OLDER RCA RECEIVERS

**bubbagscotch** · 12-23-2009 12:44 AM

I have one of those older RCA receivers still going, anyone still using these still? Just wanted a opinion on them as I'm still using one of them. Any opinions or comments to add?

**wyattbaboon** · 12-23-2009 02:56 AM

yea, my family is still running 2 of them, (the black ones with the redish oval in the middle and green light below that) along with a relatively new DVR receiver

**Digital Logic** · 12-23-2009 03:05 AM

yup, theyre still working. every once and a while they go on the fritz but a rehit will fix it right up. just hate the fact that they dont have reset buttons on them.

**stonecold** · 12-23-2009 06:57 AM

They keep going and going till they get to the point where we replace them. Most of the RCA models are being replaced due to Guide issues where there is not enough memory on the box to hold all the guide infomation so you miss out of ppv and sports ppv packages in your guide.

**talos4** · 12-23-2009 09:16 AM

I still have one. It's in my workshop.

Completely covered in sawdust, despite having a dust collection system running.

It works just fine and the guide issues haven't appeared. The only "problem" I seem to have is losing the damn remote under scrap wood, rags, tools etc!

**stonecold** · 12-23-2009 09:21 AM

Yeah only some of the really old boxes are having guide issues. but as we continue to add channels there will be less and less room for the older boxes to hold them and they will be replaced. Personally I think at the point the 4th gen rca boxes goes it will be to mpeg4 equipment.

**robbiee19** · 12-23-2009 09:54 AM

Heck I have 3 boxes! My original that I bought in 1998 plus two others. My kids have them hooked up to their anaglog tvs.

**Dago Red** · 12-23-2009 12:30 PM

I'm still using one of these. I love that it has component video outputs. You can't find SD boxes anymore with these type of connectors. I use it now mainly for listening to XM.

Memory has always been an issue on this box, and in the beginning, code updates would alleviate some of the problems, but the scout function and A-Z listings never seemed to work properly. Also, when I first got the box, it had seven days of guide data, now it is down to about two, but it still works.

**bubbagscotch** · 12-23-2009 10:06 PM

What are the life span of these receivers, mine sometimes turns itself off and locks up on the guide. What's the average lifespan of these rca receivers? Just a thought and wondering if I'll have to replace it soon. I got mine off a friend so just wondering.

**SamCdbs** · 12-24-2009 06:31 AM

Can I ask a question?

Why?

I have been with DirecTV since almost the beginning. (USSB, DSS, etc.)

The orignial receivers were, even when handeling the signals it received in that time, slow, and lacked many features found today. Now, as pointed out above, they cannot handle the modern guide, and, no one has pointed this out, but the original boxes can only handle a single sat location.

I have upgraded three times for my self and three times for my mother's account. In every case, the cost was nominal.

It might be possible to run a gen one RCA DSS, just as it might be possible to keep an Apple II going.

Why would you want to?