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Old 06-11-2009, 15:26
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What is the best way to avoid missing recordings whilst away for 2 weeks. I know re-scans cause problems so what settings would avoid them?

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Old 06-11-2009, 15:47
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A House sitter is the only fool proof way.

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Old 06-11-2009, 15:50
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What is the best way to avoid missing recordings whilst away for 2 weeks. I know re-scans cause problems so what settings would avoid them?

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You don't have to worry about rescans they only happen if the box is manually booted. However if a power cut ocurrs while the box is in sby it stops the clock and requires a manual reboot to reset the clock. Some have used a ups to get over this problem. Me I have a nice neighbour
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Old 06-11-2009, 16:04
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If the new firmware becomes available do we know if the box will ignore it until user intervention boots up the box???
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Old 06-11-2009, 16:07
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What is the best way to avoid missing recordings whilst away for 2 weeks.
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Don't set any recordings

Just kidding!


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Old 06-11-2009, 16:22
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I'll double up some recordings on the 9200T that sits underneath the HDR and accept some conflicts.
I had read about this before but as hummy.org is off - I needed to check here.

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Old 06-11-2009, 16:48
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I'll double up some recordings on the 9200T that sits underneath the HDR and accept some conflicts.
I had read about this before but as hummy.org is off - I needed to check here.

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I have the same pair & double record everything. To be fair, I've never missed a recording but still use 'belt & bracers'
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Old 06-11-2009, 17:12
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Leave it switched on.

(Unless there's another way to recover from a "power cut" without a UPS!)

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Old 06-11-2009, 19:01
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Unplug it from the wall, it will behave 100% as expected for the use case.

To be slightly more serious, I have had similar problems with the box when being away. No power cuts big enough to cause electric clocks to start flashing but the PVR certainly missed recordings over after a certain date/time while I was away for two weeks.
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Old 06-11-2009, 19:34
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Here are a few pointers which seem to work for me![LIST][*]Leave HDR "parked" on a channel which is active 24/7 such as BBC 1[*]Delete any redundant old series link requests[*]Check for any possible clashes using Graham's clash detector[*]No padding, use auto for everything[*]If you have the choice use a "+1" channel[*]For known problematic stuff such as Click on BBC News or the Zone channels use individual recordings rather than Series Link[/LIST]Enjoy
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Old 07-11-2009, 09:01
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When talking about standby - we mean red light on and no panel light on - i.e., not ready to record?

Why does BBC News Click cause a problem other than occasionally missing the programme because of "important" news items taking over?

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Old 07-11-2009, 09:48
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When talking about standby - we mean red light on and no panel light on - i.e., not ready to record?

Why does BBC News Click cause a problem other than occasionally missing the programme because of "important" news items taking over?

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Yes full sby is red light on and nothing else.

Some programmes (mostly news programmes) only have a
series CRID and no programme CRID. The hdr has a problem with this and requires each new episode to have the same series crid and a different programme crid
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Old 07-11-2009, 10:05
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Lucky then that I record Click on the 9200.

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