AIUI if you are watching in non-Freesat mode more than 15 minutes before the start of a scheduled Freesat recording you will get a warning that the box needs to switch modes. If less than 15 minutes you will lose the recording. The box can't do a Freesat recording on one tuner whilst a channel is being watched (or recorded) in non Freesat freesat mode. Frankly if you want to use non Freesat mode it is not ideal. At the moment I can't suggest anything better, but with the availability of programme schedule data on the Internet someday there may be a better product!