Report channels missing from the Super-DMA

**Voom4Me** · 03-11-2005 10:22 AM

1. 07304
2. New York (001)
3. 11-2
4. WPIX-DT
5. RF (Not sure where to find this?)
6. Signal quality - 95

Anyone else in the New York City area not get a listing for this channel, or is it just me?

**riffjim4069** · 03-11-2005 11:48 AM

I am finally receiving PG data for Baltimore channels as part of the DC Super DMA Map, but I had to reboot my receivers when I returned from work and I am experiencing mixed results:

Receiver #1 - receive PG data for the Baltimore channels (2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 11-1, 13-1, 22-2 thru 22-6, 45-1, 54-1, 67-2 thru 67-6) However, the channels keep hiding and then reappearing.

Receiver #2 - the Baltimore channels above are in the local channels area (most were already there), but no PG data is being received.

Receiver #3 - same as receiver #1.

Item 1: PG for subchannels 9-2, WUSA-DT weather channel, and 7-2, WJLA-DT weather channel, is not being provided - missing channels.

Item 2: Besides the hiding/reappearing channels, I am sometimes seeing the system hickup and the VOOM channels appearing in the local channels area - they will usually disappear when I page back and forward. I haven't tried to hide a VOOM channel for fear of it disappearing forever.

Item 3: The little green satellite icon was on Receiver #1 this morning; this usually happens during a software updated. I had turned it off the night before and I didn't have time to check it this am. Receiver #2, which was also power off before I turned in last night, did not turn on when I pressed the on button. I did a soft reboot to recover the receiver and then left for work. I didn't have time to check Receiver #3. I'm not too happy with the DMA Map. Of course, I have picked up over 60 channels from 4 DMAs during previous scans and have duplicate RF channels coming from different directions (i.e. RF46 in both Baltimore and Charlottesville)

Item 4: When changing channels (+ or -) the channel channel changes to something entirely different...this happened on at least one receiver. Example: last night I hit the channel + key while on Lifetime (wife was watching, not me!), channel 524, and I was taken to INVOOM, channel 700. Likewise, I would hit the INFO button while on Lifetime and it would display INVOOM, channel 700, on the status bar. This happened with other channels as well. Strange.

Item 5: An example of Item 4. I'm on channel 100 and the PG label area displays 100 HDNEWS-->channel up to and PG label area display 101 with no label information-->hit the info button and the label area displays the channel as being 62-2 (WPTD2), which is a hidden local channel-->manually enter 101 on the remote and it briefly shows 110 FAMILYRM, but jumps to 54-2 (WB54-DT which is also hidden)-->toggle the +- or enter channel and it will eventually right itself. The PG is being corrupted!

Item 6: WTTG-DT, Fox5, has always been a PITA. This is the only channel that will lockup the receiver when checking system status (HELP, INFO, OK) to see signal levels.

Also, while I am technically in the DC DMA (55+ miles), both Antennaweb and CheckHD tell me that I should be receiving digitals from Richmond (51+ miles) and Charlottesville (53+ miles), which I do. I am not receiving PG data for the following channels because they were not included in the DC DMA Map:

Missing Channels IMO

Richmond - basically all the channels in their DMA: WRIC-DT 8-1 and 8-2 (RF22), WTVR-DT 6-1 (RF26), WRLH-DT 35-1 (RF26), WCVE-DT 23-1 (RF42), WCVW-DT 44-1 (RF44), WWBT-DT 12-1, 12-2, 12-3 (RF54)

Charlottesville - the entire DMA which consists of WVIR-DT 29-1 (RF32) and WHTJ-DT 41-1 (RF46)

Oh well, I wonder if VOOM/Moto can create a DMA Map for Fredericksburg/Spotsy. Anyone else having these issues? Also, I noticed my Authorization Status is now MW. It is usually SWO and will change to MP after reboot while the receiver is downloading PG data, but I have never seen MW. What does MW mean? Lastly, all receivers are running the latest & greatest firmware 7.37. Motorola Engineers please feel free to send me a PM.

**lilyarbie** · 03-11-2005 08:28 PM

My boxes are in the #083 channel map which is Huntsville, Alabama. However, I live just over the stateline in Fayetteville, Tennessee (37334) and can pick up a few channels not listed on my map from both Nashville and Cookeville, Tennessee. Can you please add these to my map to receive?

Here's the list of channels I receive:
1. RF#:27 Callsign:WKRN Affiliate: ABC Channels: 2-1 WKRN (ABC), 2-2 WKRN (Nashville Weather Station) Location: Nashville, TN Signal Quality: 98

2. RF#56 Callsign: WNPT Affiliate: PBS Channel: 8-1 WNPT (PBS) Location: Nashville, TN Signal Quality: 85

3.RF#36 Callsign: WNPX Affiliate: PAX Channels: 28-1 WNPX (PAX East), 28-2 (PAX West), 28-3 (Worship), 28-4 (Faith) Location: Cookeville, TN
Signal Quality: 86

4. RF#23 Callsign: WNAB Affiliate: WB Channels: 58-1 WNAB (WB HD), 58-2 (WB SD) Location: Nashville, TN Signal Quality: 87

I would really appreciate a guide listing for these channels. Thanks

**riffjim4069** · 03-13-2005 09:09 AM

Just a quick look this morning and the DC area S-DMA Map appears to have been worked on last night: no lockups, no more out-of-sequence channels, not having a problem hiding/unhiding channels. I didn't have to reboot my receivers this morning...new PG appears to have been pushed last night. So far, so good! Appreciate VOOM/Moto engineers working on this problem.

**riffjim4069** · 03-13-2005 05:20 PM

Update: we had to reboot a receiver and have experienced some minor channel corruption late this afternoon.

**heels98** · 03-14-2005 11:35 AM

I reside in the Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville DMA (my ZIP is 28167) but can tune in the following Charlotte stations
22 36-1 WCNC (NBC)
23 3-1 WBTV (CBS)
27 18-1 WCCB (FOX)
34 9-1 WSOC (ABC)
39 55-1 WWWB (WB)
47 46-1 WJZY (UPN)

among others (PBS), all at a signal strength of 88 or better. These show up in my guide (and have since local scanning was implemented,) but I get no program guide data for any of them. Charlotte, NC was released 3/9 I believe, so I wonder if I need to do anything to get the guide data. I have rescanned, re-booted...nothing. Any ideas?

**Ilya** · 03-14-2005 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by heels98

I reside in the Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville DMA (my ZIP is 28167) but can tune in the following Charlotte stations...

Just wait until your DMA is released in a few days.

**heels98** · 03-14-2005 02:35 PM

Thanks, Ilya! That clarifies how the whole Super DMA works. I had it backwards.

**rodder** · 03-14-2005 07:03 PM

i gat super DMA and now i cannot scan channels i can get to instaler menu when i hit scan it goes back to channel that is playing i have done a reset that did not help.

**riffjim4069** · 03-15-2005 05:12 PM

Arrived home and could not tune-in any VOOM channel - OTA worked fine...had to reboot all three receivers to recover. I am in the DC DMA. Anyway, the problems I reported with the DC DMA Map appear to have been corrected and so far no lockups.