If you don't have them by now, tune your TiVo to a local channel you're not receiving, call 1-800-DIRECTV, press 1, press 7-1-1, and your local channels should appear within a minute (disregard the recorded message, as it may take about a minute or so). Your TiVo may appear to hang at 85% while receiving the local channel information; be patient.

After reinstalling, and clearing and deleting everything

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HR10-250, Samsung SIR-S4120R, SIR-S4080R, 2 Philips DSR704s (one connected to a Slingbox A/V). One box used the "Zipper"; rest used PTVnet to enable networking features.

I had the same problem. I did not clear and delete.
All was well the next day, after all of the program info updated.

After the initial installation I never did a clear & delete.

Yes, I would take the drive(s) back out of the Tivo system and connect back up to the PC, then reinstall all over again and not clear & delete.

Then wait until the program info rebuilds.

I have a hughes dtivo running your 6.2 instacake + ptv net.

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HR10-250, Samsung SIR-S4120R, SIR-S4080R, 2 Philips DSR704s (one connected to a Slingbox A/V). One box used the "Zipper"; rest used PTVnet to enable networking features.

You're obviously not reading everything I posted. You only need to do a "Clear and Delete" if only InstantCake is used. Read the instructions during the PTVNet installation. :rolleyes:

If you actually read the original post, you'll see that he used InstantCake + PTVNet. For some, it's actually worth an extra $20 for PTVNet to not have to wait several hours for the Clear and Delete to finish.

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HR10-250, Samsung SIR-S4120R, SIR-S4080R, 2 Philips DSR704s (one connected to a Slingbox A/V). One box used the "Zipper"; rest used PTVnet to enable networking features.

Same problem

I'm also in LA and was receiving Chicago channels.

To fix, I did the following:
1. Clear and Delete (took quite a while to complete), when finished, I didn't have any local channels anymore...and I used the PTVNet.
2. Contacted Directv (see steps in the thread) and used 1 and 711, sat had to redownload...but had local channels shortly.
3. I then had to go throught he setup and phone dialing proceedures to get the DVR working (though unplugged the phone line directly after).

Thanks to the other posters that helped with the direction. I upgraded a Hughes SD-40.

Hopes that this helps--

I had same problem- Eventually figured out I had entered the wrong zip code ( I dont remember where to enter it anymore ) after correcting the zip code- I rebooted and they soon appeared

coming on late... but for those late in the game like me, the easiest way to fix this is to go to directv.com and look in customer service and find "Reset your Receiver." Reset the receiver in question and minutes later it's fixed.