If it seems to be problematical when waking up for a timer recording, why not just leave it in ACTIVE mode and NEVER put it in STANDBY.

I know the Moto recomends for their cable PVR to leave it on as it has some goofiness when coming out of standby.

Since there is NO real gain w.r.t. energy consumption, leave it on.
The ONLY thing that happens in Standby is the light pipes go out and the video/audio gets muted.

See if that help at all.

Arr,

If my receiver is set at "live TV", which means that it continuously keeps a buffer of 90 minutes on the HDD. Wouldn't "leaving it on all the time" accelerate usage?

This is basically why I put my 530 on standby every evening. Maybe this is not necessary?

Thanks for your input.

The machines in the warehouse were factory flashed with A4.
And NO, they can't roll backwards, at least not easily.
The machine just activated, but not targetted will eventually get CC by itself within the next week or so as long as CC is tagged for general consumption.


My second replacement 530 that I received last week is still on A0, and no target version as of yet. The tech said I should have rolled to A8 the first night and then CC shortly afterward. He also said they were rolling out CC at 100 boxes per night, so as not to flood the call centre with calls if there were any issues.

I had numerous problems with the CC update in the first 3 weeks, then it was really stable for a few weeks until...

Over the weekend it just rebooted all by itself when I changed a channel (I had this problem once before). And 2 new things happened, the progam guide would not display so I had to do a front panel reset. Then I noticed that when I went into the DVR recordings it showed that it was recording the current channel while at the same time it was recording one of my timers. Of course when I went in later after it finished recording my timer the current channel recording was not saved and it was not showing anything as being recorded. Very Strange.

voxxon,

My 530 was recording the viewing channel even though there was no timer set. I had to disable the live recording feature in order to get it to stop. I have no PVR capabilities on my 530 at present and I am awaiting my replacement receiver.

If it seems to be problematical when waking up for a timer recording, why not just leave it in ACTIVE mode and NEVER put it in STANDBY.

Yes, I had already considered that ARR, but thank you for trying to help. We shall see!

...If my receiver is set at "live TV", which means that it continuously keeps a buffer of 90 minutes on the HDD. Wouldn't "leaving it on all the time" accelerate usage?...
Not really, the drive is always spinning anyways, since they have yet to implement some drive spin down behavior I spec'd quite a while ago.

What is more likely to happen is being left on the same channel overnight it may loose the ability the create a pause or trick mode with the buffer when you first start to use it again.
The simple fix at that point is just to channel up and back, that resets the LOD buffer and things seems to be fine at that point.

...He also said they were rolling out CC at 100 boxes per night, so as not to flood the call centre with calls if there were any issues.Good plan *C, there ARE issues, it's just that they don't show up right away.

You sure don't want to overload the call centre and piss-off the few good CSR's/TSR's you have left that know the product and for some strange reason have stayed on inspite of being abandoned by management with no product knowledge and total lack of direction.

Just to let you know in case it hasn't been mentioned before on this thread...

Just relaying what I heard but I called *C the other night letting them know about my 'possible' switch to cable. For a long time customer they weren't very convincing that they cared or wanted to keep me happy?! Maybe I had to cancel to actually get some attention.. that kinda irritated me and made me decide to go ahead and try Rogers anyway.

One of my issues I conveyed was that *C didn't have a reliable, working pvr like the competition and I asked him if there was to be a new model or update of the 530 in the near future. He told me that an updated version of the 530 will be coming out in around December or January. Take that for what its worth. Could be true, could be bunk, or might not matter if the software is screwy in the first place! A new 530? Maybe the buttons are a different color, who knows.

strange reason have stayed on inspite of being abandoned by management with no product knowledge and total lack of direction.


I guess this didn't include Kira then?

IIRC correctly, some were abandoned by management right out the door.

Has anyone who has received a replacement 530, because of problems with the cc code, had a good experience with the replacement and the cc code?

So far, so good. A couple of freeze-ups while using the IPG in fast ahead and back, one while mucking about with the skip-ahead & back keys. Got the new machine in Dec. after the original bit the BC bullet. Hard drive about 50% full. No factory resets since CC.

I guess this didn't include Kira then?

IIRC correctly, some were abandoned by management right out the door.

Unfortunately Starchoice's attitude towards their front line employees has been (at least since the Shaw takeover) abysmal. Quite something seeing as they are, for the most part, the best thing the company has going for it.

THat's what I thought too.

any dealings I had with her were terrific. I hope she's doing well.

Does anyone else experience regular sound drop outs on HD recordings?

I am on my second 530 and still on A8 but almost all HD channel recordings have regular (every few minutes or even more frequent) complete drop outs in the sound which lasts on average 2 to 3 seconds. Very annoying!

Recorded shows on standard definition programs do not have the sound dropouts. They tend to be longer with Dolby 5.1 sound but they occur on Dolby 2.0 also. I notice a very slight picture instability and pixilation at the instant that the sound recovers but nothing noticable when it cuts out.

While there is still a delay in the optical sound out on certain mono programs (The BBC news is a classic) which is not apparent on the normal stereo sound out, these dropouts in the sound seem to be confined to recorded shows in HD only and affect all sound outputs equally.

The funny thing is that I never noticed this HD sound problem on the first machine when it was running A8 but there were many sound issues with A4.

The funny thing is that I never noticed this HD sound problem on the first machine when it was running A8 but there were many sound issues with A4.

I have always experienced them, no matter what firmware my 530 was running.

Does anyone else experience regular sound drop outs on HD recordings?

I am on my second 530 and still on A8 but almost all HD channel recordings have regular (every few minutes or even more frequent) complete drop outs in the sound which lasts on average 2 to 3 seconds. Very annoying!

Recorded shows on standard definition programs do not have the sound dropouts. They tend to be longer with Dolby 5.1 sound but they occur on Dolby 2.0 also. I notice a very slight picture instability and pixilation at the instant that the sound recovers but nothing noticable when it cuts out.

While there is still a delay in the optical sound out on certain mono programs (The BBC news is a classic) which is not apparent on the normal stereo sound out, these dropouts in the sound seem to be confined to recorded shows in HD only and affect all sound outputs equally.

The funny thing is that I never noticed this HD sound problem on the first machine when it was running A8 but there were many sound issues with A4.


I get dropouts in in standard and hd recorded shows.This occurs about every 5th or 6th recording. I also get dropouts in live broadcasts but these are very minimal. Some recorded shows are not worth watching because of the sound dropouts. The video just shows a slight pixilation and is not a problem. I have tried to establish if there is a pattern and have not been able to find any. A check of the signal shows around 70 percent average so it is not the signal. Also the signal does not drop when the dropouts occur.
This only started with the replacement receiver after my unit died with the BC code. It never happened with the original rteceiver. Thes e dropouts usually occur with channels 936 (live) 534, 374, 400, and TVO.
Lester

I get dropouts in in standard and hd recorded shows.This occurs about every 5th or 6th recording. I also get dropouts in live broadcasts but these are very minimal. Some recorded shows are not worth watching because of the sound dropouts. The video just shows a slight pixilation and is not a problem. Lester

My experience is similar but on HD it is almost every recording where the show is broadcast in true widescreen HD format. I haven't had as much of a problem with standard shows, but then I don't record as many of them.

I got CC code last night and I am now recording a few shows in HD with CC. I will report if there is any change.

So far CC has worked OK (for a couple of hours) except when first playing a previously recorded (A8) show it seemed to send PCM encoded sound over the optical audio connection and really gave my sound system a blast of crackly noise. When I checked the Audio setup it was still showing that it was set for Dolby and surround sound but resaving the settings seemed to fix it.

My timers and recording do not work reliably now. Problems are as follows:

- Press record button during live viewing...recording icon in guide...no actual recording happens.
- Press record button while in guide for current or future program...record icon in guide...no actual recording happens.
- Timers will work sporadically.. Example is a program set to record daily at 4:30 will show up in DVR list maybe 3 days, then not for 4, then 1 day, etc...
- Program set to record for say 1:20 will only record for something less than that, examples are 2 hour, 5 min will record for 10 minutes, but show in the DVR list as :10/2:05

Have the CC code. Have also held the power button for 10 seconds a few times to "reboot".

Any thoughts.

Jaha,

Welcome to the club! I am still waiting for my replacement 530 because (IMO) the new cc code made using the pvr a nightmare.

My timers and recording do not work reliably now. ...
Have the CC code. ...
Any thoughts.
I noticed erratic behavior on timers following CC code that had previously been quite reliable with BC.
Some worked, some didn't.
No apparent rhyme or reason either.

After I deleted ALL my timers and then re-created a "BUNCH" of series timers, everything worked 100% again*.


* Your mileage may vary!