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@RobertCoplin wrote: Well over 30 tv shows that the X1 deleted by itself in the past few weeks have all of a sudden returned as it went from 39% full to 55% full overnight so Comcast might be getting their act together. Now why do I doubt that?   Has to be by accident. ... View more

Re: X1 – Settings, Remote & Equipment [ New ] Options ‎09-26-2013 05:30 PM I have the same problem of Red recording light staying on all the time after 4816. This X1 system is not ready to be deployed. Comcast should admit that and refund money to the unfortunate souls who fell for their ads, --------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, we see several X1 commercials a day. ... View more

@bradbortner wrote: Now, everything is much more reasonable. I don't know if this was something fixed in the X1 box or of comcast fixed signals further upstream, but thanks, whoever did it!  Just don't let it break again.   Brad   Now only if we had a firmware update log, we'd know! ... View more

@Andrew.lindsay wrote: If anyone is still having troubles changing channels it was a nationwide issue, power cycle your boxes and see what happens.   Yet another example of where a conveniently located list of known major bugs with status and outage notifications and current status would be EXTREMELY HELPFUL! ... View more

SSN639 Visitor Posts: 3 Registered: ‎01-31-2009 Re: X1 – Settings, Remote & Equipment ‎08-27-2013 11:19 AM Knock on wood. After the new 4722 build I noted my front lights had been set to 1 and video was now on 1080P. As an experiment I changed the lights to 3 and 2 and reset the box. (FYI from press of reset button to return of a TV picture took 2 minutes 38 seconds.) The lights retained the 3 and 2 settings and it was still on 1080P. Hmmmm the much anticipated fix of two of our complaints? Tune in tomorrow. ----------------------------------------------- Same here. Output resolution is no longer blank or set to "480i" but really 1080p. When I switch between X1 to HDTV via component then switch to X1 to AVR to HDTV via HDMI, the resolution appears to stick at 1080p/30 and 1080p/60, respectively. Could the latest 4722 build be THE resolution fix? One could not blame us for being skeptical since there is ABSOLUTELY NO FEEDBACK FROM COMCAST on bugs addressed by each build update despite repeated requests for such a list and courtesy. ... View more

Re: X1 – Aug 14 update 08-23-2013 11:22 AM What is new in the Aug 14 update? ___________________ Who knows! We've been asking for this courtesy service for weeks. After all, we are all proud paying beta testers! ... View more

@RobertCoplin wrote: I have had several problems with the X1 but fan noise is not one of them.   Fan noise is an issue for one of my X1s - the one I have in a cabinet is pretty quiet.  The other one that is in the open is annoying especially at night. ... View more

Why isn't there a manual recording option?     I want to record the Yahoo! Sports Live show.  However, this show can be on up to three times a day.  I want to be able to record this show at the same time on a single channel every night--given it is on a live sports station, the earlier airings of the show are frequently bumped and are shown later than the advertised start time or not at all.  The 11pm time slot is the least likely to be off schedule but I can't tell the X1 to record that show at that exact time.  Why not?   On the drop down where you select 'This channel only', the only option is 'this channel only, any time' which does not work in this case.  I even checked the online DVR Manager and there isn't a option for this there either.  ... View more

@bradbortner wrote: Along with the latest software update, I now have a rather strange set of bugs:   When I check settings in the X1, it now tells me TV resolution is 480. Its not. The TV is receiving 1080, as it should. Changing it back does not stick. Rebooting does not help. The clock and power lights were off, but the X1 settings were showing 10 for each.  Somehow the settings it says it has are not getting sent to the TV, which is good, because at least in terms of resolution and lights, they are wrong.    Seeing the same problem here. ... View more

@ghoofie wrote: I use the harmony one remote . Works great.   Me too.  The Harmony One works great. ... View more

@mars21 wrote: Don't expect too much from the X2 remote.  Third party universal remotes may be the answer for you.  I have been using Harmony remotes for years instead of Comcast.   Totally agree--Harmony remotes are the way to go. ... View more

@BFM306 wrote: With the satellite boxes on 2 Sony Bravo TV's, the Standard Definition channels default to Zoom mode, which gives you a distorted picture. At all times I've had the Zoom setting set to "NONE". If you go into settings, set the Zoom setting to Full, then reset it to None, the picture returns to a properly formatted 4:3 ratio. However by the next day, it is back to Zoom mode. Interestingly, I have not had this problem on the primary TV where the DVR is located. That TV is an LG. Of course this probably is related to not having a setting to pass through the Native resolution, but that doesn't explain why it is changing on its own. I wonder if Comcast is doing anything to correct that problem (native resolution pass thorough), and wonder if they have any idea why the system is reacting this way? Thanks!   Native is being worked on.  See previous posts from ComcastKaraT a few days ago. ... View more

@ComcastKaraT wrote: @tdinoulis wrote: Hey Everyone.  I'm having issues getting my X1 box to connect to my projector.  I've tried the main X1 box and the multiroom dvr box.  The connection is going though an hdmi/dvi adapter and then run through a DVI cable direct to the projector.  The Xfinity logo apears and then goes away.  I have no video but can hear the audio through the optical to my reciever.  Is there any hdmi handshake issue known with these new boxes?  The older motorolas had no issues. You may have to force it do a different resolution depending on what the projector can support.  By default the box is in 720p – but maybe the projector doesn't support 720p. Try forcing it to 480p using the manual shortcuts below:    To change to 480:  Press: exit-exit-exit-4-8-0    To change back to 720p, Press: exit-exit-exit-7-2-0  This is very interesting:  Just for the heck of it, I just tried manually switching one of my X1 DVRs to 720p by pressing exit-exit-exit-7-2-0 and sure enough, the box reset to 720p--and it didn't ask if I wanted to keep these settings like it does when you use the menu to make the change. This led me to thinking, what if I pressed exit-exit-exit-1-0-8-0?  Well it worked! The problem is, the box reset to 1080i, not 1080p/30 or 1080p/60.  Plus, this action does leave you in the state just as if you had pressed the right arrow and entered a channel in the guide where the picture is on the left of the screen the the slide out guide is on the right with the numbers '720' or '1080' entered at the top where the channel goes--not a biggie but do wish it would dump you back into the normal TV watching mode. ComcastKaraT, is there a key sequence that would allow for entering 1080p/60, not just 1080i?  If not, surely there are discrete remote codes for each of the settings in the X1.  Could these be provided so at least those with programmable remotes, like the Harmony, could add those in and force 1080p/60 everytime we turn on the TV?  This might be a good temporary fix to the resetting to 720p issue. ... View more

Blackhorse16a, Press 'Exit' 3 times then '0030'. Now the page up button should skip ahead 30 seconds and the page down buton goes back 15 seconds. You can actually type in any value you want--0030 is 30 seconds. 0300 would be a 5 minute skip. ... View more

@Andrew.lindsay wrote: But for the majority of people out there that don't have a 1080p TV or know about interlaced signal etc. it's the best solution until a native resolution comes along Agreed. ... View more

@Andrew.lindsay wrote: I just got the X1 today. It seems to be working fine, but I'm having issues keeping the resolution at 1080P. I set it! But it keeps going back to 720. Anyone else having this issue? It's been said a few times your resolution should be set to 1080i and it will stay there While that may be true, that is not good for picture quality.    If you do that, assuming you have a 1080p HDTV, for FOX, ABC, Discovery, ESPN, FX and any other ABC/Disney network that broadcasts in 720p, the X1 will upconvert and DEINTERLACE to 1080i only to have the signal re-INTERLACED back to 1080p in your AVR or HDTV--not good if you care about picture quality.     This has been requested several times:  We need the X1 to have a "native" output resolution setting, just like the last generation Motorola boxes had.  Apparently, Comcast engineers are currently looking into this.   The only issue we had with 'native' in the old DVRs is that they also would revert to 720p but in my experience only from time to time, not daily as with the X1. ... View more

If you view info for a recorded show from the DVR menu, the airdate is displayed.   However, when you view info for a recorded show while watching it, the airdate is missing.   Please add this to the future feature list. ... View more

Re: X1 – Settings, Remote & Equipment [ New ] Options ‎07-15-2013 01:27 PM Hello, I just got an Xfinity X1 box. For some reason ALL channels output at 1080i. I want it to flip back and forth based on the channel. (For example Discovery should be 1080i, ESPN 720p). I know there's an option to "force" 720p, but where is the "native" option?? -------------------------------------------------------- That is a feature that has been requested and Comcast is looking into. ... View more

Re: X1 – Settings, Remote & Equipment [ New ] ‎07-14-2013 11:12 AM - edited ‎07-14-2013 11:12 AM captainvideojw wrote: Some insight into the 720P Reset. It seems the boxes restart every night. With the resolution defaulting to 720 every time this would explain why I have to reset it everyday. Can we get any comment on this being a bug. Is there any attention on a fix? It is an HDMI handshake issue - probably depends on what brand of AVR or TV you have connected, but it occurs on many brands based on the number of reports here. What would be nice is if the X1 would allow locking down the settings rather than trying to self-configure based on the EDID it sees from the equipment. I had the same problem with audio always being reset to stereo. I used a Gefen HDMI Detective box to "spoof" an EDID and now I don't have anymore issues. The one danger of allowing the box to used forced settings is that someone without the right TV could choose 1080P and then lock themselves out of any display - they'd have to hook up with component cables to get it back. HDMI can be flakey - that's why I already had that Gefen box; not my first unruly HDMI setup. Comcast knows about this problem; they asked for info from me about the Gefen box, so I know they are onto it. Might not be a simple fix. ----------------------------------------------------------- Very good point. The EDID is to blame. Even though I've been asking for a 'Native' output option in the X1, that wasn't foolproof either on the last generation Motorola boxes. From time to time with the same dual output setup I have now, those boxes would revert to 720p too--just not nearly as often as the X1. I could control it mostly with my Harmony One remote by adding delays and making sure to power on the devices in the correct order to allow for proper HDMI handshaking to occur. Those same delays and power on ordering does not improve the situation with the X1 as it did with the old DVRs. My setup: X1 to HDTV via component X1 to AVR to HDTV via HDMI For me, the X1 reverts to 720p most times when switching between the two output methods. It seems to depend on what fixed resolution setting I manually set the X1 to before the switch and whether or not I switch to component output after watching via my AVR before shutting the system down. Whenever, the reset to 720p occurs, I set the output resolution to the max allowed for that output type: Component setup is 1080p/30. HDMI setup is 1080p/60. Going from HDMI to component, the X1 reverts to 1080p/30 or more often to 720p. Going from component to HDMI, the X1 reverts to 720p ALWAYS. ... View more

Hi ComcastKaraT, I've read a previous reply by you to another poster regarding the X1 resetting to 720p.  For my setup, this is VERY annoying and worse than my experience with the Moto boxes because at least we had a "Native" resolution option. Here's my current setup:  -- X1 to HDTV via component - casual viewing  -- X1 to Onkyo TX-SR876 to HDTV via HDMI - movies and favorite TV shows I understand that because my HDTV and receiver accept different resolutions, sometimes when I switch from X1/HDTV to X1/receiver/HDTV or vice versa, the X1, by design, defaults to 720p--I believe Comcast's thinking is that if the user switches to a new TV, at least the user will have A picture. While even the Moto boxes had issues with "Native" resolution, as long as I powered on my devices in the correct order and with a slight delay to allow the HDCP handshaking to occur in the right order, I rarely had to manually switch the box back to Native from 720p. The other real benefit to using Native is that you let the more than likely better quality hardware (the user's HDTV or receiver), handle the scaling between 720p and 1080p (ABC, FOX, FX, ESPN and a few others) and all the rest of the channels between 1080i and 1080p. My suggested solutions:    -- Create a "Native" option in the X1  -- Save/fix the resolution settings by X1 output type (component versus HDMI)  -- Add a second HDMI output to the X1 that can have indepenent resolution settings that are saved  -- Petition Hollywood to do away with HDCP (oops, inside voice) Please let me know your thoughts. ... View more

Yes they do but there doesn't appear to be commands, yet, for those functions--just the default ones. ... View more

I use a Harmony One remote and having direct access to frequently used features would be fantastic.  Are there plans to add discrete buttons for certain X1 DVR functions?   Like... Closed Caption DVR tab of the Xfinity Menu OnDemand tab Search tab Settings tab     ... View more

I'm struggling with which output resolution to use on the X1. I am using both outputs simultaneously, however, I only use one of them at a time: Component directly to my 1080p Samsung LED DLP - for casual viewing HDMI to my Onkyo receiver to my TV - for all other viewing On my old Motorola DCX3400 box, I could select 'Native'. While this added some annoying handshaking delays, I found I got the best results because both my TV and especially my receiver have better scalers than the moto DVR. Does anyone know if the scaler in the X1 box is noticeably better than the last generation moto DVRs? What are your preferred output settings? Is it different by output type, i.e. component vs HDMI? Does anyone else want a 'Native' output option? Does anyone else want dual HDMI outputs? Thanks for your input. ... View more