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Wolffpack
02-18-07, 05:23 PM
I believe that this problem with "Channels I Receive" started about a year ago in which every subscriber's DVR (UTV, DTIVO and DVR+) flagged all channels as ones you received. This causes a problem when your DVR does searches and tries to record Wishlists on the DTivo units and Autorecords on the DVR+ units.

Does anyone know when this will be fixed?

There is a work around on the DTivo units in that you can edit the Channels I Receive to reflect what you do receive. DVR+ DVRs do not offer this option. As this has been a problem for a year is there any plan to fix it?
Earl Bonovich
02-18-07, 05:28 PM
That status is that the fix is rolling out, however... it is a BIG rollout as it is not just the DVR+ systems effected.

I don't have a percentage of where they are at with it, other then it is in full swing.
Wolffpack
02-18-07, 06:09 PM
Does this mean more OS updates for SD and HD DTivos also?
jonaswan2
02-18-07, 06:21 PM
I think that once all of the standard receivers get updated with this function, Ch's I Receive will get turned on or will be close to getting turned on. All of the standard receivers have not gotten the appropriate update yet.
Earl Bonovich
02-18-07, 06:38 PM
Does this mean more OS updates for SD and HD DTivos also?

Not specifically for this reason
Wolffpack
02-18-07, 07:30 PM
Not specifically for this reason
I've seen 6.3c and 6.2a on my hacked units but what about 6.1a for the R10s? Are they just DST fixes or are other items included. Since I'm in AZ and we don't do DST I'm not planning on applying 6.3c or 6.2a unless they address other issues.
Earl Bonovich
02-18-07, 07:35 PM
Primarily they are comming out now for DST.
There are some other "fixes" in them, but the TiVos are not effected at all by the Channels I Receive issue
Wolffpack
02-18-07, 07:37 PM
Cool, thanks.
Sneezy
02-18-07, 08:34 PM
I can't wait for this fix. It's been pissing me off since day 1 of my install.
tucker301
02-18-07, 10:52 PM
To be honest, it PO'd me too when I first switched to D*.
However, not having the option has forced me to create my own custom list that has not only excluded all of the channels I don't get, but also the ones I never wanted to begin with.
Estimating, I'd say that my guide has been reduced by at least 200 channels.
Well worthe hour or so I invested.
I call it my "Crap Free List".

I am a HUGE advocate of having a fully à la cart subscription option.
If I could pay $2-$3 for each of the channels I want, and not have my subscription dollars supporting useless crap I never watch, I'd save a ton each month.
Tom Robertson
02-19-07, 01:03 AM
Any idea how the CIR will handle OTAs that I might not receive? purely by auto test? By the OTA channel editting?

Cheers,
Tom
Earl Bonovich
02-19-07, 08:55 AM
Any idea how the CIR will handle OTAs that I might not receive? purely by auto test? By the OTA channel editting?

Cheers,
Tom

OTA Channel Editting, just like it is now.
Peter305
02-19-07, 09:18 AM
I think that once all of the standard receivers get updated with this function, Ch's I Receive will get turned on or will be close to getting turned on. All of the standard receivers have not gotten the appropriate update yet.

Do I have to have my receiver connected to a land based phone line to receive fixes like this?
Earl Bonovich
02-19-07, 09:20 AM
Do I have to have my receiver connected to a land based phone line to receive fixes like this?

Not if you have a D10/D11/D12, H20, R15, or HR20
oakwcj
02-19-07, 10:08 AM
I still don't understand why they can't/won't/haven't added a filter to search only favorites.
dlt4
02-19-07, 03:59 PM
There is a work around on the DTivo units in that you can edit the Channels I Receive to reflect what you do receive.

What is the workaround?
tucker301
02-19-07, 04:01 PM
That is the workaround.
Edit the list.
Wolffpack
02-19-07, 04:18 PM
What is the workaround?
Select -> Messages & Setup -> Settings -> Channels -> Channels You Receive
Earl Bonovich
02-19-07, 04:28 PM
Select -> Messages & Setup -> Settings -> Channels -> Channels You Receive

Actually... that is not a work around... that is just how you do it on a TiVo.
The DTivos don't have an "auto" Channels You Receive feature.
Wolffpack
02-19-07, 04:41 PM
Actually... that is not a work around... that is just how you do it on a TiVo.
The DTivos don't have an "auto" Channels You Receive feature.
I don't recall setting the channels I receive back then, but I guess it's possible. A year ago and my mind grows feeble.
Mrpalmer420
02-20-07, 09:52 AM
What i really mis is the 9 channel box that used to pop up when i hit select on my old unit. Will that every come back?
Peter305
02-20-07, 10:25 AM
What i really mis is the 9 channel box that used to pop up when i hit select on my old unit. Will that every come back?

I have two DirecTV boxes. The original one is an old Hughes box, [I don't know the number off hand]. It has always been able to do a search and pick out all the channels I pay for. My newer DirecTV box doesn't have this feature [I think it's a D11 box].

The other thing the new box doens't have is the 'TURBO" feature which allows you to pick out your 9 most watched channels and have them pop up on the screen when you hit the select button on the remote. I wishi the newer boxes still had this feature.