622 hd dvr recording queston

[zort382001]

Hello,

I joined the world of Sat. TV yesterday. I am confused by the dual tuner and off air tuner concept. I want to record 2 programs at once. I went to the guide and highlighted and hit record for the program I wanted. I went through the create file. Then I highlighted another program, on at the same time. Hit record and went through the create file.

I went back in to look at my scheduled recordings. It showed both shows. One was prioritzed with a 1 and the other with a 2. Will both record? or will the priority one take over the recording for that hour?

Any suggestions would be helpful.

thanks

[JAB]

Hello,

I joined the world of Sat. TV yesterday. I am confused by the dual tuner and off air tuner concept. I want to record 2 programs at once. I went to the guide and highlighted and hit record for the program I wanted. I went through the create file. Then I highlighted another program, on at the same time. Hit record and went through the create file.

I went back in to look at my scheduled recordings. It showed both shows. One was prioritzed with a 1 and the other with a 2. Will both record? or will the priority one take over the recording for that hour?

Any suggestions would be helpful.

thanks

Both will record. You will get a message when you have too many events at the same time. It will still create the event but there will be an X in the circle instead of a 1 or 2. If you have an antennae connected for OTA, that will give you a third option. Those are the local digital channels and appear as yellow where it tells the station number in the guide. I try to record off the air as much as possible to free up the SAT tuners for RAVE and movies. My problem is I do not have enough hours in the day to watch everything that I record!

JAB:grin:

[zort382001]

Both will record. You will get a message when you have too many events at the same time. It will still create the event but there will be an X in the circle instead of a 1 or 2. If you have an antennae connected for OTA, that will give you a third option. Those are the local digital channels and appear as yellow where it tells the station number in the guide. I try to record off the air as much as possible to free up the SAT tuners for RAVE and movies. My problem is I do not have enough hours in the day to watch everything that I record!

JAB:grin:


Thanks for the info. I do have the OTA antennae. Are you saying that I could record 3 shows at once?

[ebaltz]

Thanks for the info. I do have the OTA antennae. Are you saying that I could record 3 shows at once?

For the 1 millionth time. YES.

Do a quick search on this site and it will turn up like a thousand posts that confirm this.

Can we make a sticky in ALL BOLD CAPS that says:

THE 622 CAN RECORD 3 HD PROGRAMS AT ONCE (as long as one is OTA)

[ChuckA]

There is an entry for this in the Tips and Useful Threads sticky. Take a look at it for lots of useful new user information:

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=64185

[dreslism]

I went back in to look at my scheduled recordings. It showed both shows. One was prioritzed with a 1 and the other with a 2. Will both record? or will the priority one take over the recording for that hour?

Any suggestions would be helpful.

thanks

I did not see anyone else mention in their replies, but the 1 and 2 are not priorities. The 1 and 2 are the tuners that it will record on. You can see the same thing when you bring up the guide, a 1 or a 2 in the guild showing you what will be recorded, and what tuner it will be recorded on.

[benn5325]

One was prioritzed with a 1 and the other with a 2. Will both record? or will the priority one take over the recording for that hour?

Any suggestions would be helpful.

thanks
That's not a priority issue. Thats showing you what tuner they will record on.

[lujan]

I did not see anyone else mention in their replies, but the 1 and 2 are not priorities. The 1 and 2 are the tuners that it will record on. You can see the same thing when you bring up the guide, a 1 or a 2 in the guild showing you what will be recorded, and what tuner it will be recorded on.

Someone also forgot to mention that if you record an OTA station, it will say tuner 1 as well which can make it a bit difficult to understand.

[icmoney]

Someone also forgot to mention that if you record an OTA station, it will say tuner 1 as well which can make it a bit difficult to understand.

Yes, but it's a different color......:D