SpaceGhost Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 While watching any channel or even the DVR the audio drops in and out. So freakin' annoying, I had to mute the Michigan and OSU games. If it's just my DVR, I'm gonna be bummed, We have some stuff on it we haven't watched and is no longer on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiG BeN Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 happened to me a couple times while during the 1st quarter of Florida Vanderbilt game. It annoyed me enough to turn it off, but it was a crappy game anyway. I have Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 I'm having with problems with channels even coming in, or if they do they are pixelated and appear to be constantly pausing and resuming. Its gay. I have an appt tomorrow for them to come out and fix it. It also affected my ondemand, we tried to watch a movie friday night and I had to restart it from the beginning and fast forward it 3 times. I told her I'm not paying for it, and she removed it from my bill she said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchy chan Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 are you talking about it getting the static sound? i get that every once in a while... i seem to just get random issues with wow.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan9381 Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 happened a couple times during the fights on CBS last night. i thought it may have been people cussing in the background and the censors bleeping it out...must be an issue i wish i could find out a way to turn off whatever setting i have that at 12:10am every night (1:10 during DST), i get a "your DVR will power down in 5 minutes". i can leave the TV on all day, and it doesnt do it until the same time every night. looked thru all the settings and cant find shit to turn it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 happened a couple times during the fights on CBS last night. i thought it may have been people cussing in the background and the censors bleeping it out...must be an issue i wish i could find out a way to turn off whatever setting i have that at 12:10am every night (1:10 during DST), i get a "your DVR will power down in 5 minutes". i can leave the TV on all day, and it doesnt do it until the same time every night. looked thru all the settings and cant find shit to turn it off lol, what does it matter? if you're watching tv just hit a button and the message goes away, or if your not you won't even get the message? just giving you a hard time evan, i get the same message too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan9381 Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 its just an annoyance more than anything. and its not like it shuts it down...it only shuts off the picture and the audio is still going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted November 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 No my audio stops then starts, like a bad cell phone connection. You hear every other word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 No my audio stops then starts, like a bad cell phone connection. You hear every other word. mine does this + the video does it. impossible to watch anything liek that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye1647545503 Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Only problem I have with wow is some of the shows I record get the last ?mins cut off so I have to record the show after just to get all of the one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 - The pixalation (digital breakup) is likely a signal issue (either low signal, poorly shielded or damaged cabling, bad or loose fittings, junk splitter) - at least 90% of the time. A service call should clear that up. Every once in a while it will be the box, but normally that's not the case. - Audio dropping but video being fine can be several things. If you are running HDMI, make sure in the general settings that the audio out is set for HDMI. Also try rebooting the box. That said, I've also seen it be customer equipment (bad input or sound board on the TV), or bad HDMI or RCA cable between the box and the TV. It can also be the box. Normally if video is perfect and audio is the only thing having an issue, it isn't a signal or cabling issue - that said, there is always an exception to every rule. I have also seen the audio issue being a provider thing; CBS had a big problem a couple weeks ago with their audio. - DVR shutting off at night - it's a feature that can't be shut off. Sorry. - Recordings cutting off early = programming running long/off the time it is supposed to. You can set your DVR to record a few minutes before/after the program is supposed to start/stop. This is really a provider issue and not a WOW issue, as they aren't keeping to their schedule. Does it a lot on Heroes. This is 100% provider; same thing happens with Time Warner, which I'm sadly stuck with. That said, I was watching a couple games and a movie on DirectTV yesterday. Compression much?!!! Some of those HD programs were barely HD, and some non-HD stuff looked worse than an analog feed (Jackets game in non-HD was so bad it was barely watchable). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99crb600 Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 i have had WOW for 5 months now and it is the worst cable service i have ever had so it will be getting shut off on thursday when at&t comes to install u-verse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Reboot the cable box. 99% of the service crap I deal with from TWC, Wow, Insight, DTV, and Dish is solved by rebooting their POS harware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewhop Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Having multiple I-Devices in your home can cause problems with WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted November 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 I re-booted the box a couple of times yesterday, no fix. It has to be either the HDMI cable, or the box. My AppleTv has no sound issue and it is hooked up by HDMI also. I have another DVR upstairs and no audio issue. So I need to try to switch cables, the box is set up to go HDMI out to the TV. SO if the AppleTV HDMI cable doesn't fix the issue it must be the box. I get no video interruption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted November 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Having multiple I-Devices in your home can cause problems with WOW it's i-Devices dumb fuck. and the only i-device I own is the iPhone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan9381 Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 - DVR shutting off at night - it's a feature that can't be shut off. Sorry. gay...i knew there was a reason to still hate WOW, even though i haven't had any major issues in some time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Hmm...havent been having the sound issue, but I occasionally get picture glitches. Nothing that really bothers me, I had DSS since the days where if it was even cloudy the picture would glitch. It was really bullet proof before I switched to WOW, but WOW is much cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 I re-booted the box a couple of times yesterday, no fix. It has to be either the HDMI cable, or the box. My AppleTv has no sound issue and it is hooked up by HDMI also. I have another DVR upstairs and no audio issue. So I need to try to switch cables, the box is set up to go HDMI out to the TV. SO if the AppleTV HDMI cable doesn't fix the issue it must be the box. I get no video interruption. Is the box you have a Scientific Atlanta or Samsung? Run it component video and analog audio right to the TV and see if the issue goes away. The HDMI outputs on the boxes are very flaky. If you still are having the issues then you can get into the box's menu to pull up the signal strength right at the incoming RF input. You could have had something recently change in your subdivision that may have made the signal strength too hot or weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewhop Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 it's i-Devices dumb fuck. and the only i-device I own is the iPhone. If your wife has a I-phone as well you are so screwed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwilli1647545487 Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 If your wife has a I-phone as well you are so screwed LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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