Hi,

I just joined the forum because I have a similar problem to the one reported above. 9200T that won’t record from a programmed event – but will record if I just press the red button. Problem developed about 6 – 8 weeks ago. I replaced the hard disc last week but that didn’t fix it. I only just worked out that it WILL record a programmed event when it’s not in stand-by so it sounds like the clock problem. The difference is that I’m pretty sure that the clock shows the correct time when in stand-by. I will check when I get home … and I will try the cleaning process when I get time anyway. It can’t do any harm.

In my case it doesn’t correspond to the central heating coming on Biggles …. but the colder weather might have brought more humidity / condensation. No idea if that could be a factor.

MS_Boffin

So when I got home from work I checked the display and was surprised to see –:– I was convinced that I had seen the correct time displayed only yesterday. Out of standby, the correct time appears and the clock digits are noticeably dimmer than the rest of the display. When I put the box back into standby, it displays the correct time. I haven’t watched it for long enough to see how long it takes for the clock to go back to –:– but it surely must because I have not been able to record anything from standby for weeks. I have turned the box back to standby several times tonight and most times it displays –:– I get the impression that the longer it’s been powered up, the more likely it is to NOT show the clock when I go back to standby, but I can’t be certain of that. Anyway, it seems you are right and the clock display is in the early stages of failure. I probably don’t have time to go through the cleaning procedure until weekend but I will definitely give it a go and report back.

While I was typing the above, I was occasionally switching the box in and out of standby to see how often the clock was correctly displayed. The answer was zero …. but right now the box is in operate and I am watching the clock display blinking between –:– and the correct time (about once per second). Clearly not normal behavior and the longer I leave it, the longer the periods of blank display get – 2 or 3 seconds now followed by just a quick flash (a fraction of a second)of normal clock display. Turning the box off and on with the power switch on the back of the unit stops the clock flashing but still gives me –:– in standby. When the box first came back on from that reset, the clock displayed 12:00 so it seems like it had not kept track of time while powered off for only a 10 – 15 seconds. Seems like whatever I do now, I cannot get the clock to display correctly in standby so it may have failed completely while I have been watching.

I noticed in the previous threads that some people had purchased new clock display boards. Are they still available for the 9200T? I would rather do that than buy a new PVR (if the cleaning doesn’t work) as there is a chance that we may change to FreeSat in the next 6 months or so.

Thanks for your help. It is a great relief to be able to talk to people who understand the problem and have experienced it first hand!

MS_Boffin

Biggles – 1 hour ago  » 

I’m a bit puzzled about this behaviour, I don’t recall anybody reporting it before.

I have seen that behaviour and I believe it occurs at an intermediate stage between the clock board behaving properly and not working at all in standby.

Biggles – 24 minutes ago  » 

Hi Martin, just to confirm, I believe MS_Boffin is saying this blinking display happened with the 9200 switched ON?

That is correct and exactly what I saw. Blinking clock whilst on was a prelude to clock failure in standby which at first was intermittent and then became permanent.

Biggles – 48 minutes ago  » 

OK thanks, so that indicates MS_Boffin simply has the clock problem with no other complications.

Certainly what I think.

Don’t forget the little brush to get into the awkward places. I was looking on the Superdrug website the other day and it said their surgical spirit contained caster oil for softening hard skin, nice! Probably make the clock operation very slick.