DirecTV R15 Phone Question

[aylcharm]

First of all I would just like to say that I preface my questions with: "This unit sucks compared to the TIVO." It is not user friendly at all. More HD Drive is the only plus.


Questions:

1. Does this unit alert you (as the tivo did) when you need to make a phone call?
2. Can you force it to make a phone call
3. Does this unit have the suggestion feature like the tivo?
4. What about the thumbs up thumbs down feature that the tivo had - anything like that on this unit
5. When I use the search feature why isn't it picking up all the channels. For instance, I want to get a series link for one life to live which comes on ABC. When I search by one live to live the only channels I get are ABCE and ABCW, not my local ABC channel. When I search by ABC the only options that come up are ABCE and ABCW. Also, lets say I am searching by channel and I search by VH1 how come if I search all the way to the next day the unit shows no information. I thought I should be able to see out to 14 days.


This is so frustrating. I knew the in's and out's of the tivo within a few minutes. This is bogus, I'm glad it was free.

 

[charper1]

Do you still have your owners manual? That will go a LONG WAY in helping you.

 

[aylcharm]

Do you still have your owners manual? That will go a LONG WAY in helping you.

Actually I just got the unit today, but yes I read the manual twice and it does not address this questions.

 

[Bob Nielsen]

Questions:

1. Does this unit alert you (as the tivo did) when you need to make a phone call?

No, it doesn't need to make phone calls (except to report PPV via the remote control). It won't even care if you don't have a phone connection (no nag screen).

2. Can you force it to make a phone call

No (see above).

3. Does this unit have the suggestion feature like the tivo?

No

4. What about the thumbs up thumbs down feature that the tivo had - anything like that on this unit

No. These are both Tivo patented items, I believe.

5. When I use the search feature why isn't it picking up all the channels. For instance, I want to get a series link for one life to live which comes on ABC. When I search by one live to live the only channels I get are ABCE and ABCW, not my local ABC channel. When I search by ABC the only options that come up are ABCE and ABCW. Also, lets say I am searching by channel and I search by VH1 how come if I search all the way to the next day the unit shows no information. I thought I should be able to see out to 14 days.

Has the unit been in service for a few days? It takes a while for the guide to be filled up out to 14 days. This may explain why the series link isn't finding what you want.

 

[aylcharm]

Thank you Bob! You helped me out a lot. This is the first day the unit has been in service so I am sure you are right about question #5. Good to know I won't be needing my phone line. I appreciate your help. Oh in regards to the phone line, I hear updates will be coming out soon. Are they updated automatically without use of a phone line?

Thanks again!

 

[tech007]

I never use Thumbs Up and Down on my TIVO. Isnt that when you want Tivo to record stuff for you that you dont need? I noticed that feature after my hard drive start filling up with ridiculous shows that I would never watch in my life. I hated that feature. Had to go and manually delete shows I never requested to be recorded. Until I figured out about a year later how to disable Tivo Suggestions option................