Hi, Guest
11-14-2006, 11:09 AM
Well, took the plunge with Rogers and grabbed me a HDPVR, the HD channel pack & Leafs TV ($90 a month all told now up from $56)
So first hassle is the box they give me has only component outputs or an HDMI connector. Since both of my component in are in use (The PS2 & my DVD player) I have to grab an HDMI cable and the dongle that converts the HDMI output to DVI (Thank you Wally Mart :P)
Get home and unpack everything, slicing my finger on the Rogers box deep enough to draw blood Which I should have taken as an omen <_<
Get everything hooked up, first thing I notice is no sound, puzzle through that (Turns out when I was plugging things into my receiver they weren't going where I thought they were)
So after I fix that I try to acess the PVR functions and I get a cheery message saying I'm not authorized to use the PVR functions... try turning to an HD channel and get the same cheery message, then try turning the box to the "default" channels (2 - 71) same FOAD message.
Thus begins my journey to get things straightened out with Rogers tech support. First "BWAH?" moment is when they call up my file and it has a phone number attached to it that I haven't had in three years :rolleyes: After the first level tech sends a signal, the matter gets bounced to a second level tech who indicates theres some sort of "network issue" (The first one suggested that I go swap the HDPVR box as that might be the issue he says <_< )
So the second level tech says it has to get pushed further still up the chain and may take "up to two days to resolve" Let's see how long it takes before it gets fixed, my over/under says 5 days and one trip to return the HDPVR for another unit :wtf: :rolleyes:
Good thing I didn't actually buy the box...
NefCanuck
So first hassle is the box they give me has only component outputs or an HDMI connector. Since both of my component in are in use (The PS2 & my DVD player) I have to grab an HDMI cable and the dongle that converts the HDMI output to DVI (Thank you Wally Mart :P)
Get home and unpack everything, slicing my finger on the Rogers box deep enough to draw blood Which I should have taken as an omen <_<
Get everything hooked up, first thing I notice is no sound, puzzle through that (Turns out when I was plugging things into my receiver they weren't going where I thought they were)
So after I fix that I try to acess the PVR functions and I get a cheery message saying I'm not authorized to use the PVR functions... try turning to an HD channel and get the same cheery message, then try turning the box to the "default" channels (2 - 71) same FOAD message.
Thus begins my journey to get things straightened out with Rogers tech support. First "BWAH?" moment is when they call up my file and it has a phone number attached to it that I haven't had in three years :rolleyes: After the first level tech sends a signal, the matter gets bounced to a second level tech who indicates theres some sort of "network issue" (The first one suggested that I go swap the HDPVR box as that might be the issue he says <_< )
So the second level tech says it has to get pushed further still up the chain and may take "up to two days to resolve" Let's see how long it takes before it gets fixed, my over/under says 5 days and one trip to return the HDPVR for another unit :wtf: :rolleyes:
Good thing I didn't actually buy the box...
NefCanuck