I did not specifically point out that it was a Tablo unit problem, when I made the original post, “Guide data swapped on two adjacent channels”.
Also, I clearly stated that the problem was exactly the same on another Tablo unit.
I clearly understood at the time, that it was not a fault with the Tablo units, and was a problem with the guide supplier.
That should have been it, and I expected Tablo to promptly rectify the problem, since I have paid, and I’m paying yearly, for any and all, bells & whistles for two Tablo units.
I clearly gave a distinctive reason why I did not prefer to do a rescan.
Again, that should have been all that was required from my end, and anything about opening a ticket, should have have mentioned.
Perhaps I should have stated that I’m a firm believer of rotors for TV antennas, and they have always worked for me on my TVs, VCR, and the two PVRs mentioned in my second post. The rotor only became a “Problem” after purchasing a Tablo PVR.
As for why, I wasn’t into doing a rescan.
An excellent thread that mirrors my reasons, and I have pasted the comments of other members.
Manually Adding Channels
Full Channel Scan:
Scans for all channels.
Re-scans should not delete list of previously scanned channels, it should just add new channels to the list.
Manual Channel Add:
Ability to manually add channel and specify the Channel Name/Callsign
“…signals all from different directions, and do not want o re-scan every time I rotate the antenna to watch a different channel.”
“Having the Scan function retain previously scanned channels.”
“This thread is about the feature or ability to manually add channels without performing a scan.
The scan function forgets previously scanned channel every time you run it.”
“When I Rescan, my antenna is pointed in one direction. So it picks up some channels. But if I point it say 90 dogs from there and rescan, I get some new ones and lose old ones.”
I always chuckle whenever I read this.
What to Avoid: Antenna Rotors (or Rotators)
“…it’s a non-starter when using a DVR, or even some digital TVs.”
This is nothing more than a copout, and the solutions provided would make for either substandard reception, or no reception at all, when compared to my 25 year old rotorised, deep fringe VHF-UHF-FM combo yagi antenna.
An omnidirectional (Motorhome) TV antenna would be absolutely useless for me, and combining TV antennas would probably result in too much signal loss, for my liking. Over the years I’ve read of other disadvantages of combining TV antennas. Those are the facts that I’m interested in.
Not only does Tablo have the rescan idiosyncrasy, it has the weakest tuner.
And not having a built in signal strength and quality (SNR) display, makes troubleshooting reception problems a hassle.