Re: Comcast and Tivo HD. Storm Warnings completely take over Tivo
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play back the recording, that was being done during the alert.
I would take a wild guess that disconnecting the internet from my TIVO HD
might stop the Amber alerts, but then I won't get schedule updates.
me again
> I am using a Tivo HD and a Tivo HD Premium with Comcast with Cable
> Cards in Memphis, TN.
>
> This never happen with my Directv DVRs and seems to only started
> within the past few months.
>
> When we get bad weather and the weather service sents out a warning,
> someone (I think Comcast)
The EAS (emergency anouncement system) takes over all channels, by law.
> is taking over and running a Warning across
> the top of the screen.
In our area the whole screen is taken over. Perhaps you are fortunate to get a "crawl".
> If we are watching a saved program, it
> completely takes you out of the show you are watching back to Live TV
That's interesting. There must be some 'meta data" that does that.
> and you cannot change channels or anything. The only thing you can do
> is change Volume.
>
> At least when you go back to the saved program it remembers where you
> were. However, on a really bad night, the warnings seem to come every 5
> minutes or so. At that point you basically have to give up trying to
> watch a saved program.
Ah, the cable company EAS interrupts the recorded p;rogram, forcing you to see the
alert, but it has no way to remember that you were watching a recorded p;rogram.
> I know it is a good thing to be warned about bad weather, but the
> announcement covers the entire area even when the storm may be 40 to
> 50 miles away and will have no affect on me.
>
> Does anyone know of a method to disable this? Would it do any good to
> complain to Tivo?
I doubt it! Just be glad you were not in the path of a tornado!
I suspect that if you were recording a show during an EAS that the EAS message would
be recorded.
Adam H. Kerman
>I suspect that if you were recording a show during an EAS that the EAS
>message would
>be recorded.
I've never gotten an EAS alert, just the overnight test messages.
If I'm recording something overnight, the test message is not recorded.
Instead, the recording stops and then resumes.
Brian
<rick0....@gmail.spamless> wrote:
>In our area the whole screen is taken over. Perhaps you are fortunate to get a "crawl".
We used to have a crawl with beeping as an alert. Now the whole screen
goes black with a print message of whatever the warning is as well as
the NWS voice message about it. I prefer the former system.
me again
"Several U.S. government agencies have determined that Nov. 9, 2011 at 2 p.m. EST is
when the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) will be conducted.
Adam H. Kerman
>"Several U.S. government agencies have determined that Nov. 9, 2011 at 2
>p.m. EST is
>when the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) will
>be conducted.
Idiots. Short of invasion from another planet, I'm trying to figure out
how this is of any use except to the pre-teen boy who cracks the civil
defense system to show a naughty picture.
RickMerrill
There is currently a circular weather pattern that covers 75% of the
contiguous US - crank that up a few notches to a hurricane and it might, might,
become EAS worthy.
Adam, it is only a TEST!