Replay Hidden Features

Software version 5.0 has a "transparent HUD" that makes it hard to read the show descriptions. They're transparent, so you see the currently playing show behind it...makes it tough to read the white text.

Thanks to AVS Forum nerds, here are the ways to change to opaque:

• Menu | Setup screen...243-Zones...turn off transparent HUD display. (this only works for the "display" button for show descriptions, not the channel guide).
  
• (Weird one) Menu | Setup, turn on parental control (requires you to enter PIN). You don't have to actually BLOCK anything on the subsequent screens, but just the action of turning on parental control makes the show descriptions in the channel guide opaque.
  

ReplayTV Software Info

Got the update (don't remember exactly when at this point). As of now (7/6/03), running:
version 530500750
built on May 21 2003 at 12:13:31

Tracking what version I have before the supposed big upgrade this week (5/12/03):
As of 5/11/03
version 530451350
built on Apr 12 2003 at 17:57:42

(Some dude on AVSForum says the format is 53045xxxx is 4.5 s/w and 53050xxxx is 5.0 )

(Supposedly SonicBlue/D&M is updating all 5000 series machines to 5.0 s/w starting this next week)
AVS Forum Thread Here

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