Aldi - Technosonic PVR £99.99 - Freeview

pigsymalone

Hi

Just wondered if anyone had had problems recording certain channels. My box will not record certain channels: sky three, E4, history channel, bbc four are the ones that come to mind - has anyone else had this problem - can it be rectified. When you press record the information bar comes up and them disappears but it won't record - very annoying

Any help appreciated.

LesD

One thing I've noticed lately is that some recordings are missing the last 5-10 minutes! I know I could adjust the timer when setting it, but that's not in the spirit of programmable PVRs is it!

Zaphod_Beblebrocks

Another new one... was timeshifting a program and recording another , when the recording finished a box came up asking if I wanted to cancel timeshift,clicked no and got sound from current progam,timeshift lost but a green screen, only cure was to switch off and on....oh well!

Lorian

Welll I'm back. Thread's still going eh.

pigsymalone wrote:

Just wondered if anyone had had problems recording certain channels. My box will not record certain channels: sky three, E4, history channel, bbc four are the ones that come to mind - has anyone else had this problem - can it be rectified.

Yes, several people have had this. Nearly all were cured by going to the setup menu and doing a "first time installation". You shouldn't loose any recorded programmes but you will have to re-enter any future timers.

LesD wrote:

One thing I've noticed lately is that some recordings are missing the last 5-10 minutes! I know I could adjust the timer when setting it, but that's not in the spirit of programmable PVRs is it!

I've noticed that once. I'd put it down to the channel running later after the news though, as it was a programme on at 11:15PM. Could this be the case for your recordings? If not, or if other's have seen it too then I'll add it to the list of possible bugs at http://pvr101.blogspot.com

Brockyman

I've had both the above problems over the weekend. On Saturday I set to record Franz Ferdinand in Edinburgh but didn't get the last 10 minutes or so. I set to rerecord the repeat on E4 but that didn't record at all. I have recorded E4 before though with no problems. What could have caused it though is that I set the timer whilst the PVR was already recording another programme. I set for 2 actually but neither recorded. Hoping for another repeat soon.
Ian.

deleth

pigsymalone wrote:

Hi

Just wondered if anyone had had problems recording certain channels. My box will not record certain channels: sky three, E4, history channel, bbc four are the ones that come to mind - has anyone else had this problem - can it be rectified. When you press record the information bar comes up and them disappears but it won't record - very annoying

I had this problem as well, doing a first time installation didn't cure it so I did a manual setup which cured it

LesD

Lorian wrote:

I've noticed that once. I'd put it down to the channel running later after the news though, as it was a programme on at 11:15PM. Could this be the case for your recordings? If not, or if other's have seen it too then I'll add it to the list of possible bugs at http://pvr101.blogspot.com

Hi Lorian - welcome back.

Details of one programme which recorded short....

Length of programme - 40 min.

Start of recording 00:00
Start of programme 03:30
End of recording 40:00

Therefore, lost c 3.5 minutes of the programme. The run-in seems about right. But there was no allowance at the end of the programmed time at all.

i-luv-free-stuff

just thought i would post a quickie on my favourite thread!
i hope im not tempting fate but ive not had a problem at all for nearly 2 months now!
brilliant
one of the best buys i ever made
hard work at first but me and missus love it now
i hope you all get sorted soon!
gulp...i hope i dont come back to this thread again!

tubster

If anyone is thinking of upgrading, Maplin now stock a Yamada DTV3000 for £130 and Digifusion FVRT200 for £150 (use maplin email list voucher for £7 off, and quid co for another 5 per cent off) I have never heard of Yamada, anyone got one of these? And anyone with a fVRt200 - do they have a noisy fan?
Tubster

stevensdrs

Lost all my recordings as today it tried to record a new prog and for some reason did 33 2 minute blank recordings and filled the playlist with them. All the other recordings were not visible in the playlist. Pity as everything else is pretty much ok now.