RDK-03033 Errors

We have two X1 cable boxes in our home, one in the living room and one in a personal bedroom. For the last few days, when trying to change channels, we receive a RDK-03033 error message. All plugs and wires have checked and double checked, yet in continues. DVR recordings as well as Netflix, Hulu and other internet apps continually flake out. Is this a company wide problem? What can you do to fix this?

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@BrianC72 wrote:

We have two X1 cable boxes in our home, one in the living room and one in a personal bedroom. For the last few days, when trying to change channels, we receive a RDK-03033 error message. All plugs and wires have checked and double checked, yet in continues. DVR recordings as well as Netflix, Hulu and other internet apps continually flake out. Is this a company wide problem? What can you do to fix this?

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https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/x1-errorcode-rdk-03033-unable-to-connect-to-xfinity-tv 

This has happen a couple times to us too.  It happens out of the blue and they have to send a tech out and do some magical repair that leaves me with some new piece of equipment to make it work. They don't charge me for it but it's always something.  When the next tech comes out they remove what ever was put there last and put something completely new in somewhere else. The system works great for a while then "bang" different TV's in the house start popping up with the error and locking up the TV.  We have to pull the power and plug it back in and let it reboot.  Mine started doing again last week so once again I guess I need a new doo hicky.

Over the past week, my X1s (both the DVR and two non-DVR boxes) stop responding for several minutes every few hours.  TV displays "We're having trouble connecting to the internet," error code RDK-03033.   Program/live TV keeps playing during the dusruption, but no inputs/changes can be made via the remote, so no changing channel, pausing playback, accessing Guide or DVR, or any other services.  There are several reports of this on this forum, and elsewhere.  

This is not a cable issue (cables are tight and were swap-checked), this is not a hardware issue (happens on all of my boxes at different times, and happens to other users even after hardware replacement),, this has not been remedied by a signal refresh, this is most obviously a software issue as it started happening recently to multiple users.  Restarting the box works, temporarily, but obviously that cannot and should be done multiple times per day.  Other users have timed the problem, hence the 10 mintues every 2 hours cited.  

Also, intermittantly, in between these disruptions, the show/recording freezes, and the following error message is displayed, "Please try again...we're having some trouble on our end...XRE-03061."  This happens from zero to a dozen times in between the aforementioned disruptions.  

I have yet to see an Official Comcast Employee acknowlege this issue.  This is more than a minor inconvenience, it's a major service fail.  Is Comcast working a software fix for this problem?  Thank you.  

I am getting tired of doing power resets to temporarily clear this problem.  If I am watching TV and decide to look at the guide or change channel - that darn message box pops up and I can't change channels.   Last night while watching Netflix - I lost connection to the program and it kicked me out twice - I have powered off for 10 sec and plugged it back in - I have reset the box from the Xi app until I am blue in the face - This is getting ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Over the past week we have also started to get this error / issue often.  We have made sure the cable connections are good,  done TV box restarts and system refreshes, and sometimes just waited.  It goes away but then comes back again.  There have been no changes to our equipment or setup since it was installed.  The on-line chat had no next options and I have not seen any solutions in the forum. 

I'm a first time user of the forum, so I was wondering if somebody from Xfinity monitors these message boards and provide feedback?

Thanks for any help.

Afraid it would seem that no one from Comcast monitors the forum. This issue has been raised multiple times since March and no help other than to point toward the usual restart, connection suggestions found on line and on the app. 

I have a Tech coming out on Saturday so will let you know if anything changes. I suspect for our system it may be that I had a box in a sare BR but no longer needed so returned box to Comcast. However the line is still hooked up at the outside box. Could be a signal leak. I would have just disconnected the line but I do not have the proper cap to install on the power booster to insure no line leakage......hence the need for a tech to come out. 

Now last night we were able to watch multiple DVR shows with no issue. I probably just jinxed us for tonight though! LOL

I ve had the problem as early as 10 am and well into the evening......Ive checked connections - done a hard (power off) reset - restarted the gateway and restarted the TV  box - nothing helps.  Got kicked off of Netflix a couple of nights  ago about 9 pm and after the second time, just gave up on watch Netflix.  The problem is so ANNOYING and I might not be so angry IF someone from Comcast would talk to us

I know, seems like it has to be something like that given the quick onset... I've tried turning off powersaver (that helped with a similar issue a couple of years ago) but not improvement. Checking all the connections caused no improvement. We have noticed the errors happen most often in the late afternoon and early evening. Any similarity to what you are seeing?

Been fighting this RDK 03033 error for a week now and can only reboot several times a day - Heard a rumor (don't know if it is true) that the problem is somehow tied to a recent X1 security update but haven't heard from Comcast - it is like they don't exist - Im ANNOYED but what can I do but continue to reboot.....

And Comcast is silent......beginning to think that they messed up in some way....probably some system update since this came on pretty suddenly