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I understand through the series button you can record all the episodes in
that series what happens if you do this , and the same episode is on 3 times
a day as in the case of The Bill on UK Gold , do you get the same
episode 3 times or will it just record 1 which of course is enough

Series link doesn't work on UK Gold.

Dave, Oldham.
"Lofty" wrote in message
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I understand through the series button you can record all the episodes in
that series what happens if you do this , and the same episode is on 3
times
a day as in the case of The Bill on UK Gold , do you get the same
episode 3 times or will it just record 1 which of course is enough

"Lofty" wrote in message ...
I understand through the series button you can record all the episodes in
that series what happens if you do this , and the same episode is on 3 times
a day as in the case of The Bill on UK Gold , do you get the same
episode 3 times or will it just record 1 which of course is enough






The series link function is added by each broadcaster as they see fit, that
means that it is not an option on many channels and only partially
supported on other channels. The actual ability of the series link to select
which episode to "link" too is down to how it is programmed by the
broadcaster, if they get it wrong then SKY+ just records what it is told.

If the same episode of a series is on 3 times a day and if you select one
of the recordings any series link should point to the next episode in the
series and select the same time period if there is more then one timeslot used.

Mike C

"Mike_C" writes:

If the same episode of a series is on 3 times a day and if you
select one of the recordings any series link should point to the
next episode in the series and select the same time period if there
is more then one timeslot used.

What would happen in the following situation on a Sky+?

(Assume programme C is on at 09:00 Monday-Friday, and each episode is
repeated at 13:00; series links are supported for this programme).

1. Set up a recording for programme A on channel 101 on Tuesday 09:00.

2. Set up a recording for programme B on channel 102 on Tuesday 09:00.

3. Set up a recording for programme C on channel 103 on Monday 09:00,
and enable series links.

Now, since the next showing of C is on at the same time as 2
recordings that have already been scheduled (and assuming we don't
cancel the recordings for A or B), what happens?

1. When setting up C, will you get a warning message saying something
like "Tuesday's episode of C will not be recorded because 2 recordings
are already scheduled"?

2. Will Sky+ record Tuesday's 13:00 episode of C instead of the 09:00 one?

3. Will Wednesday's, Thursday's and Friday's episode of C be recorded?

Geoff

"Geoff Rimmer" wrote in message
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"Mike_C" writes:

If the same episode of a series is on 3 times a day and if you
select one of the recordings any series link should point to the
next episode in the series and select the same time period if there
is more then one timeslot used.

What would happen in the following situation on a Sky+?

(Assume programme C is on at 09:00 Monday-Friday, and each episode is
repeated at 13:00; series links are supported for this programme).

1. Set up a recording for programme A on channel 101 on Tuesday 09:00.

2. Set up a recording for programme B on channel 102 on Tuesday 09:00.

3. Set up a recording for programme C on channel 103 on Monday 09:00,
and enable series links.

Now, since the next showing of C is on at the same time as 2
recordings that have already been scheduled (and assuming we don't
cancel the recordings for A or B), what happens?

1. When setting up C, will you get a warning message saying something
like "Tuesday's episode of C will not be recorded because 2 recordings
are already scheduled"?

2. Will Sky+ record Tuesday's 13:00 episode of C instead of the 09:00 one?

3. Will Wednesday's, Thursday's and Friday's episode of C be recorded?

Geoff



Now this question is best asked to the coders who wrote the SKY+ OS
and judging from the bug reports even they wouldn't know:(

Now Program A is added to the planner and then Program B is added to the
planner. Program C is added to the Planner and series linked but at that time
the series link has not been activated so SKY+ does not know of the potential
class the next day.
Now priority for recording before the DR update would have been down to
the program which had the KEEP flag set, however now we have DR I have
absolutely no idea how these variables interact with eachother.
As you may be aware there are threads in the newsgroups and Digital Spy
forums about failed/truncated recordings which seem to be a symptom of
the DR code and it's interaction with the two tuners coupled with live viewing etc.

If I had to make a guess then I would say the series linked program would be
cancelled and priority given to the direct planner entries and subsequent recordings
based on the Program C series links would be broken.

Just done a quick test and SKY+ allows you to set up two programs and then
add a third with a series link that will clash when activated but that doesn't
answer your original question:(



Mike C