Lost Channel Guide - here's a possible solution

Here's an alternative, which seems to work for the Panasonic Showstopper models and, also, early ReplayTV models with the telephone line connection:

1. Select Menu, select Setup, select Change Dialing and Input Settings
2. Select Change Telephone
3. Making note of your current zip code, change the zip to 12309. (Do not change the number called.)
4. Let machine make a call.
5. Making note of your current settings, change
a) Input 1 connected to nothing.
b) Input 2 connected to nothing.
c) Ant/CATV connected to antenna.
6. Save settings and let machine download the programming guide.
7. If successful, you get a guide with 3 channels.
8. Repeat procedure, this time restoring your original zip code and connections.

This may be faster and work better than net connect, since it skips the "checking for new software" and some other steps.

If you try to shortcut and don't obtain a guide for a different zip code, you will probably get "Skipping Connection" when it is at the stage where it should be downloading a guide.

thanks The Robman...

not sure.. if They just finally got things fixed, or What.. but.. I"m UP again! yeah!

my problems started... about, May 1.. I had a week of channel data, but, I just got an OBI110 phone adapter.. and, in trying to use it, lost data, lost time, etc.. and, struggled to recover.. I kinda just GAVE UP.. but, looked here again today, and, I also Notice.. msg on my SS.. failure to connect.. which, it Hadn't been doing...

So, you guys, with problems Still, give it a try.. btw, I still couldn't connect with my OBI110.. is Anybody successful with one of those?

Gawd.. I Hate watching "live tv" .. ugh my ShowStopper still Rocks!

now, get me Back my 'local' phone numbers, and, I'll be Happy!

Cap_ncrnch.... You're a F**kin GENIUS !! Hundreds of worthless posts. Months of this Replay / Showstopper NOT working, and I read your post. IT FINALLY WORKED..... P E R F E C T L Y !!!! Everyone should use your suggestion, and skip the rest.

To The Robman,

I just found AVS and logged in under fastjayjay. Can you suggest how I can reenter my Replay TV IP Address. I have lifetime guarantee but all of a sudden the IP address disappeared. I do not know how to find the IP address with netmask gateway DNS1 and DNS2? Can you help. Fastjayjay

You posted in another thread that you're using dialup, not Internet. You shouldn't see that setup screen if you select dialup.

Hey Barman,

Yep I get set-up screen even though I use dial up service thru my local telephone service.

Still cannot find an iP address to re-enter the data.

Thanks for your interest.

Fastjayjay

Are you saying that the ReplayTV is connected via a network to a router, which is connected to a dialup Internet modem?

 

On the ReplayTV, go to Setup -> Network & Input Settings -> Change Network -> Change from Automated to Manual.

 

Then you should be able to enter all the IPs by hand.

I had that internet setup (ethernet / POTS) once. Most automatic connections (such as Replay net connect) would fail the first time. The modem would dial when it recognized the connection attempt from the device (Replay), which would timeout well before the internet connection was established.

i agree with you,On the ReplayTV, go to Setup -> Network & Input Settings -> Change Network -> Change from Automated to Manual. thank you