My DVR starts recording shows early (and subsequently, stops early)

So I checked the clock against the USN Observatory. Both of my OTA
only DVRs are 26 seconds fast. Since I have no way of setting the
clock in my OTA DVR, I assume it gets the time from the ATSC signal
from my local CBS affiliate, WBZ.

Before I complain to the station, I want to know if there is another
way that my Sony HDD-250 can receive a time signal.

On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:25:24 -0700, NadCixelsyd wrote:

So I checked the clock against the USN Observatory. Both of my OTA only
DVRs are 26 seconds fast. Since I have no way of setting the clock in
my OTA DVR, I assume it gets the time from the ATSC signal from my local
CBS affiliate, WBZ.

Before I complain to the station, I want to know if there is another way
that my Sony HDD-250 can receive a time signal.

Sure, it can receive the currect time from a time server, assuming it has
an internet connection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol

NadCixelsyd wrote:

So I checked the clock against the USN Observatory. Both of my OTA
only DVRs are 26 seconds fast. Since I have no way of setting the
clock in my OTA DVR, I assume it gets the time from the ATSC signal
from my local CBS affiliate, WBZ.

Before I complain to the station, I want to know if there is another
way that my Sony HDD-250 can receive a time signal.

Do you get TVGOS listings? If so, it should also set the clock. The
station's transmitted clock may be wrong (surprisingly, many are). I
suspect that may be the case here since both DVRs are off by the same
amount. You could ask in the Boston OTA thread if others are seeing
the same error.

If you don't get TVGOS listings then you need to research how to do
that. WBZ transmits them and the Sony is capable of extracting them
from a digital transmission (possibly with a firmware upgrade). But
it defaults to analog so you might need to go through some steps to
force it to use the digital data. I don't have the Sony so I don't
know if it automatically looks for digital if analog isn't available.

The Sony DHG-HDD250/500 Forum at www.spiffspace.com/forum seems well
arranged and has two large threads devoted to TVGOS issues, one
devoted to the digital version. AVSForum also has a large thread for
the Sony DVRs but it's harder to find specific info in it.

Del Mibbler

"Del Mibbler" [email protected] wrote in message
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NadCixelsyd wrote:

So I checked the clock against the USN Observatory. Both of my OTA
only DVRs are 26 seconds fast. Since I have no way of setting the
clock in my OTA DVR, I assume it gets the time from the ATSC signal
from my local CBS affiliate, WBZ.

As far as I can tell WBZ is within a second of radio clock time. (Except
that the on-screen info display shows 7:10 when the clock reads 8:10).

jsw

On Nov 5, 6:13*pm, "Jim Wilkins" wrote:
"Del Mibbler" [email protected] wrote in message

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NadCixelsyd wrote:

So I checked the clock against the USN Observatory. *Both of my OTA
only DVRs are 26 seconds fast. *Since I have no way of setting the
clock in my OTA DVR, I assume it gets the time from the ATSC signal
from my local CBS affiliate, WBZ.

As far as I can tell WBZ is within a second of radio clock time. (Except
that the on-screen info display shows 7:10 when the clock reads 8:10).

jsw

If I understand the O.P correctly, he is saying that the machine has
no feature that allows you
to set the clock manually, and that it has no feature that allows you
to make the thing record
from (for example) 7:59 to 8:16. If this is the case, the best
suggestion is to avoid buying this
device, and for the O.P. to make the situation clear to Sony.

Joe D.

On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 17:36:09 -0800 (PST), joe d wrote:

On Nov 5, 6:13*pm, "Jim Wilkins" wrote:
"Del Mibbler" [email protected] wrote in message

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NadCixelsyd wrote:

So I checked the clock against the USN Observatory. *Both of my OTA
only DVRs are 26 seconds fast. *Since I have no way of setting the
clock in my OTA DVR, I assume it gets the time from the ATSC signal
from my local CBS affiliate, WBZ.

As far as I can tell WBZ is within a second of radio clock time. (Except
that the on-screen info display shows 7:10 when the clock reads 8:10).

jsw

If I understand the O.P correctly, he is saying that the machine has
no feature that allows you
to set the clock manually, and that it has no feature that allows you
to make the thing record
from (for example) 7:59 to 8:16. If this is the case, the best
suggestion is to avoid buying this
device, and for the O.P. to make the situation clear to Sony.

Joe D.

I can't find any reference to the presence or absence of manual
recording in the OP...

He very explicitly talks about setting the time and only that.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Nov 7, 8:36*pm, joe d wrote:

If I understand the O.P correctly, he is saying that the machine has
no feature that allows you
to set the clock manually, and that it has no feature that allows you
to make the thing record
from (for example) 7:59 to 8:16. *If this is the case, the best
suggestion is to avoid buying this
device, and for the O.P. to make the situation clear to Sony.

My LG will not allow me to adjust the time unless all scheduled
recordings have been removed.

On Monday, November 7, 2011 7:36:09 PM UTC-6, joe d wrote:
On Nov 5, 6:13*pm, "Jim Wilkins" wrote:
"Del Mibbler" [email protected] wrote in message

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NadCixelsyd wrote:

So I checked the clock against the USN Observatory. *Both of my OTA
only DVRs are 26 seconds fast. *Since I have no way of setting the
clock in my OTA DVR, I assume it gets the time from the ATSC signal
from my local CBS affiliate, WBZ.

As far as I can tell WBZ is within a second of radio clock time. (Except
that the on-screen info display shows 7:10 when the clock reads 8:10).

jsw

If I understand the O.P correctly, he is saying that the machine has
no feature that allows you
to set the clock manually, and that it has no feature that allows you
to make the thing record
from (for example) 7:59 to 8:16. If this is the case, the best
suggestion is to avoid buying this
device, and for the O.P. to make the situation clear to Sony.

Joe D.

I have a Sony OTA DVR. There is no way to set the clock manually. The device is completely dependent on the trasmitted time signal. That said, in the Chicago market, I have never had a problem getting the time or the programming grid. Also, these devices most certainly do support "start early" and "stop late" functionality. Anywhere from 1 minute to at least 1 hour.

Dan (Woj...)

On Nov 8, 12:25*pm, dmaster wrote:

I have a Sony OTA DVR. *There is no way to set the clock manually. *The device is completely dependent on the trasmitted time signal. *That said, in the Chicago market, I have never had a problem getting the time or the programming grid. *Also, these devices most certainly do support "start early" and "stop late" functionality. *Anywhere from 1 minute to at least 1 hour.

Except you'll run into schedule conflicts whenever time slots abut one
another. Can you directly program a time for recording?

On Nov 8, 12:25*pm, dmaster wrote:
On Monday, November 7, 2011 7:36:09 PM UTC-6, joe d wrote:
On Nov 5, 6:13*pm, "Jim Wilkins" wrote:
"Del Mibbler" [email protected] wrote in message

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NadCixelsyd wrote:

So I checked the clock against the USN Observatory. *Both of my OTA
only DVRs are 26 seconds fast. *Since I have no way of setting the
clock in my OTA DVR, I assume it gets the time from the ATSC signal
from my local CBS affiliate, WBZ.

As far as I can tell WBZ is within a second of radio clock time. (Except
that the on-screen info display shows 7:10 when the clock reads 8:10)..

jsw

If I understand the O.P correctly, he is saying that the machine has
no feature that allows you
to set the clock manually, and that it has no feature that allows you
to make the thing record
from (for example) 7:59 to 8:16. *If this is the case, the best
suggestion is to avoid buying this
device, and for the O.P. to make the situation clear to Sony.

Joe D.

I have a Sony OTA DVR. *There is no way to set the clock manually. *The device is completely dependent on the trasmitted time signal. *That said, in the Chicago market, I have never had a problem getting the time or the programming grid. *Also, these devices most certainly do support "start early" and "stop late" functionality. *Anywhere from 1 minute to at least 1 hour.

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As the OP: I've had the unit since December, 2005. I never had a
time issue until two weeks ago. Before the end of DST, the DVRs'
clocks were about 25 seconds slow. Since DST ended last Sunday, the
units have been about 30 seconds fast.

Since most shows start within a second of the advertised time, I have
to manually adjust recordings to extend by a minute (if I'm not
recording a show after).