Mysterious upgrade

[scifiguy]

Last October I did a PTVNet/Instant Cake upgrade on my Phillips DSR704. I had a bad hard drive and wanted to add networking capability. Due to adapter problems, and the fact that it wasn't a high priority, I hadn't gotten the network to work yet. A week or two ago, I started getting a nag message about making a call (I haven't had the phone line hooked up since October). Yesterday I got a TrendNet adapter. When I plugged it in this morning, no lights lit up (very disappointing). When I turned on the DTV to reboot, I had a message that I needed to activate my DVR service. I thought maybe since I had not made a call, they suspended me or something, but I was still receiving the Sat signals. After looking at the setup, I noticed I ws now running 6.3e. Which would explain why the TrendNet didn't light up, but I can't figure out how I got the upgrade. I had last tried a linksys USB200M adapter a month or so ago. It didn't work, but I left it hooked up. If it was working on some level and I didn't know it, why did I get the nag messages. I don't think I set it up to call over the network, so how did I get upgraded all of a sudden? And why do I have to reactivate my DVR service?

So I guess now I have to pull the HD and redo the PTVNet to try networking again. If I do InstantCake also, I will lose everything recorded, right? Do I have to go back to 6.2a? I didn't have any trouble with 6.3e before.

I hope this makes a little sense.

Sincerely,
Dissappointed To Be Back At Square One

[Rick Travis]

You can run PTVnet with the force option on 6.3e to re-enable. This will not work if you allow your system to go to 6.3f. Check the PTVnet instructions in this website.

[Clark Kent]

DirecTV software upgrades happen though the satellite. My boxes haven’t made a call in years but the software still gets upgrades