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Sony A50/B50 "Acquiring Guide from Satellite" again and again and...
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Post 1 made on Sunday February 13, 2000 at 23:00
Beau
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My Sony receivers (one A50 and two B50's) all do the "Acquiring Guide from Satellite" an incessantly. Often times does this every couple channels as I cursor down though the Guide listing (all on currently playing programs).

Anyone else have this issue?? Since it happens equally on all three receivers I am guessing this is a common problem - it REALLY drives me nuts...

OP | Post 2 made on Monday February 14, 2000 at 00:36
David B.
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When my receivers have to re-aquire the sat signal, I have always been able to trace it to:

- Windy weather... either blowing my dish or blowing tree limbs into the signal path.

- Cloudy skies. Depending on where you are located, a cloud system several miles south of you but not overhead could be the culprit.

- when DirecTV is showing several Dolby Digital movies, which tie up more bandwith, and let the signal hold less data with each aquisition. They've been doing this more and more recently. Personally, since I bought a Digital receiver, I'd rather have more Digital 5.1 movies than fluent guide access.

Dave
OP | Post 3 made on Monday February 14, 2000 at 08:42
jazzly
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I've noticed the same thing with my A50. It usually
happens near the top of the hour. I between times
it seems OK. Maybe just a processor change that
occurs at the top of the hour?
OP | Post 4 made on Monday February 14, 2000 at 17:40
Dennis
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Jazzly is right. My SAT-A3 does this also on the thirty minute guides. I think it's kind of annoying too but don't think there's much we can do about it. Could it be the popularity of DSS that causes this, ie; everybody calling the guide up at the same time?
OP | Post 5 made on Monday February 14, 2000 at 21:21
Brian M.
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I too have 2 Sat-B50's and 1 SAT-A50. I only have this problem on the top of hour. Off-hour and guide works well. Have not verified this it on the 30-minute mark nor when Dolby Digital movies are being transmitted. This seems plausible though, taking into consideration the bandwidth requirements.

I switched from the Dish Network to DirecTV and this slowness of the guide took some time getting use to. The Dish Network does not exhibit this issue. I know the Dish Network has a higher bandwidth capability though.

Brian
OP | Post 6 made on Tuesday February 15, 2000 at 18:56
Jeff
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I have the Sony A50 and I also get the annoying aquiring guide. I have an older RCA unit that gets the guide the same as it always did (fast) and does not have slow guide problems of the new Sony's.
OP | Post 7 made on Wednesday February 16, 2000 at 18:33
Daniel Tonks
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The new Sony receivers ARE slower than their previous models. It's rumored that they're doing a gazillion more things on exactly the same CPU as used on the A4... which means it's slower.
OP | Post 8 made on Monday February 21, 2000 at 22:09
Bob
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Interesting enough, when I contacted DirectTV about the guide refresh problem they acknowledged an "issue" but didn't go into detail about what the problem was. They said they are working on fixing it in the near future. I am relatively certain the problems have something to do with DirecTV rearranging the channels many months back. That is exactly when I began noticing the guide problems (BTW, I have an older Sony SAT-B1 unit).

Bob
OP | Post 9 made on Tuesday February 22, 2000 at 15:46
Bet
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I have noticed the same thing - I thought it was a problem with our received (also Sony SAT-B1).

We did get a letter from Direct TV today about powering down the receiver for 10 minutes. Did everyone else get this????
OP | Post 10 made on Tuesday February 22, 2000 at 22:49
Bob
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Bet

I was also told by Direct TV to power down my receiver. It didn't improve anything. I think they are full of it. They claim the processor can lock up intermittently and a power-off (complete disconnect) of >1 minute will reset the unit. There is some truth to this, but I don't believe for one second it has anything to do with problems we are all experiencing lately.

Off topic, but I could really use your help on troubleshooting something - either my DSS unit has been acting up, my brand new TV is faulty, or DirectTV is again to blame.

PLEASE do me a BIG favor and see if you are getting a strange blue interference "bleed" like I am. I see it at the bottom of the screen in between commercials (when the screen goes black) and when viewing very dark scenes. Just something I ask you keep an eye out for when watching TV and let me know if you do (or don't) see this problem.

Bob
OP | Post 11 made on Wednesday February 23, 2000 at 08:46
Bet
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I don't recall seeing a blue line, but I will check more carefully. I have noticed recently that when there is a dark scene, the blacks are very 'fuzzy' with many colors almost like an oil slick. We also had a problem where neon signs in a movie looked florescent- very disturbing. I adjusted the picture last night and will have to see if that was it. I don't think so since we have had the TV 2 years and haven't adjusted it in a while. (rear projection Sony)


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