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When I turn on my TV with FIOS, sometimes it starts with a program channel that i recently watched other times it starts with a static screen of some show which I guess Verizon is trying to promote and then I need to click on the "OK" on the remote to get past it.
How can I make it so that the TV always starts with my prior channel that I watched?
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Go to: Settings>System>Television>Recommendations and turn that off. Restart box. Or for even less, go to Settings >Notifications >Promotions and turn those off too. From there you can also disable Recommendations in it's own menu item.
Go to: Settings>System>Television>Recommendations and turn that off. Restart box. Or for even less, go to Settings >Notifications >Promotions and turn those off too. From there you can also disable Recommendations in it's own menu item.
Even though I said the above was an accepted answer, it turn out that the solution did not work. I check my setting and the recommendation is showing off and after I changed the setting I unplugged the unit and then plugged it back in.
So if someone has another suggestion I would appreciate it.
The only other thing I can think of is going through the menu and make sure all instances of recommendations are disabled. It's in about 3 different places. I'd also try disabling last watched Rail and see if that helps. There used to be a setting as to the start up channel, but it's long gone.
In the "television" section of setting is "interactive TV" what is this and I have it set to Enable.
I have looked at other setting and do not see any "recommendations" any place else
I think what you are seeing is the Verizon "screen saver" - what gets displayed if the set-top box or DVR is powered off.
@ZachE1 wrote:I think what you are seeing is the Verizon "screen saver" - what gets displayed if the set-top box or DVR is powered off.
This could be correct. If you see a screen with the time and the Fios logo, you dont have the STB on yet. That's the screen saver if it's a static screen with a dark background and the logo, not the recommendations. Once the box is powered up, you should see the last channel.
Can you change those settings to turn off promos and recommendations remotely? Meaning, can I go online and change it somehow online through my account?
I just upgraded to Fios TV One and found 4 settings that I decided to change....
Disable promotions:
Menu --> Settings --> System --> Notifications --> Promotions --> Disable
Disable the banner at the bottom of the TV guide:
Menu --> Settings --> System --> Notifications --> Guide Banner --> Disable
Change the last button from a last menu (default) to just showing the last channel:
Menu --> Settings --> System --> Television --> Last Watched Rail --> Disable
Disable the posters that pop up on the screen:
Menu --> Settings --> Fios TV One Settings --> Screensaver Posters --> Disable
These menu options dont exist for me. I too would like my tv to just turn and start showing the last channel instead of the start screen being a promo for some on-demand purchase