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Default zipcode in active channels

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Everytime HR20 box resets, the zipcode defaults to CA. Why can't they pick it up the default zipcode in the satellite setting option? This is a pain I have to type it in once in a while. It's not a really big deal but it's doable and they have no clue...
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jonaswan2 said:
Well, it has been this way since the D10-100, so I don't think it's quite as easy as you think. Unless of course you want to be an interactive software developer at DirecTV and develop the means to do it yourself. I mean Java (or whatever the heck they use) couldn't be that hard for a first timer on a CE device. :D
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Zip code is stored somewhere between resets. From a programming standpoint you just need to change the location/device to read from that safe location. Nothing difficult about that.

When you have a unit that demands resets due to buggy software, the least you can do is fix something like this.
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jonaswan2 said:
But the Active channel isn't involved in the boot process. The app doesn't even run until you press the Active button on your remote or receiver. I mean, if DirecTV could do what y'all want them to do in a reasonable manner on all interactive receivers, I'm sure they would. But they may not know of a good way yet or it's just something not high on the priority list for the interactive developers that have to pump out these new interactive applications every darn month!
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The Active Channel stores it's zip code in some area of volatile memory. You do one of two things. Change the Active Channel to pull that zip code from non-volatile memory or during the boot process copy the zip code from non-volatile memory to the location the Active Channel wants to find it. One machine instruction.
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