Interactive Program Guide (IPG)

Motorola has lost some kind preliminary lawsuit involving charging customers for the IPG. As of today (June 28th 2001) at 1pm it has become free again!
Now for the bad news, Motorola has stated that in January 2002 they plan to press forward again and charge for the guide. No word as to when in 2002 Motorola will start charging for the IPG as of January 1, 2002.

GI/Motorola since the initial release (1996) of the 4DTV GI said someday the IPG will not be free. This time has come and now the IPG will not be free as of January 2002. This is how it will work you probably will be able to purchase only the IPG, or the IPG will be included in the price of any digital programming package that you purchase.

IPG Download Instructions:

STEP 1:   TURN THE  DISH TO SATELLITE  G1-3 OR G1-167

STEP 2:    VERIFY THAT THERE IS A GREEN LIGHT LABLED “DC” ON THE FRONT PANEL OF THE RECEIVER

STEP 3:    PROCEED TO DO A SOFT RESET BY UNPLUGGING THE RECEIVER FOR 1 MINUTE ONLY

STEP 4:    AFTER THE RECEIVER COMES OUT OF WARM UP, WAIT AN ADDITIONAL 10 MINUTES BEFORE CHANGING THE CHANNEL

STEP 5:    PRESS THE GUIDE BUTTON AND THE GUIDE SHOULD TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES TO LOAD

IF THE GUIDE DOESN’T LOAD AFTER A FEW MINUTES:

STEP 6     AN ADDITIONAL REHIT MAY BE NECESSARY

STEP 7     NOW ATTEMPT TO LOAD THE IPG AGAIN BY PRESSING YOUR GUIDE BUTTON AND WITHIN MINUTES

                  THE DOWNLOAD SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

Links

IPG Features (Link to Motorola)

IPG Troubleshooting

How to fix your channel maps