6.3a Release Watch Thread

[Bruce61]

I forced a call at 9:45 pm on the 10th and I got pending restart. Updated like a charm. Zip Code 91360 (Thousand Oaks, CA)

[ethan]

forced a call at 5:31 this evening then again at 11:16. sometime between then i got my upgrade authorization. restarting as i type. woot! btw, unhacked 3.1.5f (one of the first batches) in 85XXX.

[flynxx]

Forced call at 3:00 am, both now have upgrade.

98531

[astayton]

I live in 6262* and got mine last night.

[JoeTiVo]

Got my update last night. 53072

Forced a called and got the pending restart. Restarted and all is well. Nice purple folders. :)

The upgraded seems to really be rolling out now...

[hefe]

I picked up my remote to force another call, and my TiVo grabbed me by the earlobe. Pinched me real hard, almost twisted my ear off. I think it's trying to tell me something.

[Lee L]

Did it drag you though camp to Charlie Utters place and lock you in a cell? ;)

[power3960]

Mine is updating right now. 95758 Area Code.

[dhines]

got it last night on my second of two boxes . . . i am truly a happy man.

91406

[davetroup]

A bunch of forced calls every day for the past several weeks. No upgrade. I finally figured it out... you're all playing a joke on me, there's not really an upgrade, right? Good one, guys. How'd you get DirecTV to cooperate by sending that "upgrade is coming" message to bait the hook? I fell for it completely!

Now I'm just going to sit in front of the TV and cry. :(

[hefe]

HA! In your face, TiVo!

Didn't want to give it up...well, I persisted and persisted. I wore you down. You begged to be left alone. You finally figured out how to get me off your back.

You gave me the upgrade. We can be friends again, :)

[Cheezmo]

My second HD Tivo got it today. 2 for 2 now. Over and out.

[jrock]

I just received 6.3a on my origonal HR10-250 that was a pre order. Still no upgrade on my newer HR10-250.

06475

-Joe

[Arkie]

Holy smokes, I may really be the last to get the upgrade. Don't worry, I'll turn the light off when I leave.

And then there was one.....................

[drew2k]

Holy smokes, I may really be the last to get the upgrade. Don't worry, I'll turn the light off when I leave.

And then there was one.....................Nope. You're not alone. I'm still here. Two boxes, no upgrades. :(

[johnnny732]

Does anyone with a modified unit have the update?? People that have bigger or two hard drives in their unit, are there reports of those units getting the update? Just wondering, Johnnnny

[webini]

Got my upgrade today - 04086

[bustergonad]

Holy smokes, I may really be the last to get the upgrade. Don't worry, I'll turn the light off when I leave.

And then there was one.....................

Still no upgrade here either.

Roy

[newsposter]

thought i was gonna get it..call scheduled for 517pm...i forced at 430...then it still said next call at 517....then bad modem and i forced again..no love...and actually it didnt update even thought it was 521..weird

[GerryFR]

I received the 6.3a-01-2-357 software update on 10/11/2006. I did nothing to get the update faster. I just checked the System Information and found the TIVO was pending restart. I restarted and the sytem software was updated.

My Zip code: 92XXX

[Kamakzie]

Forced a call tonight and noticed the downloading message stayed up on the screen a little longer than normal. Sure enough its installing now...

[shaown]

Yay, just got pending restart in 06831... its installing now :)
-Shaown

[litzdog911]

Does anyone with a modified unit have the update?? People that have bigger or two hard drives in their unit, are there reports of those units getting the update? Just wondering, Johnnnny

Many folks have reported no problems with updates on larger or two-drive HR10-250s.

[btwyx]

Many folks have reported no problems with updates on larger or two-drive HR10-250s.Like me. I got it in the first few days.

[themoviebuff]

Forced a call got mine last night, gotta love having folders and speedy menu finally, now if I could just get decent HD locals. I Need to upgrade my antenna.

Zip Code 53590

[SonyFan123]

My HDTivo did a restart, and then when it powered back up I saw a message about Tivo installing an update, and then it restarted again with a message coming up that it would take an hour to install. I'm going on to bed, but I guess this is my system finally getting the upgrade.

Zipcode 29xxx

[tubsone]

Got it!.....91***..........Folders and Fast.......Finally.

[bpdp379]

94550 zip, round three of the pre-order thread...

[HofstraJet]

Still no love for four of my HR10s in 33071....only one has it, and it was the one which got the 6.3 first and then was immediately updated to 6.3a. :(

[Rognish]

Just wanted to let you guys know. I received the update last night and I rebooted the receiver. I was so excited about getting the update but I should have expected it would come down the pipeline 1 day before I swap out the hr10 for the hr20 :(

Zip Code 43065

[CfKid]

Got my upgrade this morning. 41xxx zip.

[jrock]

Many folks have reported no problems with updates on larger or two-drive HR10-250s.

I have a 300 GB Weaknees second drive upgrade and mine went fine. (knock on wood) Now Playing is faster, resorting wish lists is much much faster now. Folders are awesome.

I have a feeling anyone that was having random reboots before the update and had problems after may have HD issues. I had lots of random reboots several months before my weaknees upgraded hd started making a clicking noise then failed. It was almost 2 years later and out of warrantee but weaknees has a $99 replacement out of warrantee program so I sent both drives back to them last winter and they sent them back ready to drop in. Ever since theres been no reboots and it's been working really good including the update I just got.

-Joe

[hiker]

Don't know if this scenario has been reported before, but one of my units upgraded from 6.3 to 6.3a.

[vtfan99]

D* still hates me here in 23xxx....not really sure why I list my zip as it has nothing at all to do with anything. Its simply that D* hates me....after a forced call, if they could flip me the bird rather than say "succeeded", Im fairly confident they would.

[smimi10]

Don't feel bad, they hate me too. :)

For awhile I stopped forcing calls, and thought I would let it do its thing. But I got impatient. So I started forcing calls again, but still no luck.

Mike

[bradfjoh]

Got it last night... Forced a call at 10:19p PST and went to bed thinking it wouldnt' do anything since it hasnt' every other night. Woke up this mornign to force another call and it was already on. So it must have had a pending restart and then re-booted at 2am or 3 am (whatever time that is)...

I'm in Tempe, AZ -- Unhacked Tivo.

[tivoboy]

still nothing here, upgrade to 2 drives, 940xx

[T-Wolves]

I've been forcing 2 calls daily for a couple weeks now. Forced a call last night, no love. Forced one this morning, and got the "pending restart" message. Restarted the receiver, and after it finally came back up, I didn't see any folders or get any message that 6.3 was installed. Was going to look at it further, but had to go to work. Hopefully 6.3 will install itself while I'm gone today.

Zip 55126.

[btwyx]

Don't know if this scenario has been reported before, but one of my units upgraded from 6.3 to 6.3a.I had that a couple of weeks ago.

[Starrbuck]

I have two HR10s, one in the living room and one in the bedroom... For the past several weeks I have been forcing a daily call on the living room unit. Needless to say, it's still on 3.1.5f. Last night I checked the bedroom unit and it was on "Pending Restart"! I forced a restart and it appears to be working fine. It also was moved into the living room to be the main unit. :)

BTW, I am in zip 760xx.

[trehutch]

The title says it all, does anyone know when the new batch of serial numbers get released each day to authorize for the upgrade, just curious

Trevor

[mlisowski]

Just got it on one of my receivers, with one more to go.

92xxx

[desulliv]

Just got it on one of my receivers, with one more to go.

92xxx
Audio dropouts to follow. . .

[sloan]

I got mine.
I almost didn't notice it. I was checking twice a day.
I gave up, and then BOOM, it was there.

GroupBy/Folders is nice.
Menu is faster.

No issues recording:
Smallville
Office
Earl
ER
(all OTA)
and some
ESPNHD VaTech/BC game last night.

............................................................ ....................

[billmar]

Got it in 208xx this morning.

Of course, I got it on the box that is malfunctioning and "stuttering" (see my other post) and I'm about to send back to D*.

Argh

[GFJay]

Got it today. 58201 zip (although that seems totally meaningless!)

Season pass changes and menu are much faster. Haven't noticed any problems yet.

[smith13]

Finally got it today @ 48036 but it only loaded on 1 receiver. Now I still have towait for it to load on the main t.v. :mad:

[Fahtrim]

Got it in 208xx this morning.

Of course, I got it on the box that is malfunctioning and "stuttering" (see my other post) and I'm about to send back to D*.

Argh
Don't send it back..........just put in a bigger hard drive. Or I'll give you $50 for it.

:D

[jpeckinp]

Got my update this morning. Love the faster guide and have not experienced any problems.

[CPU_Nurd]

Hope this is the right place for this, my upgrade blew up and they are sending me a new unit, not clear if it's a HR10-250 or a HR20, the story changes every time I ask where is it ? it died 2:30am Yesterday, endless loop rebooting and going up to the getting ready to upgrade page.
I'm having withdrawal, where is my HD-DVR...

[leesweet]

I'm still waiting for 6.3a on my first box; it's working fine on the second. Forced a call this AM and no go on the first one. However, I now recall that the 'first' box was actually replaced once and had to have a new access card (moved the card failed). Thus that card is newer than the one in my second HR10, and that's why my 'first' unit hasn't upgraded yet. :)

I guess those of us with relatively recent cards are still 'sometime between now and next Friday...'. :(

[DeWitt]

From everything I've read here the selection process is random. Many of us with the earliest units are still waiting along with everyone else.

[jennifer]

I've been forcing 2 calls daily for a couple weeks now. Forced a call last night, no love. Forced one this morning, and got the "pending restart" message. Restarted the receiver, and after it finally came back up, I didn't see any folders or get any message that 6.3 was installed. Was going to look at it further, but had to go to work. Hopefully 6.3 will install itself while I'm gone today.

Zip 55126.


You will have to set it to show the folders.

IIRC, I didn't get a message that 6.3 was installed.

[cougfan]

Forced a call last night. "Pending Restart". Upgrade didn't appear to have any problems. Experienced my first DD 5.1 drop about 10 minutes later. Also, the buffer and recording got completely screwed up. The 1 hour show I was watching shows up as a 16 min recording in the description and a 42 min recording on the onscreen timeline. Once it reaches 42 minutes, the timeline indicator jumped back to the beginning, but the show continued. Interestingly, if I tried to rewind, it jumped to the beginning. If I tried to fast forward, it reverted to the first 42 minutes of programming. Very odd.

After about 10 minutes of messing with it, it restarted on me, and now everything seems fine -- so far.

No noticeable problems with the other recordings (both pre and post update).

[finaldiet]

Just got the update at 3:30 pm. Took 30 mins. for everything to complete. Now to figure out favorites,season pass,etc. 60452 area code.

[ciucca]

got it on 10/13 630pm EST 07090

[USAFSSO]

Got it today. 88310

[dondrake]

Got it today after many, many forced calls. My HD Tivo is an older unit, got it when it first came out...

[landltv]

Got it 10/12/06 after forced call at 6:00 AM. Seems ok so far. Zip 07735.

This is on my newer machine (4 mos old). Still have not received it on the 1 yr old.

[T-Wolves]

You will have to set it to show the folders.
IIRC, I didn't get a message that 6.3 was installed.
Yep, thanks, for some reason I expected the default display to be the folder view. Easy enough to fix.

No more forcing calls - 6.3a in the house. :)

[gquiring]

No 6.3 update in 07747 yet. Considering how many audio dropouts I already get I wonder if I really want 6.3.

[jdec141]

Just got the pending restart on my second forced call today(4:30 pm then again at 12:30 am) through the serial ppp. Zip 38016(not that it matters)

[RetroHarley]

Stumbled upon this thread by accident and noticed all of the hyperventilating going on so I had time to kill and decided to force a call.

Downloaded, rebooted check the version, there it was.

Folders = GREAT!
Speed = GREAT!

Jumped out and started watching regular TV, went to OTA channels and NO SOUND. Went to ESPN HD, NO SOUND!

Stated surfing all the channels, NO SOUND ANYWHERE!!! GRRRR!

Started to call DirecTV and before calling decided to check the connections.

Whew, the digital audio out cable was dislodged, reconnected and all is fine.

No audio dropouts...all is well!

55401

[sanjokidd]

got the upgrade last night after forcing a call

94587..

[davetroup]

I got it! I got it! Forced a call at 5:30 pm, nothing... forced another one at 11:48 pm and I GOT IT!!!

[johnnny732]

Audio dropouts to follow. . .


No 6.3 update in 07747 yet. Considering how many audio dropouts I already get I wonder if I really want 6.3.


I have been getting Audio dropouts on 3.1.5f lately. The Audio dropouts have nothing to do with the new update in my opinion. Johnnny

[FourDoor]

Finally!!! After how many weeks of waiting and forcing 2 calls a day, I am now at 6.3 after forcing a call tonight.

[kchristy]

I have 6.3a! Zip code 91030. What does it do?

[iandrysdale]

So far it has worked well here in S. FL.

[whsbuss]

Finally. Forced a call this morning and now waiting for the update to be installed. YIPPIE!!

[djb61230]

Got the update this morning after forcing a call. Yippee!!! Haven't watched enough to see if the audio buffer overflow is a problem.

Really like the UI changes, folders, channel receive/favorites and the added speed.

Hope the rest of TC gets the update soon (if you want it).

[henryld]

Got this AM after forcing a call. Will reserve judgement of the benefits/faults until I have used it for a while.

[DLiquid]

Just forced a call and got it on one of my HR10s, restarting now. CA 9430*

[aphex187]

Got it this morning in 89521/Reno, NV

[onella]

Got the update this morning after a forced call (zip 85614) . So far everything is good. I did notice that the digital autio out was set to 'Digital to PCM' so I left it that way for now.
About two months ago I played a previously recorded program and noticed the audio was missing. I changed the audio out to stereo (not DD) and the audio came back. I think if you record in DD it also records in stereo as well. At least in my case it did.

[edlex]

Don't bash me if this has been covered before but if the unit says "pending restart" do I have to unplug it and reconnect or will the unit restart by itself if I leave it alone?

Sorry if this is a stupid question just don't want to screw anything up.

[hiker]

Go to the Restart menu and select Restart the Recorder. Or wait until 2am and it will auto restart.

[btwyx]

It'll restart on its own if you don't. I restarted it myself so I'd get it sooner and it'd restart when it wasn't going to be recording anything. If you do restart, make sure you have half an hour or more before the next recording.

[dscott72]

I haven't gotten the upgrade yet, but I was wondering if I have a scheduled recording set for 2:00 am every evening (Mon-Fri), could that be interfering with getting the 6.3a upgrade?

[btwyx]

I doubt that would cause a problem, but you may want to force the restart at a more convenient time if you see its pending restart.

[jfulford]

How do you force a call? Is it simply the "Make Daily Call Now" option under Settings, then Phone?

[btwyx]

How do you force a call? Is it simply the "Make Daily Call Now" option under Settings, then Phone?That's it.

[jfulford]

what do you watch for then? If it comes back as "Successful" and still has the 3.1 software, is there anything else to do or look for?

[btwyx]

what do you watch for then?Pending restart is the magic phrase.

[DonQijote]

Got it this morning in 605xx ILLINOIS

Wow!...The speed difference is great. Folders a very nice wecome addition.

[khark]

Just loading on my second machine right now after a forced call in 83127. I have had it on my other machine for 6 weeks or so.

[mattpol]

Got it last night!!!!! 10019.

[jpenneck]

Finally ! Got one out of 2 last night, forcing a daily call now on the second box. Zip is 80126.

...

Just forced a call on my second unit + reboot & Voila! Both Tivos now running 6.3a.

[duanej]

Got it last night! Seems fine. 98115.

[THXpro]

782xx received 3:43am

[Regina]

After THOUSANDS (no exaggeration) of forced phone calls, going back to AUGUST (!) I got 6.3a this morning on my "downstairs" HR10-250. Weird, though, because the "upstairs" machine got the on-screen message first but has yet to receive the update.
Should have known...just "let it be..." :cool:
Folders are SWEET and the machine is fast fast fast! No problems so far! YAY! :up: :up: :up:

edit: both machines are unhacked, zip 46250
2nd edit: and did I mention I got 6.3a on the "downstairs" machine WITHOUT forcing a call???? I actually went to force a call and saw "pending restart!" DERP! HA HA HA!

[Big Daddy P]

Have any of y'all got the update who do not have the phone line connected all the time?

In other words, Have you gotten it by manually connecting the phone line ONLY to force calls?

Thanks

[Happyfeet]

Mine came in last night. 64870

[jskamm]

Grrrrrrrrrrrr!

[bldxyz]

I sat down this afternoon to watch a little baseball, and as I pressed the Tivo button twice, I thought: today, I'll post my sarcastic remark that I don't really believe in the 6.3 update at all, since I haven't received it yet, still.

Then I noticed that the Now Playing menu had "Press Enter to change sort options" at the bottom. I knew this to be a sign of the update, and sure enough, 6.3a was delivered at some point since yesterday!

It seems like the Now Playing List and other menus are faster. That's my perception.

94110.

[btwyx]

Why do you press TiVo twice? You must have a remote with a List button on it.

[RichsSat]

Got it in 92081 last week....

Yay for audio dropouts.....

I do not have folders for some reason... Any ideas as to why I wouldn't???

At least it is faster...

[tbb1226]

I do not have folders for some reason... Any ideas as to why I wouldn't???You activate/deactivate folders by going to your Now Playing List and pressing the number 2 on your remote.

[Rollo27]

I have 2 units. One I paid a grand for, the other I got free 10 weeks ago. The free one is on my patio without a phone line. I run a line and force a call on it every 5 to 7 days. I did so today and got the upgrade. The main unit has not gotten the upgrade. I figured the older unit would get it first. 32065.

[lostman72]

Well my 2nd unit got the update today after a forced call. Well I am very happy with the 6.3a so far. No troubles here.

[Jeff412]

Have any of y'all got the update who do not have the phone line connected all the time?

In other words, Have you gotten it by manually connecting the phone line ONLY to force calls?

Thanks

Yes. I received the update yesterday. I only connected the phone line to force a call. The download portion of the process only lasted about 5 seconds and then the long awaited "Pending Restart" appeared. Now I have speed and folders. Finally.

Jeff

[bldxyz]

Why do you press TiVo twice? You must have a remote with a List button on it.

Uh... Well! You showed me something new.

Fact is, I was a many-year DirecTivo owner before getting the HD Tivo earlier this year. I have long used a Harmony Remote for my living room set up, and I never even noticed the new "List" button on my new remote before.

So pressing TiVo twice is just habit. I don't know if I will juggle the arrangement of buttons on my Harmony to create space for the List button, though. Just not quite enough buttons on the Harmony for my liking.

[tem]

when the **** am I gonna get my update ??

this is getting very annoying.

:mad:

[eddieb4me]

Left Tuesday afternoon 10/10 and came home Thursday afternoon 10/12 and 6.3a was there. Zip is 92673.

Very very fast relatively speaking and love the folders!! Takes about 5-10 seconds to record a show now instead of about 3-5 minutes before.

If there were two things I could have asked for in this release, it would have been speed and folders, so I'm pretty happy.

[Budget_HT]

when the **** am I gonna get my update ??

this is getting very annoying.

:mad:
Having the new release, along with severe audio dropouts and sporadic reboots, might be even more annoying.

I have one with and one without. Only the without is stable right now (and its phone line is unplugged until I see evidence of fixes for these showstopper problems).

[litzdog911]

My HR10-250 finally updated to 6.3a today. So far so good. Hoping that I don't have the DD audio dropout problem.

[bigroot]

Just got the upgrade sometime between 9:30 pm Saturday and 6 am Sunday, so DTV must be upgrading over the weekend. Installing now! :)

[Twister18]

Finally got the updrade between 12:00am and 7:00 am. Installing now. 612XX Illinois.

[hiker]

Another unit upgraded to 6.3a this Sunday morning. This proves that they are sending 6.3a to selective HR10's on the weekend since I made several calls on Sat. and only got "Succeeded".

[NjOlds]

I got it yesterday at around 1:30PM after a forced call. No problems yet. Zip 10462

[Arkie]

finally got it this morning......

[wildbill129]

Forced several calls yesterday...nothing.........forced one first thing this morning....whoo hoo "pending restart!" Loaded new software with no problems. No audio dropouts yet, folders and speed increase are welcome additions! :up:

96001 (Northern Cal)

[Packertivo]

Received after forced call this moring on one of my two units. I tried yesterday as well and nothing. Unfortunately, I really could have used the upgrade on the other unit for the folders. I was really thinking I was going to have to call DirecTv on the 19th to ask them what is going on. As others have stated, its is great to be an A-list customer. ;)

[Crypter]

I got 6.3a a couple of days ago I am in zip code 55xxx

[Yontto2]

Bought a HR10-250 from weaknees, received Friday, activated Friday. (10/13/06).

Forced call 10/15/06, saw pending restart, rebooted and 6.3 was installed. Zip code 32564

[TonyM]

Well, forced a call this morning and it finally came in.

I thought us 100% stock boxes that were purchased for $999 we going to be forgotten about. ;)

Installing now since there's no football I care about on.

[garbec]

My forced call finally worked on Saturday. That was after over 3 weeks of daily forced calls.

[kgebauer]

I didn't force a call, but this morning 6.3a was up and running (last night still 3.x)

[Ed Dixon]

Forced a call today at 2:23 PM. Pending update appeared. Restarted and 25 min later has 6.3a installed and running.

Have been forcing calls every day for some weeks. Call yesterday did not work, but call today picked up the update.

Zip here is 24211

Ed

[guptasa1]

Forced a call this afternoon (3:30 or so...dunno exact time) and got 6.3a - up and running! Zip 16365 here (Northwest Pennsylvania).

[BigJ52]

Just forced a call and got the Pending restart message. Restarting the recorder now.

Hopefully it will work! :p

[thumperxr69]

Finally after countless forced calls I received it overnight. Zip 62613

T

[newsposter]

went away 2 days and my older machine got it 19xxx. Now hopefully other one will soon as i love 30 second SP reorgs (70+passes) and all the other hidden gems. Like the similar program feature under info. Guide is superfast as are all menus.

[BigJ52]

Just forced a call and got the Pending restart message. Restarting the recorder now.

Hopefully it will work! :p


Took about 25 minutes for it to restart but it's working like a champ now (knock on wood).

Going to love not having to wait forever every time you want to record something.

Also like the folders aspectin the NP list as well.

[f2k]

95014, 3.1.5f -> 6.3a. Pending restart appeared today.

Update (with Tivo-branded graphics in places) took about 25 minutes. Virgin, newly-received refurb with no previous recordings or other usage.

[Willy]

Well, whaddu know? Pending restart 2PM Sunday 10/15/6. So....restarting now. 902xx. good luck.

[BuckNakd2]

I thought for sure I'd be the last one to get it. I figured just before midnight on the 19th, or whatever the latest date is, I'd finally get the pending restart message.

I've been forcing multiple daily calls with no luck so I gave up last Thursday. So I leave it alone for a few days, go away for the weekend, and bam! There it is waiting for me Sunday afternoon. :)

So far so good. No problems yet. :up:

[Morris Herman]

93108

I also got it but do not know when. There was no message stating that it was installed but I had one clue(my 30 sec skip was gone) and the Guide included channels I don't get and deleted before.
I then verified it by seeing 6.3a as the software version.

I do notice the speedup but it is not that dramatic and I do like the folders for organizing my recordings.

[kbohip]

FINALLY! I dialed in a couple of hours ago and got "Pending restart"!

[SCDrJ]

On final step of installing now...

926xx zip code, but I don't think it matters.

[Brett Jason]

yesterday was the 1st day I didn't force a call in about 2 weeks. Just forced one this morning and I got it! zip 020xx

[sluciani]

Forced a call on two HR10's this morning and both reported "pending restart". Now all 3 of mine have 6.3a. I suspect today may be "d-day" for everyone's machines, because my two units updated today were over 1 year apart in terms of when I installed them.

[leesweet]

Still don't have it on my 'newer access card' unit. That card isn't more than six months newer than the other unit, which received the update last Tuesday or so. I'm wondering how the rollout actually is progressing, since you'd think they sold a ton more of the HR10s recently with the price drops than 'back when' when us early adopters paid $999 (or $899 at VE) or a bit less six months later for another unit. Point is, there are only three or four more days to go here, depending on how you count (are we totally done at 11:59 PM 10/18? or 11:59 PM 10/19? or what?).

[Ivan1670]

It's not D-Day for my unit, forced a call and still no love for me :(

[LlamaLarry]

Got it on my leased HD TiVo yesterday while I was out of town (figures). :) Came home to a 'Pending Restart' which was followed by a 'yippee' and a manual reboot. Everything seems to be fine so far, but the bedroom TV does not put out or record DD so I may not hear the dropout problem.

One more box to go...

[sluciani]

Still don't have it on my 'newer access card' unit. That card isn't more than six months newer than the other unit, which received the update last Tuesday or so. I'm wondering how the rollout actually is progressing, since you'd think they sold a ton more of the HR10s recently with the price drops than 'back when' when us early adopters paid $999 (or $899 at VE) or a bit less six months later for another unit. Point is, there are only three or four more days to go here, depending on how you count (are we totally done at 11:59 PM 10/18? or 11:59 PM 10/19? or what?).

I guess there is no rhyme or reason to it. One of the units upgraded this morning had a card that I activated Saturday, just two days ago, which is why I thought today might be d-day. /s

[Big Daddy P]

the update has come to my machine! If you smell-el-el-el, what
Directv... is... cookin'!

Get to use the grid guide again.

Hello, it's me. I've been without you for a long long time!

Think I'll do a little gzotsky dance. Clear the floor, y'all. Here I go........ Ooops, think I pulled my back out! Damn it's tough getting old!

[broken back]

Forced two calls this morning. First called failed, second call received pending restart.
I did restart and waiting for update to finish, says may be up to one hour for update to complete,
Zip 75238

[utvnut]

Not here. 2 units, 2 calls=0 updates.

[durl]

Got it on 10/13 after forcing a call. Love the faster guide and folders. ZIP 370xx

[gaspanic]

Finally got it on one of my units this morning. Hopefully the other will be upgraded soon.

[dvs2000]

33076

[kkluba]

How do you do the 30 second skip again? It's been so long I forgot and need to put it on my 6.3a box.

thanks..

[whsbuss]

How do you do the 30 second skip again? It's been so long I forgot and need to put it on my 6.3a box.

thanks..

While playing a recorded program:

Select->Play->Select->3->0->Select (should hear 3 bells to confirm).

[kkluba]

While playing a recorded program:

Select->Play->Select->3->0->Select (should hear 3 bells to confirm).


Thanks!

Maybe I could get an answer faster next time :p

[no-blue-screen]

Finally!

Forced call on 10/13 and no go. Forced call in this morning at 11:45am and got the pending restart.

Zip 20723 - Laurel, MD

http://this-op.isa-geek.com/images/hdtivo.jpg

[jskamm]

zip nadda zero zilch!

[Charlutz]

Got it on one of my two units on 10/14. Zip 21044, Columbia, Maryland.

[bpratt]

Finally - got it this morning. 84107

[DLR]

My first unit was purchased within 30 days of the initial release. My second unit was purchased last summer. So far neither have updated despite forcing calls 2-3 times per day. Other than setting up a Ouija board I am beginning to believe the update train may be leaving me behind!

[BlueMonk]

75024.... Still don't have it.

Finally tried to force a call last night. I did this even though that the daily calls had been going through fine. Last one was less than 24 hours ago and showed 'Succeeeded'.

Anyway, it would not let me force a call because it was 'Updating.' Not sure if this is a good thing or not.

[A J Ricaud]

91745

Got it today on my second unit. Got the first one a couple of wks. ago.

[no-blue-screen]

I am in the process of creating an image of my unit. Anyone interested? Check the following thread on the underground forum:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=322231

[Rollo27]

My watch is over. Forced a call this morning and got the update on my primary and oldest receiver. The secondary, and three month old unit, updated two days ago. 32065.

[newsposter]

what will you do with all your free time now?

[johnnny732]

So, I ordered the UFC Live Pay Per View this past Saturday night. I noticed 3 or 4 long audio drop outs during the Live fight. I am running 3.1.5f sofware. None of my HR-10's have revieved the updates yet. But it seems the audio dropouts are getting worce with each passing day. Johnnny

[dscott72]

what will you do with all your free time now?

Was just thinking the same thing, once I get my upgarde and everything is kosher, I wonder what I will do with all of my free time.

[robertwallace]

My receiver crashed this afternoon. When it rebooted it had 6.3a. I guess that sorta makes up for crashing. :)

[codespy]

Been forcing 2 calls a day for the last month.

Forced first call today at noon and got the pending restart message.

This is my 2nd of 2 units upgraded to 6.3a, virgin unit, 3 months old, leased, got it free with the Sunday Ticket Scandal.

Life is good.

I just wish they kept the thumbs up, down, up, 7, 8 code in there somewhere.

I'll take the speed of the unit anyway.

No audio dropouts on any of my units to this point. My first unit was upgraded 3 weeks ago.

[KungFuCow]

Still no love here.. guess I'm at the end of the upgrade line.

[curbside]

Got my update today! 941**

[GDN]

Finally got it here - 75248 - just knew I was going to be the last - guess its getting close to it - have 2 other friends in Dallas - neither of them have it yet though either.

[smith13]

You are not last. I am in Michigan and I am still waiting for the second hr10-250 to get it.

[TomVo]

940** My hr10-250 just rebooted to 6.3a right after tonight's football game. Odd choice of time to reboot!

[desulliv]

940** My hr10-250 just rebooted to 6.3a right after tonight's football game. Odd choice of time to reboot!
That was an odd football game. :eek:

[KungFuCow]

You are not last. I am in Michigan and I am still waiting for the second hr10-250 to get it.

That would imply one of yours already has it. Therefore, you are in front of me :)

[ECEGatorTuro]

OMG a miracle has occured tonight... I have received the 6.3a update! Woo Hoo!!!

I called in at 4:55pm MST and got the dreaded successful message so I had decided not to call in tonight. As I was flipping through the painfully slow guide, I said what the hell and tried it again at 10:30pm MST and low and behold I had to blink twice when I saw "Pending restart". I just couldn't beleive it!

I restarted and BAM, I had 6.3a. I was so excited I even took some pictures of the upgrade in progress!

The guide is WAAAAY faster and I LOVE my new folders. THANKS TIVO and D*!

[gohawks63]

Rebooted at 2AM 10/17

No problems

60 zip

[kbohip]

what will you do with all your free time now?

Wait for 6.3b to come and hopefully fix this *%&$ rebooting problem 6.3a has infected my machine with.

[BOBCAT]

Just forced a call on all 4 hr10's. The last one returned "pending restart". 1 down, 3 to go!
Waiting for this upgrade is like waiting for TiVo to start recording after pressing record. It comes very slow.
At this point, D* should just press the button and let all the rest of the machines upgrade to 6.3X

[daviddsims]

Nothing here yet after numerous forced calls. Probally will never get it!

[fasTLane]

Funny, this thread is full of folks all excited about getting their upgrade with others compaining that it isn't here yet.
However, a different thread is warning against the upgrade and how bad 6.3a has plagued their units with dropouts and reboots etc.

What is going on?


17 days unplugged and counting ...

[ke3ju]

Forced a call yesterday morning, got the pending reboot message. I rebooted, and it installed with no problems.

18360

[BlueMonk]

Got it yesterday with no problems. Never forced a call it just showed up.
75024

[jpsawyer]

Finally got 6.3a last night 2AM. Restarted, and so far no problems with rebooting, audio, or anything else. MUCH faster menuing and navigating from screen to screen...

[Cabinwood]

I got it last night on one of my receivers. One down, one to go!

[fasTLane]

Jeanne in Georgia,

I see you have had no problem with the 6.3a upgrade. How long on your first receiver?

Congratulations. This is encouraging.

[DeWitt]

Got it Sunday. Started spontaneous reboots last night. Tried a C&D but it has been running all night. Will use Instant Cake to go back to 3.15 tonight.

Can't decide if I should pull the phone line and wait for 6.3b or let it upgrade and then force a C&D to start fresh rather than risk the upgrade again.

[jon777]

Received this AM -- restarting now. 07030.

[JLWINE]

6.3 at last! 6.3 at last! Thank god almighty 6.3 at last!

[drewcipher]

Funny, this thread is full of folks all excited about getting their upgrade with others compaining that it isn't here yet.
However, a different thread is warning against the upgrade and how bad 6.3a has plagued their units with dropouts and reboots etc.

What is going on?


17 days unplugged and counting ...

The drop outs do not seem to be a 6.3 problem, entirely. Many people have been getting them on 3.1 too, myself included. In fact, the machine that did get 6.3a last week has been better about drop outs than my 2 3.1s. My second machine is currently restarting to upgrade. 2 down, 1 to go.

[jskamm]

succeeded :down: :down: :down:

[helmdawg]

I still haven't received the update, however, I did a clear data and to do list and my HR10 been working pretty good.

[Leila]

zip code: 99801 (Juneau, Alaska)
HR10-250, updated to 6.3a at 10:23PM AST, Monday, 10/16


my second HR10-250 still has not upadated... :(

[Barry Klass]

Zip 53188 upgraded to 6.3a during the day on Monday 10-16/06.

[leesweet]

Just to close the circle on my posts here (since many are commenting on the schedule in several threads...), got my second one done, the 2x400 GB unit, no problems at all. Approx 40 shows, 400 GB in use, took 45 minutes from reboot until done reloading from satellite.

[Nolzman]

Zip 30115 (Atlanta Area). Got the Pending Restart this morning. One of two are now updated. Just hoping it didn't mess anything up. :(

[johnnny732]

Funny, this thread is full of folks all excited about getting their upgrade with others compaining that it isn't here yet.
However, a different thread is warning against the upgrade and how bad 6.3a has plagued their units with dropouts and reboots etc.

What is going on?


17 days unplugged and counting ...


I don't have 6.3a yet. I am haveing lots of Audio drop outs and my unit is rebooting all on it's own. The Audio drop outs have been going on for the past couple of weeks and the reboots started about 4 days ago. I STILL WANT MY UPDATE!!!! Johnnny

[kevank]

Just got it in 543**.

K

[Mr.Pibb]

Got it this morning
43035 (Columbus, OH area)
Wife called me at work and said there were a bunch of lines on the screen, I had her push the up arrow to cycle through the resolutions and it came back to life.

[fasTLane]

I don't have 6.3a yet. I am haveing lots of Audio drop outs and my unit is rebooting all on it's own. The Audio drop outs have been going on for the past couple of weeks and the reboots started about 4 days ago. I STILL WANT MY UPDATE!!!! JohnnnySounds like you need more than an update. :eek: My unit has never had these problems in years of viewing. Knock on wood. Waiting for 6.3(next).

[Richard Chalk]

I have 3 units. One updated about a week ago, the other two still waiting.

ZIP 29693

[johnnny732]

Sounds like you need more than an update. :eek: My unit has never had these problems in years of viewing. Knock on wood. Waiting for 6.3(next).

I have NEVER had these problems in years of viewing either. I know it's NOT the unit because my other unit (in the same house only on a second dish) is doing the same things at the same times. The reboots only happen if the unit is turned off or in Stand by late at night. As far as the audio drop outs, it's not all the time but when it does happen it happens on both units and both units are on a differant dish. This is rare but it is happening on both of my units with no updates so I figured I would report it. Johnnny

[thewarbrd]

Got 6.3a yesterday morning (10-16) from 3.1.5... I hadnt forced a call since friday morning... Took about 15 mins from the time I told it to restart to do its thing and be back to ready. Zip 306XX

[Paperboy2003]

one updated 2-3 weeks ago, another still waiting in 07869

[codespy]

This should really IRRITATE some here who have not received it yet, but....

I posted 3 weeks ago 1 unit of mine received the 6.3a.

I posted yesterday my 2nd of 2 received it around noon.

I also have a spare HR10-250, not activated with an unmarried, expired P5 access card and have been forcing calls on this too.

Well, tonite I forced another call and got the pending restart and rebooted and loaded the 6.3a update.

Again, the IRD is NOT activated and I got the update. I have this unit as a spare in case one of my main two units crash.

Not trying to pour salt in the wound, but I thought it is interesting how the rollout is being handled.

[rayfurdinski]

Received the 6.3a update sometime last evening! My HR10-250 is running very nicely now. Man... am I much less of a friggin' ogre... didn't realized how much this was affecting me emotionally! <sniff, sniff> I'm a NEW man!

Zip 98034

[jmhmcse]

yep... 6.3a (finally!!)

800xx

[steve0296]

Finally got the update tonight - 926xx. Folders, faster menus and guide - very happy - at least until those temperature warnings kick in...

[KungFuCow]

Still nothing here.. Im telling you.. Im the last number on the list.

[btwyx]

Still nothing here.. Im telling you.. Im the last number on the list.You and a freind of mine. I've been telling him about it since I got 6.3 before the first weekend it was out. He was looking a bit depressed about it today.

[Mechanic420]

I got mine this morning or the day before... not quite sure exactly when. 941xx.

I like the folders in the List, and the speed is a lot better! What took them so long!

[photokev]

October 18th and still no update. I spoke to DTV a few days ago and they claimed that everyone should receive their update by October 19th.

[poppagene]

got it overnight in 20817

[jeffloby]

got it this morning. 37757

[Tennesotans]

Well.. after forcing two-a-day calls... nothing. I will try again this evening... I look to be in
the last boat :( [my hd tivo is a year old in 55xxx zip code, brunette, green eyes
and apparently baaaaad Tivo-Juju] ;)

[dscott72]

October 18th and still no update. I spoke to DTV a few days ago and they claimed that everyone should receive their update by October 19th.

I'll believe that when my unit finally gets 6.3a. I have been calling out 5 and 6 times a day to get the download.

For those of you that have it, how long does the telephone call usually last when you finally have gotten the software?

Just curious.

[dscott72]

...brunette, green eyes
and apparently baaaaad Tivo-Juju] ;)

Might be bad Tivo-Juju but you sound delicious.

[newsposter]

having unplugged 2nd unit in case i get more dropouts, does that mean even if a take a few weeks/months to plug in that the auth. call will still be there waiting for me?

[BGLeduc]

Finally...87xxx.

I will miss those thrice a day forced daily calls! Have not had a chance to really do anything other then reset DD and my favorites. Guide is faster, but then again, I never had an issue with the guide before. Folders? BFD....

The real test will be re-ordering my Season Passes. It won't let me access the SP's right now...says it is still acquiring data from the sat.

Hope I do not start getting audio drop outs. Never had 'em before.

Brian

[srt]

showed up yesterday 96093.
Quick as heck!! Seems like channels I receive needs work, as all channels are there...

[bsgoren]

I forced 2 calls last night and nothing. Then, I forced another call this morning, and voilla...finally got 6.3a (of course 1 day before the final update day - 10/19/06 :rolleyes: )! :D I guess I may not actually be the last person to receive the update afterall. :) All is well...folders, increased speed (I actually switched my guide back to the grid guide...for now anyway). All I had to do was reset my channels I receive and my favorite channels and dolby digital output. Everything else seems fine for now. :up: zip: 331xx

[GalenMD]

Same here. Forced calls last night: Nada.

This am, received 6.3 on 1 of 2 units.

[Lee L]

I finally got it yesterday on my second unit.

[Fahtrim]

Got it, folders turned on. Dolby Digital setting did not have to be reset.

I "heart" folders!

[KungFuCow]

I feel like Im the kid picked last for dodgeball :(

[quadra]

Finally got the update this morning.

[mdfuller]

I just got the update on my second box. I also got it through Vonage (signed up a week ago). I feel like I won the lottery :)

[krk502]

This should really IRRITATE some here who have not received it yet, but....

I posted 3 weeks ago 1 unit of mine received the 6.3a.

I posted yesterday my 2nd of 2 received it around noon.

I also have a spare HR10-250, not activated with an unmarried, expired P5 access card and have been forcing calls on this too.

Well, tonite I forced another call and got the pending restart and rebooted and loaded the 6.3a update.

Again, the IRD is NOT activated and I got the update. I have this unit as a spare in case one of my main two units crash.

Not trying to pour salt in the wound, but I thought it is interesting how the rollout is being handled.

:mad: put down the salt shaker and get me a band aid. I'm not going to force any more calls.....


till I get home tonight.

[jrock]

Just got it on my Second HR10-250 a half hour ago when I forced a call. Now I have it on both of mine and they work really well, no problems (knock on wood).

06475

-Joe

[Tony Chick]

Finally got it in 91403 and I'm not happy so far. Folders are nice but..
1) Many key presses on my Harmony remote are doubled making menus and direct tuning frustrating
2) Grid guide is no faster, still paints cell by cell. Tivo guide is fast, but it always was.
3) Can't get into anything on the Pick programs to Record" menu, it says "Aquiring guide data from the Satellite, wait 30 minutes" at the bottom. Did the update wipe out the guide info?.

Maybe when the "Aquiring" thing goes away, it will speed up. The remote thing will drive my wife crazy!.

[photokev]

Well.. after forcing two-a-day calls... nothing. I will try again this evening... I look to be in
the last boat :( [my hd tivo is a year old in 55xxx zip code, brunette, green eyes
and apparently baaaaad Tivo-Juju] ;)


I am in 55401. I think that they are saving Minneapolis for last. They must not realize that it is already cold and snowing here... so all we Minnesotans have to do is watch TV. :)

[BOBCAT]

Second box updated today. Seems to play ok. No station logos on the this or the 1st one that updated.
Has anyone received station logos on there box that didn't have them?
2 updated, 2 to go

[photokev]

1) Many key presses on my Harmony remote are doubled making menus and direct tuning frustrating.

Can you elaborate what this means? I also have a Harmony remote but no update yet.

[hiker]

Finally got it in 91403 and I'm not happy so far. Folders are nice but..
1) Many key presses on my Harmony remote are doubled making menus and direct tuning frustrating
2) Grid guide is no faster, still paints cell by cell. Tivo guide is fast, but it always was.
3) Can't get into anything on the Pick programs to Record" menu, it says "Aquiring guide data from the Satellite, wait 30 minutes" at the bottom. Did the update wipe out the guide info?.

Maybe when the "Aquiring" thing goes away, it will speed up. The remote thing will drive my wife crazy!.
1) Are you using the preprogrammed TiVo IR codes or did you use the learn feature?
2) Grid guide is much faster, wait until the program indexing is finished.
3) Guide data needs to be reformatted with 6.3a.

[Ivan1670]

Finally got it in 91403 and I'm not happy so far. Folders are nice but..
1) Many key presses on my Harmony remote are doubled making menus and direct tuning frustrating
2) Grid guide is no faster, still paints cell by cell. Tivo guide is fast, but it always was.
3) Can't get into anything on the Pick programs to Record" menu, it says "Aquiring guide data from the Satellite, wait 30 minutes" at the bottom. Did the update wipe out the guide info?.

Maybe when the "Aquiring" thing goes away, it will speed up. The remote thing will drive my wife crazy!.
I received my upgrade yesterday and the Grid Guide works great.

[Tony Chick]

Can you elaborate what this means? I also have an Harmony remote but no update yet.

A single key press often results in 2 key presses, so I unexpectedly move two lines in the menu, or enter 202 for a channel and get 2002 or 20022. I've upped the inter-key delay from 0 to 300ms and its better but still not 100%. It was fine in 3.1, and with my 2 previous SD Tivos running 6.2 so it seems unique to 6.3. I have the Harmony 659.

Update: Guide is faster now its finished aquiring guide data.

[helmdawg]

I received mine (6.3a) last night/early morning in zip 191**

[jrock]

Right after I got my update I forced a call and there was a long download and then I rebooted and got my Logo's back that have been missing for ages! So the next call does download the Logo's and a reboot makes them work :)

-Joe

[mpmchugh]

Finally got my update last night in 90046

[JoeSchueller]

Well... finally! Forced call at 11:30 last night... pending restart... restarted and went to bed... poof, a DVR faster than molasses in January this morning. About damn time.

[jeffloby]

My Harmony 880 works better now. Guide is alot faster. It loads a page at a time now instead of a line at a time. Overall I am very pleased.

[spooniep]

Still no 6.3a for me in Chicago (60641) Maybe I'll be on the 10/19 "everybody" list.

[ironfoot995]

Finally! Got 6.3 this morning after forcing the phone call. Got the message "Pending restart". Restarted and now I have it. Just finished re-setting up my favorites. It seems to work much faster now.
By the way, I'm in Norman, OK.

John

[tgenius]

Finally! Got Pending Restart on manual dial just now so I'm restarting as we speak, 33183 over here.

[atlantadan]

Forced call, and just got it an hour ago

30306 - Atlanta

Took about 20 minutes, but at this time, I see NO differences.

Was hoping to get channel logos, nope. Screeen guide not faster,

lets see what happens

[ccaillet]

Got 6.3a in 70762 on 10/16/06.

[landltv]

Received the update on my second hr10 today at around 12:30 AM after a forced call. No problems on either one so far - 07735.

[sjlush]

No upgrade, and my next call isn't scheduled until Friday 10/20!. I forced a call, but no luck. Looks like some of us won't be getting the upgrade by the 19th. Anybody else in this boat?

[Big Worms]

No upgrade, and my next call isn't scheduled until Friday 10/20!. I forced a call, but no luck. Looks like some of us won't be getting the upgrade by the 19th. Anybody else in this boat?
Yep me too. :(

[BillyT2002]

04901 - finally today!

[spjon]

Yep, same here. I just forced call (6:25pm PST) and all I get is the "S" word. :mad:

And it says my next scheduled cal is Fri, Oct 20 at 2:02am. WTH? I thought all of them were supposed to be updated by 10/19? If it's set to make the next call 10/20, then I aint gettin' it on 10/19.

I think D* is getting back at me for forcing so many calls. :p

[PowerstrokeHD]

Yep, same here. I just forced call (6:25pm PST) and all I get is the "S" word. :mad:

And it says my next scheduled cal is Fri, Oct 20 at 2:02am. WTH? I thought all of them were supposed to be updated by 10/19? If it's set to make the next call 10/20, then I aint gettin' it on 10/19.

I think D* is getting back at me for forcing so many calls. :p

Normally when your TIVO is making calls on its own it only does it every other day. So if you forced a call today then it won't make a call on its own again till Friday.
This does not mean you will not get it tomorrow, but your TIVO has no plans on calling on its own. So you just may want to force a call tomorrow. :)

[PowerstrokeHD]

Forced call, and just got it an hour ago

30306 - Atlanta

Took about 20 minutes, but at this time, I see NO differences.

Was hoping to get channel logos, nope. Screeen guide not faster,

lets see what happens

From what I have read here, to get logos you need to force another call after the update. It should be a somewhat long download. After that call reboot and you should have logos.
Also the guide should get faster once it has reloaded all the data.

[kcl]

Both boxes had 6.3a on them this morning. My wife called me at work in a panic, as there was no guide available and she didn't know what to do. Had to wait until I was able to update the received/favorite channels after I got home. First blush it looks pretty good, though. Much faster guide and I really like the folders. I also like the improved way you set the channel list (both received and favorites set using the same dialogue).

95616 - Davis, California.

With that said, I'd already made the decision to switch to Comcast and a couple of series 3 units, and I've already purchased the boxes. Too bad this didn't come earlier, as I may have held off for another 6 months or a year. Oh, well.

[johnnny732]

Something tells me hat the 19th is going to come and go and there are going to be alot of people STILL WITHOUT their update. I bet there are going to be all kinds of weird reasons why some units are just not going to take the update. I bet Direct TV is going to be swaping out lots of HR-10's in the next few weeks!!! Just my thought.......I really hope I am wrong. Johnnny

[apoptosis]

I just forced a call from zip 554** and got the upgrade. I reset my DVR and am now awaiting installation of the update. There is hope for all in Minnesota!

Apop

[donrb]

I got it Monday evening 46XXX.

While on 3.15f I had audio drops and video freezes of 1 or 2 seconds when just watching a channel . Mostly on HD channels but I could swear it did it on SD channels too. Also, when I would switch to an HD channel it the audio/video would stop for a moment then go.

Since the upgrade to 6.3a, I haven't had any audio/video drops or freezes while watching a channel or when changing to an HD channel.

I use component video connections and digital optical out.

[NYHeel]

I still have not gotten it in North Jersey. I just forced a call but still nothing.

[gpejsa]

Still nothing on either of my boxes as of 10/19. I guess the "everyone by 10/19" rumor is now invalid.

:(