All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
jb38: My Sony is recording at present so I might have a go tomorrow and see if tuning in the PSB channels only makes a difference.
If you are referring to the issue I had with timer recordings set for LCN001 (BBC One) where the EPG Link was on and where, seemingly, at random intervals it decided to record from one of the BBC Ones in my 800s instead then I don't think this has anything to do with the current widespread issue:
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We also have a Pioneer DVR-440HX and the colour scheme of its EPG has also changed, along with the now and next box and the information box which gives the blurb for the current or next programme.
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The issue only appears when COM5 is tuned.
I tried running Easy Setup (having set the country back to UK), doing the unplug aerial trick so as to store only PSB2 on C44 (Emley Moor). The EPG worked fine and the broadcast pictures were available (no black screen). I then added PSB1, COM4, COM6 and then COM5 at which point it gave up. Prior to adding COM5 the EPG was available, complete with programme titles. Having added it the EPG has no programme titles.
So I tried again, this time picking up PSB2 only during the scan. I then added COM5 manually and it the fault showed.
Interestingly there is something with the picture when it goes wrong when that picture is black. What happens seems a bit random but the effect is something appearing momentarily (split second) on the screen such as a coloured line at the top of the screen or some other momentarily blip, blob or pixel of colour/white.
I've just done it again, storing PSB2 and then adding COM5. Having exited the menu (having added COM5) ITV displayed momentarily with the picture stopping and jumping back and forward a frame about three times, this reminding me of the pause function on VHS. The screen then went blank although the EPG screen is accessible, it having no programmes even though it did when only PSB2 was stored.
I repeat that when it failed yesterday evening it was recording from COM6 and so couldn't possibly have been tuned to COM5. Why then does it appear that the fault lies with COM5?
The only possibility I can think of is that this has something to do with the fact that the same EPG data is broadcast on all muxes and that something which relates to a service on COM5 is corrupted or otherwise doesn't agree with these models.
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AlphaMom: This is an issue known to Sony.
As a temporary workaround, run Easy Setup but change the Country setting to France. This should restore the set, albeit with an empty EPG.
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Brian Duffy: I think the thing to check is that the time is set correctly. On mine I haven't done this (having set the Country to France) and it is recording at the correct time.
I don't understand why this change was made on a Friday night and why it is that now the problem is known that the errorneous broadcast has not been reverted back to the last known "working" one.
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jb38: QUOTE: "This in theory meaning that if the Sony box is set up as normal in UK followed by manually tuning in each of the muxes one at a time "with the exception of COM5" this will result in EPG listings been seen as normal minus everything associated with COM5."
Until the next Update, that is, because there is apparently no way of preventing this device from adding any new multiplex it finds.
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It's all working again!
The EPG colours have returned to how they were on the Sony, although those on the Pioneer DVR-440HX are still the "new" cyan (although it hasn't been given a retune which I don't know whether makes any difference).
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brian: I think you can safely add it back now as I did the same. EPG working again with all channels (set to UK).
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Christine: Try pressing and holding the Power/Standby button on the front of the machine. Hold it for about 5 seconds and it should come out of Update mode.
Then try pressing the Power button again, momentarily, in order to turn it on.
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AlanC: If one of these Sony receivers is stuck in Update mode then press and hold the Power/Standby button on the front of the machine for about 5 seconds.
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Saturday 20 July 2013 8:33PM
jb38: Mine was recording Film4 (COM6) when it went off. It continued recording a blank screen.
Prior to going blank the picture went upwards once or twice, just as in the days of analogue without a vertical hold - for that reason I first suspected that the tuner had gone.