Problem with Comcast Motorola Digital box

Archived from groups: alt.video.ptv.replaytv (More info?)

The day the new Comcast digital box menu's downloaded to my box, my system
started experiencing the same problem you note. I waited a week and watched
the newsgroups to see if anyone else had the same problem. Nothing. I was
then starting to worry that it was coincedence that it happend at the same
time the Comcast update did. I figured maybe my IR Blaster was broken. I
powered down and restarted, the same result.

I started playing around in Setup and ended up getting into network settings
where you choose what tuners you use for replay. Then I selected the digital
box which was on input 1. I chose the Motorola box, then the General
Instruments box, both with no good result. I then played with custom IR
Blaster codes and stumbled on to code 0276 which did the trick. I think my
box was using something like 4276.

So I guess Comcast did change something. I cant figure out why the handheld
remote from comcast still works with no re-programming, but the replay
IR-blaster had to be reset to the new code.

Tom


"Dave Pascoe" <km3t@km3t.org> wrote in message
newsBGmd.50359$5K2.13939@attbi_s03...
> My 5080 has worked flawlessly until very recently. I have digital
> cable service through Comcast here in Massachusetts...it appears
> Comcast has made some changes and my ReplayTV can no longer select
> channels on the cable box. This is a huge problem, obviously.
>
> When it goes to send the IR codes you can see what looks like
> "keyboard bounce" in the digital cable box LED display.
>
> I've made no changes to the ReplayTV - it is set up like it always has
> been. And the Motorola digital cable box remote works fine.
>
> Any ideas? Is this Comcast's way of locking out ReplayTV users? They
> launched their DVR Service on 11/15, which seems to coincide with when
> I started having problems.
>
> Anyone else seeing this?
>
>

Archived from groups: alt.video.ptv.replaytv (More info?)

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:34:04 -0500, "Tom Howley" <howleyt@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>The day the new Comcast digital box menu's downloaded to my box, my system
>started experiencing the same problem you note. I waited a week and watched
>the newsgroups to see if anyone else had the same problem. Nothing. I was
>then starting to worry that it was coincedence that it happend at the same
>time the Comcast update did. I figured maybe my IR Blaster was broken. I
>powered down and restarted, the same result.
>
>I started playing around in Setup and ended up getting into network settings
>where you choose what tuners you use for replay. Then I selected the digital
>box which was on input 1. I chose the Motorola box, then the General
>Instruments box, both with no good result. I then played with custom IR
>Blaster codes and stumbled on to code 0276 which did the trick. I think my
>box was using something like 4276.
>
>So I guess Comcast did change something. I cant figure out why the handheld
>remote from comcast still works with no re-programming, but the replay
>IR-blaster had to be reset to the new code.
>
>Tom
>
>

It's probably a timing difference, which someone will figure out.

>"Dave Pascoe" <km3t@km3t.org> wrote in message
>newsBGmd.50359$5K2.13939@attbi_s03...
>> My 5080 has worked flawlessly until very recently. I have digital
>> cable service through Comcast here in Massachusetts...it appears
>> Comcast has made some changes and my ReplayTV can no longer select
>> channels on the cable box. This is a huge problem, obviously.
>>
>> When it goes to send the IR codes you can see what looks like
>> "keyboard bounce" in the digital cable box LED display.
>>
>> I've made no changes to the ReplayTV - it is set up like it always has
>> been. And the Motorola digital cable box remote works fine.
>>
>> Any ideas? Is this Comcast's way of locking out ReplayTV users? They
>> launched their DVR Service on 11/15, which seems to coincide with when
>> I started having problems.
>>
>> Anyone else seeing this?
>>
>>
>

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