[Earl Bonovich]

Some have accused me lately of not paying attention to the R15 so much lately. Well... sorry about that. It hasn't been intentional.

Here is the latest on the update.

Being that the R15 has moved into a phase that they don't want to do weekely or monthly updates, they are putting the next release through it's testing paces. Trying to catch most of the "little" things, while make sure there are no new "big" things.

As they don't want to have to come out with another "quick" update because they missed something.

I can assure you that there is going to be another update, and that the testers have a proposed "release candidate"... but as for when that will start to push out to customers... I don't have a timeline yet.

Hopefully this week, things will get solidified on when it will be able to go out.

 

[LockMD]

Not a problem, here. We know that you have a life, and if something were to happen you would be here. Thanks for the update on the update.

 

[dodge boy]

are they ever going to get Channels I Receive working????

 

[RAD]

Not doing quick updates is an understatement. M R15-300 hasn't received the update that the 500's got a few weeks ago. And that update was just to prepare the units for another update to come.

 

[walters]

Not doing quick updates is an understatement. M R15-300 hasn't received the update that the 500's got a few weeks ago. And that update was just to prepare the units for another update to come.

And it's not going to, either, because the changes that are in the 500 update are already in the latest 100 and 300 software.

 

[walters]

I can assure you that there is going to be another update

Just one? :eek2:

Just joking (I hope).

 

[Earl Bonovich]

are they ever going to get Channels I Receive working????

The fix for that feature, is bigger then just the R15/HR20 world. It is taking longer then original expected to get all the pieces that have to be updated, updated.

Not doing quick updates is an understatement. M R15-300 hasn't received the update that the 500's got a few weeks ago. And that update was just to prepare the units for another update to come.

I thought I mentioned in one of the threads,
The -300 and the -100 don't need the first part of the update.
The -300 was already taken care of it in a previous build.
And the -100 it was accounted for in it's initial build.

 

[fu_paladins]

Your update is much appreciated. I just hope they know how frustrated we are out here! When I call...they don't seem to acknowledge any issues and the only solution they have are resets. The resets just don't work for longer than a day or two. I'm personally frustrated that my scheduled recordings are down to 0% effective. Most are ingored - categorized as 'Not Recorded' in the History. The 1 that does start is supposed to record for 60 minutes but mysteriously stops itself after 36-40 minutes. I guess it's time for another 'Reset Everything'.

 

[RAD]

The fix for that feature, is bigger then just the R15/HR20 world. It is taking longer then original expected to get all the pieces that have to be updated, updated.

I thought I mentioned in one of the threads,
The -300 and the -100 don't need the first part of the update.
The -300 was already taken care of it in a previous build.
And the -100 it was accounted for in it's initial build.

Sorry, there are so many different threads with sooooo many post in them it's hard to keep track what's what anymore.

 

[gpg]

Should all 500s have the 10E8 update by now? Mine certainly doesn't.

 

[paulman182]

"Should all 500s have the 10E8 update by now? Mine certainly doesn't."

Mine neither. Although it works great.

 

[Earl Bonovich]

Should all 500s have the 10E8 update by now? Mine certainly doesn't.

I don't think so, as far as I know they are still rolling it out.

 

[dodge boy]

The fix for that feature, is bigger then just the R15/HR20 world. It is taking longer then original expected to get all the pieces that have to be updated, updated.

Atleast they could let us select them like we could on the TiVos, atleast then it wouldn't search channels not on that list.

 

[Clint Lamor]

Atleast they could let us select them like we could on the TiVos, atleast then it wouldn't search channels not on that list.

You can setup a custom list of channels you get. Sadly though it doesn't stop the searches from looking at channels you have marked. Would be nice if you could apply a filter to the search like you do the guide.

 

[cabanaboy1977]

Thanks for the update Earl. We know you have alot to do.

 

[Grasschopper]

Well from all of my recent dealings witht he DTV advanced tech support...they think:

1) The Aug software release cleared up a lot of problems...2 or 3 different techs I talked to all claimed the call volume was significantly reduced
2) The next "big" software release was going to be around the new year...either shortly before or shortly after.

But with that said I trust/value Earl's info more than any of the techs I talked to.

 

[Bobman]

Even if they started the rollout now, it would be past Thanksgiving before those on the East Coast would get it. Just going from past updates taking 6-8 weeks to get to the EC once released.

I am in NJ and I dont expect to see this large update until after the new year.

 

[tony4d]

They need to enable RF. I don't know if it's the remote or the receiver, and frankly I don't care, but the IR sucks and I'm getting really tired of listing to my fiance ***** about it!

 

[carl6]

... but the IR sucks ...

Totally agree with that. The R15 response (and lack thereof) to IR is the poorest I think I've ever experienced with any product I have ever used an IR remote with.

Carl

 

[Bobman]

Here is the latest on the update.

I know you cant say or you would have already but I am curious about anything new that might be added and if there are any speed improvements ?

I think we can "guess" the playback freezes, progress bar sticking and other playback type problems that some are having were fixed, the SL First Run logic was tweaked and the colors in the channel icons were fixed.