All posts by Ian
Below are all of Ian's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Bill:
Hi Bill,
All I got from Panasonic, was to do the factory reset. On contacting them for a second time (both online), I got no reply! As you say, very annoying!
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Further to my last post, I have had another reply from Panasonic, suggesting I contact the BBC.
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Bill:
Hi Bill (and MikeB, and Brian),
On further investigation, I now realise that it isn't just BBC4HD that I'm having the problem recording. On trying to record from Vintage TV (channel 82), I found this also wasn't recording. This led me to try and record all stations on the COM7 (channel 31) multiplex. None of them are recording! Signal quality is 60% and signal strength is 50%. When viewing via AV through the recorder, all programmes are of good quality and sound, and they all worked a few weeks ago. There had been the odd occasion where the picture had pixelated, but nevertheless they all used to record. Every other band of channels for this area (Gorleston) are recording perfectly, 37, 39,42,45, 55,57,59.
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MikeB:
Every thing has been done, as it has been for years, and all was fine until a few weeks ago. The recorder flashes to tell you it is about to record, but doesn't record. It just carries on flashing. If you go into "prog check", it shows that it is recording (but it isn't!). The same fault appears on many online posts, all referring to BBC4HD, which of course is on COM7. A recent factory reset has also been tried, but this didn't help either. I'm just wondering now if I'm getting a lower signal than previously, but I wouldn't have thought the 50% and 60% signal condition readings were low enough to stop it recording, and in the past it has recorded pixelating programmes.
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Bill:
Looks like all the Tacolneston channels are going to have different numbers around Apr - Jun 2018, maybe it will help our situation!
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Looks like many others are having the same problem, and it does seem to be pointing to a BBC issue
Panasonic HDD Recorder DMR-HW100 - WILL NOT RECORD! | AVForums
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A new breakthrough today. Done a re-tune for all channels, and BBCFourHD (106), has now come through on Channel 37 Com 8, and is recording fine. (All the rest of the channels that have come through on the original Com 7, still won't record, but nothing of interest on those anyway).
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Cancel my post from the 15th January. BBC4HD on Channel 106, will no longer record again.... YAWN!
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I see the message is coming on our screen to re-tune on 7th February (well, Tacolneston area at least) The only change I can spot, is Com 8 (37) moving to 56, I wonder if this will cure our BBC4HD problems, that are currently on 37 (channel 106) ?
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Sunday 24 December 2017 2:14PM
Bill: I live in Gorleston, and have the same problem recording BBC4HD. It was fine about a month ago. I have tried a factory reset on my Panasonic recorder, and left it unplugged for a while, all to no avail.
Recorder starts on time, and says it is recording, but recording light just flashes.