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Very interesting. I left my receiver ON overnight (no standby), and when I powered on my TV (slid the remote switch to DirecTV) the remote and buttons on the front of the DVR had no effect on my HR21. It looks like it doesn't matter if I put it in standby or not. If you leave it alone for more than a few hours, the HR21 refuses to respond to the remote or the buttons on the front. Only a red button reset fixes this, which is irritating.
As I side note a took some advice from someone earlier in this thread and turned off the scrolling Effect, and man does the Guide and List menus fly. I have never seen a Directv Receiver move this fast. I also turned off Native mode, turned off Recording tips, and unchecked all but 1080i & 1080p. So, if it was not the scrolling effects that sped up my menus one of those actions cured it. I do not want to tempt fate to see which action sped up the menus.
Also, I do not use the autorecord keyword feature. I either schedule with a season pass or record something from the guide.
Thanks for all the tips, not sure what the NVRAM did, but it is cleared now. The powersave has always been set to off. So, I imagine the same thing will happen. It doesn't matter if I put it in standby or not, it will still have to be reset in the morning.
I noticed that you turn your TV on before the DTV receiver.
Please try turning on the DTV receiver first.
Lots of TVs put out a lot of IR interference when they are first turned on.
Actually I usually hit the On button, and usually the HR21 does power on first and my TV follows which through HDMI powers on my stereo. I will try to remember to just hit the DTV PWR button first in the morning.
So I found something really interesting with my HR24-500 that may help folks.
I normally have a Keyword search Autorecord setup for recordings - "AALL HDTV RANGERS in Sports -> Hockey".
I didn't add that back in for my HR24-500 when I was adding back my Series recordings after I ran a "Reset Everything" because hockey season is over for the Rangers.
However - I added it back in today - and while it did not immediately cause issues, I found that my receiver started having slowness issues - just like I was previously with the guide loading slowly and the receiver not responding at all. After deleting the Keyword search Autorecord - no issues.
Are there folks with slowness issues that also have Keyword search Auto-recordings? If so - can you try removing it and see if that fixes the problem?
If so and if this fix also work for you - I think we may have figured out the problem. Now the only question is - how do we communicate that to Directv so they can fix it?
Note- I don't think this problem is occurring on my HR23-700, I have had the keyword search enabled on the HR23-700 (never ran a Reset Everything on my HR23-700) and since receiving 0x06d8 it has been running fine.
This makes sense. Following this thread I finally got one of my HR24-500 work as it should after doing the reset everything. Not pleasant to lose all recording and settings but worth the reward. So I was holding off resetting the other one acting up. They both have Boolean autorecord searches. So I'll remove those from the other one today and see what I learn but I'm assuming you've hit the nail on the head. Kudos and thanks to you!
I have to say, disappointed DTV hasn't identified and resolved the issue already. It has been the most frustrating experience for the past month plus. In the end, I sure hope they fix the issue because I want my autorecord searches back. Get rid of the deep search if that is what the cause is!
I haven't had problems for over a week now (last Friday is when I ran the "Reset Everything") EXCEPT when I added the keyword search auto-record and then it returned to normal after removing it. IMHO - this is the smoking gun.
I'm close to a full day with no auto-record on my impacted HR24 - and it's been back to its jolly ol' self. My friend, I do believe you have indeed found the smoking gun...
I'm close to a full day with no auto-record on my impacted HR24 - and it's been back to its jolly ol' self. My friend, I do believe you have indeed found the smoking gun...
So now I have to ask the question - how do we let Directv know so they can fix this and we can get our Auto-records back?
Calling DTV probably won't it escalated up enough to get it fixed.
In the past - I know posting in these types of threads was enough to have someone contact me about a fix, but this go-around I have not heard from anyone. I hope DTV is watching this thread.
Just a final confirmation. On another HR24 that was acting up I deleted the 7 autorecord searches that I had. The demons have been exorcised!
I would think a brief summary and url link to this thread sent to DirecTV support (http://support.directv.com/app/ask) would be worth a shot. I had posted on this issue at the DirecTV forums and I'm going to update that thread with this link.
THANKS so much LiQiCE!!! DirecTV owes you if they weren't already aware of the cause of the issue. And if they were aware, shame on them for not figuring a way to resolve or at least communicate it.
Received 06D8 12 June. Have experienced no issues. I have 14 Auto-Records, one of which is scheduled to record 22 June. My 2TB drive is 1% free. (Ouch)
Received 06D8 12 June. Have experienced no issues. I have 14 Auto-Records, one of which is scheduled to record 22 June. My 2TB drive is 1% free. (Ouch)
How are yours set up?
Mine was AALL for Red Sox live 628 629 (not exactly like that but you get the idea) I think the common theme is those of us using the syntaxs from dtv rather than auto record all episodes of some show on some channel. I have tons of those no problem. - hope I articulated that well enough to clarify.
Just making sure we are talking apples to apples here.
Just a final confirmation. On another HR24 that was acting up I deleted the 7 autorecord searches that I had. The demons have been exorcised!
I would think a brief summary and url link to this thread sent to DirecTV support (http://support.directv.com/app/ask) would be worth a shot. I had posted on this issue at the DirecTV forums and I'm going to update that thread with this link.
THANKS so much LiQiCE!!! DirecTV owes you if they weren't already aware of the cause of the issue. And if they were aware, shame on them for not figuring a way to resolve or at least communicate it.
I filled out a request using the URL you provided. Don't know if I'll get any response - but at least I tried
mrphil said:
Received 06D8 12 June. Have experienced no issues. I have 14 Auto-Records, one of which is scheduled to record 22 June. My 2TB drive is 1% free. (Ouch)
That is good that you haven't had any issues - I wonder what is different between those of us that are having issues (that seems to be fixed by removing auto-records) and your setup.
Do you have MRV enabled / have your HR24-500 on the Internet?
Unfortunately - here is Directv's Response - I know this is not escalated high enough to warrant a proper response - but it does not seem like it will get escalated without me calling them ... ugh.
Dear Mr. Xyz,
Thank you for writing. I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing slowness when using the keyword auto-record functionality of your system after the software download.
Our main priority is to give you hassle-free programming and we want to resolve any technical problem reported to us. Since the problem could be caused by so many different things, it is difficult to troubleshoot via email. I understand that you are able to find a quick fix for it. However, we would like to help you prevent the trouble from happening again in the future. The best and most convenient way for you to get help as soon as possible is to call 1-800-531-5000 and choose the option for technical assistance. Troubleshooting over the phone allows us to confirm that we have arrived at the resolution that will quickly fix the problems you are having. Our Technical Support agents are highly-trained and available any time of the day to fix any problem.
You may also consider the DIRECTV PROTECTION PLAN, which gives you the ultimate in professional technical services for your DIRECTV System. This includes replacement of non-working equipment, such as receivers if problem cannot be resolved over the phone. You can visit our web site at directv.com/protection for more information.
We are glad you are one of our loyal customers, Mr. Xyz. Thanks again for writing.
Sincerely,
<Name and Number removed>
DIRECTV Customer Service
How are yours set up?
Mine was AALL for Red Sox live 628 629 (not exactly like that but you get the idea) I think the common theme is those of us using the syntaxs from dtv rather than auto record all episodes of some show on some channel. I have tons of those no problem. - hope I articulated that well enough to clarify.
Just making sure we are talking apples to apples here.
Just to be clear, all my 14 were ones which, when you look at the series manager, have AutoRecord on the right side. That said, since your last post, I've setup a AALL CARDINALS NNOT CUBS and there are 6 of those so far on the To Do List. I've checked Menu, Info, Guide, and List. All appear in less that 1 second. Will let it sit overnight and report back tomorrow. Let me know if you'd like me to check/do anything else yet this evening.
That is good that you haven't had any issues - I wonder what is different between those of us that are having issues (that seems to be fixed by removing auto-records) and your setup.
Do you have MRV enabled / have your HR24-500 on the Internet?
Received 06D8 12 June. Have experienced no issues. I have 14 Auto-Records, one of which is scheduled to record 22 June. My 2TB drive is 1% free. (Ouch)
I got a slight more positive response from DTV:
Subject
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Problem identified - please resolve!!!
Discussion Thread
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Response Via Email(name and case number removed) - 06/16/2013 03:15 PM
Dear Mr,
Thank you for writing. I am sorry to hear about trouble you have with the autorecording and the guide. I understand that you want to have this concern escalated to our technical team.
Since you have DIRECTV PROTECTION PLAN, the best way for you to get help as soon as possible is call 1-888-667-7463 and choose the option to speak to a technical assistant.
Our Technical Support agents are highly-trained to walk you through a number of troubleshooting steps which are too difficult to try to talk through over email and are available 24 hours a day.
Moreover, we respect your time, so I have forwarded your request to DIRECTV management. While DIRECTV Management can not follow up with each customer individually, rest assured every feedback from our most important customers is reviewed to determine what changes should be considered.
We are glad you are one of our loyal customers. It's feedback like yours that helps us remain America's #1 Satellite provider.
We thank you for your continued support!
Again, thank you for writing.
Sincerely,
<Name/case number removed>
DIRECTV Customer service
Just to be clear, all my 14 were ones which, when you look at the series manager, have AutoRecord on the right side. That said, since your last post, I've setup a AALL CARDINALS NNOT CUBS and there are 6 of those so far on the To Do List. I've checked Menu, Info, Guide, and List. All appear in less that 1 second. Will let it sit overnight and report back tomorrow. Let me know if you'd like me to check/do anything else yet this evening.
Definitely interested to see if this impacts you or not over the short term. It was basically a binary change for me once I read the post from LiQiCE and deleted mine from series manager the DVR became usable again. It sure would be nice to not have to remember to set up recordings for every game I want to watch - but I'll take doing that once a week over the performance problems with that search on.
I know they changed the syntax for some of these searches with one of the releases a while back - would put money on some correlation... For now, I'm just glad to have things back to normal.
Looks like I still have the resume from standby problem even after clearing the NVRAM. Tried powering on the Receiver before turning on the TV, but nothing happened. So, red button reset again. Eventually I will replace this DVR anyway with a HR44 as it failed the SMART test. The HR44 purchases priority may have been raised by this problem. Funny thing is, it will still record programs when it is in this unresponsive state.
How are yours set up?
Mine was AALL for Red Sox live 628 629 (not exactly like that but you get the idea) I think the common theme is those of us using the syntaxs from dtv rather than auto record all episodes of some show on some channel. I have tons of those no problem. - hope I articulated that well enough to clarify.
Just making sure we are talking apples to apples here.
After allowing my AALL CARDINALS NNOT CUBS to sit overnight, I still have none of the issues in this thread and now have 14 AutoRecords for this selection in the ToDo list.
Looks like I still have the resume from standby problem even after clearing the NVRAM. Tried powering on the Receiver before turning on the TV, but nothing happened. So, red button reset again. Eventually I will replace this DVR anyway with a HR44 as it failed the SMART test. The HR44 purchases priority may have been raised by this problem. Funny thing is, it will still record programs when it is in this unresponsive state.
If it failed the Smart test it might not be long before it dies. You might want to call them about this.
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