• Annoying daily reminder.

    From Peter Jason@pj@jostle.com to aus.tv on Mon Jun 20 07:22:31 2022
    From Newsgroup: aus.tv

    I have the same old 15 Y/O digital SONY TV.

    I had the TV mast & aerial replaced months ago.

    It all works just fine.

    The installers pointed the aerial to a "repeater" in the city, since I
    live there.

    I'm getting this pestiferous popup every evening telling me to upgrade
    the channel list. I get rid of it with the remote.

    Is there any way to just get rid of it permeably? Who should I
    contact?



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  • From not@not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) to aus.tv on Mon Jun 20 09:10:10 2022
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    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
    I have the same old 15 Y/O digital SONY TV.

    I had the TV mast & aerial replaced months ago.

    It all works just fine.

    The installers pointed the aerial to a "repeater" in the city, since I
    live there.

    I'm getting this pestiferous popup every evening telling me to upgrade
    the channel list. I get rid of it with the remote.

    Is there any way to just get rid of it permeably?

    You don't want to just update the channel list then, presumably
    what most systems call scanning for new channels?

    If you don't want to do that (granted on my set top boxes it
    usually messes things up so I don't do it much either, they don't
    nag me though) and there's no option in the settings to disable it
    looking for new channels in the background, then I guess you're
    stuck with the nags.

    Who should I contact?

    No idea, except if there's no settings to change, then I guess
    someone to sell you a different TV, or a set-top box to use
    instead of its own tuner?
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  • From Peter Jason@pj@jostle.com to aus.tv on Mon Jun 20 09:16:16 2022
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    On 20 Jun 2022 09:10:10 +1000, not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd
    Kev) wrote:

    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
    I have the same old 15 Y/O digital SONY TV.

    I had the TV mast & aerial replaced months ago.

    It all works just fine.

    The installers pointed the aerial to a "repeater" in the city, since I
    live there.

    I'm getting this pestiferous popup every evening telling me to upgrade
    the channel list. I get rid of it with the remote.

    Is there any way to just get rid of it permeably?

    You don't want to just update the channel list then, presumably
    what most systems call scanning for new channels?

    I do this occasionally, but the message appears every night.

    If you don't want to do that (granted on my set top boxes it
    usually messes things up so I don't do it much either, they don't
    nag me though) and there's no option in the settings to disable it
    looking for new channels in the background, then I guess you're
    stuck with the nags.

    Who should I contact?

    No idea, except if there's no settings to change, then I guess
    someone to sell you a different TV, or a set-top box to use
    instead of its own tuner?

    I do run the TV through the PVR (Panasonic).
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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@not@telling.you.invalid to aus.tv on Mon Jun 20 10:32:56 2022
    From Newsgroup: aus.tv

    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
    On 20 Jun 2022 09:10:10 +1000, not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd
    Kev) wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
    I'm getting this pestiferous popup every evening telling me to upgrade
    the channel list. I get rid of it with the remote.

    Is there any way to just get rid of it permeably?
    [snip]
    Who should I contact?

    No idea, except if there's no settings to change, then I guess
    someone to sell you a different TV, or a set-top box to use
    instead of its own tuner?

    I do run the TV through the PVR (Panasonic).

    Is the TV connected to the aerial then, or just via the PVR?
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  • From Peter Jason@pj@jostle.com to aus.tv on Mon Jun 20 11:03:06 2022
    From Newsgroup: aus.tv

    On 20 Jun 2022 10:32:56 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
    <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
    On 20 Jun 2022 09:10:10 +1000, not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd
    Kev) wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
    I'm getting this pestiferous popup every evening telling me to upgrade >>>> the channel list. I get rid of it with the remote.

    Is there any way to just get rid of it permeably?
    [snip]
    Who should I contact?

    No idea, except if there's no settings to change, then I guess
    someone to sell you a different TV, or a set-top box to use
    instead of its own tuner?

    I do run the TV through the PVR (Panasonic).

    Is the TV connected to the aerial then, or just via the PVR?

    The aerial is connected to the TV via the PVR. I record almost
    everything.
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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@not@telling.you.invalid to aus.tv on Mon Jun 20 13:12:05 2022
    From Newsgroup: aus.tv

    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
    On 20 Jun 2022 10:32:56 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
    <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
    On 20 Jun 2022 09:10:10 +1000, not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd
    Kev) wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
    I'm getting this pestiferous popup every evening telling me to upgrade >>>>> the channel list. I get rid of it with the remote.

    Is there any way to just get rid of it permeably?
    [snip]
    Who should I contact?

    No idea, except if there's no settings to change, then I guess
    someone to sell you a different TV, or a set-top box to use
    instead of its own tuner?

    I do run the TV through the PVR (Panasonic).

    Is the TV connected to the aerial then, or just via the PVR?

    The aerial is connected to the TV via the PVR. I record almost
    everything.

    Sometimes the aerial pass-through on devices like PVRs only works
    when the device is turned on. Perhaps your TV loses signal when
    the PVR is turned off and that's when it thinks the list of
    available channels has changed (to none)? You could try using a
    separate splitter or booster to feed the PVR and TV from the aerial independently.

    You'd probably notice not having signal if you tune in via the TV
    directly when the PVR is off. If you only ever tune into channels
    using the PVR, perhaps you could simply disconnect the TV's aerial
    connection and then it will never see any channels at all.
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  • From Sylvia Else@sylvia@email.invalid to aus.tv on Mon Jun 20 13:57:26 2022
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    On 20-June-22 7:22 am, Peter Jason wrote:
    I have the same old 15 Y/O digital SONY TV.

    I had the TV mast & aerial replaced months ago.

    It all works just fine.

    The installers pointed the aerial to a "repeater" in the city, since I
    live there.

    I'm getting this pestiferous popup every evening telling me to upgrade
    the channel list. I get rid of it with the remote.

    Is there any way to just get rid of it permeably? Who should I
    contact?



    It's presumably noticed that the channels it currently lists is not the
    same as the list of channels available. If you do as it says, that will
    no doubt shut it up.

    Sylvia.
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  • From Peter Jason@pj@jostle.com to aus.tv on Tue Jun 21 07:12:05 2022
    From Newsgroup: aus.tv

    On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:57:26 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 20-June-22 7:22 am, Peter Jason wrote:
    I have the same old 15 Y/O digital SONY TV.

    I had the TV mast & aerial replaced months ago.

    It all works just fine.

    The installers pointed the aerial to a "repeater" in the city, since I
    live there.

    I'm getting this pestiferous popup every evening telling me to upgrade
    the channel list. I get rid of it with the remote.

    Is there any way to just get rid of it permeably? Who should I
    contact?



    It's presumably noticed that the channels it currently lists is not the
    same as the list of channels available. If you do as it says, that will
    no doubt shut it up.

    Sylvia.

    I've surrender to its requests many times, but its obdurate. Perhaps
    it's noticing one of the favorites lists and uses one of those. I
    may have to redo these.
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  • From Sylvia Else@sylvia@email.invalid to aus.tv on Tue Jun 21 12:41:59 2022
    From Newsgroup: aus.tv

    On 21-June-22 7:12 am, Peter Jason wrote:
    On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:57:26 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 20-June-22 7:22 am, Peter Jason wrote:
    I have the same old 15 Y/O digital SONY TV.

    I had the TV mast & aerial replaced months ago.

    It all works just fine.

    The installers pointed the aerial to a "repeater" in the city, since I
    live there.

    I'm getting this pestiferous popup every evening telling me to upgrade
    the channel list. I get rid of it with the remote.

    Is there any way to just get rid of it permeably? Who should I
    contact?



    It's presumably noticed that the channels it currently lists is not the
    same as the list of channels available. If you do as it says, that will
    no doubt shut it up.

    Sylvia.

    I've surrender to its requests many times, but its obdurate. Perhaps
    it's noticing one of the favorites lists and uses one of those. I
    may have to redo these.

    What's the model number?

    Sylvia.
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  • From Peter Jason@pj@jostle.com to aus.tv on Tue Jun 21 13:23:02 2022
    From Newsgroup: aus.tv

    On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:41:59 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 21-June-22 7:12 am, Peter Jason wrote:
    On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:57:26 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 20-June-22 7:22 am, Peter Jason wrote:
    I have the same old 15 Y/O digital SONY TV.

    I had the TV mast & aerial replaced months ago.

    It all works just fine.

    The installers pointed the aerial to a "repeater" in the city, since I >>>> live there.

    I'm getting this pestiferous popup every evening telling me to upgrade >>>> the channel list. I get rid of it with the remote.

    Is there any way to just get rid of it permeably? Who should I
    contact?



    It's presumably noticed that the channels it currently lists is not the
    same as the list of channels available. If you do as it says, that will
    no doubt shut it up.

    Sylvia.

    I've surrender to its requests many times, but its obdurate. Perhaps
    it's noticing one of the favorites lists and uses one of those. I
    may have to redo these.

    What's the model number?

    Sylvia.

    The PVR is..
    PANASONIC DMR-PWT540GL

    The TV is..
    Sony BRAVIA KDL-40XBR

    They're both a bit ancient.

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  • From Sylvia Else@sylvia@email.invalid to aus.tv on Tue Jun 21 13:31:52 2022
    From Newsgroup: aus.tv

    On 21-June-22 1:23 pm, Peter Jason wrote:
    On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:41:59 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 21-June-22 7:12 am, Peter Jason wrote:
    On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:57:26 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 20-June-22 7:22 am, Peter Jason wrote:
    I have the same old 15 Y/O digital SONY TV.

    I had the TV mast & aerial replaced months ago.

    It all works just fine.

    The installers pointed the aerial to a "repeater" in the city, since I >>>>> live there.

    I'm getting this pestiferous popup every evening telling me to upgrade >>>>> the channel list. I get rid of it with the remote.

    Is there any way to just get rid of it permeably? Who should I
    contact?



    It's presumably noticed that the channels it currently lists is not the >>>> same as the list of channels available. If you do as it says, that will >>>> no doubt shut it up.

    Sylvia.

    I've surrender to its requests many times, but its obdurate. Perhaps
    it's noticing one of the favorites lists and uses one of those. I
    may have to redo these.

    What's the model number?

    Sylvia.

    The PVR is..
    PANASONIC DMR-PWT540GL

    The TV is..
    Sony BRAVIA KDL-40XBR

    They're both a bit ancient.


    I thought the manual might be enlightening, but it's not.

    https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/res/manuals/3217/32172841M.pdf

    Make sure you do a full scan rather than a quick scan.

    Failing that, you could try an "All Reset" on page 38 (which will clear
    your favourites, amongst other things).

    Sylvia.
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