I’ve had my HDR for a bit less than a year and every so often it just stops making scheduled recordings. I haven’t been able to pin down the exact sequence of events that leads to this, partly because I haven’t had that much time to investigate, so I’m looking for suggestions and hoping that the symptoms ring bells with someone here.

What generally happens is that the box stops making series link recordings. This is while the series is still on air. For example, yesterday it didn’t record Doctor Who (on BBC1 HD) despite it having recorded the previous four episodes. I checked the scheduled recordings list, and there was nothing listed after last weekend.

It was also supposed to record The Thick of It yesterday. Seeing that nothing was listed in the schedule, out of curiosity I checked the guide and saw that the programme was still marked with the red icon indicating it would record. So was Doctor Who for that matter. I decided to put it in and out of standby to see what would happen. After rebooting, the red icons had disappeared from the guide, which was at least consistent with the schedule. Unsure of what else I could so, I created another series recording for The Thick of It and hoped for the best. However it still didn’t record, despite being listed in the schedule.

Anyone have any idea what’s going on? I’m on the latest firmware (21). Are there any logs hidden away on the box that I can access? I used to have a hacked series 1 TiVo, so I’m not averse to rolling my sleeves up and poking around if needs be.