"Channels I Get" Issues - Q4 2008 Edition

I have Total Choice Plus, HD Access, HD Extra, HBO, Showtime, Hotpass.

These are PPV that show up in "channels I get". I end up removing them from my custom list. When I want to see them I toggle the guide to "All Channels".

117-199
579
786
787

These channels were ones that are used to purchase items from DirecTV. Message of "This purchase exceeds the spending limit ($0.00) you set." was displayed. (I have it set to zero on purpose.)

106
109
111
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599

These return a 721 not purchased message:
438
443
616
631
684-1
681
752-768-1
9561-9574

Game Loading channels - 9901-9926

These give me a black screen: (most said "upcoming" or "to be announced" but since I don't have the Sports package I would expect the ones I am not subscribed to, to be omitted.)

92-98
210
211
221
315
321
322
323
448-1
449-1
477
478
479
573
578
580
582
609
609-1
611
615
615-1
617
617-1
622
623
623-1
625
625-1
636
636-1
637
637-1
638
638-1
640-1
641
641-1
643
643-1
648-1
649 (727 - not available in your area)
650
651
652
654-1
655
655-1
656-1
661-1
662-1
664
667
669-1
672
672-1
673
673-1
677
677-1
678
678-1
679
679-1
680
681-1
682-1
693
696-1
697
697-1
698-1
699
699-1
700
702-718-1
750-1
769-1
788
789
790
791
792
793

 

I do not subscribe to the NFL Sunday Ticket. I have a Wishlist set up for the Green Bay Packers. Whenever there is a game to record, it's always listed on the NFL Sunday Ticket channels, even though I don't subscribe to them.

 

I subscribe to the Old Total Choice Package(grandfathered late 2006/early 2007), HD Access, Starz, Showtime, Sunday Ticket with Superfan.

The Channels I Get/Could Get I have issues with are:

UHD (74)- works correctly on 259
HDNM(78,552)
DIY(230)
STYL(235)
FMC(258)
HINT(271)
LOGO(272)
OVTN(274)
ID (285)
PLGNHD(286)
MILT(287)
SPRT(295)
BOOM(298)
NKTN(302)
HDNet Alternative/Dallas Mavericks Channel(306-1)
GAC(326)
BETJ(330)
PLDAHD(332)
VH1C(337)
HISE(443)
MLS (448-1, 449-1)
HDNM (552)
PTNW(573,578)
PBTV(589,590)
BUY6(591,592)
CLPS(594)
REAL(595)
JUCY(596)
FRSH(597)
SEXX(598)
HUST(599)
CBSCHD(613)
MTN(616,616-1)
YESHD(631)
FNSFHD(654-1)
NBA League Pass(764,764-1)
ESPN Game Plan(788-793)
Nascar (794,799)
Nascar Driver Channels(795-798)

XM(813,823,824,825,828,830,831,837,839,841,844,855,867,871,872,874,875,876,879

XM Business(9561-9574)

 

Package:
Choice Extra
HD access
DVR service
HBO
Starz
NFL Sunday Ticket
Nascar HotPass
MLB EI


Channels that are in Channels I Get, but give me a 721 Channel not purchased when tuned


74 UHD
78 HDNM

306-1 HDN alt

332 PLADHD

443 hise
448-1
449-1

477
478
479

539 sho3hd
542 extrahd

552 hdnm

613 CBSCHD
616 mtn
622 stsa
631 yeshd
636 nya
636-1 nya
637 nya
637-1 nya
638 nya
638-1 nya
640-1 mas
641 msn2
641-1 mas
643 CSNa
643-1 CSNa
647 fss
647-1 fsn
648 fssa
648-1 fss
649
650
651
652
654-1
655
655-1
656-1
658
660-1
661-1
662-1
664
666
666-1
667
669-1
672
672-1
673
673-1
677
677-1
678
678-1
679
681-1
682-1
684
684-1
693
696-1
697-1
698-1
699
699-1

 

Package: Total Choice + w/HD access; RSN-FSN-Southwest

74 UHD
78 HDNM
443 HISE
448-1 MLSHD
449-1 MLSHD
539 Sho3HD
542 EXTRHD
552 HDNM

Regional Sport Networks
616
616-1
622
631
636
636-1
637
637-1
638
638-1
640-1
641
641-1
648
648-1
649
650
651
652
654-1
655
655-1
656-1
658
660-1
662-1
664
666
666-1
667
669-1
672
672-1
673
673-1
679
679-1
681-1
682-1
684
684-1
693
696-1
697
697-1
698-1
699
699-1

League Pass
700-725
750
764
764-1
786-793

 

Premier with HD access

Took 55 minutes to make this list, thanks to the slow performance of the HR2x receivers.

74
78
110
203
263
289
306-1
310
332
349
443
444-1
445-1
446-1
447-1
448-1
449-1
477
478
479
552
573
574
578
579
580
630
658
700
701
702
702-1
703
703-1
704
704-1
705
705-1
706
706-1
707
707-1
708
708-1
709
709-1
710
710-1
711
711-1
712
712-1
713
713-1
714
714-1
715
715-1
716
716-1
717
717-1
718
718-1
720
721
722
723
724
725
764
764-1
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
870
873
876
877
9561
9562
9563
9564
9565
9566
9567
9568
9569
9570
9571
9572
9573
9574
9901
9902
9903
9904
9905
9906
9907
9908
9909
9910
9911
9912
9913
9921
9922
9923
9924
9925
9926

 

Currently sub to Choice + HD Access

Hide SD duplicates is set to ON, so I may be missing some addition errors.

There have been major improvements to CIR, but I still have some channels incorrectly highlighted in the guide as if they were available.

74 - Universal HD *still wrong*
78 - HDNet Movies *still wrong*
[strike]208 - ESPN Classic[/strike] fixed
[strike]230 - DIY[/strike] fixed
[strike]235 - Style[/strike] fixed
[strike]250 - Fox Reality[/strike] fixed
[strike]251 - Oxygen[/strike] fixed
[strike]257 - Chiller[/strike] fixed
[strike]258 - Fox Movie Channel[/strike] fixed
[strike]271 - History International[/strike] fixed
[strike]272 - Logo[/strike] fixed
[strike]274 - Ovation[/strike] fixed
[strike]279 - Discovery Health[/strike] added to Choice
285 - Investigation Discovery *still wrong*
286 - Planet Green HD *still wrong*
[strike]287 - Military Channel[/strike] fixed
[strike]295 - PBS Sprout[/strike] fixed
[strike]298 - Boomerang[/strike] fixed
[strike]302 - Nicktoons[/strike] fixed
[strike]307 - WGN[/strike] fixed
[strike]308 - Sleuth[/strike] fixed
[strike]326 - GAC[/strike] fixed
[strike]330 - BETJ[/strike] fixed
332 - Palladia *still wrong*
[strike]337 - VH1 Classic[/strike] fixed
[strike]354 - G4[/strike] fixed
539 - Showtime Showcase HD *still wrong*
542 - Showtime Extreme HD *still wrong*
552 - HDNet Movies *still wrong*
[strike]613 - CBS College Sports[/strike] fixed

Also various issues with channels in the RSNs, Sirius XM radio, private network, etc. range.

 

I subscribe to the Premier package, HD access package, and the HD everything package, so there's not too many channels I do not get. I would first of all love to see an option to be able to hide all the PPV channels, the paid sports subscription channels I don't get, the porn channels, and the duplicate mpeg2 HD channels in the 70s. With that here's the list of channels I don't get that are showing up in my guide.

443 - HISE
573 - PTNW
574 - PTNW
578 - PTNW
870 - SONC Fiesta Tropical
873 - SONC Regional Mexican
876 - SONC Mariachi
877 - SONC Carnaval Brasilero
9561 - XM for Business Pop2K
9562 - XM for Business Lithium
9563 - XM for Business The Blend
9564 - XM for Business Top 20 on 20
9566 - XM for Business The 70s
9567 - XM for Business The Loft
9568 - XM for Business Roadhouse
9569 - XM for Business A Taste of Italy
9570 - XM for Business The Pulse
9571 - XM for Business Sirius XM Love
9572 - XM for Business Prime Country
9573 - XM for Business The Spectrum
9574 - XM for Business Watercolors
9901- 9926 Game Channels

I also have showing in my guide channels for NFL Sunday Ticket as well as MLS, none of which I subscribe to.

 

The HD channels in the 70s will likely disappear before there will be an option to hide the 70s

 

OK, I was bored with a football game so I surveyed my CIG. I have the old Total Choice package grandfathered, HBO and Showtime, plus HD access.

Here are the channels listed in CIG that I don’t get:

74 UHD
78 HDNM
92-96
103
203 Ohio
285 ID
286 PLGNHD
310 Ohio
332 PLDA HD
349 Ohio
443 HISE
478 DTV
552 HDNM
573
578

A bunch of RSNs:

616
616-1
617
617-1
631
636
636-1
637
637-1
638
638-1
640-1
641
641-1
643
643-1
647
647-1
648
648-1
649
650
652
654-1
655
655-1
656-1
658
660-1
661-1
662-1
664
666
666-1
669-1
672
672-1
673
673-1
677
677-1
678
678-1
679
679-1
681-1
682-1
684
684-1
693
698-1
699
699-1

In the 700s, CIG lists all of the subscription sports, although I subscribe to none of them.

XM:

823
824
825
828
829
831
837
839
841
844
848
867
868
869
870
873
876
877

Other than that, CIG is completely accurate.

 

It's been a long time since I've even looked at CIG - I don't want the XM or PPV to clutter up the guide, so between that and the fact that it's never been close to correct, I've never bothered with it.

 

Now that they have had another 3 months plus of "more effort" why is this still not resolved? How many years does it take to get the receiver to know the channels it can and can not get?

 

It depends on how long it takes to get the marketing arm of D* to stop dictating their "dogma" to the developers.

 

Stuart, have you heard about a status update on this?

 

It would be a great feature for D* to put on there website or for networked boxes to have a setting that would change all the customized channels in the guide all at the same time. With the starz preview coming up and having turned off my premiums, I would like to take advantage of it and setting up each box individually can become tedious. Because I just got finished setting up each box to have the same channels in the guide, I don't really want to change each one by itself again until I change my package.

 

Imagine living in a household where each receiver is set differently and how that might be maintained.

To date, DIRECTV has taken a decidedly unidirectional approach to remote programming so I'm not sure that it makes sense that they would make content and/or preference information available through the Internet.

It has been previously suggested that USB flash drives might be used to accomplish this goal, but to date, the USB port's use seems to be limited to serial control and I don't recall that there is a menu command in the serial control command set. I certainly wouldn't want to attempt a macro to add and delete channels from a favorites list.

DISH's bi-directional programming system (SlingGuide) doesn't currently support modifying receiver preferences remotely, but DISH uses the IR blaster feature (not available in current DIRECTV boxes) with a special learning remote to accomplish this kind of task.

 

USB seems it would be easiest to impliment. Since moving from a sort of frat style house with 14 boxes and a sportsbar addon ( Which was cool and wish I still had ) It is actually much easier now than it was because I left only my 4 hr20's on my account. But since i now commute and gone from the house most of the day for 6 days a week I have no time to do anything

 

i still chuckle whenever i see this thread come back up.

 

You would think that it would have been addressed long ago.

 

I would think so too, Being able to see the correct channels in CIG List would be a Basic functionality of the reciever.