LG 3200A / Sony HD-300 / Hughes HTL-HD - 2.0 Upgrade - Page 4

On the 10th, no update was scheduled for my HTL-HD.

At 1:14 AM PDT (5-12-2004), the HD3, Version 2.00.0, upgrade came through !!! Finally! It surprised the heck out of me. I've been spending time building and installing 2 new computers and had not checked these threads in 4 days. That'll teach me .

I'll have to check it out the changes tomorrow.

I'm finally getting what I paid for last October. Thanks to whomever is responsible for fixing my HD300. Upgrade was successful and I have no issues now. The custom guide works great, no audio dropouts, and no pixelation issues.

James

Awoke this morning to a box asking if I wanted to upgrad. I said yes. For over an hour now there is a box at the bottom of my screen saying date version and on the second line upgrade will begin in 6893 seconds. This number changes a little counting up and down but, no upgrade yet. Can turn box off and on but, nothing else.


Now up to 10900 seconds. direct say to wait until 6 PM tonight and if it has not downloaded call them. Poor me.

Same thing happened to me Steven. What the hell.

Aigh when I got up this morning it said it was ready to update and do you want to update now or later Yes/No. I selected Yes. and it began a countdown. Unfortunately the countdown is progressing in negative numbers...the wrong way.

Should I restart the system? Cause it isn't fixing itself

At least you guys are getting an indication that the upgrade is going on... looks like 4:14 EST came and went without anything happening in my box (and I had the "Next Update" message yesterday). I wonder if I missed it because my box was tuned to an OTA channel. I'll leave it on a DirecTV channel for a while...

Did most people have theirs powered off overnight? I left mine on, hence I got the yes/no message and now the problem. Did anyone leave it on and the upgrade came through fine?

Has anybody that got the message yesterday NOT get the update? That's the boat that I am in... I wonder if I did not get it because I was tuned to an OTA channel... Hopefully I'll get it during the day today.

Mine was also on....still counting up the seconds till update

Can your receiver do anything while the countdown goes up? Like change channels or anything? Mine can't.

Mine was on...But I got the update with no problem. However, my TV was off. Since the HD300 seems to know every time the TV goes on (720p is displayed on the unit's display) maybe that is why it updated with no problems.

The only function that is operational is the power. Can turn off and on but, can not change channels or anything else.

I have noticed another thing about v2.0...Is it my imagination or has the D* SD picture quality improved? I have made no adujustments to my Samsung DLP TV but I swear it looks better now that I have v2.0. When my wife gets home tonight I will ask her opinion. She was always very critical of the D* SD picture quality through the HD300.

Direct asked me not to do that. They want to wait until 6 PM eastern and gather more information B4 we try that.

Everything about this update is pleasing.

Now the final test will be to see if it fixed the annoying habit of certain (shopping, PPV, sports subscription) channels from unblocking themselves once a day.

I know it's been suggested that Directv unblocks these intentionally since they are important revenue streams for them... but my old Hughes SD box does NOT let them back into the custom channel list, so they can be stopped somehow.

I had the same results as StevenHS and Phod. I left my receiver on and tuned to a satellite channel with the tv off. I happened to wake up about 45 minutes after my scheduled download time. When I turned on the tv I was asked the question do I want to upgrade now or later. I also responded yes, and was in the negative countdown. I checked again about four hours later and it was still in the negative countdown. I did try the reset. Everything works, but looking at system information it shows I still have the 1.06 software, and no scheduled upgrade.

I called Pegasus technical support. I explained my results. They informed me that if the download didn't work this am it will try again. It sounds like I will probably have the same download message when I get home, and it will try again tonight. The tech person I talked to thinks it makes no difference if the sat receiver is on or off. It is just that the download works some times and sometimes it does not.

Alan

I left my box off like everyone recommended and I got the upgrade. At first glance, it fixes the audio drop going into and out of the guide and keeps the last viewed guide as default.

Is there any other noticable change I should be looking for?

The updated didn't come through on mine, either! About four hours before the scheduled update my HD-300 rebooted while I was doing a keyword search of the guide. That made the "Next Update" info disappear from the menu. It hadn't returned as of one hour before the update when I turned in for the night!

I assumed that the box would be successfully "hit" anyway but I checked it this morning and it still shows v 1.06 and the Next Update date which has already passed!

Story of my life...

My LG box is now all better

I got mine... LG 3200a

Sony HD300 Box was on and TV off when I went to sleep last night.
Had upgrade screen this morning with today's date and 3:14 time.Hit yes and counter was moving up and was still going at over 19,000.When I first turned on the TV this morning the counter was at 18,000 something.
No channel functions worked and when powering off and on, it always returned back to same screen with numbers counting upwards.
Had to unplug for hard reboot to get box to function correctly.
I've got another one upstairs to check but no time today to do it.
I'm not sure if I got the upgrade or not.

I received the 2.0 upgrade on my hd-300 this morning at 3:14 this morning
cdst. No audio drop outs when viewing guide,haven't had time to see what elsehas changed.

Bleh, I didn't know to leave the box off and as I said, I got the "yes/no" message and the annoying backwards counter.

I reset my machine too and it fixed it but no upgrade. Will call Hughes today. I imagine I'll get the upgrade again in the next couple days and will power the machine off this time to prepare.

Annoying! I wanted my custom guide!

Why leave the box on for the update.
This only calls for trouble, as the only difference from being off is that the video output is on, so the box thinks your viewing TV at the time.
The box is always ON when plugged into ac current.
The stb will continue to communicate with the dish as long as the cable
is connected while OFF.
By leaving your STB on you stand to risk a failed update, the stb will store
the update awaiting your response thinking you are viewing TV and needs to know if you don't mind the interruption. But if this wait is long, you stand the risk of this stored upgrade going corrupt while being held in memory.
Those that have been around D* and these firmware upgrades for any length of time understand that they are not failsafe.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...49#post3785449
Just keep your box off overnight and let it update on its own.
This way there is Zero user interaction needed.

My box was on and tv off. Upgrade came thru with no problems. I didn't have to accept it or select yes. Was just up and running.