Systems in CE:15:05
HR20-100 • HR20-700
HR21-100 • HR21-200 • HR21-700 • HR21Pro
HR22-100
R22-100 • R22-200
Window of opportunity to download:
Friday, August 22, 2008 11:00PM - 2:30AM ET
Saturday, August 23, 2008 11:00PM - 2:30AM ET
PLEASE READ THIS FIRST! CE Release Warnings & Agreement
PLEASE READ THIS SECOND! CE Release Download Instructions
If you have any issues with this CE release, please post them in this thread. We'll try to help, and DirecTV will see / be aware of your issue
For the latest updates, check out the CE Chat on Friday nights:
cechat.satelliteguys.us
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The Contents of this CE Download: (Differences based on last National Release)
Improved
Updated
New feature(s)
Notes
HR20-100 • HR20-700
HR21-100 • HR21-200 • HR21-700 • HR21Pro
HR22-100
R22-100 • R22-200
Window of opportunity to download:
Friday, August 22, 2008 11:00PM - 2:30AM ET
Saturday, August 23, 2008 11:00PM - 2:30AM ET
PLEASE READ THIS FIRST! CE Release Warnings & Agreement
PLEASE READ THIS SECOND! CE Release Download Instructions
If you have any issues with this CE release, please post them in this thread. We'll try to help, and DirecTV will see / be aware of your issue
For the latest updates, check out the CE Chat on Friday nights:
cechat.satelliteguys.us
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The Contents of this CE Download: (Differences based on last National Release)
- Items from CE:15:01 - High Risk
- Items from CE:15:02- High Risk
- Items from CE:15:03- High Risk
- Items from CE:15:04- High Risk
- Items from CE:15:05 - Moderate Risk
Improved
- 01 - Under the hood improvements
- 01 - New Factory Default is to Hide SD Duplicates
- 01 - Prioritizer Screen updated
- 01 - Recording tip display from the prioritizer
- 01 - Added HD Icon to DIRECTV on Demand Queue
- 01 - Support for Tversity Internet Radio
- 01 - Closed Captioning
- 02 - Interactive reliability
- 02 - reliability when repeating guide setup multiple times
- 02 - Fixed stuck yellow light after Reset Everything
- 02 - Removed "Cancel PPV" option when purchased after free preview
- 02 - closed captioning timing
- 03 - Various UPnP devices crashing the box
- 03 - Wireless Adapter – added characters /()~!# to triple tap
- 04 - Guide scrolling speed
- 04 - Channel banner surfing speed
- 04 - Moved Miscellaneous Options under Parental, Fav’s & Setup so there is no need to use Menu+Info to send diagnostic report. (CE'ers only)
- 04 - Mediashare - Display error codes in “unable to access” OSD (CE'ers only)
- 05 - More Actors per program requires Guide Cache Flush
- 05 - Audio Options now removed from TV Options if program has only one audio channel
- 05 - Softpadding is stabalized see notes
Updated
- 01 - XM Programs from XM Channels are no longer auto-recorded
- 01 - Screen saver removed after tuning away from an XM channel
- 02 - (HR20) video issues on REW x1
- 02 - (HR21) AC audio levels in certain situations
- 02 - (MediaShare) Fixed "Unable to Play" message
- 02 - (DoD) Left Arrow from "all" now works as expected
- 02 - (DIRECTV2PC) Fixed hang on certain trick plays
- 03 - UI becoming "sluggish"
- 03 - Black screen or wrong video after exiting Signal Meter
- 03 - iTV - Application not restarting when FFWD back to live TV
- 03 - XM - screen saver displaying complete title of TV-MA program even after parental controls are set to block TV-MA
- 03 - XM - screen saver displaying information for the previous channel
- 03 - XM - background lost after reading fortune
- 03 - Media Share – FFWD and RW not rotating LEDs as it does for recordings/live buffer
- 04 - R22 – Enabled TV Aspect Ratio screen
- 04 - Mediashare – Dismiss “channel not purchased” OSD when watching video or photos
- 04 - Mediashare Tversity – Unable to play single audio or video, but plays ok when using “Play All”
- 05 - Recording Stability
- 05 - Currently recording VOD playback is fixed
- 05 - Fixed issue where deleted programs remained in My Playlist
- 05 - Recent Searches
New feature(s)
- 01 - Toggle between two recordings with the {PREV} button
- 01 - Enable DIRECTV2PC (formerly known as Media Share PC)
- 01 - Enable POKEEYENOW
- 01 - Song Title on screen-saver (XM Channels)
- 01 - Channels not subscribed are different color in grid
- 01 - Support for Cisco Wireless Bridge (WGA600N) - plugs into Ethernet port
- 01 - POST (Power on Self-Test) of hardware at boot up
- 03 - Auto Extension – when there is no recording conflict generated by adding additional time and no manually set extensions, the DVR will record 10 seconds before the start time and 2 minutes after the end time of the originally scheduled program. Back to back recordings on one tuner will Auto Extend.
- 05 - HR20 Only - Added new OSD prompt to offer a temporarily switch into Native Mode during a 1080p program's playback session. This will only appear if you have a HDMI connected 1080p TV and will only appear once per 24 hrs.
Notes
- 01 - POST runs twice if new firmware detected
- 01 - VERY IMPORTANT - DO NOT add an uninitialized eSATA drive as part of this release. This will erase the internal drive and interfere with booting. If you already have an eSATA configured, it should not have issues (but be aware that you might).
- 03 - Super Skip to TickDo a Keyword search (all) to turn Skip-to-Tick on or off:
On: SUPERSKIPTOTICK
Off: SUPERSKIPTOTICKOFF
When on, {<<} followed by {REPLAY} will jump to the previous tick mark (no press & hold) and {>>} followed by {ADVANCE} will jump to the next tick mark .. WooHoo! - Playing a currently downloading DIRECTV On Demand program from the info screen does not play until the download finishes. It will play directly from My Playlist by just pressing the “play” key.
- 05 - Reverting back to National will delete all recordings made from this CE cycle's code
- 05 - Softpad feature will take on the following characteristics:
- Softpad cannot be disabled
- 30s before, 90s after
- User or Timer initiated recordings take priority
- Playback starts at scheduled start time, not at start of softpad
- Keep or Delete only appears at end of recording softpad or otherwise
- There will be no indication on trickplay bar of softpad
- Show will not appear in playlist during beginning of program softpad
- Record light is off during softpad activity
