I also suggest unplugging the DVR for about 30 seconds and plugging it back in before rebooting, for maximum rebootage.
Let me guess. We're in a hurry.
Inara ,'Serenity'
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Polter-Cow - Aug 13, 2012 9:20:30 am PDT #20683 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
omnis_audis - Aug 13, 2012 9:47:15 am PDT #20684 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Does anyone have Time Warner and use their dvr service?Oh My. I had so many issues with TW when I was in Texas. They are the worst. I thought Charter was annoying. Charter is GOLDEN compared to TW. I suggest you call your local city government that deals with utilities. Cable has a zone monopoly at the discretion of city governments (I think that's how it's phrased). Let them know that you are having customer service issues, and are frustrated by the lack of competition in the area. It might help get FIOS or U-Verse fiber lines run.
Glad to hear the simple solution worked. I would add on to P-C's recomondation. I would say 2 minutes with power disconnected. It's amazing how many times I had to do that with TW cable box/dvr. Worked everytime. Turn everything off, kill power. Go get a glass of water. Check your phone. Power it back up. Good to go.
Gudanov - Aug 13, 2012 9:58:41 am PDT #20685 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
le nubian - Aug 13, 2012 10:05:04 am PDT #20686 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Cass,
there is a reason I recommended that sequence to help your DVR. I had to do that to mine!
Cass - Aug 13, 2012 10:34:30 am PDT #20687 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I also suggest unplugging the DVR for about 30 seconds and plugging it back in before rebooting, for maximum rebootage.
Well, that was what I'd tried a few times before contacting them.
there is a reason I recommended that sequence to help your DVR. I had to do that to mine!
And le nubian for the total win. It was magic.
Jon B. - Aug 13, 2012 12:43:05 pm PDT #20688 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
ND is me.
P-C: That sounds exactly right. I've always had way too much music on my iTunes to synch everything, so I've always used the playlist route.
Polter-Cow - Aug 13, 2012 12:49:59 pm PDT #20689 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So if I am listening to my Nano on Shuffle, is there an easy way for me to listen to a specific song or songs and then go back to the Shuffle list? From what I can tell, if I go play a specific song, then it gets stuck in that Artist list, and I have to start over and Shuffle Songs again (meaning that I could listen to songs I just listened to).
Typo Boy - Aug 13, 2012 12:59:06 pm PDT #20690 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Century Link also gives worse service than Comcast. When CL took over my phone company it only took me two months to get so sick of them that I switched to Comcast for phone too. Which saved money compared to CL but also provided better sound quality better service and more reliable voice selection. Yeah and old fashioned phone system works all the time, even when electricity is out - until someone who takes it over who won't do maintenance and then it goes out for 48 hours every time it rains. Which in Olympia WA means we were without phone service more often that we had it. In a few years Comcast may be left as the best service around, not because they are good ,but because everyone else ends up being so much worse.
flea - Aug 13, 2012 1:48:03 pm PDT #20691 of 25501
information libertarian
Why do these companies get away with being so crap? I thought capitalist competition was supposed to mean excellence, right? Do they have local monopolies, or is there some kind of poor-service conspiracy, like price-fixing but for bad customer service?
Typo Boy - Aug 13, 2012 1:51:52 pm PDT #20692 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Well in my area comast or century link are the only two choices. In a city you have more choices. But yeah competions is mostly a joke. And really markets are a lousy way to get infrastructure, cause competion will be limited even in the best cases. There is a reaons for the concept "public good".