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Offline sonicdoommario

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STAR Upgrading Question
« on: June 10, 2008, 08:58:52 PM »
For those who have witnessed any kind of STAR upgrade, how long does the outage last? Does it upgrade in a fingersnap or does it take a few days?

I've never seen this happen, thanks.
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2008, 08:59:55 PM »
it shouldn't take days...if yours happen to do so, there is something seriously wrong with it.  :lol:

...i believe it takes an hour or a couple of hours? though i'm not totally sure.
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2008, 09:07:22 PM »
When the major IStar update happened to me in Oct 07, it took the span of about five minutes to reboot the STAR.  The update itself was silently done, it needed the reboot to take effect.
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2008, 09:21:02 PM »
I'm not talking about graphical updates, physical updates to the STAR, like going from an XL to an IS.
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2008, 09:33:10 PM »
I imagine it wouldn't take any longer than a day or two. If the headend is on top of their game, and everything goes smoothly, it could probably be done in a few hours.
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2008, 09:34:51 PM »
I remember when my XL was upgraded to a Istar... it was a Saturday morning (go figure), and it took just a few hours.
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2008, 10:03:19 PM »
Quote from: Tyler on June 10, 2008, 09:34:51 PM
I remember when my XL was upgraded to a Istar... it was a Saturday morning (go figure), and it took just a few hours.

mine may have been on a saturday too, but it was completed by the time i got up...

i remember emailing kyle (wxmediafan) about it because he wasn't on aim, but i didn't know anything about the STARs then, so i was kinda stumped to hear his star didn't get upgraded.
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2008, 10:07:47 PM »
Mine was upgraded on a Wednesday morning. :wacko: It took like an hour.
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2008, 10:12:39 PM »
I don't recall exactly when my domestic XL was upgraded (it was in early 04), but my Weatherscan XL strangely was also upgraded to the IntelliStar on a Saturday. It was on 9/27/03, the same day my XL started showing the opaque LDL. I noticed it was upgraded in the afternoon, so I don't know how long it took.
« Last Edit: June 10, 2008, 10:15:22 PM by MikeM2010 »
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2008, 10:15:12 PM »
My XL upgraded to an intellistar in August 2004, on a Saturday.
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2008, 10:15:54 PM »
Quote from: Victor on June 10, 2008, 10:15:12 PM
My XL upgraded to an intellistar in August 2004, on a Saturday.
It was? I remember seeing the IntelliStar down there earlier than that. :huh:
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2008, 10:18:31 PM »
Yes, fresh in my mind. Ventnor City had an XL in August. I don't know about Sea Isle or those other towns u often go to. They have different stars. Weirdly, the Wildwood, NJ intellistar has Atlantic City on the CC even though they're like 55 miles apart.  :wacko:
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2008, 10:20:50 PM »
You get IntelliStar 21897 right? If so, I guess they got the upgrade later seeing how the ID is a higher # than Cape May County's IntelliStar (21876). I do remember seeing the IS in Sea Isle in June and July 2004.
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2008, 10:22:25 PM »
Quote from: MikeM2010 on June 10, 2008, 10:20:50 PM
You get IntelliStar 21897 right? If so, I guess they got the upgrade later seeing how the ID is a higher # than Cape May County's IntelliStar (21876).
Yes. Cape May doesn't have Atlantic City on the CC so it would make sense for the cable company to do whatever they want to do to their star.
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Re: STAR Upgrading Question
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2008, 10:26:09 PM »
My XL upgraded to an IntelliStar in Sept 04, even through I stop watching TWC until that time. I first saw the IntelliStar in Dec 04
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