Software Release Notes: HR20 / HR21 / HR22 / R22 Verison 0x0290

**jcrandall** · 10-21-2008 07:53 PM

Many receivers are receiving a Force Download on 10/21, an unusual way for DirecTV to send down new software.

Here are the notes of changes for this version:

The Contents of this Release, Differences based on last National Release:

New Features

Play DVR recorded programs from your PC using DIRECTV2PC
PREV button to switch between two playback programs
New Song Title screen-saver to XM channels
Unsubscribed channels are colorized as ‘unsubscribed’ in guide
Customer confirmation when booking a recording on an unsubscribed channel
UI Polishing
Configures Cisco Wireless Bridge models WGA600N if those models are plugged directly into HR2x’s Ethernet port.
1080p/24 support
Softpad
More actors are displayed and searched per program
Can rewind after seeing Keep/Delete OSD at end of playback
Another way to skip to tick. While rewinding or fast-forwarding a program, the customer can now simply press the REPLAY and JUMP keys to jump through a program without needing to press and hold these keys.

Improvements

Lipsync audio robustness
Recording tip display from the prioritizer
Searching allows matches on words with colons and commas and other symbol punctuation
Guide Navigation Speed
Stability

**rad** · 10-21-2008 08:01 PM

FYI, on the Super Stick to Tick feature. What it is you have the DVR in FF1 mode and press the 30sec skip/skip button it will take you to the next tick. Same for RW1 mode, press skip back and it takes you back to the prior tick.

For the soft padding, IIRC, it will automatically add 30 seconds to the beginning of a recording and 90 seconds to the end, assuming that there are no conflicts with the box adding this buffer. This time does not show up on the time bar but you can use the DVR controls to get to that part of the recording.

**jcrandall** · 10-21-2008 08:16 PM

For information on DIRECTV2PC Software, which is in BETA with this software release, please see this thread:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-...ng-soon-4.html

The 1080p is now supported by this software, but is not available via DirecTV yet.
It is still in testing.

A note on 1080p:
1080p support is only for 1080p/24. Many TVs only support 1080p/60. If your TV does not support 1080p/24, you will not be able to use it.
To find out if your TV will work with 1080p/24, go to Menu->Settings->Display->TV Resolutions

**jcrandall** · 10-21-2008 08:17 PM

Softpadding is automatically enabled, and cannot be disabled. It is a builtin feature.

When another program needs to tuner to start it's own recording, softpad does not happen. Softpad only functions when it does not conflict with other recordings.