Aldi - Technosonic PVR £99.99 - Freeview

robonz

just got home, switched on PVR101 and hey presto, it tells me upgrade downloaded, do i wish to install it yes or no. fab, no 45min wait for me!

fingers crossed all is now ok. wonder if aldi will sell the returns again soon? i reckon for those of us who have waited patiently for the update fixes, we should get first refusal on buying another one!

Lorian

robonz wrote:

it tells me upgrade downloaded, do i wish to install it yes or no.

Just make sure you really have installed it becuase if it's the same question you get during a manual upgrade it ask you to press OK if you want to CANCEL the installation, not continue.

BrianD

Just an update on mine, the no signal problem has gone which was the only problem I had. Since upgrading I have given it a hard time changing channels and no problem at all so I am very happy.

Hope this bodes well for everyone including creddish (the reluctant one) )

stevensdrs

Mine now working 100%. I want another one now :j

dollop

Another remote control problem.

When playing back a recording i dare not change the volume or aspect ratio settings by the tv remote because the playback stops.

cheekymole

Mine's looking good so far - yippee!

creddish

BrianD wrote:

Just an update on mine, the no signal problem has gone which was the only problem I had. Since upgrading I have given it a hard time changing channels and no problem at all so I am very happy.

Hope this bodes well for everyone including creddish (the reluctant one) )

Well I'm still reluctant. In fact I wish I hadn't updated it.

dejay on DS has reported No Signal problems. I may have had a No Signal but as it happened during a channel change from BBC2 to ITV1 and only lasted for about 4-5 seconds before the sound and picture was restored so may have been a very slow channel change. Not noticed this before though and has only happened once so we'll see.

I've had two instances of the unit suddenly going into standby. The first time it happened I assumed I had accidentally pressed the Power button but can't believe I did that twice. The second time I had pressed Exit to leave the Menu but the other time I don't remember what I had been doing.

I had severe picture and sound breakup whilst attempting to watch the final of Masterchef this evening with the signal being alternatively on and off for two seconds each. Had to abandon it and watch the programme on Sky so I don't know how long it lasted or what stopped it.

Also had lip synch problems whilst attempting to watch Emerdale. Abandoned for Sky again.

So generally not been good for me so far. I only hope the recording facilities have not been affected. Not had chance to test that yet.

Colin

ivanhoe_2

creddish wrote:

Well I'm still reluctant. In fact I wish I hadn't updated it.
Also had lip synch problems whilst attempting to watch Emerdale. Abandoned for Sky again.
Colin

I only just updated but News 24 was out of sync straight away - I pressed instant record and continued to watch for about 30 minutes. It remained out of sync but the recorded version was fine.

tecstar

Have u tried switching channels and back for the lip sync problem?
Also, have you tried a reboot since the upgrade? its worth doing one just to reset everything.

matrox_2

Did a manual update around 11pm Friday night as auto hadn't worked. Manual took 3 attempts before it downloaded and about 40 minutes in total. the problems i have had have been no signal which i hadn't experienced until V1.1 and non recording on BB1,2 & 3. It showed it as recording with blue LED but in actual fact only recorded 1Mb. After switching unit off then on and doing a rescan i checked recording on the BBC channels and the three tests worked fine.
The EPG seemed to be more populated than normal, didn't experience the no signal but that was spurrious in the past and usually sorted with a reset. Only just getting close to filling the disk, mainly with episodes of the Simpsons for my son, so must not lose them. Pity there is no way of dumping to PC - yet!
Have followed others lead by not switching to standby as i encountered spurrious on/off resulting in it switching the TV picture off via SCART, half way through a programme resulting in a blank screen. The only other problem being freezing in standby. Hopefully that will have been sorted too. Fingers crossed for the next few days.
John