Direct TV Guide?

kramdenfan · 12-23-04, 04:53 PM

Is anyone else having an issue with the guide in Direct TV only displaying "To Be Announced" for everything after an hour in the future? I wanted to record something on tivo for tomorrow, and every channel says "to be announced."

I did a manual daily call but that did nothing.....

NC-36 · 12-23-04, 05:10 PM

I take it you have a DirecTiVo, yes?

Check your "Channels I Receive" list. In the past there has been the occasional bug which un-checks all your channels, which makes the TiVo "think" you don't get any channels. The guida data is still on the hard drive so re-checking the channels usually fixes it.

If that doesn't do it, go into the menus and find "Restart the Recorder". Follow the instructions and reboot it.

Jeremy517 · 12-23-04, 05:17 PM

One thing to add... Asuuming you have a DirecTiVo, your guide data is taken off of the satellite and not from your daily call, so a manual phone call won't do anything.

kramdenfan · 12-23-04, 09:44 PM

thanks for the tips, guys- I appreciate it. I do have the direct tivo... All of my channels are still checked; restarting also did nothing... looks like I have to give them a call.... Wish me luck!

Kram

kramdenfan · 12-23-04, 10:11 PM

Well- I actually got a guy who seemed to know what he was doing, Brian!

It's all fixed now- here's what we went through:

1.) had me unplug the power to the tivo, then unplug the sat 1 and 2 lines in for 30 seconds. Plug back in and power on. Did nothing
2.) had me go to the signal strength screen and cycle throughall the transponders on sat A from 1-32. This did the trick!

He said it is a bug, but one that doesn't happen very often. He was actually a bit suprised that #2 solved it- it was apparently in the manual he was referring to, but had a note that it doesn't often work. Thankfully it did for me!

IDrinkMolson · 12-24-04, 02:30 PM

I've had this happen to me before too. I just waited it out. If he wasn't expecting it to work, I wonder what the next steps were?

apeoples · 12-24-04, 03:50 PM

I've had that happen also - unplug it, and start it up again. The data will slowly repopulate over the next two days.

12-23-04, 04:53 PM	#1
kramdenfan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 895	Direct TV Guide? Is anyone else having an issue with the guide in Direct TV only displaying "To Be Announced" for everything after an hour in the future? I wanted to record something on tivo for tomorrow, and every channel says "to be announced." I did a manual daily call but that did nothing..... __________________ www.Kramdenfan.com My DVDs

12-23-04, 09:44 PM	#4
kramdenfan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 895	thanks for the tips, guys- I appreciate it. I do have the direct tivo... All of my channels are still checked; restarting also did nothing... looks like I have to give them a call.... Wish me luck! Kram __________________ www.Kramdenfan.com My DVDs Last edited by kramdenfan; 12-23-04 at 09:58 PM.

12-23-04, 10:11 PM	#5
kramdenfan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 895	Well- I actually got a guy who seemed to know what he was doing, Brian! It's all fixed now- here's what we went through: 1.) had me unplug the power to the tivo, then unplug the sat 1 and 2 lines in for 30 seconds. Plug back in and power on. Did nothing 2.) had me go to the signal strength screen and cycle throughall the transponders on sat A from 1-32. This did the trick! He said it is a bug, but one that doesn't happen very often. He was actually a bit suprised that #2 solved it- it was apparently in the manual he was referring to, but had a note that it doesn't often work. Thankfully it did for me! __________________ www.Kramdenfan.com My DVDs

12-24-04, 02:30 PM	#6
IDrinkMolson DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: DE Posts: 2,781	I've had this happen to me before too. I just waited it out. If he wasn't expecting it to work, I wonder what the next steps were? __________________ My DVD Collection

12-23-04, 05:10 PM	#2
NC-36 DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Mayberry, NC. Really, it is Posts: 1,787	I take it you have a DirecTiVo, yes? Check your "Channels I Receive" list. In the past there has been the occasional bug which un-checks all your channels, which makes the TiVo "think" you don't get any channels. The guida data is still on the hard drive so re-checking the channels usually fixes it. If that doesn't do it, go into the menus and find "Restart the Recorder". Follow the instructions and reboot it. __________________ "Bush wasn't just a Republican president, he was the Republican president. He went to bat for every idea that ever got the official elephant nuts seal of approval. The record that resulted isn't just a measure of Bush's incompetence, it's a measure of just how bad Republican ideas are in practice." - Devilstower @ dailykos.com

12-23-04, 05:17 PM	#3
Jeremy517 DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Newberg, OR Posts: 15,985	One thing to add... Asuuming you have a DirecTiVo, your guide data is taken off of the satellite and not from your daily call, so a manual phone call won't do anything.

12-24-04, 03:50 PM	#7
apeoples DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Motor City Posts: 1,117	I've had that happen also - unplug it, and start it up again. The data will slowly repopulate over the next two days.