Hi
New to this forum and needing help!
I have an 8300 and an 8642, both bought from best Buy in last 3 years.
I am getting Phantom Recording mostly on the 8642 (it also occurred once on the 8300). This is the problem previously described in post # 162 of:
http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=122118&page=11
"..tried recording 2 shows at once.... when I go to check, I was looking at recording #1... but there were no signs of it taping show#2. When I tried to change channel, it gave the usual "You are currently recording.... press Select to switch to other recording"... I hit Select, and it brought me to Channel 08, which it said I was recording (I have nothing on channel 8 scheduled to record). But the screen on this second recording (Channel 8) was black. There was no sign in the recorded list that a second program was recording, and when viewing blank channel 8, I could not hit stop to cancel this phantom recording."
I have the same problem usually with Channel 518. Others have it too from other posts I have seen. Yes, it does go away with a cold reboot but it comes back once or twice a week. And, if it does when you have scheduled 2 recordings you miss one of the two. Are there any other solutions/causes?
By the way, I have the HSUD (HDD Spins Up and Down) issue as well (haven't slept properly for ages!!). So I would like to make a half stupid suggestion: what about a timer on the plug-in for the STB set to switch off between midnight and 8:00 am? You avoid the noise, sleep well, save $15 per year x 2 STBs = $30, and you get the cold reboot to fix the phantom recording. Nice?
Thanks for any suggestions.
New to this forum and needing help!
I have an 8300 and an 8642, both bought from best Buy in last 3 years.
I am getting Phantom Recording mostly on the 8642 (it also occurred once on the 8300). This is the problem previously described in post # 162 of:
http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=122118&page=11
"..tried recording 2 shows at once.... when I go to check, I was looking at recording #1... but there were no signs of it taping show#2. When I tried to change channel, it gave the usual "You are currently recording.... press Select to switch to other recording"... I hit Select, and it brought me to Channel 08, which it said I was recording (I have nothing on channel 8 scheduled to record). But the screen on this second recording (Channel 8) was black. There was no sign in the recorded list that a second program was recording, and when viewing blank channel 8, I could not hit stop to cancel this phantom recording."
I have the same problem usually with Channel 518. Others have it too from other posts I have seen. Yes, it does go away with a cold reboot but it comes back once or twice a week. And, if it does when you have scheduled 2 recordings you miss one of the two. Are there any other solutions/causes?
By the way, I have the HSUD (HDD Spins Up and Down) issue as well (haven't slept properly for ages!!). So I would like to make a half stupid suggestion: what about a timer on the plug-in for the STB set to switch off between midnight and 8:00 am? You avoid the noise, sleep well, save $15 per year x 2 STBs = $30, and you get the cold reboot to fix the phantom recording. Nice?
Thanks for any suggestions.