Recent content by Tom Speer

Some of the Music Choice channels names are coming back.

The Music channels are obviously a guide data issue. I just tuned to a couple of the channels that I know are in my Entertainment package (864 and 866 for instance) and they are carrying what they have always carried, despite the guide. This Guide data comes from the Slow APG data which...

That is the information I was looking for. Thank you.

Steve615: Any authorized solution to your failing hard drive will involve the loss of all of your recordings. Some solutions which involve violation of your customer agreement also would cause the loss of your recordings. 1. The simplest authorized way to take care of a failing HDD in a HR54...

Actually, after a brief internet search a WD Purple drive would be better suited today.

I have not noticed anything like that with my HR54-200. What you are describing fits what many people have described as their hard drives are failing. I replaced my HR54 hard drive about 7 years ago with a Western Digital Red HDD, which was marketed at that time for video surveillance...

Most of the activiity in the DIRECTV side of this site concerns Cutting Edge Testing and the Weekly updates to the transponder maps in the Technical Respources subforum. The activity in the Cutting Edge forum is not visible to users who are not members of the group, just as we cannot see the...

You were correct. I updated the file attachment in Doctor J's post above.

Oh! It's Wednesday again! I will look into what happened with Doctor J's data and analysis this morning.

Our present Datadigester team has enough work in keeping this satellite transponder map going, in addition to managing the Cuttting Edge Forum. If someone else wants to provide a similar service for the DirecTV Stream side, that would be great.

upcoming WNBA games on both my local ION channel and #05-1 and 305-2 are now shown shown in Sports Central under Basketball, towards the end of the list.

The application for renewal of its license is for 5 years, until August 23, 2030. The application states that it will have enough fuel until 2035, but the FCC wants renewals in 5 year increments, according to the application.

I overlooked that there are 15 Fast APG PIDs (SCIDs) on TPN 5 for 15 local markets . They are probably not going to convert that TPN to HD. The transponder has been on and off this morning. When up, It has a solid DSS modulated multiplexed digital signal, but there are no audio or video...

101 TPN 5 has been cleared of any channels in the Guide. I checked the transponder. There iare no Audio or video streams there this morning, only the normal slow APG data that is on all Ku band SD transponders. Something is about to be changed. Perhaps converting it to A3 modulation and HD...

OK, I was wrong. I am too used to the Gemini client. On a HR44 or HR54 the PIP option is on the channel banner brought up by the INFO button. The various position options for the PIP picture are all "ON" buttons. So you can select where you want it when you turn it on, or if it is on, you...