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[STB] channels in 1000's cause box reboot

Didn't have that problem here with our newer Cisco RNG boxes when they introduced 4-digit channel numbers with our World-of-More HD upgrade last November.

Haven't heard if anyone with older SA boxes had an issue here, though.

Could it have something to do with the channel guide version in your area? We had version S25 when the 4-digit channels were first added, and then later received the S25 patch.

reply to neufuse
When I put in your zip code (15701), I get 3 systems (Blairsville, Elderton, Starford). Which system are you on, and what systems are getting these channels? Are all of them?

And why does a fairly small area have 3 headends? Did Comcast have a legacy territory and then never really combine the Adelphia headend? I know Indiana was formerly Adelphia, as was all the areas of Cambria County next door.

reply to telcodad
These 4-digit channel numbers apparently follow a standardized "Master Channel Lineup" (MCLU) that Comcast has developed. Many of the new HD channels that were additions with the "World of More" upgrades have channel numbers in the 1000's.

This has also been discussed in some previous threads:
»Standardized cable lineups coming soon
»Master Channel Line Up
»[HD] Channels in the 200 Range

I don't know how close Comcast is in rolling this out nationally, but here is what was said in a response on Feb. 14, 2011 to a question in the Comcast Voices blog entry on the new channel guide (»blog.comcast.com/2010/01/new-gui···r.html):

Comcast is in the process of creating one Master Channel Lineup for all Comcast markets. This means that most networks will have the same channel number, regardless of what part of the country the Comcast subscriber lives in. This project is rolling out market by market in a phased approach.

Phase one of that project is that we are moving new and existing HD channels into the 1000's channel range and introducing 4 digit channel numbers.

Phase two will see the channels being re-aligned into genre-based locations.

Comcast continues to add new and exciting programming content to our digital video channel lineup, including HD channels made available through the "World of More" program.

To ensure customers get the full value of all programming content, Comcast is realigning channels into logical, genre based locations. This channel realignment will help customers find the content they want easier.

I don't know if anyone has this Master Channel Lineup yet (like in Philadelphia? It was also said that few systems in Indiana would be testing it back in June 2010), but here is a list of some non-premium, HD channels with 4-digit numbers that I have compiled from my own system and other's posts so far:

1216 Bloomberg
1217 C-SPAN
1218 News12
1225 BBC America
1231 Crime & Investigation
1232 ID
1262 Nat Geo Wild
1265 Smithsonian Channel
1271 H2
1281 Cooking Channel
1291 DIY
1307 Hallmark
1315 Jewelry TV
1316 TV Guide Entertainment
1318 EWTN
1325 Game Show Network (GSN)
1334 Oxygen
1345 Ovation
1368 Galavision
1407 CMT
1505 Sprout
1511 The Hub
1512 Fox Soccer
1513 GOL TV
1556 EWTN
1621 MavTV
1630 Outdoor Channel
1631 Sportsman Channel
1632 World Fishing Network
1712 NBA TV
1717 GOL Soccer
1862 IndiePlex

reply to neufuse
Got two whole HD channels in Baltimore last year and lost remaining analogs. Nothing so far this year. No four-digit channel numbers.

The message about needing digital equipment was finally removed from limited basic channel numbers this week. Cable went out for several hours early Thursday morning because of "technical issues related to a piece of equipment," whatever that means.

reply to telcodad
telcodad, if you want to see the 1000 numbering, look at most of the lineups round Indianapolis, the lineups in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi, and Connecticut. There are a few variations in the numbers.

The announced numbers for EWTN HD, Fox Soccer HD and GolTV HD in Williamsport, PA are all different than the ones used on the Philadelphia system.

reply to osravens
you only get three? I get more then that when I enter 15701....

Comcast Blairsville CableCard
Comcast Blairsville Digital
Comcast Blairsville Rebuild Area
Comcast Blairsville Rebuild Digital
Comcast Blairsville Standard

Comcast Rural Valley CableCard
Comcast Rural Valley Digital
Comcast Rural Valley Standard

Comcast Punxsutawney CableCard
Comcast Punxsutawney Digital
Comcast Punxsutawney Standard

Comcast Starford Digital

Comcast Elderton Digital

I'm pretty sure they shut the old adelphia equipment down when comcast did the system rebuild (blairsville digital rebuild area) when they did that we went 100% digital

I was using Zap2It. I find different results from some others. XfinityTV site has just Blairsville and Rural Valley.

To me, looking at them, it doesn't seem to make much sense to have Elderton and Starford separate, just combine them all into the Blairsville system, which is the one I assume you're on.

reply to neufuse
did anyone update your lineup yet? I don't see any channels listed in the 1000s anywhere yet.

reply to telcodad

OK, thanks.

Up to 1099, the HD channels will vary by the local market, and the rest that you listed do seem to follow the genre groupings that were supplied by "Ken H" in the AVSForum (»www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthre···18576965 ):

All channels will be grouped by genre.

- 99 and Below: Will remain the same with channel numbers decided by the local market. All channels in this range will be replicated in higher channel numbers.

- 100's: News, Local, and Public Service, Educational, Government.

- 200's: General Entertainment and Lifestyle cable channels (FX, TNT, Discovery, etc)

- 300's: General Entertainment and Lifestyle cable channels (Lifetime, A&E, TLC, shopping channels etc)

- 400's: Music Channels

- 500's: Kids and Religious channels

- 600's and 700's: Sports

- 800's: Movies and PPV

- 900's: Premium channels

- HD channels will move to the 1000's with the same channel number as the SD version + 1000.

- International Channels will be in the 2000's.

by mid 2013 all hd in western pa will be moved to the 1000s according to an article in the pittsburgh newspaper.