"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Ashley Booth" wrote in message
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Gio wrote:


Thanks for the tip Keith. With luck it will be delivered on Wed so
no report for a bit. It seems a little strange that the machine plays
dead when a drive is fitted. I would have thought the machine would
have set about formatting the new drive on boot-up then would have
been ready for tuning. By the way what is ukra ? The only thing I
know with those letters are The United Kingdom Rocket Association
(UKRA) as in www.ukra.org.uk/ If it means something else then you
will have to let me know because my isp does not list ukra on the
newsgroup list.

Gio

Just got one of these. The tuners are not very sensitive - I get
breakup on it but not on a BT Netgem on the same aerial and lead.


Yep, I've discovered it needs a decent aerial then no problems!


Biggest drawback found so far is
NO subtitles!



Must be the programme, Ashley - I've just checked BBC1 and subbies are
there (and off again) at the press of a button.

The one *quirk* I think I've found is if you hit the Record button
(effectively a One Touch Record button) to grab a programme it seems to
need 'confirming' (at the 2 hour default recording period) by the second
press of the button and then 'OK' - otherwise it can chunter on recording
to (presumably) the limit of the available disk space!

(It's no biggie - I can live with it, especially as I would probably alter
the recording period with a second press of the button as often as not, in
any case!)


Hi Keith,
Well the unit arrived today and after following your advice re tuning then
shut down and add an old HD followed by a reboot / format and things are
looking well. I had to adjust the colour and brightness but other than that
it records programs and after a bit of confusion over changing channels
while recording on the other tuner it worked well. Whether it will be like
that 12 months on is another thing but till then it will sit next to my
Humax unit.
It is a shame it does not put a title onto a 'booked' recording (from the
epg) and the full screen epg changes channel as you scan through the listing
for another program is a bit of a pain . I would have liked the original
channel to have remained in the preview window while I -or should I say the
other half- looks for something else to watch but that aside it appears good
value with A1 reception .

Gio