Need Help with 811 hdtv Locals and a 5504 Replaytv

[cobalt]

Hi all,
Just got a replaytv 5504 and have it hooked up to my 811. After a few hours the replay is working almost perfect but, I cant find where my over the air HD channels are listed in replays guide. The Locals I get through dish are listed. I know the replay remaps any channel with 4 digits to a new address but I cant find any of my local ota hd programs. Any Ideas. Thanks.

 

[Dutch]

I have a 5060. It doesn't show HD locals either. Since I can't record in HD, I just record off of the SD locals coming through dish.

 

[cobalt]

My hdtv locals are downrezed by the 811 but still look much better than dishes local feeds... The colors are more vibrant and watching a football game in widescreen is the only way to go.

 

[SimpleSimon]

What do you mean the 811 is downrezzing?

 

[WeeJavaDude]

My hdtv locals are downrezed by the 811 but still look much better than dishes local feeds... The colors are more vibrant and watching a football game in widescreen is the only way to go.

If I recall, the OTA channels have have a dash in them 07-00. This might be the issue.

 

[cobalt]

Down rezzed ----- Down resolution --- The 811 sends a 1080i , and a 480i signal at the same time. It allows you to view hd programing on a now hd device (the replaytv).

 

[SimpleSimon]

Ah - you mean that the box will convert HD content to be sent out as SD. That's fine, and technically correct, but the term "downrezzing" itself is a scary one because of some of the copy protection issues currently under discussion in Washington and elsewhere.

 

[belawrence]

My locals appear in my ReplayTV's guide (San Diego area). It was just a matter of telling the 811 to tune to "off air" instead of the DISH locals when a two-digit+enter key is pressed on the remote or sent as an command from the Replay. Edit: I guess I also need to add that all of my digital locals, except for one which will be fixed next week according to the station manager, map to their analog station number.

 

[cobalt]

Thanks for all of the info. I got rid of the dish locals in my guide and the 811 remaped my hd locals to the right place. Thanks again. I'm about to put a 160gig drive in the replaytv. Keep your fingers crossed. Thanks again.