I have just bought one of these and I have a query.
On my Sky+HD box I connect the "RF out" socket to a second TV in another room.
This allows me to watch a recording whilst someone else watches live TV on the main set.
This doesn't appear to work on this recorder. Any ideas anyone?

The RF connectors on this box are just looped through so the signals received at the aerial are fed through the box. Any other device connected to the RF out socket will receive all the analogue & Freeview channels.

Well after much communication with Philip's i can only assume they are wanting this box to die a quiet death and vanish forever.

The answer to everything is reload the latest software, format the HDD, factory reset the box, reset the remote which to be fair is utter bullshit, we didnt buy it to constantly doing all that crap.

I have upgraded the aerial the philips box was using and with no boosters or anything all my other boxes now show the signal and quality at full strength, i know this isnt the most accurate measure but it does show accross the board a significant incease in signal strength. However on the Philips the signal strength moved up "a bit" to the E of excellent on the signal quality indicator. Laggy remote operation, multiple recordings of the same program on the same channel, lock ups when both tuners are in use still persist but at least stuttering seems to be tamed a little.

I cant believe i am going to say this but i wished i had kept hold of my Thomson DTI 6300.

They've been pushing the latest 7.21 OAD quite a lot lately which suggests to me that it will be the last ever update for this box. A damn shame as the hardware itself is good but there have been a lot of bugs in the software.

people need to email them but unfortunately i think people are understandably cheesed off with it and given up.

Providing i make sure the box never records 2 things at the same time and i constantly delete stuff it does seem a bit more tamed but i shouldn't have to do that really should i.

I assume you have 7.21?

You may find that a soft reset cures your problemsw, at least temporarily. Hold down the power button on the machine (not the remote) until "PHILIPS" appears on the display. The box will reset and you should find the laggy remote commands no longer lag. It seems to need this doing about once a fortnight.

Failing that, do a full factory reset from the menu screen. You will lose your reserved programming and your favourites list and so on, but things should be back to normal.

Failing that, do a hard disc wipe, reinstall 7.21 and do a factory reset.

I have two of these boxes, and they are both buggy still, but not so much so as to make them useless! The picture quality is wonderful, and that is the main thing. And, like yourself I imagine, I paid next to nothing for them.

Good luck!

Thing is the box shouldn't be this fussy, my daughter is using a 10 quid Asda freeview box and the TV aerial in pointing downwards though her bedroom floor in to our living room and she doesn't even get picture break up, i said that isn't going to work in a million years but she proved me very wrong. If that doesn't demonstrate ample signal i don't know what does ill be honest.

I have noticed my box when it is standby often lights up briefly for no apparent reason, any idea why it does this?

Turn off the option to automatically scan/add new channels and it should stop.

That never even crossed my mind, cheers.

Turning off made no difference, it still lit up for no reason

Mine does this... I just put it down to a bug. Only does it about 3 times a day so not really that bothered.

Mine is in the bedroom though and when it is pitch black it can make you jump lol

Well im sure if you opened up the box, there would only be a wire connecting to the 'halo' light which could be unplugged if needed

Maybe once i have past a reasonable period on the warranty to get a refund

Everyone keeps saying how wonderful the hardware is. Maybe it isn 't ?

The hardware its probably great, its the software that's crap.

bought one of these from Asda last night for £149.95 got it home an set it up and tried to make a recording only to be told hard drive is full ...checked hard drive ..no recordings in library ..a factory reset later and fingers crosssed it seems to be recording ..comparing to my Humax 9300t so far no comparison !

2nd niggle ..came home to find box recording 2 channels as programmed but the box as showing an orange light where it should be green .Remote would not let it go into on mode so pulled plug out and let the box switch itself on.Any of you experts got any advice if it happens again ..is box crap or do I take it back and get anotHer Humax SD 9300t for £150 ?

Take it back and get another if they have one? The first one I bought wouldn't turn on at all, but took it back for an exchange and the one I have now works perfectly.

i nticed my sotware was old so downloaded 7.21 over the air yesterday and so far so good box seems to be behaving itself .The picture quality on HD has really impressed me as I have never had a hd box in my home before ..lets hope box continues to behave itself .

Discovered a niggle .Turned on BBC 1 this mornin with banner saying this is also available on HD would you like to view the HD channel ? i clicked yes and the banner would not diappear adn didn't go to the HD Channel and was on every channel had ot manually switch off and on ...anyone else had this problem ?

And another ...why does the box record the odd programme so as Everybody loves Raymond or Dad's army in 4.3 ratio and not widescreen ...my Humax doesn't do this in the lounge ?

But those programmes are not widescreen and are broadcast at 4:3 which the box correctly recognises.

I know that but my humax stretches them to both 16:19 automatically so I'm assuming that The Phillips box can't do this ?

Finally lost patience with the dreadful Phillips box , sick of it freezing , missing recordings. it's now back to Asda for a refund ...have now got a SAGEM RT190 .If this plays up I'm going for another trusty Humax .Lets wait and see.