I have owned an HR20-100 with an external 1TB Western Digital drive for a few years now. It has always been slow and I'm growing weary of it. Very often it takes 5-10 seconds to bring up the guide or the play list. Once it is up it is fine, but waiting for it to pop up is too long. I've tried RBR, clearing the cache, native settings only, etc...
Could the external drive be the source of the problem? It does seem to speed up a bit when I delete programs and keep 30-40% free space, but still not where I would like it.
Reset the NVRAM , Go to ch 1 then after the audio and interactive starts on your remote hit r,r,b,b,g,y buttons. A message will show in the lower left NVRAM clear.
Reset the NVRAM , Go to ch 1 then after the audio and interactive starts on your remote hit r,r,b,b,g,y buttons. A message will show in the lower left NVRAM clear.
Thanks guys, I've also done both of those things.
I also have an HR21-700 with the stock hard drive. When I first got the receiver it was unusable it was so slow. Now it is just fine after some updates a couple years ago and is definitely faster than the HR20.
Thanks guys, I've also done both of those things.
I also have an HR21-700 with the stock hard drive. When I first got the receiver it was unusable it was so slow. Now it is just fine after some updates a couple years ago and is definitely faster than the HR20.
HR20's are almost universally faster than the HR21's....I suspect your HR20 has something else wrong with it. My HR20 is lightning fast compared to my other 2 units, and by most reports, if it is proper working order should be due to the additional chips in use in the device...it employs some separate chips that were combined into a single chip in later models and most say it performs better because of this. Of course I have had to replace the HDD since its going on 6 years old now.
Interesting...I have an HR20-100 acquired in July 2007 when I upgraded to HD. I have a 2TB external array on it, and it had always been reasonably fast until a couple of months ago. I, too, have gone through all the usual procedures, clear NVRAM, hard reboot, tweak the remote, etc etc. Now it's a tad slower than when new, but still tolerable. My DAD just got DTV last year and he got a new HR...forget the model, but it runs rings around my old 20.
Yes it is. Otherwise you'd be flushing the guide data with every reboot instead of flushing by rebooting twice within 30 minutes. When the HR20's first came out the guide data wasn't stored on the hard drive but they changed that so that it is stored on the drive.
I may try disconnecting my external drive when I get a reasonable window of time to see if maybe the drive is slowing it down. My stock HR21 is definitely snappier. It still has the occasional long pause bringing up the guide or playlist, but it's not as bad.
Yes it is. Otherwise you'd be flushing the guide data with every reboot instead of flushing by rebooting twice within 30 minutes. When the HR20's first came out the guide data wasn't stored on the hard drive but they changed that so that it is stored on the drive.
So on a DVR it's on the drive, but on a non DVR it's stored somewhere else?
I actually thought the guide was stored in the same place on both. Obviously there is a place on a non DVR for it to go and not get wiped out by a reboot or power outage.
Yes, on an H2X it's stored in memory. That's why H2X's only have a week of guide data but HR2X's have 2.
dpeters11 said:
I actually thought the guide was stored in the same place on both. Obviously there is a place on a non DVR for it to go and not get wiped out by a reboot or power outage.
Wait for HDGUI, I think you'll all be pleasantly surprised how responsive your HR22-100's act with the new GUI. Both of mine are like totally different dvrs now. If they don't then I would suspect problematic HDDs or some other issue with them.
Wait for HDGUI, I think you'll all be pleasantly surprised how responsive your HR22-100's act with the new GUI. Both of mine are like totally different dvrs now. If they don't then I would suspect problematic HDDs or some other issue with them.
I am running the HDGUI on both my HR20 and HR21. It is definitely a big improvement when scrolling through the guide and playlist, but not in getting the guide/playlist/menu up. It still takes at least 5 seconds after pushing the button for them to come up.
Wait for HDGUI, I think you'll all be pleasantly surprised how responsive your HR22-100's act with the new GUI. Both of mine are like totally different dvrs now. If they don't then I would suspect problematic HDDs or some other issue with them.
I wish I was so lucky. Since the latest update, mine are like cardboard boxes.:lol: Right after the HD GUI was downloaded, they were noticeably faster, but since the last two software downloads, they have become even slower than before the HD GUI.:nono2:
Aye. We just plain need horsey-power. Last night I tried to watch my wife key in a 3 digit channel and get stymied 8 times in a row. I took it from her with a huff, and proceeded to be schooled by the HR23 3 more times before it managed to handle the 3 numbers in proper order. Fresh batteries, remote 4 feet from DVR in a dark room, it was trying to record another channel at the time as well. We were trying to tune in some jazz for some, um, private time in the bedroom, and the effing DVR really impeded on the flow of the evening for a bit :lol:
I'm telling you - when I see a general consensus up here that some piece of hardware definitely improves things, without a significant nay-saying population on the side, that is the only thing that will make me renew my contract.
spartanstew said:
The HD-GUI has not improved the speed in getting to places on any of my DVR's.
Yes, once in the guide and/or list, it's faster, but getting to those locations is still just as slow.
If you have problems with the DVR not receiving all of the digits correctly do as I do and Hit the Guide Button and then Enter the 3 Digits and it will take them every time without a problem and then Select that Channel and you are good to go.
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