Sky Plus - can you record a channel and watch a previous recording at same time

Hi
Apologies if this is a stupid question. Yesterday I tried to watch a
recorded movie and record a program which was scheduled to start half
an hour into the movie. Half an hour after the start of the new
program I wanted to record, the movie I was watching just froze. The
only way I could get it to restart was to stop the recording of the
other program, start the movie again at the place I left off and then
start recording the other program. So I ended up watching the movie
and having the other program record with a 2 minute break in the
middle. This is the second time this problem has happened.
Having looked at the manual I can't immediately see whether it is even
possible to watch a recording and record something else at the same
time - but it seems to work subject to this headache. Any thoughts
much appreciated.

Many thanks
Chris

Chris Davies wrote:

Any thoughts much appreciated.

Provided you've got the right firmware it's possible to watch a recorded
programme while you record TWO other programmes. What you can't do is
try to watch a third off-air channel as it's only got two tuners and
you'd be trying to use a third, non-existent, tuner. Playing back a
recording doesn't use a tuner, but it does use the single decoder in the
box.

Clashes like you describe are either you've not got the latest
dual-record firmware (unlikely I'd have thought by now), or some
unexpected or forgotten series link setting is also trying to record at
the same time. That or the box has partially crashed in some fashion. A
power down and re-boot may well cure it.

Regards

Mark

Hi,

In article ,
Chris wrote:
Having looked at the manual I can't immediately see whether it is even
possible to watch a recording and record something else at the same
time - but it seems to work subject to this headache. Any thoughts
much appreciated.

Yep, in fact you should be able to simultaneously record two programs, and
watch something you've already recorded.

Something definitely sounds wrong with your box.

Andy

In article ,
Chris Davies wrote:
Having looked at the manual I can't immediately see whether it is even
possible to watch a recording and record something else at the same
time - but it seems to work subject to this headache.

It's possible to record *two* programmes while watching a recording! Check
you box's connections and the Signal Quality for both LNBs on the Signal
Test screen.

Dave
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Hi
Apologies if this is a stupid question. Yesterday I tried to watch a
recorded movie and record a program which was scheduled to start half
an hour into the movie. Half an hour after the start of the new
program I wanted to record, the movie I was watching just froze. The
only way I could get it to restart was to stop the recording of the
other program, start the movie again at the place I left off and then
start recording the other program. So I ended up watching the movie
and having the other program record with a 2 minute break in the
middle. This is the second time this problem has happened.
Having looked at the manual I can't immediately see whether it is even
possible to watch a recording and record something else at the same
time - but it seems to work subject to this headache. Any thoughts
much appreciated.

Many thanks
Chris

As the others have said yes you should be able to do that I'll quite often
be recording two things and watching a recording. Mine has hung once or
twice, I'm sure they all do occasionally.... Sky+ is a computer, its got
bugs. I'd recommend a power off, then a rebuild free space. If its happened
twice chances are that something is corrupt, and one of those two should fix
it.
To rebuild free space IIRC its services, 4,0,1 select then choose the
rebuild option (NOT the reformat !)

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