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My default BBC1 is East. When attempting to record a film on BBC1 and at the same time recording a film on channel 5 I got
a conflict message. After many attempts and all with the same result I changed from BBC1 East to BBC1 London and as if by magic it was accepted.
Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why this would happen?
Many thanks.
a conflict message. After many attempts and all with the same result I changed from BBC1 East to BBC1 London and as if by magic it was accepted.
Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why this would happen?
Many thanks.
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In that case most likely your box thinks it has only 1 cable.
Try this
Goto BBC1-HD and start an instant recording, goto BBC-HD and start a second. Now try a broad selection of channels you should be able to view and live pause any of them. If you can't, then either
do a factory reset and watch for the 2 cables found message
or go into the setup menu and press Red Green Yellow Blue Greem Yellow Blue in succcesion.
You should get a secret menu, Connection Type should say 2 cables (same), if not change it. .
Is there any point in doing a factory reset?
That's a new one on me, how strange
BBC1 East is on 10788 V BBC1 London is on 10773 H
Channel 5 is on 10964 H
So you can see the key appears to be the polarisation. (H -Horizontal V - Vertical )
Before a reset can you try recording your default BBC1 East and see if you can record the other CH5 offerings.
128 Channel 5 + 1
129 5 USA
130 5 USA + 1
131 5*
132 5* + 1
Now try using the other Vertical BBC1 Regions with the Channel 5 variants
10788 V
201 BBC Parliament
952 BBC 1 E Mids
953 BBC 1 East (E)
964 BBC 1 Wales
963 BBC 1 W Mids
967 BBC 1 Eyrks*L
971 BBC 2 W
10817 V
110 BBC ALBA
956 BBC 1 NE & C
957 BBC 1 NI
958 BBC 1 Oxford
961 BBC 1 South
962 BBC 1 S West
969 BBC 2 NI
10847 V
108 BBC1 HD
109 BBC HD
Beginning to wonder if it's a lnb issue.
Only if the box is in single cable mode as originally suggested.
Try recording
143 Men & Movies 12560 V
and
115 ITV3 10906 V
together and then
515 Vintage TV 12643 H
and
105 Channel 5 10964 H
If they don't work, look at the secret menu I posted earlier.
Tried to access secret menu but was met by a no entry symbol top right. I will probably do a factory reset later and see if that changes anything.
Ignore the no entry sign, don't look at the screen when pressing the buttons. Just in case it matters have freesat tune highlighted. After the button presses choose Antenna Setting (The latest firmware appears to have created a sub menu)
The OP can't record the channels manually. Incorrect schedule clashes are caused by the broadcaster misusing the crid recording codes. The BBC for instance sometimes use only a series crid particulary for news content. In this event the box attempts to record the same programme from all the regional variations because it has no way of knowing it's the same content. Earlier firmware versions treated such codeing as all being the same content but that meant for other broadcasters using the same single crid series code then series recording fails to work because follow up programmes were considered as being repeats.
I ignored the no entry and there it was - the secret menu and sure as eggs, connection type was 1 cable. Changed it to 2 cables and did a factory reset and you probably know the rest. Am now able to record BBC 1 and Channel 5.
Thanks again.
No genius I'm afraid but I have had a Foxsat-hdr for a very long time
If you wan't to understand the recording viewing limitations in more detail see.
http://myhumax.org/forum/topic/what-can-i-record-and-watch-using-1-or-2-cables