Turn off "Channel Lineup Changed" messages

I forgot I had started this thread! The "problem" with these (stupid) lineup changes is that, if you already have that channel (let's say Channel 15) and it changes to 23, you don't have to do anything - so there wouldn't be any calls to the cable company - and there is no need for the message. The TiVo automatically downloads the new guide, and your ToDo and Season Pass entries are automatically updated to the new channel.

When there a new addition to the channel lineup, it seems to be be added and NOT checked as one of "your channels". At least, that's what it's doing on mine - so, again - who cares?

Admittedly, a deleted channel may mean that a Season Pass no longer has any upcoming episodes - but it would just not record anything new from that channel - so (you guessed it! who cares?).

I wouldn't care so much about these except I seem to get 3 or 4 a week sometimes, and I know cable companies don't change their lineup that often! A 1/week or 1/month message would be more than adequate. It's just a pain to have to wade through 3 or 4 of these before I can satisfy my daily TiVo fix!

LOL

I have Verizon FiOS and in the past year I don’t think I have gone a month without at least some sort of a lineup change message. This past week alone I had no fewer than six messages about channel lineup changes, possibly more. Sometimes the changes are silly things like removing and then adding the same channel with no apparent changes in call sign or title, in which case I do wonder if it’s the guide provider (TMS) that is mucking with the database in a way they shouldn’t. Other times it really is Verizon adding, moving, or deleting channels. And sometimes it’s simply changing the name of a sports channel to reflect seasonal content changes, which I too find annoying and frivolous.

While I do find these messages annoying and would ultimately like to be able to shut them off, in my case I presently need these messages because they are often the only notice I have to manually adjust the Channel List. I need to do this because most of the changes are ones that cause the TiVo to enable (check) channels that I do not actually subscribe to, so I am constantly having to go in and uncheck channels. I am actually getting really fed up with this because it’s an administrative task I shouldn’t have to do with a modern piece of equipment. If a channel is “not authorized” as the TiVo UI reports when trying to tune to it, then don’t enable it in my channel list. As far as I understand the CableCARD has the complete list of all authorized and unauthorized channels, so it should be as simple as the TiVo querying the list from the CableCARD, yes?

Also, occasionally I have found new channels that have been enabled (checked) in the channel list but with no message sent down to notify me. This blows away any chance of having an accurate channel list, short of manually tuning to every channel to see if I actually receive it or not.

Finally, I can’t even rely on the Verizon’s web site for channel listings. Their site is often not updated with the latest changes. There are some channels I receive that are not listed at all on their web site. It baffles me why their site isn’t sync’d up with whatever backend system actually allocates the channels.