To receive programming on W5 after the first of the year you will need to do a master reset of your receiver so you can set it up to receive the information from Comcast and HITS, once you do a master reset you will loose the generic sats that are now in your 4Dtv,the only way to get those back in the receive is from the data stream from Motorola and that is what is going away after the first of the year, so if you want to receive programming from W5 you will not be able to use your receiver as a dish mover, or very limited, if you keep the generics you will not be able to receive programming from W5.
I hope this helps
Terry
That is it exactly!
At this point in time, unless Comcast takes over the channel
mappings once you take on the "HITS" datastream to receive programming those with a 920 or a 922 receiver will no longer have all the satellite icons in their receiver.
I had posted the satellite icons you will have in the receiver here.
http://www.satelliteguys.us/4dtv-discussion/221526-channel-mapping-w5-time.html
In some posts of the subject you would have read where even Comcast will have to do some changes since the W5 icon is not in the original channel maps on the receiver.
Do Not think that Comcast will keep the channel maps updated. There is no incentive for them to do this.
In English: Even
if Comcast uploads the current channel mappings
the Generic sats WILL NOT be updated beyond what they have in them now. So if a Frequency changes or a SR changes that particular program that was FTA will be gone! Take Bloomberg for instance, they changed their SR awhile ago and until someone at Motorola physically changes the mapping in the 4dtv receiver that program would not lock on the receiver.
After December 31
if HITS SAC takes over the channel maps
they are not going to do any updating except on their own channels. They are not running a FTA system, nor do they care about all the other satellites up there.
This is just the facts. I am not saying the sky is falling but only what is about to happen. Everyone should be aware and prepare for it.
It is a good thing about being able to receive programming from W5 on the 920 & 922 receivers but not everyone that owns these receivers uses them just to purchase programming.
There are so many FTA signals out there, (not all in DCII), that making these receivers a large single satellite stationary dish just does not make economical sense for many of us.
As a side note: everyone needs to be aware that after December 31, if the programmers make a change in their SR, FEC, or freguency that even the generics as they are will not pick up and FTA signals in DCII. So if Showtime or HBO made some changes you still would not be able to view them.
This is all thanks for Motorola having complete control over these receivers.
