ReplayTV & Dishnetwork - Mapping a ReplayTV Channel - 890 AMC

[zojirushi]

I just recently changed my DishNetwork subscription to DishLatino Dos (in order to get Fox Soccer Channel for only $35/month) - and so I've been setting up my Replay to work with the new channels and such (Add/Remove Channels). A frustration I've run across is that Dish seems to have changed what channel number they feed certain channels on. For instance, Fox Soccer Channel is normally channel 149 on Dish, but with the Latino package its not 149 (that gives me a subscrition error), instead its 877. There are several channels like that (IFC, Boomerang, etc) which isn't much of a big deal (just need to change some shows that are setup), however there is one problem that's pretty decent.

American Movie Classics (AMC) was on a lower 100's channel but is now being fed to me as channel 890. However, for some very strange reason, my Replay's guide indicates that channel 890 is a Sirius Soul Town channel - and when it goes there, it remaps the channel to 6053. However, if I use the Dish remote and punch in 890 it goes to AMC as it should. What's with the Replay remapping that channel to a 6053? Should I contact ReplayTV (DNNA) and see if they can fix the channel guide that's fed to me? Is there some other way around this? I've never used WIRNS but didn't know if maybe it might be able to do something about it. I have a 5040 and I'm pretty tech savvy if there is some way to do it. For the most part its not a horrible thing (I don't watch AMC much) - but its the principle of the matter and occassionally it is nice to see an old 4-star flick.

Any help would be appreciated.

[nded]

Go to www.zap2it.com and see if the channels are listed correctly there. If they are correct, the ReplayTV should catch up in a few days.

Another alternative would be to run WIRNS on a PC and provide your own guide server over your LAN.

[KenL]

[QUOTE=zojirushi]...American Movie Classics (AMC) was on a lower 100's channel but is now being fed to me as channel 890. However, for some very strange reason, my Replay's guide indicates that channel 890 is a Sirius Soul Town channel - and when it goes there, it remaps the channel to 6053. However, if I use the Dish remote and punch in 890 it goes to AMC as it should. What's with the Replay remapping that channel to a 6053? Should I contact ReplayTV (DNNA) and see if they can fix the channel guide that's fed to me? Is there some other way around this? I've never used WIRNS but didn't know if maybe it might be able to do something about it. I have a 5040 and I'm pretty tech savvy if there is some way to do it. For the most part its not a horrible thing (I don't watch AMC much) - but its the principle of the matter and occassionally it is nice to see an old 4-star flick.

Any help would be appreciated.[/QUOTE]The best tech savvy fix is WiRNS.

Another quicker partial fix might be to change that input to (imaginary) Digital Cable, and let it grab guide. Then change it back to DISH so it will map the channels again from scratch. Part of (that) problem is when Replay maps those 4 digit channels into your guide, it puts them on any 3 digit space unused at the time. Of course DISH shuffles things around constantly and Replay does a decent job keeping up with that on any given unit. But before WiRNS I saw a case where 2 Replays had the same Sirius stations mapped to different lower channels. They still tuned and the internal channel ID was correct so it really didn't matter much. In your case it's probably because of discrepancies caused by DishLatino Dos. It might improve if you redo that input -- try DISH w/locals? Perhaps it will put Sirius Soul Town on something besides 890 this time. Really what you need is the correct guide for DishLatino Dos and you might ask DNNA for that. But a more reliable fix is WiRNS. The benefits go beyond channel mapping. :)

[KenL]

[QUOTE=KenL]...It might improve if you redo that input -- try DISH w/locals? Perhaps it will put Sirius Soul Town on something besides 890 this time. [/QUOTE]Scratch that. Looks like all the boiler plate Zap2it DISH incarnations apparently have 890 unused so the Replay will undoubtedly put something there and not AMC.

I'd say WiRNS is the only real option. :o

[zojirushi]

Thanks for the replies guys, very helpful and informative. I guess when I have spare moment, I'll need to just try and dig into WiRNS. I've been meaning to, but its the whole - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[nded]

[QUOTE=zojirushi].........I've been meaning to, but its the whole - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.[/QUOTE]

[SIZE=5]Sounds like my company motto. If we can't fix it, it ain't broke.![/SIZE]

[Ace987]

[QUOTE=nded][SIZE=5]Sounds like my company motto. If we can't fix it, it ain't broke.![/SIZE][/QUOTE] Or my companies motto... "if it ain't broke, fix it till it is" :D