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Record 2, watch a 3rd, etc
As an aside to the last message, while it is apparent you can record 2 programmes and also watch (some) third programmes, how do we know it is making the 2 recordings off of 1 tuner.
Could it not be that the PVR automatically user 1 tuner per recording, whatever. I have been given to believe there may be future updates that might allow 4 recordings at once. perhaps 2 each on each of 2 TPs. Any pearls of wisdom on this front? |
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As an aside to the last message, while it is apparent you can record 2 programmes and also watch (some) third programmes, how do we know it is making the 2 recordings off of 1 tuner.
Could it not be that the PVR automatically user 1 tuner per recording, whatever. I have been given to believe there may be future updates that might allow 4 recordings at once. perhaps 2 each on each of 2 TPs. Any pearls of wisdom on this front? See http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=945869 |
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Did it to me again yesterday! This time though, I had rewound live TV and was merrily watching it 10mins behind live tv, but when it got to the end of the programme that was airing in live time, the box jumped straight to live tv, meaning I had to rewind again to get back to where I was watching.
I have never known my PVR-9200T do that. If it's a "PVR thing" it's not very good and I feel it should be addressed. I will wait for a while to see how many of us complain about this issue before reporting it to Humax. Bob. |
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Thats exactly my observation, but you described it better.
I have never known my PVR-9200T do that. If it's a "PVR thing" it's not very good and I feel it should be addressed. I will wait for a while to see how many of us complain about this issue before reporting it to Humax. Bob. |
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I believe that the 9200T does jump back to the broadcast stream when the recording is finished and you were watching a 'time slipped' version. I soon learnt to always watch the recording file in these circumstances.
Have a look at Carvell's later message for a better description of what we mean, he describes the problem better than I did. I know what you mean, but that wasn't what I was complaining about, we were watching live TV that had been rewound for the sake of a person walking into the room, as soon as the live TV program had finished, what we were watching jumped to live TV, the shift was around 15 minutes, this meant that I had to rewind again to watch the last 15 minutes. Bob. |
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It doesn't do this with and instant record (and watched from the Playlist). Tested this the other day, and came to the conclusion that in some certain circumstances it does drop you out to live TV but not all the time...
(So when it does - it must be a 'PVR' thing... )With me, It only happens when rewinding "live TV". As all PVR advertising blurb mentioned the "feature" of being able to "rewind live TV", this shouldn't happen. And as I have said before, it has never happened to my PVR-9200T which I have used since launch using that feature extensively. Bob. Last edited by Bob Warriner : 06-12-2008 at 06:46. Reason: grammar |
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I would like to get to the bottom of this when I have time...
But rewinding the live buffer for me does not drop me out to live TV, as the recording and viewing becomes one continuous buffer, so it doesn't happen. Maybe be it drops you out if you pause it for more than the buffer (of 2 hours)... |
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I would like to get to the bottom of this when I have time...
But rewinding the live buffer for me does not drop me out to live TV, as the recording and viewing becomes one continuous buffer, so it doesn't happen. Maybe be it drops you out if you pause it for more than the buffer (of 2 hours)... I can confirm that I was not using the pause facility. It was a simple case of my wife catching up on what I was watching, rewound to the beginning of the program and when the live transmission finished jumped to live TV even though we were watching 10 minutes behind, had to rewind again to watch the 10 missing minutes. I guess we will have to wait for further comments on this, It could be a fault on my particular box (and Carvel's) ![]() Bob. |
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I can't remember if something has been said about this already.
Twice now in the past few days, I have got rather fed up with items in my schedule disappearing just because my box told me there was channel updates and it needs to rescan. After the first time, I checked my schedule and all 8 programs had vanished, so I had to do it all again. I have just switched on this morning with it saying the same thing. So I rescan again, and all but two of my scheduled recordings have gone. Why have those two survived? Why do they get removed anyway, when after the scan those programs are still available on the same channel at the same time? One of my shows was The IT Crowd, and when I went to "Find" it (I searched for "IT", "CROWD", and "IT CROWD"), it couldn't find it at all, and I had to find the program myself in the Table view, which made me more angry. Are we going to have to put up with re-scheduling recordings EVERY time the box wants to rescan? VERY annoying. |
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I've done two channel re-scans since I have had it to update the channel list and not noticed anything strange with disappearing reservations.
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Extremely interested in this box, but one bug does seem to bother me.
Some people are saying that when viewing via RGB it cuts off part of the picture. Is this a common problem to all with RGB connections, or just with some TV sets (what sets are affected then)? At the moment, I only have a Philips widescreen SD CRT set, but will of course update one day to HD. Until then, I prefer to use the RGB Scart connection as it seems to have the best quality image. |
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Some people are saying that when viewing via RGB it cuts off part of the picture. Is this a common problem to all with RGB connections, or just with some TV sets (what sets are affected then)?
I have a Toshiba CRT (until I uprgade to a Freesat integrated set next year) but as it only has one RGB scart enabled in order to feed the myriad of equipment I have the TV scart is connected to an auto switcher that takes 4 scarts. 1 SCART is connected to a VHS recorder (ancient I know but occassionally use it record things of cable as I only have a standard V box in my room) 1 SCART is connected to a Virgin V Box. 1 SCART is connected to a DVD Player. And Finally, the remaining SCART is connected to a Thomson DHD4000 PVR. The VCR socket of the Thomson supports RGB pass through and is connected to the Humax Foxsat TV SCART. Finally I have a FTA satellite box which is connected to the VCR socket of the Humax. It was done this way as the Humax specs seem to indicate the VCR socket does not support RGB pass through (just Composite and S-Video) and with the FTA box only giving a composite output it doesn't affect the quality. So without disrupting my setup completely and trying the Humax directly in the back of the TV I cannot vouch that it is actually the Humax at fault. Next time I move stuff around and need to mess around the back of the TV I may connect it directly just to see. |
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I have this issue with the right hand side cut-off however it may be just my setup. To elaborate further.
I have a Toshiba CRT (until I uprgade to a Freesat integrated set next year) but as it only has one RGB scart enabled in order to feed the myriad of equipment I have the TV scart is connected to an auto switcher that takes 4 scarts. 1 SCART is connected to a VHS recorder (ancient I know but occassionally use it record things of cable as I only have a standard V box in my room) 1 SCART is connected to a Virgin V Box. 1 SCART is connected to a DVD Player. And Finally, the remaining SCART is connected to a Thomson DHD4000 PVR. The VCR socket of the Thomson supports RGB pass through and is connected to the Humax Foxsat TV SCART. Finally I have a FTA satellite box which is connected to the VCR socket of the Humax. It was done this way as the Humax specs seem to indicate the VCR socket does not support RGB pass through (just Composite and S-Video) and with the FTA box only giving a composite output it doesn't affect the quality. So without disrupting my setup completely and trying the Humax directly in the back of the TV I cannot vouch that it is actually the Humax at fault. Next time I move stuff around and need to mess around the back of the TV I may connect it directly just to see. Bob. Last edited by Bob Warriner : 06-12-2008 at 15:05. Reason: missed part of the post. |
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#314 |
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Thanks for the update guys.
Looks like this won't be an issue for me. I just have to find a place that has them in stock now :O) |
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#315 |
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Unfortunately not, I already had a loop through connected. For some reason, this is not active / doesn't work when updating the box from firmware 1.0.01.
But if users of older systems have of of those small F-Connection switch boxes - 1 input - 2 outputs - they could use that. Just flick the manual switch from feed 1 to feed 2 when you need the firmware update. Cheers, daveac |
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#316 |
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Hi, Just discovered that this bug which was in the HD is in the HDR as well.
If you scroll up and down the channels using the channel control at the right hand side of the remote you get a statement something like this. "The box is going to shut down in 1 minute" with an option to select OK or Cancel. |
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A lot of the bugs on the "HD" model do indded seem to have been copied over
![]() Media view navigation... In Video view if you navigate into a subfolder e.g. Heroes and just press enter on the .. dots for the parent you are returned to that item on the main list... If however you enter the Heroes folder again and navigate up/down the list of recordings and then press enter on the .. dot you are returned to the top of the list of folders rather than Heroes. My machine also has 67% used up and I dont think I have enough recordings to add up to that value. It would be handy if you could see the size of each recording in gigs or as a percentage. Automan. |
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Series linked failures
Had two programs fail to record yesterday
Strictly come dancing (series linked on BBC HD - definitely setup ok as next weeks show is still marked to record) Second episode of Malcolm in the middle (BBC2) - the first episode recorded OK, and the 2 episodes due to show next week are marked to record In both cases there was no indication of why the recording failed (nothing at all on the media list). Anyone else been having recordings just not recording? I'm wondering if there's some common pattern that would make it easier for Humax to reproduce and fix, or it's something specific to my setup ![]() Hoping Humax will be able to fix soon - I've had to reconnect up the old Sky+ box as the wife won't trust the Humax any more - but the sub on that runs out in a couple of weeks |
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Had two programs fail to record yesterday
Strictly come dancing (series linked on BBC HD - definitely setup ok as next weeks show is still marked to record) Second episode of Malcolm in the middle (BBC2) - the first episode recorded OK, and the 2 episodes due to show next week are marked to record In both cases there was no indication of why the recording failed (nothing at all on the media list). Anyone else been having recordings just not recording? I'm wondering if there's some common pattern that would make it easier for Humax to reproduce and fix, or it's something specific to my setup ![]() Hoping Humax will be able to fix soon - I've had to reconnect up the old Sky+ box as the wife won't trust the Humax any more - but the sub on that runs out in a couple of weeks http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=947023 |
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Had two programs fail to record yesterday
Strictly come dancing (series linked on BBC HD - definitely setup ok as next weeks show is still marked to record) Second episode of Malcolm in the middle (BBC2) - the first episode recorded OK, and the 2 episodes due to show next week are marked to record In both cases there was no indication of why the recording failed (nothing at all on the media list). Anyone else been having recordings just not recording? I'm wondering if there's some common pattern that would make it easier for Humax to reproduce and fix, or it's something specific to my setup ![]() Hoping Humax will be able to fix soon - I've had to reconnect up the old Sky+ box as the wife won't trust the Humax any more - but the sub on that runs out in a couple of weeks |
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I'd like to be the second to add a packaging bug. At some stage with the courier coming from London to Cork my HDR burst out of the box.
Despite the hop it must have got it works perfectly. Noce to have a HD PVR that can fast forward faster than 12X maybe Sky could learn something from that. I would also like to be able to view/record a non Freesat channel without deleting all my scheduled recordings. |
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I would also like to be able to view/record a non Freesat channel without deleting all my scheduled recordings.
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Not had a series link failure however I had Jimmy Carr fail on channel 4 Friday night. There does seem to be a separate thread running concerning recording failures:-
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=947023 |
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A lot of the bugs on the "HD" model do indded seem to have been copied over
![]() My machine also has 67% used up and I dont think I have enough recordings to add up to that value. It would be handy if you could see the size of each recording in gigs or as a percentage. Automan. I have also recorded a fair amount of material so far and some of which is HD but I am gettting a little concerned by the speed at which the memory is being used up. With the christmas period coming I want to gather as much of the BBC HD offering as possible to fill in some of the unfortunate periods of the spring weekends when there is no HD output. Any idea what the memory usage for say 1 hour of 1080i HD is ? |
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I have also recorded a fair amount of material so far and some of which is HD but I am gettting a little concerned by the speed at which the memory is being used up. With the christmas period coming I want to gather as much of the BBC HD offering as possible to fill in some of the unfortunate periods of the spring weekends when there is no HD output.
Any idea what the memory usage for say 1 hour of 1080i HD is ? |
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