TVGOS ( TV Guide On Screen ) Devices - Page 7

mabuttra, what is your environment? OTA, cable?

Is it digital "only" - meaning no analogue TVGOS to the box?

If I understand your last line you have no analogue in the area? Is that correct?

I assume you are on the new Sony Software?

I'll post these answers here too, in case inquiring minds want to know.


OTA, but I do have a cable line available to plug in if I want.


Only digital here. Here is the history...

The analog PBS station was the analog host channel here, and they shut down their analog signal on 1/5/2009. Analog CBS never carried TVGOS data, but it doesn't matter, because they shut down their analog feed on 2/17/2009. I get my data from digital CBS, and if I so choose, I can connect the cable line up, and have access to the analog TVGOS on analog CBS (Cox cable is converting the digital TVGOS to analog, and sending it out on analog CBS). I really have the best of both worlds here.


Correct.


I applied the software Friday evening. However even with the old firmware, I was able to go from a 'TV Guide - Reset to Factory Default' to a channel lineup in less than 48 hours (on March 25th). jayhawkram who posts every once in a while is also in Wichita, his unit reset a week ago (lost his channel lineup and grid), and after applying the new firmware upgrade, he also got a channel lineup back. My only conclusion I can draw from this is that the TVGOS data in this area is "different" than other areas.

Mark

I'm posting these images of all of the TVGOS Diagnostics screens which can be viewed by the regular "user" menu of my Mits LT-46246 which uses TVGOS V-9.01.56 software for it's "TV-Guide Daily" feature. My TV is currently using digital PBS as the HostChan, it has a Grid, and the Listings update daily. Hopefully these images may be useful to someone.

I don't think so, at least I don't have a picture of it. I think I took pictures of ALL of the screens. I'm at work now, I'll have to look again tonight.

UPDATE: No, that screen does not exist on my TV, or at least it is not accessible via the same Diagnostics menu.

On April 14, I sent email to Macrovision's CE Support complaining about not getting TVGOS service in the Washington DC metro area for my Sony DHG-HDD500 and Sharp Aquos TV. I included Comcast's not-our-devices-don't-care response in that email.

On the 16, Macrovision sent a response back asking me to fill out a TV Guide Diagnostics - Version 8 form. Basically I wrote down the TVGOS info doing the 753..procedure on each device and sent it back.

Today, April 22, I got a reply:
"There seems to be a data passage problem in the consumer's area. We will be escalating this to TV Guide's Broadcast Engineers for further investigation into this problem. We will up date you as soon as we can. Thank you."

Keeping my fingers crossed.

Artec finally has a user manual posted on their site for the Artec T3APR-T - DTV converter TVGOS box.

The instructions for the TVGOS read the same as for the DTVPal.
The picture of the EPG does not look as good as the Pal. There are no event timers. It does have analog pass through.

Couple of interesting things to note in the manual:
1.There is a data port on the back for "factory maintenance".
2. There is a menu option to set the screen as either 4:3 or 16:9

The Artec box is at ZipZoomFly for $59.99 - I've used my coupons so I won't be buying one. Would love to know how it compares to the Pal.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10010200

BS. Help my a$$. They couldn't help their way out of a paper bag.
Yea, the whole US.

I have an LG TV with a DVR and TVGOS. Guide data was coming from local PBS analog (Austin) until they dropped the analog broadcast. So I called LG help and explained. They said that their TVGOS specialist would call me back and we arranged a time yesterday (22nd). They called and instructed me to enter the '753... menu', guided me thru multiple pages and asked for the values in many fields. They then asked me to enter the 'reset 9-digit' code and made an appointment to call me again tonight. They said that they would give the results to 'Gemstar' (using the old name) and should have an answer back in one week. They said that 'Gemstar would determine where the data was being lost'.

Host-channel was blank in the menu.

I was afraid that my TV would not accept guide info from a digital station, but maybe it will, based on their actions so far. It has v08 firmware.

One of the things they had me check was whether I was getting Closed Caption data on the 18-2 channel (which looks like an analog signal). I am. I told her that CBS (42) has told me that they were carrying TVGOS here.

I'll repost when I learn more.

I'm happy that at least they didn't just say "that does not work any more".

...more to come...

annonatx; What version of TVGOS does it have; V8 or V7 like their DVR?
If it is V7, your are SOOL.

...base version is 08.01.44

LG has not told me that it will not work (yet)!

LG built a series of Plasma TV's with TVGOS and built in DVR. 50PX4DR is an example model. TVGOS base version is 08.01.44 in this set.

I would assume it would need a firmware upgrade, but that is only an assumption.

I'll let you know what happens. They promised feedback with 10 days, after Gemstar responds to them. We will see.

I hope it is Macrovision that responds. Gemstar was sold to MV a year ago.

LG's "TVGOS specialist" still refers to them as Gemstar.

So does Mits. I even sent them a link concerning the merger/buyout;
http://www.gemstartvguide.com/compan.../1434_9249.htm

At least a couple of FP LCD's, too.

The Sony 250/500 DVR had the same base version, and Sony issued a firmware update a week ago that is supposed to alter the device so that digital TVGOS will work...I think some of he MV documentation indicates that a base version of 8.1.65 or later will be needed, and the new Sony firmware changed its base version to 8.1.70...

Our units had been getting digital data in an on-again off-again manner before the update, and it remains to be seen how the new firmware will work if there's NO analog around, because in most areas that won't occur until June (presumably)...

I will post more when I hear back from LG. Analog PBS and CBS are gone here.

Does anyone know how to perform the G* test on a Sharp Aquos TV?

1. Manufacturer and Model: Mitsubishi LT-46231
2. TVGOS Version: 08.02.44/08.06.44/00.00.00/00040005/64/0000
3. Links to Threads: Don't know

I have OTA antenna, and I am getting the TVGOS info from PBS analog and ran a G* test on this channel (see "PBS analog.jpg"). I then changed to the digital PBS channel, and ran the G* test (see "PBS digital.jpg"). I have a couple questions. Will the version (see TVGOS version.jpg) of TVGOS mentioned above work with a digital signal or only analog? How do you get a firmware upgrade?

Thanks. And, yeah, it's a V8.

I think that part needs a re-write.

puttsthree; Good screen shots. I'm glad someone finally posted these since I still have failed to get answers to questions regarding this apparent poorly named "VBI' portion of this test screen. Your screen shot was like mine, but with half the number of packets. With the shot of your digital host, I see you are receiving a packet count (half the amount I received when I did receive TVGOS packets) that they still call VBI packets, but it is giving you a "Fail".

Attached represents a before and after seneraio of my situation. I'm somewhat convinced my 'host' is NOT properly passing TVGOS data. The 1st shot is before the Sony firmware patch/upgrade and while the analog host was up. The 2nd shot is after the upgrade and after my Host's analog station went dark.
I don't know if it is the Sony firmware upgrade or the lack of the analog host that made the difference, or both.

BTW, disregard the different TVGOS version number of the 2nd attachment, the pic was off of my Mits DLP and just used for convenience. The result is currently the same on either.

Let me understand the ridiculus, redundent procedure that is necesary to force TVGOS to display listings from a digital channel. Of course, this is assuming you do have a digital channel that is supplying TVGOS data and also assuming it is sending data correctly.

1. After the device (TV, DVR, etc.) has been reset, you set it on the host channel for a period of time (overnight for example), so it will aquire the first firmware upgrade to be loaded,
2. It then aquires the 2nd firmware upgrade over the next time period (how ever long it will be). Durning this time the device is left on, unlike when the device is just updating just the program listing data.
3. The 3rd stage is the actual program data download time which is over a period of a few days (in addition of the previous time). This is done when the device is off.

Something like that, but what I have found is the time from no patch to the 2nd (current) patch is much faster now.

I really believe the data from my host is not complete or is just corrupted so I can't confirm any of that for sure. I'm using a analog host from Toronto for the time being.