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so whats so good about these new remotes?

I don't think it's anything major.

So I am having classes starting this weekend. I encourage you all to sign up & spread the word.

Customers want to learn more about how to take full advantage of their latest product features and technology, so beginning April 21, 2012, Cox Solutions Stores will be offering informative workshops on a variety of topics. The sessions are designed to help customers get the most from their digital experience.

Learning Lounges, located within Cox Solutions Stores, will be staffed by a Cox Educator offering on-going customer workshops on the latest product features and services, as well as general information about using technology.

Cox believes there are many items available to their customers that they may not be fully aware of. “These classes give us a chance to take our time and give each customer a hands-on approach to their service,” says Jonathan Freeland, Vice-President of Marketing & Sales. “Our customers have asked us to show them what features are included in their Cox services and how they can maximize them.”

Classes include:

• 11:00 a.m.: Getting the Most from On Demand and Your DVR
This course is designed for Cox customers who want to learn about the entertainment options available with Cox Advanced TV. In this course, we’ll be going through the Trio Program Guide and exploring the full functionality of our Advanced TV features, such as On-DEMAND, how to use a DVR to record all your favorite shows, and Cox TV Connect.

• 1:00 p.m.: Keeping Your Family Safe in the Digital Age
Do you want to better keep your family safe in this world of evolving technology? We will show you how to use Cox's parental controls and Security Suite powered by McAfee® to help safeguard your family’s from the Web and TV security issues. The course will focus on three key areas – Web security, TV security, and Social Media security.

• 2:00 p.m. Stay Connected Using Video Chat and Social Media
If you want to be part of the magic of chatting with loved ones and feeling as though they are in the same room this is the class for you. The focus of the course will remain on “how” and “what” video chat and other social media features can do for you.


Sign up for classes, please visit www.coxlocal.com

Hampton Roads
• Norfolk-Janaf: 1140 North Military Highway Norfolk, VA 23502
• Chesapeake- Towne Place at Greenbrier: 725 Eden Way North Suite 708 Chesapeake, VA 23320
• Peninsula Town Center: 4600 Kilgore Avenue, Suite J-103 Hampton, VA 23666
• Kiln Creek: 209 Village Avenue Suite GH York County, VA 23693
• Virginia Beach-Red Mill. 2173 Upton Drive, Suite 101, Virginia Beach, Va, 23454

they are back lit and flash!

yeah, nothing major to me

too bad i can put the Motorola Box on the network and network tune it.. haha..

Do you by chance have the coax cable going into a power strip before the DVR? If so, that could be blocking some of the frequencies you're missing.

That should have nothing to do with it. I see more and more TVs getting fried from surges. And the surges are coming over coax. So, running your cable through a power strip, hopefully you use a respected one, should not do it unless your signal is already low enough to be degraded to that level.

I have seen different surge suppressors on power strips cause different frequencies not pass through, from cheap power strips to a $400 UPS. Sometimes they will prevent OnDemand from working as well. I agree that it shouldn't have anything to do with it, but it sometimes does.

It is easy enough to test. If it doesn't work with, and works without. It has to be something that is causing his problem with certain channels.

I agree that if he is using one then it is easy to troubleshoot and find out if that is the problem. But man I've seen more and more TV's being fried via coax. With that said, I don't run my coax through my AVR as I like to minimize hops. I guess in a perfect world the signal would be strong enough that it would not make a difference.

interesting kinda reminds me of
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Wireless Workshops
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BTW this is great for customer service, and i'm sure cable subs will love the classes. !

My signal levels are good, but the Errors just count up by 400+ to a thousand a second on certain channels, Channel up or down to the next channel and its fine.

I dont run the line through a SP or AVR (my PCs are all behind AVR-UPS) but the cable coax isnt.

My Cable Box isnt hooked to my PC right now, so I cant take direct Screen shots of the interface like i've done in the past.

Anybody know if Cox offers a locals only package? I know they used to when I lived in San Diego but have never tried to get it here. I have internet service through them and assume I could just get it now since there's no trap on my line but I don't mind paying if the price is right. If not I'll just go the antenna route.

today i left it on FamHD and HBO HD,

FamHD was the same, no picture and every few minutes i get a scrambled screenshot and a flicker of sound.

HBOHD is one channel that goes off and on..

left it on that channel, and SNR went from 35-27 ""Good"" to 25-27 ""Poor"" and when it hit poor the image went to crap.

so far I've only seen it on "Tuner2" Tuner 1 is usually fine and its the primary tuner when the DVR is only recording 1 show. so if Im recording something and try to tune HBOHD it uses the 2nd tuner which craps out, but if I'm not recording it uses the primary tuner and works fine. I will experiment more next week when im home.

Yes but Cox TV Starter package is ridiculously overpriced having just increased to $21.30 per month. It includes a few other channels like Animal Planet, TBS, WGN and QVC as well.

Why pay Cox when you have an antenna???? JMO

Yeah that's too steep.


I don't have one yet, I wanted to see if Cox offered a more convient solution for a reasonable price. They don't so I'm going the antenna route.

You will see what has happened is the local companies have started requiring their multicast channels be included in the starter package which in turn has raised the rate. Personally if you are paying the $20 I say you pay $35 for Economy & get a WHOLE lot more.

Or...buy one antenna for $25 and never have to pay for the channels again...
$25 once or $35/month....sounds like a no-brainer to me

The Economy is not equal to local. Economy has cable news, History, AMC Comedy Central, Cartoon Net, USA & a bunch more. In my opinion a great value.

Does the Economy Pack include the hd versions of these channels you list above, or is that extra?

Yes & no. If you use a cable card it's 30.99 if you need an hd box its like $1 more. Here is the letter that was sent to city officials.

http://www.jccegov.com/pdf/news/2011...Letter2011.pdf

Last questions. If you need 2 cable cards (for two tivos), do they charge you an additional outlet fee as well? Also, can we now install our own cable cards or do they require a truck roll and additional fees to the customer? Thanks for your time.

1 MCard needed for each Tivo

I don't think there is an A/O fee

You can self install but there might be a slight truck roll fee. Best to call in & they can tell you the current deals too.

I know....I think his initial question was asking about locals only....that's why I suggested the antenna. Doesn't make alot of sense paying $30-40/ month if all you want is local stuff

I hope that you are in a good area for HD reception. If not, you'll be back.

If you feel brave, go through the Norfolk, VA - OTA thread. You'll see that HD OTA reception is hit or miss depending upon location and/or antenna.

I live in P-Town...my ota is far clearer than the cable feed from Cox....with a very cheap antenna

Great.

It's been great for me. Went OTA (intergrated with my DirecTV receiver) October 2004 and have never looked back...

I wish I was so lucky. Both OTA antenna and dishes are a no go, I've tried.