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Professor

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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 5:51 PM

Got MRV for H21-Any Special Procedure(s)???

Well, FINALLY we got the MRV software release(at least for the H21 model) in TN this morning(3/16/2010) @ 2:25am!!!! Yippeeeeee!!! I did not have time to play with it before heading into work, so I am wondering:
1)Do I need to "Opt In" on my H21 first and then maybe do a reset on my HR20(it has been opted in for several weeks, but of course it did not "detect any other MRV devices on the network" when I originally set it up)???
2)Do I need to reset my HR20 first and then Opt In on the H21?
3)Should I not need to do any reset on the HR20 at all and just Opt In the H21 and start "multiviewing"?

I'm pretty excited about finally getting MRV and if I can "hard sell" this feature to my wife it may help me convince my Financial Advisor(aka my wife) to let me upgrade our bedroom TV to an HDTV and replace the old TIVO SD DVR we have in the bedroom with another HD DVR(to double the recording options over my current single HR20 DVR in the family room and double the MRV viewing sources). Of course I'll also have to tell her about the DECA/SWM installation and monthly fee for MRV after Beta is over(that's gonna make the hard sell "much harder":0)

Professor

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4.2K Messages

15 years ago

I'd start by just opting in on the H21 and see what happens. Worry about resets etc. only if that doesn't work. I'd hope that it is designed so that you don't have to run around resetting everything any time you add a new receiver.

Professor

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15 years ago

sungam,
Thanks!!!!! BTW, if I gave you my home phone#, would you talk to my wife about the wonderful benefits of MRV? :0)

Expert

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20.7K Messages

15 years ago

DJ, True story. I recently upgraded my wife's bedroom TV to HD. We usually retire about 10:30 or so, and frequently leave the end of some program unwatched. Since MRV, we routinely watch the end of the program from the warm comfy bed. My wife says it is the best feature since HD, and she says "we're getting it, I don't care what the fees are".
Note that I didn't reset anything, I opted in and the stuff popped right up.

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