't record the second showing.

[walters]

Better yet, just lose the partial recordings. I assume we're talking about, e.g., when a higher priority 30-minute show conflicts with a lower priority 60-minute show, it will go ahead and record the non-conflicting half of the 60-minute show? Who thought that was a good idea?

Edit: I see your other thread, so I guess that's not what you're talking about. Issue still stands, though.

[cabanaboy1977]

Better yet, just lose the partial recordings. I assume we're talking about, e.g., when a higher priority 30-minute show conflicts with a lower priority 60-minute show, it will go ahead and record the non-conflicting half of the 60-minute show? Who thought that was a good idea?

Edit: I see your other thread, so I guess that's not what you're talking about. Issue still stands, though.

Yeah i thought that was kind of odd that it records the parts off lower priority shows if part of them conflicts. Annoying for TV shows but kind of nice for the news or sports.

[grooves12]

I actually think that is a good idea... only because of the fact that many popular programs run for an extra minute or two, and it pisses me off that if you have one show with a 1:01 running time recording and two season passes for shows recording at the following hour... that the extra minute will cause a conflict and you lose the entire show.

I understand missing a half hour makes it kind of pointless... but for primetime TV with these stupid 1-2 minute extensions into the next hour it is a great option to have.

[cabanaboy1977]

I actually think that is a good idea... only because of the fact that many popular programs run for an extra minute or two, and it pisses me off that if you have one show with a 1:01 running time recording and two season passes for shows recording at the following hour... that the extra minute will cause a conflict and you lose the entire show.

I understand missing a half hour makes it kind of pointless... but for primetime TV with these stupid 1-2 minute extensions into the next hour it is a great option to have.

I forgot about that, not sure why the just don't get rid of a minute of commericals (i know more $$).

[ejohnson]

My live tv buffer is still not working consistently. When it happens, it will not pause (it only hesitates for a second) and it will not rewind, even though the green 'history' bar shows a good amount of time stored. To make it work, all I have to do is change channels and change back, but then I lose all my history so I still missed what I wanted to see.

I turn my box off at night and during the day when nobody is home. It has happened while a show is recording, and also when there weren't any shows recording.

Has anybody else had this problem. I hope it is something the DirecTV knows about and is going to try and fix.

Thanks
Erik

[cabanaboy1977]

My live tv buffer is still not working consistently. When it happens, it will not pause (it only hesitates for a second) and it will not rewind, even though the green 'history' bar shows a good amount of time stored. To make it work, all I have to do is change channels and change back, but then I lose all my history so I still missed what I wanted to see.

I turn my box off at night and during the day when nobody is home. It has happened while a show is recording, and also when there weren't any shows recording.

Has anybody else had this problem. I hope it is something the DirecTV knows about and is going to try and fix.

Thanks
Erik

Are you able to record the channel when this happens?

[ejohnson]

Are you able to record the channel when this happens?

I am not sure, I will try it next time it happens though.

[ejohnson]

Are you able to record the channel when this happens?

It happened again this morning after being on the same channel for about a 1/2 hour and yes I was able to hit the record button, I recorded for about 30 seconds. When I played my recording it had the whole 1/2 hour on it, so the buffer must be working, I just don't have control over it. The good thing is that hitting the record button is a way to work around the problem until the bug gets fixed.

Thanks for you help
Erik

[cabanaboy1977]

It happened again this morning after being on the same channel for about a 1/2 hour and yes I was able to hit the record button, I recorded for about 30 seconds. When I played my recording it had the whole 1/2 hour on it, so the buffer must be working, I just don't have control over it. The good thing is that hitting the record button is a way to work around the problem until the bug gets fixed.

Thanks for you help
Erik

That's good to here! I was hoping that would work. You also might want to hit the reset button on the front to try to correct the issue all together. Alot of people have found a reset fixes hanging issues. Just keep in mind you will lose the guide data so try to reset when you don't have anything set to record for a few hours. 2 of mine started locking up and a reset fixed it.

[Clint Lamor]

That's good to here! I was hoping that would work. You also might want to hit the reset button on the front to try to correct the issue all together. Alot of people have found a reset fixes hanging issues. Just keep in mind you will lose the guide data so try to reset when you don't have anything set to record for a few hours. 2 of mine started locking up and a reset fixed it.

On initial reset I have always had guide data for at least a 24 hour period instantly. :)

[cabanaboy1977]

On initial reset I have always had guide data for at least a 24 hour period instantly. :)
I think I only get about 12 hours on most but then again I reset at night before 12, the biggest issue is local channels they don't get the least amount back when I've reset.

[walters]

I think I only get about 12 hours on most but then again I reset at night before 12, the biggest issue is local channels they don't get the least amount back when I've reset.

You might consider changing to a local channel after you reset. I believe the guide data for locals is only on the spotbeam. In fact, conventional wisdom for DTiVo quickest guide acquisition is one tuner on A&E (which supposedly gets overall APG faster) and the other on a local.

[cabanaboy1977]

You might consider changing to a local channel after you reset. I believe the guide data for locals is only on the spotbeam. In fact, conventional wisdom for DTiVo quickest guide acquisition is one tuner on A&E (which supposedly gets overall APG faster) and the other on a local.
What do you mean spotbeam? I will have to try that next time. Why would one channel pull info in faster? Is this even faster then putting it in standby?

[walters]

What do you mean spotbeam? I will have to try that next time. Why would one channel pull info in faster? Is this even faster then putting it in standby?

Well, your locals are only available in your area, legally and technically. Technically because the transponder that sends your locals is a "spotbeam" -- a focused beam available in a relatively small geographic area. This allows them to reuse that frequency elsewhere in the country to send someone else *their* locals. They couldn't carry nearly as many local channels as they do if they sent all of them to everyone.

So, since your locals are unavailable outside your spotbeam, it only makes sense to put the guide data for your locals on that same transponder. It would be a waste of bandwidth otherwise (your receiver doesn't care what's on my local channels). If both tuners are tuned in to "normal" channels available everywhere, they are unable to get the guide data for your locals.


As to why A&E would get the non-locals data faster, I'm less sure about that one than I am the locals issue. In theory, the transponder A&E is on (why A&E? who knows) has more of its bandwidth devoted to the program guide data stream than the others.



Having said all that (whew), who knows what the code for "standby" does. Perhaps it knows better than you or I the optimal tuning strategy, and switches whichever tuner is idle to the best transponder for the missing guide data. Maybe you could try tuning in a local channel and then going to standby to cover both bases.

[Clint Lamor]

Are any of us actually sure the Guide Data isn't written to the drive then put into some sort of a format and copied out to memory for faster access? I know this seems sort of odd but if you think about it no matter if the guide data is on the drive or has to be downloaded all the time it wouldn't make much of a difference if it had to be accessed from memory. Just seems odd that data comes in so randomly, like you will see things filled in for 2-4 pm on a certain day then nothing until say 9pm and then all of te sudden it pops up. I would really like ot know what they are doing with the guide data. Hey Earl can you ask your source this and also why the other config information for things such as weather is stored in memory?

[cabanaboy1977]

Having said all that (whew), who knows what the code for "standby" does. Perhaps it knows better than you or I the optimal tuning strategy, and switches whichever tuner is idle to the best transponder for the missing guide data. Maybe you could try tuning in a local channel and then going to standby to cover both bases.

Thanks for the info, now it makes sense, from now on I'll be tuning it to locals after a reset. I just wish that we could control the 2nd turner to that I could put it on A&E and the first tuner on a local channel.

[Earl Bonovich]

Are any of us actually sure the Guide Data isn't written to the drive then put into some sort of a format and copied out to memory for faster access? I know this seems sort of odd but if you think about it no matter if the guide data is on the drive or has to be downloaded all the time it wouldn't make much of a difference if it had to be accessed from memory. Just seems odd that data comes in so randomly, like you will see things filled in for 2-4 pm on a certain day then nothing until say 9pm and then all of te sudden it pops up. I would really like ot know what they are doing with the guide data. Hey Earl can you ask your source this and also why the other config information for things such as weather is stored in memory?


Sure... I will add it to the list...

[cabanaboy1977]

Eric and Earl can you guys add this to your lists.

I went last night I went to go do a search for MI-5 and there is no "-". It's not like you can search for another word in the series name. There should be puncutaion marks added to the keyboard so we can search for show's like this. I'm sure there are shows that are affected by this too. How are we suppose to setup a find by Keyword for this?

On a side note I found out MI-5 isn't back on yet on A&E, but it would be nice to setup a keyword so if i forget it to look again it will find it.

[Bud33]

Having not had time to wade thru all 12 pages, these may have been listed before. If so add mine to the list.
1. The ORANGE highlight is very hard to read. It should be changed to a softer color.
2. The Guide info should include the production date and/or the word repeat.

[Clint Lamor]

Having not had time to wade thru all 12 pages, these may have been listed before. If so add mine to the list.
1. The ORANGE highlight is very hard to read. It should be changed to a softer color.
2. The Guide info should include the production date and/or the word repeat.

The orange light is hard to read?

It used to be bright blue before the last update. I suspect they probably changed because people complained it was too bright in a dark room, especially if it's in a bedroom at night.

[fredo]

Thanks for the info, now it makes sense, from now on I'll be tuning it to locals after a reset. I just wish that we could control the 2nd turner to that I could put it on A&E and the first tuner on a local channel.

Well you can kinda. Just record whatever is playing on A&E and then switch the channel to one of your locals. One tuner will be on A&E and one tuner on a local channel.

[fredo]

The orange light is hard to read?

It used to be bright blue before the last update. I suspect they probably changed because people complained it was too bright in a dark room, especially if it's in a bedroom at night.

If you are talking about the record light, it used to be red before the update actually, now it's orange. The power and the circle light are bright blue, but you can adjust the brightness of it, or turn it off completely.

[cabanaboy1977]

Well you can kinda. Just record whatever is playing on A&E and then switch the channel to one of your locals. One tuner will be on A&E and one tuner on a local channel.

Did think about that, I'll be trying that next time I have to reset it. Thanks.

[Clint Lamor]

If you are talking about the record light, it used to be red before the update actually, now it's orange. The power and the circle light are bright blue, but you can adjust the brightness of it, or turn it off completely.

Sorry about that you are correct it was red.

[Murph]

Mine was working great until it hit the 3 week mark. Caller ID no longer works (worked when the log was full of 25 calls, even did Call Waiting Caller ID). I had it set to Series Record Monk on USA and it only recorded one of last nights marathon. Will not allow Series Record for Scrubs or Crumbs.

I reset three times, once with a 02468, once with red button and once from the menu. Every time there was one call still in the log, all records were still set up and my custom guide was still there.

Must have a Windows operating system in it.

[ISWIZ]

Try killing the power to it and waiting a few minutes before restoring power.

[belias21]

I have another one that's related to my earlier jump-back problem (hit jump back and get the menu asking if you want to delete). I went to use the jump-ahead button to jump to the end of a recording after finishing. It jumped-back. It seems that on ocassion, the functions of the jump-ahead and jump-back buttons get reversed.


OK... this one is peeving me too!!! Since we are missing the wonderful TiVo patented 8 second backup, I have to rely strongly on the jump-back button after FF'ing through a commercial. Many times now, when I press that button, it asks me if I want to delete (just like it would do if I hit the STOP button) THen I have to start the show all over again. It is extremely frustrating. I thought, since the jump-back and stop buttons are right next to each other that I may have been inadvertently hitting the wrong one, but I have made it a point to pay close attention to what I am doing and I am hitting the correct button!

[pjo1966]

OK... this one is peeving me too!!! Since we are missing the wonderful TiVo patented 8 second backup, I have to rely strongly on the jump-back button after FF'ing through a commercial. Many times now, when I press that button, it asks me if I want to delete (just like it would do if I hit the STOP button) THen I have to start the show all over again. It is extremely frustrating. I thought, since the jump-back and stop buttons are right next to each other that I may have been inadvertently hitting the wrong one, but I have made it a point to pay close attention to what I am doing and I am hitting the correct button!


This still happens every time I watch something. It's slowly driving me crazy. :goofygrin

[Dukie]

OK... this one is peeving me too!!! Since we are missing the wonderful TiVo patented 8 second backup, I have to rely strongly on the jump-back button after FF'ing through a commercial. Many times now, when I press that button, it asks me if I want to delete (just like it would do if I hit the STOP button) THen I have to start the show all over again. It is extremely frustrating...

I too have this problem with my R15 (Version: 0x109A).

My Hughes HDVR2 died and I was forced into this buggy R15 last Friday.
This bug and the fact that I can't get Series Links to work are 2 major obstacles that must be fixed.

The Series Link disaster is a potential show stopper.
In addition to the fact that the software doesn't know what a "first run" is, I am actually seeing cases where the first show where "double-REC" was pressed is removed from the TDL at all and not recorded after adding multiple Series Links and/or setting the #$@!! priorites.

When calling to complain, I get the same ignorance from DTV personnel that other posters have mentioned.

Can anyone tell me when the 0x109A version was released?
Should we not be getting compensated for alpha testing?

This is frustrating!

[carl6]

Can anyone tell me when the 0x109A version was released?


Late December - just after Christmas - was the release of 109A. Rumor has it the next release is being tested internally right now, and is expected to be released in the very near future (a week or two??). That should fix the series link problem, and possibly some other things with regard to being able to record properly.

Beyond that, we have yet to know what and when further software upgrades will be.

Carl

[Murph]

Power was disconnected from the R15 for 2 hours. Not only were the Series Records still in there but the favorite list was there and the errant caller id message was back.

Think I should call DTV and ask for a replacement unit?

[ISWIZ]

Power was disconnected from the R15 for 2 hours. Not only were the Series Records still in there but the favorite list was there and the errant caller id message was back.

Think I should call DTV and ask for a replacement unit?

Sounds like you may have more problems than the rest of us.

As for the "Jumpback" key for stopping. Try using PAUSE to stop, it works much "cleaner" for me and then I use the jump key. Not as easy as Tivo but then it will be receiving upgrades.;)

[cabanaboy1977]

OK... this one is peeving me too!!! Since we are missing the wonderful TiVo patented 8 second backup, I have to rely strongly on the jump-back button after FF'ing through a commercial. Many times now, when I press that button, it asks me if I want to delete (just like it would do if I hit the STOP button) THen I have to start the show all over again. It is extremely frustrating. I thought, since the jump-back and stop buttons are right next to each other that I may have been inadvertently hitting the wrong one, but I have made it a point to pay close attention to what I am doing and I am hitting the correct button!

I'm having this issue too. Don't know about the rest of you but it seems to only happen if the program is still recording and finishes recording or if it's still recording on the same channel on that tuner and finishes recording another show.

[carl6]

I am also seeing this happen under the same specific circumstances as cabanaboy reported. Otherwise, using skip back works just fine.

Carl

[matty8199]

I am also seeing this happen under the same specific circumstances as cabanaboy reported. Otherwise, using skip back works just fine.

Carl

Add me to the list of people who is only seeing it under those circumstances. I started watching 24 last night when I got home around 9:45, used jump back around 9:55 or so and had the bug - when I re-started and got to another commercial it had finished recording 24, jump back worked fine at that point.

[gvaughn]

Add me to the list of people who is only seeing it under those circumstances. I started watching 24 last night when I got home around 9:45, used jump back around 9:55 or so and had the bug - when I re-started and got to another commercial it had finished recording 24, jump back worked fine at that point.

I have never had the jump back problem and am pretty certain that I have never tried to use it under the above scenario (using it while still recording on the same channel) so the above scenario could certainly be an explanation.

[cabanaboy1977]

Add me to the list of people who is only seeing it under those circumstances. I started watching 24 last night when I got home around 9:45, used jump back around 9:55 or so and had the bug - when I re-started and got to another commercial it had finished recording 24, jump back worked fine at that point.

Are you sure it wasn't after 10? I assume 24 is on from 9-10. It seems to have something to do with the show that is currently recording on that channel ending. The example I gave on another thread was fox sundays. recording simpons, family guy, and american dad. if you start watching simpons from the begining just before it's about to recording american famliy guy and then use the jumpback after it starts recording family guy it will jump to the end. Then start the simpons again and pause it and wait for american dad to start and use the jumpback button and the same thing will happen. Not sure that his matters but I have always FF first before using the jumpback button. This gets really annoying having to start the program over from the start and having to mess around with FF to where you are in the program.

[matty8199]

Are you sure it wasn't after 10? I assume 24 is on from 9-10. It seems to have something to do with the show that is currently recording on that channel ending. The example I gave on another thread was fox sundays. recording simpons, family guy, and american dad. if you start watching simpons from the begining just before it's about to recording american famliy guy and then use the jumpback after it starts recording family guy it will jump to the end. Then start the simpons again and pause it and wait for american dad to start and use the jumpback button and the same thing will happen. Not sure that his matters but I have always FF first before using the jumpback button. This gets really annoying having to start the program over from the start and having to mess around with FF to where you are in the program.

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking - I had the bug the first time, but by the time I needed to use it again (the second set of commercials) 24 had finished recording, so it was after 10. That second time, there was no issue - the FF with jump back worked fine to skip the commercials...

[dhsetter]

I had a problem when recording the superbowl. I came home at half time happy to see that the superbowl was recording. The bar in the display box was red. I used the jump ahead button to skip to the beginning of the recording so I could see the beginning of the game (and the commercials). The next thing that I saw was the bar switch to black as if I had changed channels. When I went into the My VOD section, all that remained of my recording was the first 22 minutes of the superbowl. Thinking that something was wrong, I checked the to do area and the Sacramento Kings game that was supposed to be done recording at 3:00 was still recording... Unfortunately, there was no superbowl.

Next I stopped the Kings recording and went back to the half-time show. Used the record button, and voila - I lost the first 22 minutes of the original recording and all the first half. Now all I have is the second half of the game.

I know on the older machines, you would NEVER lose a recording, if you turned it off and started again. Arrrrgh.

[Dukie]

For us basketball junkies, I liked the functionality of the older SAT receivers that provided a "jump loop".

Instead of the current R15 (and TiVO) implementation of the PREV (or LAST) button that loops between 2 channels, it would be nice to add up to 5 channels in the loop.

Although a menu option could be added to add/del channels in the loop, the R15 could mimic the old SAT receiver implementation as follows:

* Instead of switching to the previous channel while the PREV button is pressed, only take action when the PREV button is released.
* If the PREV button is held for 1 second or more, add the current channel to the loop or remove the current channel from the loop if applicable.
* Provide a quick UI to inform the user.
* Allow up to 5 channels

Once implemented, quickly pressing & releasing the PREV button will switch to the next channel in the loop.

[fredo]

For us basketball junkies, I liked the functionality of the older SAT receivers that provided a "jump loop".

Instead of the current R15 (and TiVO) implementation of the PREV (or LAST) button that loops between 2 channels, it would be nice to add up to 5 channels in the loop.

Although a menu option could be added to add/del channels in the loop, the R15 could mimic the old SAT receiver implementation as follows:

* Instead of switching to the previous channel while the PREV button is pressed, only take action when the PREV button is released.
* If the PREV button is held for 1 second or more, add the current channel to the loop or remove the current channel from the loop if applicable.
* Provide a quick UI to inform the user.
* Allow up to 5 channels

Once implemented, quickly pressing & releasing the PREV button will switch to the next channel in the loop.

The R15 already has something like this. Just hit the Menu key and in the menu that comes up, one of the options is Previous Chs or something like that, I don't remember the exact verbiage. But it displays a list of the last channels you've been to and you can select one of those channels to go to. I don't know exactly how many channels it keeps in the list, but I think it's similar to the functionality you are looking for.

[Calebrot]

I had a problem when recording the superbowl. I came home at half time happy to see that the superbowl was recording. The bar in the display box was red. I used the jump ahead button to skip to the beginning of the recording so I could see the beginning of the game (and the commercials). The next thing that I saw was the bar switch to black as if I had changed channels. When I went into the My VOD section, all that remained of my recording was the first 22 minutes of the superbowl. Thinking that something was wrong, I checked the to do area and the Sacramento Kings game that was supposed to be done recording at 3:00 was still recording... Unfortunately, there was no superbowl.

Next I stopped the Kings recording and went back to the half-time show. Used the record button, and voila - I lost the first 22 minutes of the original recording and all the first half. Now all I have is the second half of the game.

I know on the older machines, you would NEVER lose a recording, if you turned it off and started again. Arrrrgh.


Well fortunately for you, you didn't miss much except for the worst officiating ever in a SuperBowl, that is unless of course you are a Steelers fan and then you wouldn't agree about the officiating, since all of the bad calls went against Seattle. Too bad this unit doesn't have a function that would allow a user to upload a show to the DTV website and then another user can download it because I have the entire thing still on my DVR. Maybe it is something we can add to the features wanted thread, the ability to exchange recordings with other R-15 DVR users.

[pjo1966]

The "jump back" bug is not limited to the circumstances listed above. It happens to me every day whether the show is still recording or whether it was recorded a day or two earlier. It also happens when I hit pause first, when it is playing, and when I am FFing. It does not discriminate.

[Dukie]

The R15 already has something like this. Just hit the Menu key and in the menu that comes up, one of the options is Previous Chs or something like that, I don't remember the exact verbiage. But it displays a list of the last channels you've been to and you can select one of those channels to go to. I don't know exactly how many channels it keeps in the list, but I think it's similar to the functionality you are looking for.

Thanks Fredo, I'll take a look.

On a somewhat related note, does anybody else hear audio popping when switching between channels using the PREV button?

I have digital optical enabled and it happens about 40-50% of the time.

[cabanaboy1977]

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking - I had the bug the first time, but by the time I needed to use it again (the second set of commercials) 24 had finished recording, so it was after 10. That second time, there was no issue - the FF with jump back worked fine to skip the commercials...

Sorry, what I was asking was the first time that you used the jump back was it after 10 or right around 9:59? I've noticed that it seems to jump to the end when the jumpback is hit if the after the program has finished recording. So basically the first time you hit the jumpback button after the show is finished recording it jumps to the end, after that it seems to work ok, or at least that's what I noticed. So I was asking if was more like 9:59 or 10:00 than 9:55 like you said. I hope that makes more sense now.

[cabanaboy1977]

The "jump back" bug is not limited to the circumstances listed above. It happens to me every day whether the show is still recording or whether it was recorded a day or two earlier. It also happens when I hit pause first, when it is playing, and when I am FFing. It does not discriminate.

Your correct, but 100% of the time it does do it in the case above. I have had it happen when I was watching something that had been recorded a couple of days ago. But I also haven't payed attention to see if something had recently stopped recording. This might happen every time your watching a recorded program and something else finishes recording. Some bug in the jumpback button?

[kb9vrg]

Coming from being a DishDVR user, I would like the option to be able to select if I wanted to have the programs being recorded be output via the output jacks while they're recording when the unit is in standby.

This is something that I was able to do with my DishDVR units.

I have my DVD-R hooked up to the R15, and frequently will make a recording to take with me to work or to watch in another room. I can't use my DVD-R's schedule function without leaving the R15 on, which creates its own problems when recording two programs simultaneously.

[pjo1966]

Your correct, but 100% of the time it does do it in the case above. I have had it happen when I was watching something that had been recorded a couple of days ago. But I also haven't payed attention to see if something had recently stopped recording. This might happen every time your watching a recorded program and something else finishes recording. Some bug in the jumpback button?


I only record two programs on this thing. Nothing else is finishing recording while I am viewing, so I can't confirm that bug.

[wohlfie]

I just posted this in the DTv forums in response to another thread, but I have been meaning to throw it out here as a potential enhancement...
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I would like to have "crop tools" to trim excess time off the front and back of recordings. Then padding wouldn't eat so much disk space....

Plus, there are frequently "snippets" of shows I would like to save....for example one story in an hour newscast, or one comedian in a Comedy Central stand-up block.

The R-15 lets you mark places in the recordings via bookmarks. Why can't they have functionality to erase upto or after a mark??

Or has nobody but me had this great idea yet?
(and does posting it here adequately document it for a patent app?? :-) )

[Earl Bonovich]

Or has nobody but me had this great idea yet?
(and does posting it here adequately document it for a patent app?? :-) )

Nope, others have thought of it before. With relation to PADDING of recordings.

They wanted to add padding space to the start and end of the program, and then after it recorded... trim it off.

[pjo1966]

I only record two programs on this thing. Nothing else is finishing recording while I am viewing, so I can't confirm that bug.


I take back what I said. Upon further thought, I often start watching a program while it is still recording. I was doing that this morning and experience the "jump-back" bug right after it stopped recording. This afternoon I started watching a recording an hour or so after it finished recording... no problem.

[mbrey]

I just posted this in the DTv forums in response to another thread, but I have been meaning to throw it out here as a potential enhancement...
---
I would like to have "crop tools" to trim excess time off the front and back of recordings. Then padding wouldn't eat so much disk space....

Plus, there are frequently "snippets" of shows I would like to save....for example one story in an hour newscast, or one comedian in a Comedy Central stand-up block.

The R-15 lets you mark places in the recordings via bookmarks. Why can't they have functionality to erase upto or after a mark??

Or has nobody but me had this great idea yet?
(and does posting it here adequately document it for a patent app?? :-) )

This is a GREAT idea! Coincidentally, I am recording the Olympics and transferring the events I want to keep to DVD-R. Was just telling my wife how cool it would be if I could just Mark the sections I want, and tell tghe R15 to delete everything else.

Add me to the Royalty's checks please! :)

[pjo1966]

I have the 109f and I just wanted to confirm that the series link still does not work for General Hospital. I set it to record all episode (new & rerun). Out of 10 possible episodes it found 1. It's back to a manual record until they can figure this problem out.

[Clint Lamor]

I have the 109f and I just wanted to confirm that the series link still does not work for General Hospital. I set it to record all episode (new & rerun). Out of 10 possible episodes it found 1. It's back to a manual record until they can figure this problem out.

I would be interested to know if it still does the same thing after another day. The box has alwas been notorious for not showing things it's going to record for a day or two after it reboots. With the new OS of course came a reboot. :)

[pjo1966]

I would be interested to know if it still does the same thing after another day. The box has alwas been notorious for not showing things it's going to record for a day or two after it reboots. With the new OS of course came a reboot. :)


True... but the reboot was more than 24 hours ago. The programs were listed in the guide, just not in the To Do list.

[pjo1966]

I take back what I said. Upon further thought, I often start watching a program while it is still recording. I was doing that this morning and experience the "jump-back" bug right after it stopped recording. This afternoon I started watching a recording an hour or so after it finished recording... no problem.


To quote myself again... I tried a workaround to beat the jump-back bug. I was watching a program this morning while it was still recording. Once I saw the record light go out I back out of the menus to live TV. I changed the channel and went back to viewing the program. There was no issue with jumping back. It's a pain, but it's a lot easier than having to shuttle through the whole program again.

Also, as to my series link issue, I tried again to use a series link to record Gneral Hospital. After 24 hours, the To Do list has all the episodes set to record. We'll see if they stay there.

[hitechluddite]

The R-15 lets you mark places in the recordings via bookmarks. Why can't they have functionality to erase upto or after a mark??

Yeah, Why not?

Also bring back the complete date of the first run for shows, not just the year, why was this done away with?

[Mr. Furious]

Also bring back the complete date of the first run for shows, not just the year, why was this done away with?

I wish they'd do this, too. I'm pretty sure the data is there - my DirecTiVo only shows the year, but the full date is in the extended information.

[Dan East]

I just upgraded from a D10 to the R15. The interface is almost identical, making it an easy transition since I have never used a TiVo. Also, since both units use the same remote (and even power connector) it was extremely simple to swap them out.

Anyway, now onto my enhancement. Since the D10 and R15 use the exact same remote I've been using the remote that came with the D10. The first thing I noticed immediately is that the IR receiver is not as sensitive (or does not have as wide a view angle) as the D10. I could sit in my recliner around 10 feet from the receiver and easily control the D10. I could not operate the R15 at all unless I held my arm out to the side to not hit the receiver at such an obtuse angle. I had to angle the receiver in our entertainment center to face toward my chair to be able to operate it.

I checked to see if there was a protective film over the sensor which might reduce its sensitivity, but there wasn't one. Since I'm using the same remote the deficiency is obviously in the R15.

Dan East

[Clint Lamor]

I just upgraded from a D10 to the R15. The interface is almost identical, making it an easy transition since I have never used a TiVo. Also, since both units use the same remote (and even power connector) it was extremely simple to swap them out.

Anyway, now onto my enhancement. Since the D10 and R15 use the exact same remote I've been using the remote that came with the D10. The first thing I noticed immediately is that the IR receiver is not as sensitive (or does not have as wide a view angle) as the D10. I could sit in my recliner around 10 feet from the receiver and easily control the D10. I could not operate the R15 at all unless I held my arm out to the side to not hit the receiver at such an obtuse angle. I had to angle the receiver in our entertainment center to face toward my chair to be able to operate it.

I checked to see if there was a protective film over the sensor which might reduce its sensitivity, but there wasn't one. Since I'm using the same remote the deficiency is obviously in the R15.

Dan East

Yes I have noticed that the IR is nowhere near as good as my TiVo but I thought it was the remote as I didn't know any different. May have to open it up and see if there may be a way to improve it. :) mmmmmm electronics hacking.

[rrbhokies]

I really like the idea of being able to pad the beginning and end to create 'snippets' so you don't have to store an entire episode of something like Saturday Night Live when all you want to keep is one particular skit.

The other thing I'd like to see is a Recycle Bin. There have been times when I've accidentally deleted a recording and then regretted that I did it. Since theoretically nothing else has been recorded yet, you should be able to recycle it just like you can do with your hard drive on your PC.

Neither of these two features seem like they would be extremely difficult to program into the software and could be added as software updates at some time in the future.

[gvaughn]

I really like the idea of being able to pad the beginning and end to create 'snippets' so you don't have to store an entire episode of something like Saturday Night Live when all you want to keep is one particular skit.An even better example are sporting events where the end time is unknown, yet scheduled in the guide for usually 2-3 hours for many events . I often set my NFL games (scheduled in the guide for 3 hours) to go over by an hour and a half since a long game, especially with overtime, can come close, if not pass, this duration. Once the game has ended however...there's no need to save the extra time at the end of the game...

[cabanaboy1977]

An even better example are sporting events where the end time is unknown, yet scheduled in the guide for usually 2-3 hours for many events . I often set my NFL games (scheduled in the guide for 3 hours) to go over by an hour and a half since a long game, especially with overtime, can come close, if not pass, this duration. Once the game has ended however...there's no need to save the extra time at the end of the game...

I'm not a sports guy but have the same issue with the simpons, famliy guy, american, etc on fox after the game. I'll extend the last show of the night on fox so that I don't miss them.

[pjo1966]

Not sure if this is a bug or a feature... I was watching Live TV and missed something. I hit the jump back button and nothing happened.

[gvaughn]

Not sure if this is a bug or a feature... I was watching Live TV and missed something. I hit the jump back button and nothing happened.

I just had this happened to me for the olympics. I couldn't get it to rewind although it was clear from the timeline that a buffer existed to go back to. I ended up having to record the show then stop ("stop and keep") the show before I could go back in the recorded version from "list" to watch the buffer. VERY FRUSTRATING BUG!!!

[khajath]

Not sure if this is a bug or a feature... I was watching Live TV and missed something. I hit the jump back button and nothing happened.

It happens to me once too. Most of the time, I could rewind live TV. However, one time, doesn't matter how I try, it keep moves on with live TV. I have not see same problem happen again.

[JJZ]

In addition to the 30 second skip, which personally, I think is the most important enhancement needed, I have one I found yesterday.

I record alot of college basketball games. When I set my DVR to record, I always set it to record an additional 30 minutes in case the game goes into overtime. When I watch one of my recorded games yesterday (I started about an hour after the game started live), I noticed the progress bar at the bottom of the screen only shows recording time for the orginal program length. Not the extra 30 minutes I requested. I did record the extra 30 minutes.

The game was a slow paced game at started to run very closed to not ending in the extra 30 minutes. On my old TIVO set, I could very simply see how much more time it would record and jump over and extend the recording. On my new R15, once I went over the 2 hours, I could not tell how much farther until the end of the recording.

It only shows the length for the programs original time. It should show your full recording length.

[bowk54]

My stand-alone TIVO box has a feature that is called schedule "Clipping". The idea is that if you have a program scheduled for 9:00 pm to 10:00pm and you request another program that is scheduled to run from 9:59 to 11:00, the second program normally would not be added to the todo list. With "clipping" enabled you will get both programs recorded. The TIVO box decides which minute to cut depending on each programs place in Season Pass list.

Some networks have a nasty habit of starting a program a minute or two early. (eg. NBC's ER on Thursday night)

This is less of an issue for the R15 with two tuners, but there are instances where it would be useful.

[matty8199]

In addition to the 30 second skip, which personally, I think is the most important enhancement needed, I have one I found yesterday.

I record alot of college basketball games. When I set my DVR to record, I always set it to record an additional 30 minutes in case the game goes into overtime. When I watch one of my recorded games yesterday (I started about an hour after the game started live), I noticed the progress bar at the bottom of the screen only shows recording time for the orginal program length. Not the extra 30 minutes I requested. I did record the extra 30 minutes.

The game was a slow paced game at started to run very closed to not ending in the extra 30 minutes. On my old TIVO set, I could very simply see how much more time it would record and jump over and extend the recording. On my new R15, once I went over the 2 hours, I could not tell how much farther until the end of the recording.

It only shows the length for the programs original time. It should show your full recording length.

Yeah, add me to the list for wanting that one added too - and before anyone says "TIVO has it patented", no they don't. My old Comcast DVR did the same thing.

[Clint Lamor]

Thats actually a feature that was just added to Tivo a short while back. I don't think the DTivo's do it, I think they mainly added it to help with only having a single tuner.

[ajseagles3]

Has anyone mentioned that the series recording should learn the difference between new episodes and repeats?

Just wondering.


HAHAHA

[Malibu13]

Yes, and no need to "re-visit" it here in this thread. ;)........This one is now closed, due to recent upgrades. For info on "bugs & fixes" pertaining to new software upgrades, please see the appropriate thread.