How do i know if my set top box is compatible to voice command

How do i know if my set top box is compatible for voice command and were do i find the set top box ID.

Any of the X1 DVRs( box ID is on the front) and the Xi3 ( PX0032ANI found on the bottom). RNG150's ( ID found on the front) do not have voice command remote compatibility

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Is Verizon currently deploying set top boxes with built in microphones and cameras for future use? If so does anyone know what model set top boxes are so equipped? If the hardware is not in the current devices when does Verizon plan to roll out the new hardware containing the cameras and microphones?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/17/big-brother-alert-cameras-cable-box-monitor-tv-vie/p...
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-...
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I am moving to a house that will have combination TV-phone-Internet services delivered via cable (Optimum is the provider). I understand that with my new iMac which has a "thunderbolt" port that I can use the iMac as a tv monitor and DVR (recorder) and watch live TV or recorded TV. I think it is possible to record TV shows either on the iMac's hard drive or the Optimum DVR. Beyond that, I get confused because I do not understand the details of RCA cables, coaxial cables, HDMI connectors, etc. Apple does not provide support for set top boxes (I called Apple), and Optimum does not provide support for Macs (I called them too). Since Apple is the party advertising the capability of watching TV on a Mac, I would think the burden is more on them to explain how that works, and maybe they have done so on their web sites, but I cannot find it so far. I can understand that the cable company does not want to tell people how to bypass the need for their DVR equipment. Before I go out and hire a consultant for a few hundred dollars to explain it, I was hoping I might find online some tips on how to set up a system at home. No luck so far.
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skentsmi wrote:
There is HDMI input with TV tuner
To expand on my post above, the TV tuner does NOT have HDMI input. If you read the User Guide that came with the TouchSmart (p.7, 8), the TV tuner's input is actually an F-type coaxial -- you either use an antenna for an ATSC signal (over-the-air) or NTSC *analog* cable (which is become more rare all the time). You set it up using Windows Media Center, page 18 through to top half of page 22 document how to connect a set top box using various analog (composite or s-video) cables. You can not use component and you can not use HDMI.

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Want to use FiOS TV via CableCARD - CSR insists I must lease at least one set-top box

Started looking into subscribing to Verizon using a CableCARD-based tuner, since I don't actually own a TV.
I did some research at verizon.com and ran across this page (important parts in bold):
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sangs wrote:
You don't need an STB or DVR, but here's the easiest thing to do - and I just did it, so I know it works.
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INTERESTING.
I was considering doing this too. I originally had just a cablecard, then ordered a STB for another room. We don't use it so I wanted to return it. I can't!
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Hello everyone,
I just know how to do it with cardinal studio. It is generating a lot of files and i can import these files to the set top box.
I wrote my own (actulally i copied one ) script compilied it and imported it to the set top box. But it is not running. Do I need more files or a special structure ???? Would be pleased if anyone can help.
Kind Regards, tpc-claus

Hello again,
the applicaiton is now accepted but it is not running in the set top box. I don't no why ??
the is loading and starts to mount when is aborting. Here is my source code. Maybe you can have a short look ...
import javax.tv.xlet.*;
import javax.tv.graphics.*;
import javax.tv.service.*;
import javax.tv.service.guide.*;
import javax.tv.service.navigation.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.DateFormat;
public class example implements Xlet, ActionListener {
private Container root_container = null;
private Panel panel = null;
private List slist = null;
private List plist = null;
private Button button = null;
private SIManager si_manager = null;
private Retriever retriever = new Retriever();
// init method
public void initXlet(XletContext ctx){
root_container = TVContainer.getRootContainer(ctx);
panel = new Panel();
panel.setBackground(Color.black);
root_container.setLayout(null);
root_container.setBounds(0,0,400,300);
root_container.add(panel);
panel.setBounds(0, 0,
     root_container.getSize().height,
     root_container.getSize().width - 50);
panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,1));
slist = new List();
slist.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
slist.addActionListener(this);
panel.add(slist);
plist = new List();
plist.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
panel.add(plist);
button = new Button("Refresh");
button.setBackground(Color.darkGray);
button.setForeground(Color.white);
button.addActionListener(this);
root_container.add(button);
button.setBounds(0,
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     root_container.getSize().height,
     50);
root_container.validate();
root_container.setVisible(true);
si_manager = SIManager.createInstance();
// start method
// Do an initial update of the slist
public void startXlet(){
panel.validate();
updateList(slist);
// pause
public void pauseXlet(){}
// destroy
public void destroyXlet(boolean unconditional){}
// called when the refresh button is pressed
// or service is selected in the list
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
if(evt.getSource() == button){
this.updateList(slist);
plist.removeAll();
} else if (evt.getSource() == slist) {
this.updateList(plist);
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//Clear out the old list
list.removeAll();
ServiceList collection =
          si_manager.filterServices(null);
ServiceIterator si =
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si.toEnd();
if(list == slist) {
while(si.hasPrevious()){
slist.addItem(
          si.previousService().getName(), 0);
} else {
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Service s = si.previousService();
if(slist.getSelectedItem().
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break;
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DateFormat dfmt =
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DateFormat tfmt =
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void getPrograms(Service s) {
try{
SIManager.createInstance().
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s.getLocator(), this);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
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if(result[0] instanceof ServiceDetails) {
try{
((ServiceDetails)result[0]).
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retrieveFutureProgramEvents(new Date(),
          new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()
          + 600000000), this);
} catch (SIException e) {}
} else if (result[0] instanceof ProgramEvent) {
for(int i = 0; i < result.length; i++ ) {
ProgramEvent e = (ProgramEvent)result;
plist.addItem(e.getName() + " : "
+ dfmt.format(e.getStartTime())
          + " "
+ tfmt.format(e.getStartTime()));
public void notifyFailure(
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} //End Retriever class
} //End SvcDispXlet class
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XI3 set top box will not rewind or pause tv in second room

Turned my tv on after work and same problem. Unplugging the card is the same as unplugging the box and only is a temporary fix.

I have the X1 triple play system and the second set top box i have, an XI3 box, will not rewind or pause live tv. The main X1 DVR box works relatively ok, besides randomly deciding the left or right button should be the 2 or 5 button, but the second set top box does not. The XI3 box i have in my room is supposed to allow rewind and pause functionality. It takes away one of the lines from the X1 box so instead of having 4 lines to record on the main tv and live tv in the second room, it gives you 3 lines to record on the main tv and live tv with pause and rewind functionality on the secont box. This worked perfectly until about a week ago. Ever since then, the rewind and pause functions do not work. The only way to get them to work is to unplug the XI3 box (since it does not have a power button) and plug it back in. They will work for about an hour until they stop working and i am told again by an onscreen prompt that rewind or pause are not available on this box. I ask here if there is any resolution to this problem because calling customer service is a 40 minute waste of time and the online chat is basically the same. No one can resolve this and 90% of the time i am told that there is no set top box for the X1 system that allows rewind or pause, which is obviously not true. It takes me 40 minutes on the phone of constantly being told i am wrong and to please hold for just another minute as the employee waits for a supervisor or another employee to help them. Who ever Mario is, i have heard your name on three calls so far as the employee is begging you for help. Each time i have been told by the rep that i need to bring my box into a local xfinity store to have it swapped out. I was also told i couldnt activate any services until i returned my old boxes as the rep didnt know how to handle the situation. Each time i went to the store i was told by the Xfinity rep that the employee i spoke with did not know what they were talking about and flat out lied to be just to get me off the phone. So wonderful customer service on Xfinitys half. Basically straight inline with what everyone on the internet and consumer reports say. The chat was no better. In between obvious copy and paste comment, or the need to tell me about additional services and faqs between every comment, they were not ableto resolve my issue. I just want to get the service i am paying for. Everything about this X1 service has been a nightmare since i got it. Nothing works as it should and unplugging my box every hour is not an answer to why i cant rewind my tv.

Returning Set Top Box

I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with returning equipment, particularly a set top box.
I called Verizon on June 10th and told them that I wanted to return an HD box that we've been renting to save $9.99 a month. They said that would be fine and that I would be receiving a paid return box to mail it back to them. I received an email the next day confirming the order change on the 10th, but the billing estimate included in the email says my bill will be the same and an HD Set Top Box is labeled as "existing" for my account. Also, it's now the 14th and I haven't received the paid return box.
Is any of this normal?

pollihs wrote:
I moved recently, and I requested a return shipping box to send back old set top boxes. I was told that there would be a paid shipping label included. The box finally came, but without any kind of label or indication as to where to send the equipment. There is no store nearby to take the equipment, so mail or UPS would be much easier! Any help out there?
My experience is to take it to a UPS store, have shipped 3 or 4 boxes back to Verizon that way, worked great. The UPS store people should already know where to ship it, Verizon has a contract with UPS to handle this, and it should not cost you a thing.
One thing I would do is keep the tracking number and track the shipment all the way to Verizon and save all of that info just in case there is a screwup within Verizon and the box does not come off of your account and they try to charge you for it.
Justin
FiOS TV, 25/25 Internet, and Digital Voice user
QIP7232, QIP7100-P2, IMG 1.9.1
Keller, TX 76248

New to FiOS - Set Top Box isn't showing time of day

I just had FiOS installed on multiple TV's HD and non-HD. All the set-top boxes don't show a time of day except the HD DVR. Is there a way to set the others up to show the time of day? If so, how?

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No variable audio output for Cisco CHS 435HDC set top box.

Background: Until the other day I had my stb connectected to a TV, using TV sound, with an HDMI cable. The P265v2 remote volume control changed the TV volume. No problems.
My new TV & home theater system was recently installed. We don't use the TV speakers. While my first preference was to program the Verizon remote to change the volume on my Onkyo receiver, this did not appear to be an option on the remote's programming instruction page on the Verizon website. Instead, I am directed to change a setting on the remote that makes the Verizon remote change the stb output volume vs the tv volume. I changed the setting on the remote and ensured the stb box was set up for "variabe" audio output.
Problem: Using the stb variable audio settings, volume settings 1 through 30 produce the same volume. (Volume setting 0 produces no volume, as one would hope.) It appears the "variable" setting isn't producing a variable output as it should be on this unit.
Thinking that maybe the receiver was complicating the sitation, I tried connecting the stb to the old TV and the new TV directly and had the same results.
Now, while I am watching TV, I need to have the receiver remote at hand in addition to the Verizon remote. It would be nice to have the volume be adjustable as it should be while using the Verizon remote. I don't like the idea of using a seperate universal remote because then I would lose some of the functionality that the Verizon remote provides when watching TV, using the DVR, watching on demand, etc.
I would like to know if this is a problem just with my unit, or if it exists with all of these units, which would hopefully be fixed with a Cisco/Verizon firmware update soon, hopefully.
Thank you.

soups230 wrote:
Having same issues with hdmi and optical. Any fix to this.
Hello,
In order to control the volume on your home theater system, you'll need a FiOS TV Universal Remote that has the 4-buttons on the top for 'DVD', 'Aux'iliary, 'TV' and 'STB'. The audio receiver would have to be programmed into the FIOS TV Remote, and controlled using the 'Aux'iliary button.
Verizon's 4-Button Universal Remote Controls are available for purchase:
a) online via www.verizon.com/fiosaccessories
OR
b) at a local FiOS TV store (call first to check if they have them in stock). For a list of stores: http://www22.verizon.com/support/residential/tv/fiostv/general+support/account+issues/questionsone/8...
Presently, the default remotes for new set top boxes are the 2-button P-265 (newer version) remotes.
Regarding a problem with HDMI/optical on Cisco 435 STBs, check out the following:
Go to this webpage: http://www22.verizon.com/Support/Residential/TV/FiOSTV/Receivers/Equipment+Issues/QuestionsOne/12839...
Click on the link for 'Cisco CHS 435 HD DVR User Guide'.
Open the PDF and go to page 22 for 'Connecting to a Home Theater System...'.
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