PVR 9200 TB/S

"Woby Tide" wrote in message
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On Jul 6, 12:50 am, "Ivan" wrote:
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The EPG can take a very long time to fully populate if the box has
been in standby so I tend to leave mine on. I have contacted Humax
about this and they are aware and working on faster updating, they
say.
It does tend to fill up quicker if it is on BBC 1.

Roughly how long does it have to be out of standby before the EPG
populates?.. as I'd rather not leave it permanently switched on if It can
avoid it... Oh yes and until I've sorted this one out I promise that I
won't mention 'the noise'!

You could always use the auto switch on and switch off facility. i.e.
if you don't normally use it till the evening have it set to come on
at 5pm, by the time you get to uing it the EPG should be populated.

That's all right for a "reserving session", but it's still really really
annoying if you want to set a future programme on the fly while you remember
it.

And the EPG doesn't populate while you are watching a recording, which is
all I do as I very rarely watch live TV.

--
Max Demian

"Ivan" wrote in message
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I've just impulse bought a Humax PVR 9200 TB/S (which I collect tomorrow)
I'm now beginning to wonder if I've done the right thing, however I
believe a number of people on this newsgroup have mentioned in the past
that they have this particular model and wonder if any of them would be
good enough pass on any good or bad points they have encountered TIA.

PS it will mean certain death for me if it fails to record Coro or
Eastenders!






Well we've had a couple of days to evaluate it now and yesterday everything
recorded perfectly, although today the F1 failed to record, yet we are both
positive that we double checked it last evening.

A couple of minor niggles which is probably something I'm doing wrong, me
and SWMBO are both Countdown fans and at the end of part one and two they
give an anagram along with a clue, we cheat a little by pausing the letters
thereby giving us extra time to work out the more difficult ones,
unfortunately on pause the Humax places that black bar smack over the top of
the letters so we can read them!

Also trying to wind back from the adverts to the end of part one with
picture search the other evening it searched back for a few seconds and then
froze and point blankly refused to go back any further, although we haven't
experienced a similar problem on any other program.

Another question is has one got to leave it in standby when you set up the
recordings (like our old videos?) as after setting up the recordings where
it failed to record the F1 the wife continued watching other programs and
then left the receiver switched on.. Although looking at 'rec' in the
display all the other timed programs appear to be recording okay.

My verdict so far is that if it works as well as it did yesterday every day,
then like almost everyone else who owns and posts about these PVRs I think
it will turn out to be one of the best pieces of kit we've bought in a long
time.

"Ivan" wrote in message
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Well we've had a couple of days to evaluate it now and yesterday
everything recorded perfectly, although today the F1 failed to record, yet
we are both positive that we double checked it last evening.

A couple of minor niggles which is probably something I'm doing wrong, me
and SWMBO are both Countdown fans and at the end of part one and two they
give an anagram along with a clue, we cheat a little by pausing the
letters thereby giving us extra time to work out the more difficult ones,
unfortunately on pause the Humax places that black bar smack over the top
of the letters so we can read them!

Press Exit on the remote to remove the bar.

Another question is has one got to leave it in standby when you set up the
recordings (like our old videos?)

No, it makes not difference.

--
Max Demian

"Max Demian" wrote in message
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"Ivan" wrote in message
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Well we've had a couple of days to evaluate it now and yesterday
everything recorded perfectly, although today the F1 failed to record,
yet we are both positive that we double checked it last evening.

A couple of minor niggles which is probably something I'm doing wrong, me
and SWMBO are both Countdown fans and at the end of part one and two they
give an anagram along with a clue, we cheat a little by pausing the
letters thereby giving us extra time to work out the more difficult ones,
unfortunately on pause the Humax places that black bar smack over the top
of the letters so we can read them!

Press Exit on the remote to remove the bar.

Another question is has one got to leave it in standby when you set up
the recordings (like our old videos?)

No, it makes not difference.

Thanks Max, much more straightforward answers to my questions here than
wading through the book, especially when it contains lines such as "if
you've been watching a radio channel" :O)

Apart from F1 all of today's channels recorded perfectly, although instead
of the Antiques roadshow there was an hour of Wimbledon, still I can't blame
the recorder for that as it would have been the same with an ordinary VCR.
By the way do the recordings work in a similar way to PDC, or are the start
and stop times predetermined in the actual programme information, so that if
it runs over 15 minutes then tough luck.








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Max Demian

"Ivan" wrote in message
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Apart from F1 all of today's channels recorded perfectly, although instead
of the Antiques roadshow there was an hour of Wimbledon, still I can't
blame the recorder for that as it would have been the same with an
ordinary VCR.
By the way do the recordings work in a similar way to PDC, or are the
start and stop times predetermined in the actual programme information, so
that if it runs over 15 minutes then tough luck.

If you have software version 1.00.15 (MenuSystemStatus), there is
something called "accurate recording" or "auto-tracking" which is supposed
to allow for early starts and overruns, but there is some doubt as to how
well it works. Alternatively, set auto-padding (MenuRecord: bottom two
items) to add a predetermined amount to the start and end - I use 1 minute
at the start and 5 at the end.

--
Max Demian

Ivan wrote:
"Max Demian" wrote in message
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"Ivan" wrote in message
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Well we've had a couple of days to evaluate it now and yesterday
everything recorded perfectly, although today the F1 failed to
record, yet we are both positive that we double checked it last
evening. A couple of minor niggles which is probably something I'm doing
wrong, me and SWMBO are both Countdown fans and at the end of part
one and two they give an anagram along with a clue, we cheat a
little by pausing the letters thereby giving us extra time to work
out the more difficult ones, unfortunately on pause the Humax
places that black bar smack over the top of the letters so we can
read them!

Press Exit on the remote to remove the bar.

Another question is has one got to leave it in standby when you set
up the recordings (like our old videos?)

No, it makes not difference.

Thanks Max, much more straightforward answers to my questions here
than wading through the book, especially when it contains lines such
as "if you've been watching a radio channel" :O)

Apart from F1 all of today's channels recorded perfectly, although
instead of the Antiques roadshow there was an hour of Wimbledon,
still I can't blame the recorder for that as it would have been the
same with an ordinary VCR. By the way do the recordings work in a
similar way to PDC, or are the start and stop times predetermined in
the actual programme information, so that if it runs over 15 minutes
then tough luck.

Antiques Roadshow wasn't shown, neither was, Coast, later in the evening.
Both programmes wiil be shown at a later date.

If you have software version 1.00.15 (MenuSystemStatus), there is
something called "accurate recording" or "auto-tracking" which is supposed
to allow for early starts and overruns, but there is some doubt as to how
well it works.

To be fair to Humax, I understand that their implementation works perfectly,
but it relies on the appropriate data being sent by the broadcaster - which
isn't happening reliably yet.

Steve

"Steve Thackery" wrote in message
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If you have software version 1.00.15 (MenuSystemStatus), there is
something called "accurate recording" or "auto-tracking" which is
supposed to allow for early starts and overruns, but there is some doubt
as to how well it works.

To be fair to Humax, I understand that their implementation works
perfectly, but it relies on the appropriate data being sent by the
broadcaster - which isn't happening reliably yet.


Wasn't this the major problem with PDC Is some sort of flag is
electronically or do they rely on a human being to press the right buttons?

With reference to another thread I'm amazed how few (even bright) people I
know who have hardly any clue about digital HDD PVRs or what they are
actually capable of, in fact many people appear to think that the only
alternative to the VCR is a DVD recorder with a built in analogue tuner.

Steve

"Ivan" wrote in message
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Wasn't this the major problem with PDC Is some sort of flag is
electronically or do they rely on a human being to press the right
buttons?


Sorry about the typos, should have read:

"Wasn't this the major problem with PDC, Is some sort of flag automatically
electronically incorporated, or do they rely on a human being to press the
right buttons?"

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 10:24:06 +0100, Adrian A said...
Ivan wrote:
Apart from F1 all of today's channels recorded perfectly, although
instead of the Antiques roadshow there was an hour of Wimbledon,
still I can't blame the recorder for that as it would have been the
same with an ordinary VCR. By the way do the recordings work in a
similar way to PDC, or are the start and stop times predetermined in
the actual programme information, so that if it runs over 15 minutes
then tough luck.

Antiques Roadshow wasn't shown, neither was, Coast, later in the evening.
Both programmes wiil be shown at a later date.

Antiques Roadshow was shown on BB2 - right time, wrong channel. I didn't
notice an announcement so I missed the beginning.

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Mark Myers
usenet2 at mcm2002 dot f9 dot co dot uk
I call that a radical interpretation of the text.