Tips to avoid Recording Conflicts
Recordings are in priority and no warning is given if you set up 3 at the same date and time....
...If anyone has a solution, please let me know.
Hi gzink,
The "Recording Conflict" symbol will appear in the Guide and Upcoming Air Dates menu for conflicted recordings - the record symbol plus an "!" over it. (I can see how it might look like a pause sign, too!)
If you're concerned about Recording Conflicts, both the PVR Options or PVR Upcoming menus can be used to verify upcoming scheduled recordings. If you see that the next scheduled recording for
Entourage is next Sunday when it should be recording this Sunday, you know some adjustment needs to be made.
I should point out that by using the
"Channels" selection to customize your Recording Events, conflicts can be greatly minimized. I'll use an example:
-
Entourage airs at 10:30pm ET on HBO
East HD. If you setup a Recording Event for New Episodes of Entourage on "HBO East HD
only", the HDPVR can only ever record on this channel. In the event of a conflict (e.g. two higher priority recording events), Entourage
will not be recorded.
- If you setup the Recording Event to record New Episodes of Entourage on "
HD only", the HDPVR will
automatically reschedule Entourage for 12:30am ET on HBO
West HD in the event of a conflict. That way,
everything gets recorded!
Priority should also be tweaked to reflect the relative importance of each Recording Event - if you always want Entourage to be recorded, keep it near the top of the list.
Finally, when scheduling one-time recordings, don't forget about the "View upcoming air dates" menu option. If that 8:00pm airing of
The Pink Panther 2 is going to interfere with primetime recordings, use "View upcoming air dates" to see when else its on and schedule the recording for a different time.
While the new behaviour is a shift from the way the HDPVR 530 works, give it a try. In my experience, I don't think we've ever had an unresolved recording conflict in my house!