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Happens every time for us and having posted to a couple of posters on other forums over the years it happens to other people too. Another friend with a 9300 sees the same problem.
Biggles – 8 minutes ago »
Happens every time for us and having posted to a couple of posters on other forums over the years it happens to other people too. Another friend with a 9300 sees the same problem.
It is certainly not a common problem on the HDR models; I think Victor Delta’s problem is something else but not sure what.
In all my years with Humax products (over 10) I have never witnessed a problem with timers and the clock change on any models released in that time frame.
Whilst the OP has stated that tuning is not the problem, if it persists I would definitely recommend checking this again.
Barry – 1 minute ago »
In all my years with Humax products (over 10) I have never witnessed a problem with timers and the clock change on any models released in that time frame.
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How strange that we see this at every clock change with series-linked reservations on the 9200 and 9300 in different locations and it is usually the exact same episodes that are missed.
Pleased to report no further problems this week.
I know it doesn’t prove anything but, at the very least, it is a strange coincidence that my missed recordings were only in the week after the clocks changed…
Well, lo and behold, it all happened again this year after the clocks went back.
Tonight I had 3 recordings set – series link on Poldark and Tutankhamun (both starting at 2100) and the BBC news at 2200 set to record weekly from 22.00 to 22.35 (to record the national and local news and weather all in one recording).
Presumably Poldark started first because that appears to have recorded ok (albeit with the recording showing the start time as 2200 (instead of 2100).
Then the news recording started – but at 2100 rather than 2200. And so I now have what is in effect a second recording of the first 35 minutes of Poldark!
The Tutankhamun recordng must have then tried to start but sadly found 2 recordings already in progress and so failed ‘owing to a higher priority recording’.
Result one successful recording out of 3.
Good I guess that the series link recordings were probably ok but clearly there must be some sort of software bug in the timer software for the manually set recording to run an hour earlier than it should.
Anyone have the same problem and/or any suggestions how to overcome it.
Given the above and what happened last year (see earlier posts), I am inclined to delete all my programmes set to record and start the list from scratch again.
PS The first time the Humax box came on today was in the run up to the first recording – although I would have thought this would update the clock. Might it have helped if I had just switched the box on earlier in the day to update the clock at an earlier stage?
Different PVR’s I know, but have just checked Saturday / Sunday recordings on our Foxsat HDR & HDR Fox t2. All series linked programmes including Poldark & Tutankhamun recorded correctly with no intervention from us.
Victor Delta – 10 hours ago »
Well, lo and behold, it all happened again this year after the clocks went back.
Tonight I had 3 recordings set – series link on Poldark and Tutankhamun (both starting at 2100) and the BBC news at 2200 set to record weekly from 22.00 to 22.35 (to record the national and local news and weather all in one recording).
Anyone have the same problem and/or any suggestions how to overcome it.
I think it is working as designed. Series link programs will work correctly but manually set recordings will be out by an hour. I think the only solution is to wait until the clocks have changed then alter the manually scheduled recordings.
Martin Liddle – 23 minutes ago »
… but manually set recordings will be out by an hour.
That’s not ‘working as designed’ as I understand it! The recording in question has the correct time (2200 – 2235) shown on the schedule not 2100 – 2135.
I have another one set for tonight – again national + local news – so will monitor with interest what happens at 2100 and 2200 and report back.
PS Also never had this problem with manually set recordings on the 9200T.
Good news – tonight’s manually set recording (which runs every weekday) behaved as it should and started at 2200.
So this makes me think that the problem might be that perhaps the first recording, after a clock change, starts before the Humax clock has had a chance to update? Perhaps this only happens when the first recording is a manual one rather than a series link one…?
However, I’m a bit puzzled by this as I thought the box came out of standby 15 mins before the start of recordings, and had assumed this would allow plenty of time for the internal clock to be updated, if necessary.
Any other theories?
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