WLTZ PSIP Tables?!

[carlosr]

My DirecTV H20 receiver is now rebooting whenever I use its OTA tuner to tune WLTZ-38.

This just started happening today but I can reproduce it by just tuning into this channel. The problem is only with tuning WLTZ.

I found the following text on another forum. Have any of you heard of this? Any other H20 users out there having this problem tuning WLTZ? I have no idea what PSIP Tables are. It's obviously something the WLTZ engineer(s) control but I wanted to see if any of you know. Maybe Mr. Slade?

Here's the message I found elsewhere...

The H20 resetting upon tuning to certain OTA stations is not the fault of the H20, but rather a problem of the local stations PSIP generator (tables).

If the PSIP tables are not right, it can cause the OTA receiver in the H20 to reset/reboot. Due to different versions of OTA receviers (built into the TV, stand alone reciever, D* HD receivers), it can vary as to what OTA boxes are affected.

I had the problem here in Detroit in late January with the local Fox affiliate (as did many other with the H20) and again in February with the local NBC affiliate (you can search forums.directv.com or on www.satelliteguys.com under my username to follow the saga). Both times, it took calls to the station to alert the engineers.

Once HD programming is the norm in 2009, stations will be darned sure to keep those PSIP tables current...

[Mike Slade]

Not sure what the problem is but here is more info on PSIP. www.psip.org. PSIP, among other things, holds information like the channel name and the remapping to the analog channel number.

[carlosr]

admin said:

Not sure what the problem is but here is more info on PSIP. www.psip.org. PSIP, among other things, holds information like the channel name and the remapping to the analog channel number.

Mike thanks for the reply and link. Whatever the issue was has apparently cleared up. This afternoon, I'm able to tune in 38.1 just fine. The box is no longer rebooting. It kept doing it all day and night yesterday. Just weird.

I did notice on your PSIP link that they explicitly mention that if the PSIP stuff is not set up correctly, it can cause receiver problems.

"Some receivers may not work correctly if you don't do PSIP right"

I'm not 100% sure it was a PSIP problem but I didn't make any changes on my side and it's working now so who knows.

Carlos

[Scott]

Seems to me, if the H20 is the only receiver having that problem then it could be a problem with the H20.

I have DirecTV and an Hr10-250 and have never had it reboot on any of the OTA locals. At any rate, a very bizarre problem.

Did you ever call DirecTV about it?

[carlosr]

scott said:

Seems to me, if the H20 is the only receiver having that problem then it could be a problem with the H20.

I have DirecTV and an Hr10-250 and have never had it reboot on any of the OTA locals. At any rate, a very bizarre problem.

Did you ever call DirecTV about it?

I did not call DirecTV about it b/c I figured they could not do anything to fix it.

A buddy of mine, however, had the same problem with his Hr-10 recently, also tuning a single OTA channel. I don't think it was WLTZ though. In any case, after reading this stuff on PSIP.org and hearing my friend's issue, I decided to wait it out and it turns out it cleared itself.

I agree with you though, it seems tha the H20's firmware should be robust enough to at least NOT tune a channel with bad PSIP settings, not just reboot. Rebooting seems like extreme error-handling.

Carlos