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psweig
03-09-07, 11:08 AM
The past two weeks I have had three episodes of a recording FFing of it's own accord. Fix is just to pause then play. Anyone else experienced this??:nono2:
litzdog911
03-09-07, 11:10 AM
What brand/model DVR do you have? What software version?

Have you tried rebooting the DVR (disconnect power, wait 30-sec, reconnect power)?
psweig
03-09-07, 11:13 AM
Hughes SD-DVR40, 6.2a, yeah, with this DVR I have to get down on the floor and stick my hand in in a bunch of wires, so I avoid it whenever possible.
jdspencer
03-10-07, 04:25 PM
Instead of a hard reboot, try a restart from the messages and setup menu. You also may be experiencing some IR interference. Or a code from another remote is close to the FF code for the DVR40. If it continues, change the remote address of the TiVo (see manual on how to do that).
psweig
03-10-07, 06:05 PM
Thanks! I bet it's the transmitter for my RF extender;I was having trouble with the remote signal to my audio receiver and I moved the transmitter, which cured that problem. Gave myself a different problem? Will report back.
Wolffpack
03-10-07, 07:34 PM
Thanks! I bet it's the transmitter for my RF extender;I was having trouble with the remote signal to my audio receiver and I moved the transmitter, which cured that problem. Gave myself a different problem? Will report back.
Nothing personal here, but why on earth wouldn't you mention you have an RF extender in your original post? :confused:
jdspencer
03-10-07, 08:37 PM
From many threads I've read on the TiVo Community forum it is very evident that people only include devices that they think are pertinent to the problem. Here I'm sure the OP didn't include the RF extender because it wasn't being used for DVR use.
psweig
03-11-07, 03:58 PM
Nothing personal here, but why on earth wouldn't you mention you have an RF extender in your original post? :confused:

I didn't take it personally, but I am wondering why you didn't read my post. I was not asking for help. I was asking if anyone else had experienced the problem. Prior to re-inventing the wheel, I try to see if someone else has solved the problem and how they did it. Jdspencer was kind enough to point my brain in the right direction. Does that require an equipment listing? I don't know if the problem is solved yet;I'll have to wait a few days and see if it reoccurs.
Wolffpack
03-11-07, 07:24 PM
I didn't take it personally, but I am wondering why you didn't read my post. I was not asking for help. I was asking if anyone else had experienced the problem. Prior to re-inventing the wheel, I try to see if someone else has solved the problem and how they did it. Jdspencer was kind enough to point my brain in the right direction. Does that require an equipment listing? I don't know if the problem is solved yet;I'll have to wait a few days and see if it reoccurs.
Right, but the first response would be something, remote or something else is causing the FF. Heck, sitting on it would cause that. Just in my mind if there was an RF extender and it was mentioned in the OP that would have been the first thing folks would have mentioned for your to check.

Reading again, I have no idea how an RF extender could effect your R15 as the R15 has no official support for RF (even though it works :) ). That in itself seems to be a bug. The R15 doesn't support R15 yet it listens. Cool.
psweig
03-12-07, 11:10 AM
Right, but the first response would be something, remote or something else is causing the FF. Heck, sitting on it would cause that. Just in my mind if there was an RF extender and it was mentioned in the OP that would have been the first thing folks would have mentioned for your to check.

Reading again, I have no idea how an RF extender could effect your R15 as the R15 has no official support for RF (even though it works :) ). That in itself seems to be a bug. The R15 doesn't support R15 yet it listens. Cool.

It was the transmitter, not the receiver of the RF extender. Isn't this the part that converts the RF back to IR?
Wolffpack
03-12-07, 12:13 PM
I thought the transmitter would grab the IR and convert it to RF then the receiver converts back to IR. But I guess if the transmitter went bad it would send out bogus RF which the receiver converts to IR, just what it's suppose to do.

Well, at least mystery solved.