Has anyone had any problems over the last week or so recording programmes from C5 on their Freesat boxes? I've had some issues on my Humax HDR and a friend of mine has seen something similar on his Panasonic box. I wonder if it was anything to do with an email that I received from Freesat a short while ago regarding the move of C5 channels to Astra 1N?

My wife follows Grey's Anatomy on C5 and I have the programme series-linked on my Humax box. C5 has started re-running the series so that I end-up recording both repeats and new episodes from the same series -- no matter. Anyway, about a week ago, I noticed that the series link had dropped-out of the schedule, so I added it again. The box attempted to record the series (a repeat episode) yesterday, but all I got was a zero-byte length recording with a failed state of 'Unknown'. I've deleted the series link and re-added it, and the info. seems correct from the schedule data. I can certainly view channel 105 so fingers crossed that all will be OK on Tuesday AM when the next episode is due.

My friend with the Panasonic box had the series link correct for the programme that he wanted to record, but it didn't contain a channel number reference. He, like me has deleted the relevant series link and re-added it because nothing was being recorded.

If this is down to a channel move then why is it so badly broken? I thought that the Freesat specs. were supposed to cover this. Luckily, my old Freeview box has been recording Grey's Anatomy so SWMBO is not too unhappy with me!

Any thoughts, comments, suggestions etc. would be greatly appreciated. I've yet to do a factory reset on my Humax box, which my next thing to try if the next recording fails.


Clem

Neighbours lunchtime recording appears OK but Home & Away is a right screw up. Fridays recorded OK but also recorded 5*+1. Todays lunchtime one didn't record and schedule has updated to tommorows.

These are the problems I've experienced:

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1616679

....and this another members problems:

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1616571

Channel 4HD had the same problems when it moved to 1N, deleting the schedule and re-adding it should solve problems with scheduling, at least Channel 5 haven't had the EPG listings problem that Channel 4 had with the HD listings though.

All my scheduled recordings on channel 5 have been fine using my Foxsat-HDR.

Roland

But I thought that Freesat boxes were supposed to handle a channel move automatically? I had no problems when C4HD moved (as I recall) it's only C5 that's giving me trouble.

Sigh.


Clem

Oh -- I forgot -- I haven't checked to see if my Humax box recorded Grey's Anatomy on Tuesday for SWMBO.

Hmmm


Clem

It wasn't the move that created the problem it was Channel 5 incompetence with the crid codes.

Ah, I see .....


Clem

We have experienced problems with failed recordings with our Foxsat HDR namely 5 BB, ITV Emmerdale and BBC 1 Eastenders all on Thursday 26.

No problems with ITV1-HD Granada or BBC1-HD with either Emmerdale or Eastenders (no recordings set for CH5 other than lunchtime soaps which recorded fine) are you talking SD and if so which regions ?

Rowridge and all HD bar 5

I series-linked The Lying Game on 5* after watching the first episode on Monday. However, it also recorded the repeat of episode 1 yesterday! After it finished that the recording list again showed Monday as the next recording. So let's see if it does the same thing next week.

Other posts list C5 constantly reusing series links for new and repeat episodes. C5 say it's for people who miss the new episode... if you are recording it, then you don't need a repeat.

Neighbours on C5 always record the lunch time new episode, constantly switches to the repeat at 530pm
Home and Away advanced showing on 5* at 630pm switches regularly to the next day's repeat at 3ish.

It was thought they switch the recordings to ensure audiences watch/record at particular times for the audience figues thus gaining guaranteed ad revenues.

This happens on freeview too, but not sky. Not sure about Virgin Media or Small World Cable. Anyone know?

Channel 5 are a joke. The latest incompetence is to give the same series crid to Channel 5 and 5*+1. As a result if you set a lunchtime series recording of say Home and Away after recording it once (where you have enough tuners) it finds the next episode on 5* later in the same day (where you may not have the resources). They don't give AR recording triggers either. They insist on dogs placed for a 4:3 screen om a 16:9 transmission and now they have moved Channel 5 from the BBC transponder on Astra 2D to Astra 1N the picture quality is dire. Fot a so called PSB broadcaster how do they get away with this level of incompetence

OK, at least now I'm aware of it. Thanks.

Question:
Is it just me or is the picture quality of Five worse than some shopping channels?

Also is the version that a Sky box receives the same or do they transmit two or more versions of Five?

Automan.

It's not just you, There are now 5 regions squashed onto Astra 1N, as a result the picture quality is much worse than the original Freesat version carried on a BBC Transponder on Astra 2D.

http://en.kingofsat.net/find.php?que...l+5&Submit=Zap

In total including +1's the transponder has 10 SD channels

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...2#post56375712

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After several months problem free, the "Neighbours" bug has struck my Hummy again - see http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...344&highlight=

"Home and Away" followed by "Neighbours" should record each day from C5 at 13:15 and 13:45. When the previous bug struck, I took to recording both series each day and the repeats at 17:30 and 18:00. This worked ok for months - my box is on Accurate Record. Recently, the problem has returned. The symptoms are that the Humax does not seem to switch off after the 13:45 recording (at 14:15). Instead, some hours later, the box looks like it is in standby before a recording. If you go into the media list it appears to be empty. The box won't respond to the record button or any access to the media library. It will change channel ok. The only solution is to put the box into standby and restart. Then the media library becomes accessible. The recording of Neighbours is not present.

Yesterday I cancelled the 13:45 series recording and set the 5+1 version at 18:30 instead. Home and Away recorded ok today at 13:15. The 5+1 recording of Neighbours at 18:30 was in the reservation list at around 18:00 when I checked it and the media library was accessible. After 18:30 I switched to 5+1 but nothing was recording although the reservation had disappeared from the list. The media library was inaccessible and I couldn't manually record. I had to put the box into standby and restart. Then I could manually record the remainder of the episode.

Any further thoughts Graham?

I'm going to do a full box reset and clear out all reservations, but it seems to be some kind of signalling problem.

It's normally the way Channel 5 use the crid codes (idiots).

I have given up and set a weekday manual repeating reservation for each one I want to record. The Channel 5 lunchtime ones.