Bob
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Post by Bob on Nov 7, 2010 21:47:40 GMT -5
Do any of you get a big message saying there is a required "test" and to press "exit" to continue?
there is no EXIT on my remote, and having a big box pop up in the middle of a program is not acceptable.
when I change channels, the big box stays, its not the network
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Post by Bob on Nov 7, 2010 21:59:56 GMT -5
The message comes up and stays for about 30 seconds has appeared about 20 times now.
"a broadcast station or cable system has issued a *** required Weekly Test *** "
I think the "exit to" button i just found on my remote works but why??
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Post by joedog on Nov 8, 2010 6:29:16 GMT -5
That is a good question. They CLAIM its the EMS doing it. even @ 3am.
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Post by artbyshan on Nov 8, 2010 7:35:08 GMT -5
Seems to always happen on Sunday. When the loud tone is associated with it (Typically the first time), it gives me a heart attack. Then usually within a minute, it displays again (Without the tone). After I press "Exit to TV", it goes away for another week. So far, this is the only thing I haven't liked with their TV.
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Post by Bob on Nov 8, 2010 8:49:00 GMT -5
I haven't noticed its on Sunday, but if that's the case I guess Sunday will have to be "watch DVD movies night" [grin]
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Post by joedog on Nov 8, 2010 19:30:50 GMT -5
Just found reason #1 to dog cuss them.
You CANNOT record an OnDemand show to DVD. It sends error message to my DVD recorder saying "This program not allowed to be recorded". I even tried to start the recorder and record all the prompts to the show. When the show starts the show it pops up the message.
I guess I wont have a personal set of The Walking Dead.
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Post by snarkalicious on Nov 19, 2010 14:46:13 GMT -5
you also cant have more than 4 TVs on at once, or be recording/watching more than 4 shows. But they tell me this will change in December~
Also, their music channels suck. I used to play Comcast's "light classical" channel at night, but EPB's classical channel is anything but. So I just play my IPod on repeat at night-minor complaints about otherwise fabulous service!
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Post by Sherry on Nov 19, 2010 15:32:02 GMT -5
They do it way more than once a week. I've started keeping a record of them when I see it, and so far I have 11/7/2010 @9:22PM, and 11/10/2010 @11:59PM. (once a week, my foot)
Our remote never would shut it off, so they came out here and replaced it.
Bob - the exit button is on the left side of remote about in the middle... it's called "exit to".
It's frustrating, but we're finally able to shut the dern thing off!
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Post by Walker, Texas Ranger on Nov 19, 2010 17:35:27 GMT -5
On the left hand side of the remote in the center is a button that reads "Exit to TV" (or something similar) - that's the exit button they are referring to.
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Post by Bob on Nov 19, 2010 21:27:30 GMT -5
On the left hand side of the remote in the center is a button that reads "Exit to TV" (or something similar) - that's the exit button they are referring to. yup I found it. Still sucks I have to stop what I'm doing and dig the remote out from under the pile of crap to push a button in the middle of a show.. No TV on Sunday for me [grin] |
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Post by daworm on Nov 20, 2010 0:01:00 GMT -5
That could be a killer for my homebrew DVR. I can't be having the STB throwing up menus on its own. There's no way the computer could know its there. What happens if you just press that Exit button while a show is playing? Think I could use my IR transmitter (needed to change the channels) to simply pre-pend an Exit keypress before every channel change?
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