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Old 12-03-2009, 10:33
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Having had a 9200T for a couple of years I decided to change to freesat and whilst the reception is excellent especially HD I am having a lot of difficulty with Media List.
Compared to the manual for the 9200 the Foxsat manual leaves a lot to be desired.
I have not had the unit very long (bought about four weeks ago but only started to use it two weeks ago).
No problems setting up recordings but playing them is a pain. The media list which comes on the screen is nothing like the screen shown page GB57 and I would rather quite simply make a playlist but file manager only comes up with rename/make folder options on each recording.
Has anyone else had this problem or do I have a faulty unit.
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Old 12-03-2009, 10:41
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The media list which comes on the screen is nothing like the screen shown page GB57 and I would rather quite simply make a playlist but file manager only comes up with rename/make folder options on each recording.
Has anyone else had this problem or do I have a faulty unit.
Hi Old6x yes it's well documented on these forum pages the poor manual.. to get the media list to look like the one in the manual pres the opt+ button and then change the list type from 'simple' to 'normal' and then select 'OK' or vice versa

for the play list option to appear you need have the cursor on an actual recording not just on the folder that contains a recording. If you are on a folder just press the ok button to open that folder and then select the desired recording and the press the blue button
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Old 12-03-2009, 11:27
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Many thanks GC. I had already set it on 'normal' which is better than simple but it still seems to be hit & miss. I'm going off on holiday so hopefully I'll come back refreshed and perhaps look at it from a different perspective. It's this not being able to create a playlist and then add to playlist seems to be my main problem. Who knows, there may even be a software update by then!!
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Old 12-03-2009, 23:47
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may be manual is poor but foxsat is great I think
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Old 13-03-2009, 09:53
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And the manual is nicely printed.
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Old 13-03-2009, 17:30
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I to think that the manual is a bit poor, a lot of functions I have found by trial & error,but i still can,t find how to delete a schedule search any ideas?
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Old 13-03-2009, 18:08
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I to think that the manual is a bit poor, a lot of functions I have found by trial & error,but i still can,t find how to delete a schedule search any ideas?
Not quite sure what you mean.

If you mean deleting a programme from the recording schedule, it tells you on screen. I think it's the OPT+ button.

If you mean deleting search terms you have entered when using the find function, there is no direct way of deleting them. However, they will all vanish automatically when you put the box into standby. What it's doing is caching your most recent searches and clearing the cache when you switch it off.
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Old 13-03-2009, 18:31
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Not quite sure what you mean.

If you mean deleting a programme from the recording schedule, it tells you on screen. I think it's the OPT+ button.

If you mean deleting search terms you have entered when using the find function, there is no direct way of deleting them. However, they will all vanish automatically when you put the box into standby. What it's doing is caching your most recent searches and clearing the cache when you switch it off.
I think it must be the first one, and I can confirm that it is the OPT+ button to delete a Timer from the schedule. Section 6.3 of the manual.

I can't see why you would want to delete a search term, when it is flushed at standby time. Edit : It defaults to <NEW> at the top anyway, so you don't have to scroll down or anything to enter anew search; no harm in leaving earlier searches in until standby.

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Last edited by savvy : 13-03-2009 at 18:37. Reason: Default to <NEW>
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Old 14-03-2009, 17:34
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Thanks for that,it was the second part search terms ,"However, they will all vanish automatically when you put the box into standby" it's things like that need to be in the manual.
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Old 17-03-2009, 23:56
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We haven't even read our manual. It's still untouched. We just turned the box on and used it. It all seems very straightforward.
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Old 18-03-2009, 07:00
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We haven't even read our manual. It's still untouched. We just turned the box on and used it. It all seems very straightforward.
LOL, me too. However, if it was your 1st PVR it might be just a little better to read the manual 1st. But it's not rocket science is it.
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Old 18-03-2009, 09:09
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LOL, me too. However, if it was your 1st PVR it might be just a little better to read the manual 1st. But it's not rocket science is it.
All you need to know is what it will do (and you can find that out here). Discovering how to do it is half the fun.
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