Correct me if I am wrong ...(like I really had to ask for that) but didn't when the AM-21 first came out
do a real over the air scan and Direct turned it off for the database system? Point being , why can't
they turn that feature back on in the software .... and why was it even removed?
Not exactly ...
As I remember it all too well ....
It was when the Genie models first came out the firmware they ran would actually allow scanning for OTA signals when connected to the AM21s which had been out long before.
The Genie originally would ...
1) If the channels in the OTA database matched those detected in the off-air scan. They would be displayed in the guide with both channel ID and program descriptions.
2) If channels found during the OTA scan did not match any of those found in the OTA database, they would still be displayed in the guide with channel IDs, but had no program descriptions.
3) And in a very convenient feature for clearing up the guide. For channels in the OTA database, but were not detected in the off-air scan, would not be displayed in the guide at all.
DIRECTV eventually removed 2 and 3 above for no apparent reason. When I complained bitterly to the "Office of the President" (OOP) at the time for the reason (as tech. support was completely clueless as usual), they contacted STB Engineering who said those features on the Genie were never intended and totally serendipitous and fortuitous.
So we're removed ...
Go figure ...
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