Digital Cable "Box" Service Mode Menu

[Brad]

Hi,

Recently I had trouble with my digital cable "box" (Motorola from Comcast)
and a service man came. Unfortunately, I didn't see everything he did, but
when I came in the room, he had a service mode menu display on the
TV. I am familiar with service mode menus in televisions which require a
certain sequence of key presses to access.

Does anyone know how to access the service mode menu of the Motorola
digital cable box?

Thanks in advance, Brad

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[Andrew Rossmann]

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In article <465f253...@news.verizon.net>, bpe...@verizon.net
says...

> Recently I had trouble with my digital cable "box" (Motorola from Comcast)
> and a service man came. Unfortunately, I didn't see everything he did, but
> when I came in the room, he had a service mode menu display on the
> TV. I am familiar with service mode menus in televisions which require a
> certain sequence of key presses to access.
>
> Does anyone know how to access the service mode menu of the Motorola
> digital cable box?

For the diagnostics, turn it off, then press OK/Select within 1-2
seconds. There is nothing you can change. Just lots of technical info.

For more information, even if it's not the DVR version, you can get more
info in the Wikibook:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How_to_use_a_Motorola_DVR

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