SDV = Switched Digital video TA = Tuning Adapter This is where teh cable companies don't send all the channels at the same time but only send a channel when requested so a tuning adapter is needed for the TiVo to be able to request a channel.
Suggestions can be turned on and off in the settings menu. -- Brian Hartsfield CCNA, CCDA AIM: kd4aej Twitter: Krandor1 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/brian.hartsfield Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhartsfield On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:06 AM, s.l-c.o <[email protected]> wrote: > What is SDV/TA? > > I didn't know you could turn Suggestions off? > > Could these things be the reason why the wrong program tapes on a recorded > channel also?This has been happening a lot lately. > > Sanna > > > > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 19:18, Glen Farney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So, who knows these systems well enough to hazard a guess as to what is > > actually timing out, if there is a setting change that perhaps Charter > can > > make to the tuning adapter, the hub switch, or even to Tivo to avoid this > > issue. I have Tivo suggestions turned on so it would likely have recorded > > something else during the dead time, there by changing the channel for > me, > > but it seems if you don't watch the suggestions for a while, it slows > down > > the recording of them to one or two shows a day, or less. > > > > No need to guess, this is a 'feature' of SDV. Remember, the purpose of SDV > is to be able to offer X channels on Y frequencies - where X > Y. You only > need enough frequencies to serve the number of unique channels > simultaneously in use within the service area. Of course, this doesn't > work > well if someone could tune a channel and go away, leaving the frequency > tied > up indefinitely. So SDV systems have a timeout, if nothing is done within > some period of time the frequency is reclaimed for reuse. > > I'm a little surprised that the TiVo isn't sending a tuning request to the > TA before recording. I thought they did, and older TiVos with a cable box > and IR blasters would send the digits before recording - even if it thought > it was already on the channel. Could be because, with CableCARD, the TiVo > is 'sure' it is on the right channel - but isn't smart enough to tell the > signal is gone. I suppose there could be a problem with the TA and the > TiVo > is sending a request and it isn't making the assignment request to the head > end, but I suspect the TiVo isn't asking the TA to assign a frequency to > the > channel. > > I think this is most likely something TiVo would need to fix. > > -- > [email protected] / [email protected] Geek, Gweep, Technophile, > me. > www.GizmoLovers.com / www.MegaZone.org / www.Eyrie-Productions.com Hail > Eris > Twitter.com/megazone / Facebook.com/megazone / > www.LinkedIn.com/in/megazone > "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" > 432-363-4296 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
