DarthPrime
join:2005-02-12
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Re: [TWC] Time Warner Navigator
Navigator seems to be doing fine so far. I had to readjust my DVR schedules, but that's it.
The DVR is still making a low hum noise from the hard drive all the time. It never did this before Navigator (it used to spin down when you turned the DVR off). Is this normal with Navigator on the 8240HDC? So far this is my only complaint. |
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rv65
Rally racing is real racing
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA
| Yes it's normal. The Samsung DVR probably keeps the HDD on all the time but it's much quieter than the 8300HDC. When I walk up to my Samsung DVR it's silent. The Legacy boxes can turn off the HDD when you press the pwr button but it can still turn itself back on to do defrag or updates. |
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mike_f
join:2007-01-10
Hawthorne, CA
 ·Time Warner Cable
·Comcast
 ·DSL EXTREME
| reply to rv65
said by rv65  :Yes it does stay on though on the legacy boxes you can turn it off and it will stay off until it does its defrag thing. I hope this is a Navigator deficiency that can be fixed, and not a hardware 'feature' of the new STBs.
My non-DVR 4250HDC is fourth highest (16w 24x7) on my electric bill after the refer, TV and computer monitor. The 'power' button only turns off the aux outlet if I set it that way.
What do your boxes draw?
Gratuitous plug for the Kill-A-Watt meter:
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···82715001 |
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rv65
Rally racing is real racing
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA
| I don't have a killawatt. I do know that Broadcom has released a new STB chip that finally has power management features. These chips have been announced but it wont be for a while until you'll see them. Maybe the next gen Samsung boxes will have them. The power button also turns off the video outputs. Only the 8300HD's have this feature. I should get a killawatt but maybe later. |
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rv65
Rally racing is real racing
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | The new BCM chips are a 45 nm design. Plus it has built in MoCA, FW, and Ethernet. |
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DarthPrime
join:2005-02-12
1 edit | Although I'm getting used to the noise while sleeping, I still wonder why the decision was made to do this with Navigator. It seems like it will put more wear and tear on the hard drives to constantly keep them spinning. Plus it uses more power.
Anyway other than the new noise I'm enjoying Navigator so far. It is an improvement over SARA in my opinion, and so far my DVR seems to work better with Navigator. |
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jordanh
@rr.com | reply to cypherstream
just got call from time warner saying I will be updated on the 20th. |
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rv65
Rally racing is real racing
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | After that they'll start on the legacy boxes including the cranky old SA 2000's that have virtually no ram and they're slower than molasses. |
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rv65
Rally racing is real racing
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA
| reply to cypherstream
Navigator will match Passport 2006 in the next coming updates. It probably won't rival a 2009 version of Passport but it's gotten so much better over the past few years. Maybe it will surpass Passport 2009 in the next 2 years or so. Navigator also supports interactive Mosaic's as our division has mentioned a new Mosaic channel which might be interesting. The Samsung boxes are very quiet even though it still constantly buffers the tuners which makes the HDD spinning all night long.
ODN and MDN should be getting Keyword search in the next couple of updates and ODN will finally get working eSATA. Remote/Web DVR programming is also coming in a future update. The guide data is much better but the core data is still truncated but the meta tags are better.
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SA 8300HDC ODN v3.1.3_2
2x SMT-H3260 ODN v3.1.3_2
SMT-H3270 ODN v3.1.3_2
The WRC is what I call real racing with real talent except for Loeb!!!  ! Watch it on HDTheatre. |
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rv65
Rally racing is real racing
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA
| Some divisions have a Navigator feed back form. If your division has this form then you should fill it out as they will keep your responses in mind. Not all divisions have this but the contact us form works great if you have it sent to the Navigator Engineering department. |
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maartena
Super Grover
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join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to cypherstream
Wait, why does my DVR want to enter "sleep mode" in the middle of the 13th inning of the ALCS? Angels @ Yankees? 
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"I reject your reality and substitute my own!" |
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rv65
Rally racing is real racing
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | No idea why or you have a version that has this bug. |
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jordanh
@rr.com | I have a 4240HDC box and I have a Segate 500Gb HDD and I want to know if I can hook it up and see if it will take it as a DVR? |
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rv65
Rally racing is real racing
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | reply to cypherstream
No you can't use it as a DVR. It doesn't support USB storage. |
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jordanh
@rr.com | Would it take Firewire storage. In the settings it talks about 1394 storage and their are two ports in the back of it. In the settings it says 1394 Summery and it says
Storage Devices:
Non Installed
Could it add that in their |
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rv65
Rally racing is real racing
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | No it only uses Firewire for capturing HD content. It might say that but you can't use the FW port for that. Plus the 4250HDC only has 1 tuner. My Samsung 3260's have a SATA port where you can install an HDD to it but it's probably disabled. |
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rv65
Rally racing is real racing
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | I think Greensboro should start updating the 8300HD's. They should be finished with the HDC boxes but there might still be some left. This transition should be done by the end of this month. Not to mention the 25 new HD channels. |
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jordanh
@rr.com | Just got the Navigator. It looks great pretty good. In the Info it tells me the year it was made and it works faster than SARAH. |
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rv65
Rally racing is real racing
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | Which box got Navigator? |
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jordanh
@rr.com | My 4240HDC box. after that most likely its my 8300HD box next. How do you get into the Diagnostics screen on Navigator.
On SARAH you hold the Select button and then Info but I dont know how to do it on here. |
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