No EPG on Freeview.
 

Is there something wrong with the EPG on DTT from Sandy Heath? I'm
pressing 'Guide' on my remote and getting nothing. Just reverts back
to TV picture. Hope it's not a fault with the telly :-(

Marky P.

No EPG on Freeview.
 

On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:37:55 +0000, Marky P
wrote:

Is there something wrong with the EPG on DTT from Sandy Heath? I'm
pressing 'Guide' on my remote and getting nothing. Just reverts back
to TV picture. Hope it's not a fault with the telly :-(

Marky P.

It's ok. Found the fault is with Panasonic. There latest 'over the
air' download has stopped the EPG working on channels 1 - 10. Just
hope they fix it soon. Don't fancy doing a factory reset.


Marky P.

No EPG on Freeview.
 

"Marky P" wrote in message
...
Is there something wrong with the EPG on DTT from Sandy Heath? I'm
pressing 'Guide' on my remote and getting nothing. Just reverts back
to TV picture. Hope it's not a fault with the telly :-(

Marky P.


I have a panasonic too.
I've found the EPG to behave like this too.

It did this a few months ago, and 'fixed' itself.
It's doing it again today.

Pressing 'guide' just reverts back to the program.
If you use the up or down arrows to go to a high channel number, the EPG
works OK.
When in the EPG, if you scroll back to lower channels ( below 10 or so ) it
flips out of the EPG back to the last selected channel.

Either the EPG data is screwed up, or the panasonic firmware is.

I have never knowingly updated the panasonic fw, but it may have done so
itself.

--
Ron

No EPG on Freeview.
 

On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 21:01:44 -0000, "Ron Lowe"
ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS wrote:

"Marky P" wrote in message
.. .
Is there something wrong with the EPG on DTT from Sandy Heath? I'm
pressing 'Guide' on my remote and getting nothing. Just reverts back
to TV picture. Hope it's not a fault with the telly :-(

Marky P.


I have a panasonic too.
I've found the EPG to behave like this too.

It did this a few months ago, and 'fixed' itself.
It's doing it again today.

Pressing 'guide' just reverts back to the program.
If you use the up or down arrows to go to a high channel number, the EPG
works OK.
When in the EPG, if you scroll back to lower channels ( below 10 or so ) it
flips out of the EPG back to the last selected channel.

Either the EPG data is screwed up, or the panasonic firmware is.

I have never knowingly updated the panasonic fw, but it may have done so
itself.

That's exactly what's happening with mine. Updates are done
automatically overnight. There's one due at 0310 in the morning that
may fix it, so leave your telly in standby to grab it.

Marky P.

No EPG on Freeview.
 

"Marky P" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 21:01:44 -0000, "Ron Lowe"
ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS wrote:

"Marky P" wrote in message
. ..
Is there something wrong with the EPG on DTT from Sandy Heath? I'm
pressing 'Guide' on my remote and getting nothing. Just reverts back
to TV picture. Hope it's not a fault with the telly :-(

Marky P.


I have a panasonic too.
I've found the EPG to behave like this too.

It did this a few months ago, and 'fixed' itself.
It's doing it again today.

Pressing 'guide' just reverts back to the program.
If you use the up or down arrows to go to a high channel number, the EPG
works OK.
When in the EPG, if you scroll back to lower channels ( below 10 or so )
it
flips out of the EPG back to the last selected channel.

Either the EPG data is screwed up, or the panasonic firmware is.

I have never knowingly updated the panasonic fw, but it may have done so
itself.

That's exactly what's happening with mine. Updates are done
automatically overnight. There's one due at 0310 in the morning that
may fix it, so leave your telly in standby to grab it.

Marky P.
I don't know if it is true or not but from my perspective it is
often the IDTV sets that suffer from dodgy downloads more
than STBs
--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

No EPG on Freeview.
 

Do these people not test their software before letting it loose on the
public. This sounds almost like the way Microsoft operate!

Brian

--
Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email.
graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them
Email:
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"Marky P" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:37:55 +0000, Marky P
wrote:

Is there something wrong with the EPG on DTT from Sandy Heath? I'm
pressing 'Guide' on my remote and getting nothing. Just reverts back
to TV picture. Hope it's not a fault with the telly :-(

Marky P.

It's ok. Found the fault is with Panasonic. There latest 'over the
air' download has stopped the EPG working on channels 1 - 10. Just
hope they fix it soon. Don't fancy doing a factory reset.


Marky P.

No EPG on Freeview.
 

Brian Gaff wrote:
Do these people not test their software before letting it loose on the
public. This sounds almost like the way Microsoft operate!

Brian

Actually Microsoft have a very large testing core. They're called
"early adopters". I won't be touching Vista at all, far too flabby.
Linux all the way...

Rob.

No EPG on Freeview.
 

In article , Robert Wilson
wrote:
Do these people not test their software before letting it loose on the
public. This sounds almost like the way Microsoft operate!

Brian

Actually Microsoft have a very large testing core. They're called
"early adopters". I won't be touching Vista at all, far too flabby.
Linux all the way...

If Linux could recognise all my hardware and run all my software, I'd have
made the change already and be using it now, but I've never found a version
that could. Windows may be a bit bloated but it does enable me to use
things without delving too deeply into technicalities, which is what it's
all about.

Maybe the situation will be different by the time I build my next computer,
and I'll give it some serious consideration, but not yet.

Rod.
--
Virtual Access V6.3 free usenet/email software from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-access/

No EPG on Freeview.
 

In article en.co.uk,
Roderick Stewart wrote:
If Linux could recognise all my hardware and run all my software, I'd have
made the change already and be using it now, but I've never found a version
that could. Windows may be a bit bloated but it does enable me to use
things without delving too deeply into technicalities, which is what it's
all about.

I'm actually a little surprised that you've got hardware that isn't
supported by the most recent versions of Linux. Things have got
considerably better over the last 2-3 years. I assume it's something
like a webcam or scanner?

FWIW the likelihood of not being able to find a driver if you upgrade to
Vista is actually higher than if you change to Linux.

No EPG on Freeview.
 

On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 23:43:04 -0000, "Graham." wrote:



"Marky P" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 21:01:44 -0000, "Ron Lowe"
ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS wrote:

"Marky P" wrote in message
...
Is there something wrong with the EPG on DTT from Sandy Heath? I'm
pressing 'Guide' on my remote and getting nothing. Just reverts back
to TV picture. Hope it's not a fault with the telly :-(

Marky P.


I have a panasonic too.
I've found the EPG to behave like this too.

It did this a few months ago, and 'fixed' itself.
It's doing it again today.

Pressing 'guide' just reverts back to the program.
If you use the up or down arrows to go to a high channel number, the EPG
works OK.
When in the EPG, if you scroll back to lower channels ( below 10 or so )
it
flips out of the EPG back to the last selected channel.

Either the EPG data is screwed up, or the panasonic firmware is.

I have never knowingly updated the panasonic fw, but it may have done so
itself.

That's exactly what's happening with mine. Updates are done
automatically overnight. There's one due at 0310 in the morning that
may fix it, so leave your telly in standby to grab it.

Marky P.
I don't know if it is true or not but from my perspective it is
often the IDTV sets that suffer from dodgy downloads more
than STBs

Can't say I've noticed myself, but anyway, this mornings download has
fixed the EPG.

Marky P.

No EPG on Freeview.
 

I have never knowingly updated the panasonic fw, but it may have done so
itself.

That's exactly what's happening with mine. Updates are done
automatically overnight. There's one due at 0310 in the morning that
may fix it, so leave your telly in standby to grab it.

Marky P.

1) How do you know the update schedule?

2) Does the TV have the tuner powered up in stby to pick these up?

I'll pay closer attention from now on.

--
Ron

No EPG on Freeview.
 

In article , Sebastian wrote:
I'm actually a little surprised that you've got hardware that isn't
supported by the most recent versions of Linux. Things have got
considerably better over the last 2-3 years. I assume it's something
like a webcam or scanner?

One of them's a perfectly ordinary Belkin wireless card which I'd been
using on my spare computer, and XP managed fine with it but neither
Ubuntu nor SuSe could see it at all. I did a Google search for
suggestions and tried to understand the ones I found, even tried
installing a few suggested files but eventually gave up in frustration
because life's too short to have to mess with something like this when
others (Microsoft) have already managed to make it work.

The Wacom graphics tablet doesn't work with Linux either, but I decided
not to waste my time trying. The computer is dual-boot, so it's useful
to me when running XP, but I can only realistically use Linux for
messing about when I'm bored and trying to learn a bit about it,
nothing serious. I like the idea of escaping from Microsoft World
Domination, but as long as Windows just works, and Linux requires me to
learn Geekspeak, it isn't going to happen for me.

Rod.
--
Virtual Access V6.3 free usenet/email software from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-access/

No EPG on Freeview.
 

On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:57:45 -0000, "Ron Lowe"
ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS wrote:

I have never knowingly updated the panasonic fw, but it may have done so
itself.

That's exactly what's happening with mine. Updates are done
automatically overnight. There's one due at 0310 in the morning that
may fix it, so leave your telly in standby to grab it.

Marky P.

1) How do you know the update schedule?

I did a manual update scan yesterday (go into the set up menu) and it
scanned for an update and told me when the next update was due. Also,
someone over at AV Forums told me.

2) Does the TV have the tuner powered up in stby to pick these up?

I believe it does. Left mine on standby and it updated. Maybe when
the telly is on, a date is sent over the air (like a timer setting)
telling the tuner to activate at the correct time. This is an
assumption BTW.

I'll pay closer attention from now on.

Marky P.

No EPG on Freeview.
 

"Marky P" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:57:45 -0000, "Ron Lowe"
ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS wrote:

I have never knowingly updated the panasonic fw, but it may have done so
itself.

That's exactly what's happening with mine. Updates are done
automatically overnight. There's one due at 0310 in the morning that
may fix it, so leave your telly in standby to grab it.

Marky P.

1) How do you know the update schedule?

I did a manual update scan yesterday (go into the set up menu) and it
scanned for an update and told me when the next update was due. Also,
someone over at AV Forums told me.

2) Does the TV have the tuner powered up in stby to pick these up?

I believe it does. Left mine on standby and it updated. Maybe when
the telly is on, a date is sent over the air (like a timer setting)
telling the tuner to activate at the correct time. This is an
assumption BTW.

I'll pay closer attention from now on.

Marky P.


Can I ask you:

TV model;
Current FW version?

Mine's a TH-42PZ85B.
Current FW is 1.102 ( no date ).

The EPG is working correctly at the moment.

In the menus, 'AutoUpdate in Stby' is set to ON, so I guess it does power up
the tuner.

I did a manual scan for updates, but I got bored after a couple of minutes
waiting and cancelled out. Got no message about future availability or
anything. I guess it's already picked up the latest update last night (
hence the working EPG ), and there are none further planned at the moment.

--
Ron

No EPG on Freeview.
 

On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 23:43:31 -0000, "Ron Lowe"
ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS wrote:

"Marky P" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:57:45 -0000, "Ron Lowe"
ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS wrote:

I have never knowingly updated the panasonic fw, but it may have done so
itself.

That's exactly what's happening with mine. Updates are done
automatically overnight. There's one due at 0310 in the morning that
may fix it, so leave your telly in standby to grab it.

Marky P.

1) How do you know the update schedule?

I did a manual update scan yesterday (go into the set up menu) and it
scanned for an update and told me when the next update was due. Also,
someone over at AV Forums told me.

2) Does the TV have the tuner powered up in stby to pick these up?

I believe it does. Left mine on standby and it updated. Maybe when
the telly is on, a date is sent over the air (like a timer setting)
telling the tuner to activate at the correct time. This is an
assumption BTW.

I'll pay closer attention from now on.

Marky P.


Can I ask you:

TV model;

TH-50PZ81B

Current FW version?

1.615


Mine's a TH-42PZ85B.
Current FW is 1.102 ( no date ).

The EPG is working correctly at the moment.

In the menus, 'AutoUpdate in Stby' is set to ON, so I guess it does power up
the tuner.

I did a manual scan for updates, but I got bored after a couple of minutes
waiting and cancelled out. Got no message about future availability or
anything. I guess it's already picked up the latest update last night (
hence the working EPG ), and there are none further planned at the moment.

I'm scanning right now.........

.......Right, just says up to date. No other dates given.

Marky P.