I'd like to know what people are doing about the limited "program guide"? about 1/3 of my channels show listing information for the current and next d
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One workaround is to get the TV guide from Zap2it.com on the internet to decide what programs you want to watch. Then set the recording schedule up by time rather than by the name of the program.
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I have called the tv stations and had to ask them to enable the programming guide on their servers. They tend to forget that some users use an antenna. When that happens the guide shows the program as DTV program.I am on my fourth year of the PAL 7000. A savings of $3200 plus over a paid service. Yes less programming, most network programming is trash anyway. With a paid service they play the same material over and over for years, and even though you pay, you still have commercials. I use the savings to purchase dvd's or blu rays of what I really want to watch. I record anything on the CM7000 that I want to watch and zip through the commercials, unless they are worthy of watching. I have called the tv stations and had to ask them to enable the programming guide on their servers. They tend to forget that some users use an antenna. When that happens the guide shows the program as DTV program.I am on my fourth year of the PAL 7000. A savings of $3200 plus over a paid service. Yes less programming, most network programming is trash anyway. With a paid service they play the same material over and over for years, and even though you pay, you still have commercials. I use the savings to purchase dvd's or blu rays of what I really want to watch. I record anything on... » Read More I have called the tv stations and had to ask them to enable the programming guide on their servers. They tend to forget that some users use an antenna. When that happens the guide shows the program as DTV program.I am on my fourth year of the PAL 7000. A savings of $3200 plus over a paid service. Yes less programming, most network programming is trash anyway. With a paid service they play the same material over and over for years, and even though you pay, you still have commercials. I use the savings to purchase dvd's or blu rays of what I really want to watch. I record anything on the CM7000 that I want to watch and zip through the commercials, unless they are worthy of watching. « Show Less
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We returned the CM. It did not function correctly and was constructed of cheap components. As my wife said, it was awful. We subscribe to Aereo and are satisfied.
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Tuning to the channel with sparse information can sometimes update it's information, but more often I use my computer to visit an online broadcast guide such as Titantv.com or zap2it.com.
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We returned our Channel Master. We were not happy with its performance. The limited program guide was one of the problems.
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Hello DFW Guy! As you probably know, the TVGuide service provided by the third party company Rovi was completely dropped around April of 2013 so you'll never have that week-long programming guide. That being said, having only 1/3 of the channels info come up on the EPG that is individually broadcast on each channel seems slimmer than usual & I've had that actually happen to me too. What I found helpful is to do a complete factory reset (not just a power cycle) & when you start the setup process asks you for the zip code for the TVGuide program guide, enter in "00000" rather than your actual zip code. I believe this will stop the system from trying to get program info from that service & will only defer to the EPG guide. Also after the setup process is complete, the second area you want to disable the TVGuide option is in the Menu&gt;Preferences&gt;Guide Display and then select "disable" under the TVGuide section. Hope that helps!
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you r welcome. I love being able to find out more about a product when the actual listing does not share enough of the 'useful' information !!
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Channel scanning takes maybe 10 minutes or so for 200+ channels. Channel info depends on your provider. My provider is really minimal, yours may be better.
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Looks like it has missing channel issue periodically and that is very big headache till date not resolved the problem....not from anyone
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Yes... although it is not as comprehensive as on the on the other channels.
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U have to do a channel search from the main menu. And then it will find all the available channels thru the antenna
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I only have channels 3 and 6 on the low end 2 thru 9. (get 3 diff channels on 3 out of psu. Only 11 channels total avail here in rural central Pa. I will try to get more in the spring by rotating it.
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http://mkvxstream.blogspot.com/2013/06/30-best-roku-channels.html- I get over 1000 channels on mine, not sure about TLC as I don't watch it but go over list and see. Most People do not realize you can add many channels to the existing list it comes with.
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All standard pre-programmed vhf channels are available. Should be a list on google. A lot hah!
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I honestly don't recommend it because it's not truly unlimited for as long as you own it. it does expire then you'll be stuck buying another one AGAIN! I have a lot of problem with it freezing up for hours or days sometimes. the channels are not guaranteed and have changed on me. some have been eliminated :-(I also noticed that sometimes the channels are simply not available to watch. In my opinion, it was not worth the price. I heard zaap is better and less problems so that's what I will try next.
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If only there was a place on the intertubes where you could look for information. Or maybe Amazon could add a section marked "Frequently Bought Together". Perhaps an area that said "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought". Oh well, we can dream. For all BL1014 devices, try here:
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Still too new I suppose. The best advice I have is to keep an eye on C-Net, Televisioninfo.com, and AVSforum.
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Hi, sorry for answering this late but if still interested, no it just have one channel, no options to select. Thanks!
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The guy who had mashup took it down. I don't know how to work this box. I download then it says some kind of error. I don't have any channels. Can you help me?
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so far it seems to have full access but certain things cant be done ( like watching tv on a channels website, cbs for example). Nickjr just crashed but raz-kids seemed to work. You can also download apps which I'm sure there has to be one for nickjr
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I don't have enough information to be helpful. If you have confirmed that you are aimed correctly, most of the channels you can receive are not scrambled. If you are aimed somewhere else, most channels will be scrambled. My next step if I were you would be to double-check your alignment.
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As an owner whom has Fin'd this DANDY unit and made it "mine", I'm in the process of mashing together a last.fm streamer - might I ask who you are? That could make a claim such as that?