Hi all. I just joined this site and just wanted to say that I found this extremely helpful with several questions I had.
For all of those people out there who may be experiencing a problem with the nightly call to download the RTV channel guide, here's what seemed to work for me:
I have a panasonic HS1000 and it was never very reliable when connecting at night - I kept getting messages saying the server never answered (even though I could hear it when using a speakerphone). Well, it finally got annoying enough that I called tech support. After 3 "try this" requests, I spoke with someone who told me that he had seen where excessive heat would cause some funky things. I had my player in an entertainment center with a fair amount of space around it for ventilation. I tried turning the machine off at night for a few nights (since I had the habit of leaving it on) like the tech said, but to no avail. Well, a few days ago I decided to move it to the top of my entertainment center so it would have as much ventilation room as possible. So far, so good (I still turn it off at night).
Hopefully, this is not coincidence and it is finally fixed for good! Beats the last tech's suggestion of sending the unit back to Panasonic service and have them charge me a minimum of $140.00 to say "Yep, it's broke" or "Nope, it's not."
Jared
For all of those people out there who may be experiencing a problem with the nightly call to download the RTV channel guide, here's what seemed to work for me:
I have a panasonic HS1000 and it was never very reliable when connecting at night - I kept getting messages saying the server never answered (even though I could hear it when using a speakerphone). Well, it finally got annoying enough that I called tech support. After 3 "try this" requests, I spoke with someone who told me that he had seen where excessive heat would cause some funky things. I had my player in an entertainment center with a fair amount of space around it for ventilation. I tried turning the machine off at night for a few nights (since I had the habit of leaving it on) like the tech said, but to no avail. Well, a few days ago I decided to move it to the top of my entertainment center so it would have as much ventilation room as possible. So far, so good (I still turn it off at night).
Hopefully, this is not coincidence and it is finally fixed for good! Beats the last tech's suggestion of sending the unit back to Panasonic service and have them charge me a minimum of $140.00 to say "Yep, it's broke" or "Nope, it's not."
Jared