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Pio 530 - EPG updating too often?
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My EPG seems to update at least 2-3 times a day, and it takes a good 90 mins minimum to do it. Is this normal? I got home tonight at about 6.45pm, and here we are 2 hrs later and it's still doing it. I know I can stop it by turning the machine on, but it just seems to be doing it too often.
What are your experiences with it?
What are your experiences with it?
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My experiences are that it does it around 4am and is still doing it when I leave for work at 8am. It also does it mid-afternoon at around 3pm and takes a couple of hours. These are obviously when it's been idle for a few hours so I guess it would do it in the evening too if I didn't use it.
So, I've interrupted my 7pm download tonight, and the next one is indeed due at 3am.
Thanks guys for the info.
No, the system will want to update twice a day. Of you don't have to let it, either leave the DVR on, make sure it's occupied ie. recording or not tuned to Eurosporot. Why would you want it not to update?
Say, if I were watching something on tv. I had a Sharp 480 briefly, and it often tried to update. Because I didn't have a scart splitter, it would interrupt whatever I was watching. And once it started, there didn't seem to be any way to make it stop.
It alledgidly takes 2 hours to update as 'it has a lot to do' He couldn't expain it further than that but when I put it to him that maybe it deleted old programs ie. since the last update, downloads the next 24 hours along with any program information stored about the program (Gangs of New York and The Pianist had star ratings next to them this w/end!) he said it 'sounded reasonable' although could only offer a weak signal as a reason it all took 2 hours :rolleyes:
Also asked him what all the stats meant on the update screen and he said "they" didn't know. After I stopped laughing I asked him If he could find out as it seemed unlikely that Pioneer would put a load of potentially useful diagnostic information on the box and not know what the hell it was for. Haven't heard from him since.
So we meet again :-).
What the Pioneer customer service has told you is not true.
Basically the EPG will download updates 3 times a day to keep the listings data up-to-date. The timeslots are fixed and will not move around dynamically.
Hope this helps.
Have only noticed the two reported updates on my system but I'm rarely in the room with the thing unless I'm watching it. When's the 3rd one?
If the host channel (analogue reception) is ITV, the download EPG data download period starts at 02:55 and lasts for 120 minutes, 13:58 and lasts for 120 minutes, 18:58 and lasts for 80 minutes.
If the host channel (BSKYB digital reception) is British Eurosport, the download EPG data download period starts at 03:00, 06:30 and 14:30 and lasts for 120 minutes.
The update of the GUIDE Plus+ is done only if the unit is in standby and if there is no recording scheduled for these periods.
The running EPG download process is interrupted when switching one the unit.