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Spectrum Channel Unavailable Issue

Discussion in 'TiVo Bolt DVR/Streamer' started by thalador, Mar 25, 2018.

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  1. Mar 25, 2018 #1 of 6
    thalador

    thalador Member

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    Hey all,

    Been using my Tivo's with Spectrum and cable cards for about a year. Things are good, but many times I will swap to a channel and get a message saying a channel is not available please press select (on the tivo remote) to try again. Once I press it it works fine. It is almost like the channel goes to sleep. Does anyone else see something like this and any idea why it happens? I do have a tuning adapter provided by Spectrum that it is attached to for premium channels.

    Thanks!
     
  2. Mar 25, 2018 #2 of 6
    fcfc2

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    Does Spectrum use Tuning Adapters in your area?
     
  3. Mar 25, 2018 #3 of 6
    thalador

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    Yes
     
  4. Mar 25, 2018 #4 of 6
    UCLABB

    UCLABB Well-Known Member

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    I had a big problem with that behavior about two weeks ago, but it has since gone away. My hunch is that it something with Spectrum and SDV, but I’m not sure.
     
  5. Mar 26, 2018 #5 of 6
    samsauce29

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    Same here. Was having some issues early yesterday. Checked tuning adapter diagnostics and everything looked good. Then, it magically went away a couple of hours later.
     
  6. Mar 26, 2018 #6 of 6
    fcfc2

    fcfc2 Well-Known Member

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    If you check, you may find that the problem channels are SDV channels, when I had Brighthouse, now Spectrum, I could almost always find several SDV channels with the message, "Temporarily unavailable, please try again later." It was a chronic problem. This was one of the main reasons I switched to Verizon Fios, now Frontier. I never figured out what was the cause.
     

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