Assuming you are running a recent firmware version the box will have automatically retuned which unfortunately deletes the schedule of recordings.I use series link a lot. But twice now my HDR has lost all the links I've set up - nothing there when I check the schedule.
I keep my box turned on at all times.
Yes, you have probably suffered the opt-out automatic retune (while you were not looking so you could opt out). Retunes delete your recording schedule. See HERE (click) and HERE (click).I use series link a lot. But twice now my HDR has lost all the links I've set up - nothing there when I check the schedule.
I keep my box turned on at all times.
Any ideas?
Thanks
If it is in standby it will record.If it's on, it'll record.
Less wear on the hard drive.
Ok it seems that I am tuned to both a Welsh transmitter and an English one(mendip) even though at the end of an automatic retune I selected the English one- I guess the box doesn't sort them too well as I had a number of duplicate channels- mainly in the 800+ range. So I followed the instructions for a manual retune in the link you gave me ( which were very good by the way) and that has got rid of all the duplicates (except strangely ITV4 appeared twice, one at 815, which I manually deleted). I am set on AR and have rescheduled the channels to record.But what about the rest? Did you follow the link to HERE and then review "More Failed Recordings"? Make certain your are not tuned to additional transmitters (check for services at 800+). Do you use Auto-Padding or Accurate Recording? Are the schedules disappearing from the recording list (Guide >> yellow) or just missing a recording sometimes?
It may be coincidental but problems I had with AR magically resolved after my box did a spontaneous factory reset (a fault with firmware 1.02.27). It's on the menus, probably under Installation but I can't check at the moment.
Remember that the live buffer is constantly writing to the disk, so it's not just that the motor is spinning. Even if the motor was the only thing running, it will put hours on the bearings.
I shall have to update the information. Selecting a region as your primary after an auto-scan retune does not remove the multiple region problem, it only parks the secondary transmitter in the 800's! Any services which are not present on the primary region will turn up in the lower numbers - the Welsh version of Channel 4 on LCN 8 for example.
To avoid problems with scheduled recordings, particularly with AR but also padding, we have deduced it is necessary not to have secondary services tuned at all.