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jbmagic
03-15-2005, 06:04 PM
There introducing DirecTV DVR 6.2 Software Upgrade Soon.

you dotn have do nothing, it will automatic upgrade to version 6.2 soon as long you have your phone line connected to it.

for more info on the new things that coming.

http://www.directv.com/see/landing/dvr_upgrade.html
Draft Dodger
03-15-2005, 06:22 PM
nice, I guess. the folder thing makes a lot of sense.
I assume most people use the hack now to sort alphabetically anyway - I can't use the thing without it.
cuervo72
03-16-2005, 08:05 AM
What caveman do with TiVo?
Tekneek
03-16-2005, 08:54 AM
I should have posted about this. I've known about this since before the Super Bowl. Any DirecTV/TiVo peeps could have been tipped off and expecting slow-ass DirecTV to roll out the update...since it has been delayed a few times.
Peregrine
03-16-2005, 09:46 AM
I like the folders idea. Guess I'll have to plug in my phone line again when the update is available, it's been unplugged for almost a year.
SirFozzie
03-16-2005, 10:08 AM
Peregrine: Have you found a way around the daily "You haven't made a daily call in XXX days" mesage?
primelord
03-16-2005, 10:20 AM
Peregrine: Have you found a way around the daily "You haven't made a daily call in XXX days" mesage?
fakecall.tcl is your friend. :)
Peregrine
03-16-2005, 10:58 AM
No, I just ignore it. Would be nice though.
jbmagic
03-16-2005, 11:02 AM
I like the folders idea. Guess I'll have to plug in my phone line again when the update is available, it's been unplugged for almost a year.


wow

and you dont get any message on the screen to plug your phone line to get updates and the guide update.

i tought if you dont than the directtivo wont let you continue until you plug phone line and get it updated.
SirFozzie
03-16-2005, 11:18 AM
It gets the updates through a direcTv channel in the middle of the night) (meaning you can't use one of your tuners if you have a dual line to it. or can't watch live tv at all if you have a single line)

you do get a daily email from your system that the "System hasn't made a daily call in XXX days (mine are somewhere near 90 right now)
Daimyo
03-16-2005, 01:58 PM
Wow... the three changes listed on that page have been in my regular series 2 TiVo ever since I bought it 15 months ago. I'm amazed that they weren't available on the DirecTv until now.
primelord
03-16-2005, 03:31 PM
Daimyo,

The DirecTivo's were all on some varation of the 3.1.1 software. Folders and what not were introduced in software version 4.0 which is in the SA Tivo's like yours.
primelord
03-16-2005, 03:32 PM
It gets the updates through a direcTv channel in the middle of the night) (meaning you can't use one of your tuners if you have a dual line to it. or can't watch live tv at all if you have a single line)

you do get a daily email from your system that the "System hasn't made a daily call in XXX days (mine are somewhere near 90 right now)
You should learn to hack your Tivo. The fakcall.tcl script will trick the Tivo into thinking it is making a successful call out every night.
SirFozzie
03-16-2005, 08:37 PM
I have to learn how to do that, as well as pulling data from the tivo to my computer as well (kinda psuedo TiVo to go-ish ;))
Tekneek
03-17-2005, 04:51 AM
I have to learn how to do that, as well as pulling data from the tivo to my computer as well (kinda psuedo TiVo to go-ish ;))

If you want to hack it, you don't want the 6.2 update. You want to hack in 4.0 before that update comes along, else it gets tricky. You should check tivocommunity.com.
primelord
03-17-2005, 09:05 AM
If you want to hack it, you don't want the 6.2 update. You want to hack in 4.0 before that update comes along, else it gets tricky. You should check tivocommunity.com.
tivocommunity.com is not the place to go if you want to learn how to extract data off of your Tivo. The forums are dealdatabase.com are far better.
jbmagic
03-17-2005, 10:41 AM
anybody ever added a new harddrive to there direct tivo. now instead of 40 hours, i have 105 hours.

i was amaze how easy it was to do. Tivo community is great with step by step instructions.
Daimyo
03-18-2005, 12:46 AM
I put two 160 GB harddrives in my Series 2 standalone... it's awesome. :)
jbmagic
03-28-2005, 01:58 PM
wow

today i got automatic DVR upgrade for version 6.2

the group folders and sorting is really nice features. make my play list look more organized.

the guide is a lot faster now. and the search times for the wishlist are faster.

nice upgrade
gstelmack
03-28-2005, 02:48 PM
wow

today i got automatic DVR upgrade for version 6.2

the group folders and sorting is really nice features. make my play list look more organized.

the guide is a lot faster now. and the search times for the wishlist are faster.

nice upgrade
Where are you located? They were doing a testing rollout in SoCal, but I'd like to know if they've gone wider with it yet.
jbmagic
03-28-2005, 03:07 PM
Where are you located? They were doing a testing rollout in SoCal, but I'd like to know if they've gone wider with it yet.


Soutern California. Los Angeles
gstelmack
03-28-2005, 03:25 PM
Oh well, guess the rest of us are still waiting...