How to disable MRDVR?

[GaryDoug]

Wow, I got IMG1.9 a few hours ago and I've got a crisis already! How do I disable the multiroom DVR capability? My 86-year-old mother now has the capability from her DVR to accidentally erase the recordings on my DVR...and it WILL happen. Any ideas?

[matcarl]

A new feature of 1.9 is that you can delete recordings from other boxes, however it requires a few button presses and answering the right prompts, don't worry.

[GaryDoug]

Dude, it has already happened, That's why I am asking.

[GaryDoug]

No solution huh? Well I guess I'm stuck. At least there is the new Restore function. We'll see how deep that goes. Anyone wanta swap their 6416 for a 7216?

[greg_m5]

Since MRDVR is an "extra" feature I believe Verizon can turn it off if you call them. When they installed my DVR's the installer had to enable the MRDVR feature with my package.

[matcarl]

That's not what he meant. He wants multiroom DVR but not the new ability to delete recordings feature from any box.

[GaryDoug · Accepted solution]

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@matcarl wrote:

That's not what he meant. He wants multiroom DVR but not the new ability to delete recordings feature from any box.

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That IS what I meant. At the moment, I couldn't have cared less about having the MRDVR feature. It would be nice to block it from certain DVR's, but evidently that is not possible, so I wanted it OFF completely. I have given up on that pipe-dream and am going instead with a DVR swap to put a 6416 in Mom's hands, and her 7216 in Wife's hands. Nuff said. Problem is solved (as good as it can be).

[matcarl]

Problem is not solved. All boxes can access the DVR, including the 6416 which is a DVR. YOu need to call Verizon to turn the feature off then if you don't want it. Switching boxes around will not help.

[GaryDoug]

Done.

[matcarl]

It's not an inaccuracy, maybe the multihub feature of 1.9 hasn't kicked in yet. You'll see it eventually unless there is a way to turn multihub off which I'm not sure of.