Stop adding channels I don't want or get!

So why don't you just use the favorites feature?

 

Really?

 

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I'm with you glaviolette! Series 1 TiVos just inform you that a new channel is available without adding it automatically, but that changed when the Series 2s came out. I use both channels that I receive and favorites for different purposes, and with 1 S1 & 3 S2DTs I'm constantly tweaking the list. DirecTV changes their lineup so often that it's a real PITA.

I really think the old behaviour made a lot more sense.

 

I agree.

I just got a message that BIG10 which I can recieve was gone and NFLBB(?) was added. In spite of the TiVo saying I could, I couldn't watch it.

I guess the NFL will send the Men in Black here shortly to revoke my American Male citizenship papers.

 

Define a favorites list and use that? TiVo never adds new channels to your favorites list.

 

That fixes half of the problem (channels you don't get/want showing up in your on screen guide), but it doesn't fix the other half, TiVo's search and wishlists finding things on channels you don't get.

Search & Wishlists always use 'Channels I Receive', and can't be told to just use 'Favorite Channels'.

 

I've never understood why both Tivo's and the D* DVRs are so terrible with this...

 

I'm very surprised to hear this. I know the TiVo automatically adds new non-pay channels to the list automatically, but I have never experienced (nor even heard of) removed channels returning by themselves. Maybe they were renamed and the TiVo thought they were new.

 

Removed channels do not return by themselves.

When removing channels, some TiVo users forget that they have to click OK to save the changes. If you uncheck channels and go back, or uncheck the channels and display liveTV or the TiVo menu, then the changes are not saved.

Removed channels can only return if (a) Tribune completely deletes the channel from the lineup so it no longer appears on the Channel List, and then (b) Tribune re-adds the channel to the lineup so that it re-appears on the Channel List. This is rare; you might see this happen once every two years.

 

Unless you're using a DTiVo, because DirecTV seems to remove and re-add their shopping and sports channels at least once a month.

It was so nice when I switch to a TiVo HD and FIOS and almost never need to prune out unwanted channels.

 

Only on DirecTiVo. I always get extra channels on DirecTiVos. I just gave up doing changes because I hardly use my DirecTiVos. But HR2X works just fine and does not screw with my channels selection.

 

Actually, I was talking about how doing searches looks not only in your favorites, but all the channels you recieve (and on the HR2x, all the channels, including unsubscribed ones)

 

With regards to HD channels being included among the added channels, it makes no difference if you don't have a TiVo HD.

If the channel is included on the digital channel lineup offered by your cable provider, then the channel will be included in the lineup TiVo has for your area and provider.

By the way, if you arrange with your cable company to get the HD channels from them (some lower priced cable packages lock them out), you'll get them...

Even if you don't have an HD TV. (Of course, they'll end up being displayed in SD on your set, but they'll be there, provided the cable box can output in SD.)

That's why the HD channels are there. Neither Tribune nor TiVo would likely be interested in creating separate lineups for all the various levels of service available on digital cable.

 

Thanks. That's what I would have said if my PC hadn't been down for a CPU cooler upgrade.

Sometimes I think the DirecTV engineers just get bored and throw a handful of darts at their lineup chart. Whatever channels get hit, they delete them and put them back somewhere else with a different name.

 

I just wish they would notify you whenever there is a free weekend of showtime, hbo, starz, etc. I usually find out about it when it's almost over.