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#21 ·
Al B said:
Have you tried positioning your transponder to 13 prior to shutting the receiver off? Wait for 30 minutes. This should force the unit to install the resent "patch" I was told would resolve the "green pixelation."
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Changing the tranponder # on the signal stregth screen is a diagnostic tool only. You are "changing" any settings and using one TP over another, it is solely to check that TP on that screen only.

As soon as you exit, or turn the unit off, the receiver goes to whatever transponder it needs to do whatever it needs to do. Example if you go to channel 200 then it goes to Sat 91 TP 13. Same applies to EPG or firmware updates.

Also, firmware is never patched, but full releases are sent down. Basicailly, you either have the current version, or you do not. You cannot "force" a firmware update, ut you can "allow" it to happen under the correct circumstances.
There is some good related info here Info: How Bell TV receiver's get new firmware
 
#22 ·
6131 patch applied....

Dosborne,
Thanks for commenting. I am only repeating what the service tech instructed me to do. But apparently even in the thread you pointed me to someone else had been told this info. The tech also mentioned during our conversation that he had received an E-mail stating that a patch was to be applied over night during maintenance times. I find this hard to believe that he was making this up but to be honest anything goes with Bell. They are so inconsistent in there statements during a call in.
My receiver so far has not acted up but as I said I am not convinced the problem yet has been resolved. I am going to wait till the end of the week before I come to this conclusion.

Al B
 
#24 ·
dave12345 said:
So do the 6131/41 recievers use a single cable input for HD ?
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Yes both the 6131 and 6141 have a single cable input.

If you want both SD and HD programming at the same time you will need to have two cables from your dish (one from each LNB (91 & 82)) going to a SW21 switch and then a single cable from there to your receiver.

If you are going to have muliple receivers in your house your configuration will vary depending on your receiver situation.
 
#25 ·
To clarify, you need 1 line per tuner. In this case, the 6131/6141 are single tuner units. Whether you use a SW21, SW44 or some other appropriate switch is up to you, but essentially you need a device to combine the outputs from 2 LNBs. The various switch types are covered in sticky threads.
 
#33 ·
gduong128 said:
Hi how can I find out how many hours of recording is left on my EHD? I am using a 500GB EHD and went into "My recordings" menu but no option to show
the remaining hours of recording.

Thanks
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ON my 6141 when I press the "PVR" button on the remote it takes me to a page that lists what shows I have recorded. On the top of that page is says how many hours of SD and HD recording space I have left. I suppose the 6131 is the same.
 
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#34 ·
6131 PVR Recordings

Just registered with Digital Home today and wanted to post about my experiences with the 6131 receiver (bought 10 days ago).

I have a 640 gig EHD connected to the 6131 and have had issues with the drive disappearing. When I've left the receiver for a long time (6-8 hours), on pushing PVR button on remote, the system responds with a message indicating that I should connect an external hard drive to realize the benefits of the PVR. Power cycling of the EHD and the receiver clears this. I've turned off the satellite update feature and there has not been any problems with the EHD for the last few days.

Also, when recording movies, sometimes the recording is shown on the PVR menu in two chunks. I really do not know what causes this. As far as I am concerned, a movie show be recorded in one continuous file/chunk. Usually delete these broken events and so am not sure if there are any time gaps between the two files. Any suggestions?
 
#35 ·
Valid EHD`s

I have just received my 6131 and so far, so good. The latest software version is V166, and no green screen or pop`s encountered. I would like to know what EHD`s can work with this receiver. Bell recommends a LaCie 750Gb drive, using USB 2.0 and running at 7200 rpm. Their web site lists this at about $200. Since Seagate and Western Digital have 1-Tb drives for a bit more than half that price they seem like a better buy - but only if they work with the 6131. If you are using a non-LaCie drive with the 6131, would you please let us know how compatible it is and what problems (if any) you have encountered. One point on their web site says that the drive must be formatted by the receiver before it can function and that the EHD will no longer work on a PC. A technician also said that before the PVR will work, they must load a software extension (on the 6131) at that will cost 35 bucks. (k-ching, k-ching k-ching)
 
#37 ·
EHD must be:

7200 RPM rotation speed
Between 40 and 1TB of capacity
Holds a single hard drive (enclosures holding 2 disks are not supported)
Plugs into an AC power outlet
USB 2.0 connection
No sleep mode (cannot power down when idle)

Would reccommend getting one with at least 16MB cache as well.

I prefer to buy a drive and put it in an external enclosure. I personally use only Western Digital and/or Seagate, personal preference based on experience ... these seem to be very reliable and quiet.
 
#38 ·
kandkt... everyone has different experiences concerning hard drives. I personally have found that Western Digital drives run hotter than other brand name drives and so, in my opinion, have a higher failure rate unless the owners take special care in making sure that they are very well ventilated.

The EHD that I use on the 6131 contains a WD drive but the case has no fan. So, I removed the front cover from the case to ensure that the heat could escape from the case.

My 6131 has been running for 7 days now without incident. I still see occasional recordings that are split (ie. a 2 hour movie appears on the PVR menu in two chunks - first part is 33 minutes - then the second part is 89 minutes) but for the most part, are recorded in one file.
 
#39 ·
Just registered with Digital Home today and wanted to post about my experiences with the 6131 receiver (bought 10 days ago).

I have a 640 gig EHD connected to the 6131 and have had issues with the drive disappearing. When I've left the receiver for a long time (6-8 hours), on pushing PVR button on remote, the system responds with a message indicating that I should connect an external hard drive to realize the benefits of the PVR. Power cycling of the EHD and the receiver clears this. I've turned off the satellite update feature and there has not been any problems with the EHD for the last few days.

Also, when recording movies, sometimes the recording is shown on the PVR menu in two chunks. I really do not know what causes this. As far as I am concerned, a movie show be recorded in one continuous file/chunk. Usually delete these broken events and so am not sure if there are any time gaps between the two files. Any suggestions?
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with the drive disappearing afater that many hours it sounds like the HDD is going into sleep mode so depending on the make of it there might be a utility to disable that mode

as for the separate chunks it might be the filesystem that your HDD is using. i am only offering my advice dealing with hard drives and do not own this reciever so i do not know if the 6131 will format the drive itself or what filesystems can be used with and external hard drive with this IRD
 
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