Total home DVR Phase 2

Got it in Milwaukee overnight.

When I got the update last nite it also updated the sound so this morning I had DD5.1 on HDMI.

I guess not everyone gets the update in 2 steps.

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@rapmac wrote:

I just got the update last night in San Diego,CA. I like the new Guide colors, hate what they did with the info bar.

Why dont they make the channel number (when channel surfing) as large as it is when you hit the number buttons on the remote to

go directly to a channel. 

 

I just noticed that one good thing they added to the info bar is  they put whats coming up next in the bottom right.

Message Edited by rapmac on 07-08-2009 03:22 PM

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@randyr wrote:

When I got the update last nite it also updated the sound so this morning I had DD5.1 on HDMI.

I guess not everyone gets the update in 2 steps.

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Everybody gets it in 2 steps because the DD5.1 load comes after all the customer devices are updated for phase 2. In the very large cities the phase 2 update takes several days so people notice the sound problem. In the smaller cities it happens almost at the same time.

Think of it like restarting your computer after you download software. 

It will all be over by tomorrow. Anyone still having problems tomorrow should call support.

"Got the Phase ll update to all 3 of my boxes yesterday (July 7th) morning in the Atlanta metro area, but w/o the audio *hotfix*. 

24 hrs later (July 8th), one of my 3 boxes had the update, but naturally not the one connected to the home theater receiver!  So, for those of you yet to get the update, the full update may take days, and your boxes won't always be in sync"

Update:  I returned home yesteday after 6PM and both of the boxes that hadn't received the optical audio *hotfix* when I left  for work that morning had been updated.  Interestingly, both of those boxes displayed a screen announcing that the service had been updated that appeared first onscreen after powering up the TV and STB, whereas the box that had received the update first didn't display such an announcement.

Got the optical audio/surround sound designated and it appears to work, passing a 5.1 audio signal to my receiver.  I have yet to listen to a lot of programming to see if the audio skip issue that affected the 5.1 sound is gone - something that affected my particular set up only occasionally before the update, so it may take a while to determine the extent of improvement.

fwiw