no local channels after new a drive

[azreal111]

Well I got my directv tivo to work with a new a drive and new extreme25 install. now I cant get my local channels. how can I get them back if I dont have a serial cable or tivonet. thanks for any help

[tictoc2]

I don't mean to sound rude, but it might help if you take a look at the locals sticky located at the top of this page. If you still can't find it, try the search function.

tictoc2

[DarkWing]

You skipped some steps, upgrading to 2.5.2 or 3.1, midupdate, clear program data.

A serial cable is required, to upgrade with kraven's tivolator (the way I describe on my website) they aren't hard to make, and even easier to purchase at www.9thtee.com

I beleive you can do the upgrade by pulling the drives as you did for extreme with superzaps 2.5.2/3.1 upgrade, see here:http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21070

[captain_video]

I tried a workaround with a clean installation of 2.5Xtreme and the 2.5.2 upgrade that seemed to work for getting my locals. I first installed 2.5Xtreme and let it flash the EEPROM in the DTivo and rebuild the database. What I did not do was connect the satellite cable to the inputs on the DTivo so it never received any guide data during the initial Xtreme setup. I pulled the plug when it tried to acquire the satellite info and then performed the 2.5.2 upgrade in my PC. When I hooked everything back up to let it update itself, the locals came right in since it was building the guide data from scratch for the first time with 2.5.2 installed.

I may have inadvertently confirmed that this works because I just Xtremed a new Hughes GXCEBOT and I connected the sat lines during the initial bootup and EEPROM flashing sequence. I let it acquire the guide data before I upgraded to 2.5.2 and now I don't have locals on thhe DTivo. I guess now I'll have to do a Clear Program Data & To Do list to get them to come in. One note - I activated the DTivo via the DTV website and specified it to mirror the service on my primary receiver which is a standard DTV receiver. It did indicate that I had locals and DVR service and the DVR features seem to be working fine so I have no reason to think the locals didn't get activated as well.

Sure enough, I was right. I went home to meet the appraiser (getting the house refinanced) and did a Clear Program Data & To Do list while I was waiting around and the locals came right in when it was finished.