Sales Rank: 3908


Features:

Advanced Program Guide

7 - line program guide

Master touch universal infra red remote control

Software upgradeable via satelite

8 event scheduler

Average Rating:
Rating: - Channel switching problems with Tivo
I bought this one because it had the "low speed data" cable which makes Tivo channel switching nice/fast. However, the unit has now automatically downloaded some new software with bugs which makes some of my local channels not accessible. Basically, you can't select some of the local channels by typing them in - only by doing channel up/down. The problem with that is that Tivo "types them in" when you change channels, so basically Tivo won't record on local channels.

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Rating: - problems galore
I have had direct Tv for nearly 6 years and had various receivers. All have been reliable and did a good job, but this one. Have had Sharp, Sony, Phillips and RCA. RCA was least responsive. Going through the guide was slow. I was forever changing batteries. With the others I would change them once a year, but with this one it was more like once a month. Had lag time on the local channel, not the difference in speed, but lag...stop and hold for a second on the image. Very irritation.

Had it one month and it just stopped working. RCA replaced it, used it couple months, same problems, it stopped working. The third one worked, but was just such a pain, dropping out searching for satellite signal, when the receivers in the other rooms (Phillips) were going just fine.

Buy a Phillips!

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Rating: - DO NOT BUY THIS - RCA should be ashamed
We bought this reciever as part of a package and encountered many of the problems described here. DO NOT BUY IT, AND DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO FOLKS WHO HAVE RATED IT HIGHLY. The folks who have rated this highly act as if the rest of us are ignorant of how satellite systems work. I actually worked on a satellite program as an engineer, so I know what's going on.

Even with an extremely high signal strength (92 or better) and top notch audio visual equipment, we lost sound frequently, were unable to receive local channels, experienced picture pixellation, and loud audio pops. We replaced the reciever with a new identical system, and quickly experienced the same problems.

DirecTV customer service was wonderful, and if I were them I would sue RCA for all the time and money they spent helping me trouble shoot the problem.