spudly
08-31-2006, 10:12 AM
Hi There!
[Used to be a frequent visitor to this forum but not been here a while]
I've had a DSR6000 (series 1) DirecTivo receiver for almost 5 years. Over the past week, I've been getting notices from the receiver that it is running to hot and it is shutting its self down as a safety measure and that I should unplug it. Not really sure why this is occuring now, perhaps the internal fan has died. Nothing has changed in my location and setup in over a year; but now I get this message daily.
Anyway as it turns out I bought it at CC and purchased the extended warranty which makes this unit under warranty! When I called CC they said that as of March '06, CC is no longer providing service w/DTV and that they will refund my original purchase price ($99) to buy the replacement the R15 at a Circuit City store.
Since I have been 'out of the loop' as far all the new DTV receivers are concerned (and it's relationship vis a vis Tivo) I didn't realize that this unit was DTV's own DVR service, not TiVo. That's unacceptable to me. Plus I currently am grandfathered in the TiVo lifetime subscription. The other thing that bothers me (and admitedly I don't know much about it) is that aside from the purchase price, there is some language regarding monthly lease payment!?! P-shaw!
Any suggestions how to proceed? I definetly want a TiVo unit, no subsititions.
Thanks,
Glenn
[Used to be a frequent visitor to this forum but not been here a while]
I've had a DSR6000 (series 1) DirecTivo receiver for almost 5 years. Over the past week, I've been getting notices from the receiver that it is running to hot and it is shutting its self down as a safety measure and that I should unplug it. Not really sure why this is occuring now, perhaps the internal fan has died. Nothing has changed in my location and setup in over a year; but now I get this message daily.
Anyway as it turns out I bought it at CC and purchased the extended warranty which makes this unit under warranty! When I called CC they said that as of March '06, CC is no longer providing service w/DTV and that they will refund my original purchase price ($99) to buy the replacement the R15 at a Circuit City store.
Since I have been 'out of the loop' as far all the new DTV receivers are concerned (and it's relationship vis a vis Tivo) I didn't realize that this unit was DTV's own DVR service, not TiVo. That's unacceptable to me. Plus I currently am grandfathered in the TiVo lifetime subscription. The other thing that bothers me (and admitedly I don't know much about it) is that aside from the purchase price, there is some language regarding monthly lease payment!?! P-shaw!
Any suggestions how to proceed? I definetly want a TiVo unit, no subsititions.
Thanks,
Glenn