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Donfish
York Pa.
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York, PA

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Re: [STB] Deployment of Software Patch for SA/Cisco S25 Guide

...3) Allows Pass Through...

I hope this gets to York Pa. soon. Thanks for posting this.
Russ6
join:2011-03-17
Houston, TX

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The current schedule for deployment of the Software Patch is by the end of the year for most SA/Cisco markets, but Comcast has failed to make most of its schedules.
lynxexp
join:2010-08-17

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said by Donfish:

...3) Allows Pass Through...

I hope this gets to York Pa. soon. Thanks for posting this.

December.
Russ6
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The RNG 200 & 200N cable boxes in the Houston and Galveston area are scheduled to get the software patch on Monday morning, October 24, 2011.

ctgreybeard
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Any idea what the schedule is for Danbury, CT? I've been getting periodic "Not authorized" messages on my RNG200 lately. I used to have an SA8000HD but traded it in to get true HDMI output. So far I like it except for the occasional errors.
Russ6
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CT and MS were supposed to be first, but that was changed to Houston/Galveston. The deployment in Houston/Galveston should be complete by the end of October. According to Comcast's Ted Hodgins, Sr. Director, Video Product Development - Navigation, in Media & Entertainment, "New Guide for Scientific Atlanta Cable Boxes" blog:

"We should have a deployment schedule for CT and MS (and other areas) soon and will add that information here as soon as it is confirmed."

Here is a link to his blog:

»blog.comcast.com/2010/05 ··· xes.html
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The Scientific Atlanta (SA) 8000 and SA 8300 cable boxes in the Houston and Galveston area are scheduled to get the software patch on Tuesday morning, October 25, 2011. Note: The software patch starting downloading at 2:35 am Tuesday morning on my SA 8300 HD DVRs. The download and reboot process took 10-15 minutes.
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The Cisco RNG 100 cable boxes in the Houston and Galveston area are scheduled to get the software patch on Wednesday morning, October 26, 2011.

brhalltx
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Cypress, TX

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What are your software and firmware versions? (Comcast's last upgrade didn't go well on either of my SA8300HDs; I'm wondering if I have received the update yet.)
Russ6
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Houston, TX

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said by brhalltx:

What are your software and firmware versions? (Comcast's last upgrade didn't go well on either of my SA8300HDs; I'm wondering if I have received the update yet.)

The new version is
FLASH: S25p3.1109.r-27 8300
App(s): SCI VODMOD v0621P
S25 v3.0.25

The previous version was
FLASH: S25p2-7.1101.r-54 8300

Note: I didn't record the previous App(s)

I haven't yet tested if the truncated recordings issue is fixed.

brhalltx
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Cypress, TX

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Thanks; both of my boxes have same versions. Here are the versions (and dates) from screen #19:

ROM Image 1.0.0.136 08/25/11
OS 6.26.17.1 02/05/10
iGuide App 99.88.0.0 08/25/11
APL 3.0.25.0 08/25/11
PHAL3 Driver 2.0.13.3 02/05/10
firebus 1.9.12.1 06/07/05
fbdtcp 1.3.4.1 05/04/05
HAL Driver 2.0.13.3 02/05/10
PowerKEY LIB 3.9.12.6 02/05/10
Russ6
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Comcast's Ted Hodgins announced the next areas to get the software patch:

1) Houston/Galveston Texas: remaining cable boxes
Thursday morning - October 27, 2011

2) Areas in Louisiana & Mississippi
Thursday morning - November 3, 2011

Click the following link for the specific box types in Texas or specific areas in Louisiana & Mississippi:

»blog.comcast.com/2010/05 ··· nt-40972
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said by brhalltx:

Thanks; both of my boxes have same versions. Here are the versions (and dates) from screen #19:

ROM Image 1.0.0.136 08/25/11
OS 6.26.17.1 02/05/10
iGuide App 99.88.0.0 08/25/11
APL 3.0.25.0 08/25/11
PHAL3 Driver 2.0.13.3 02/05/10
firebus 1.9.12.1 06/07/05
fbdtcp 1.3.4.1 05/04/05
HAL Driver 2.0.13.3 02/05/10
PowerKEY LIB 3.9.12.6 02/05/10

I have the same versions and dates.
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What are your software and firmware versions? (Comcast's last upgrade didn't go well on either of my SA8300HDs; I'm wondering if I have received the update yet.)

If you are still having problems, try doing a hard reboot by holding down the power button and unplugging and plugging the DVR back in. Release the power button when you see the boot screen. If the software needs to reload this procedure should do it.

brhalltx
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Cypress, TX

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So far, no problems; I did do some things while recording last night that should have invoked the recording truncation problem, but doesn't seem to have.
Russ6
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Houston, TX

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said by brhalltx:

So far, no problems; I did do some things while recording last night that should have invoked the recording truncation problem, but doesn't seem to have.

+1
HankStorm
join:2010-05-26
York, PA

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said by Donfish:

...3) Allows Pass Through...

I hope this gets to York Pa. soon. Thanks for posting this.

December.

Glad I didn't wait. I switched to DirecTV. I couldn't take the not authorized messages when trying to view certain channels or when watching DVR recording and the box rebooting literally every five minutes for a full day any longer. No one could ever fix the rebooting issue but it would somehow clear up on it's own after a day or so. Same thing happened multiple times with different boxes.