HR20 Series link problem

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chewwy420

Discussion Starter · Nov 1, 2006

I don't know if this has been asked before but has anyone else had a problem where if you have it set to record "First Run" it records the repeats as well? It did it Monday for CSI Miami and it is doing it right now for CSI NY

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mcl

· #2 · Nov 1, 2006

I've had that happen sometimes but, honestly, I believe it's a guide data problem, not something under D*'s control. Most companies that provide DVR's with guides buy the data from a third party, and sometimes this data's simply wrong, either because the third party botched something, or because the network showing the program didn't provide accurate information.

Check the info for the program and see if it's labelled "repeat". If so, then ignore what I just said.

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PoitNarf

· #3 · Nov 1, 2006

Pretty sure this happens to most of us. If the guide data doesn't correctly reflect if an episode is a repeat it could lead to it being interpreted as a first run by the HR20. There are certain shows that have this problem more so than others. For example, both the Daily Show and Colbert Report on Comedy Central have a tendency to record all showings even if you set the SL to First Runs Only.

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chewwy420

Discussion Starter · #4 · Nov 1, 2006

mcl said:
I've had that happen sometimes but, honestly, I believe it's a guide data problem, not something under D*'s control. Most companies that provide DVR's with guides buy the data from a third party, and sometimes this data's simply wrong, either because the third party botched something, or because the network showing the program didn't provide accurate information.

Check the info for the program and see if it's labelled "repeat". If so, then ignore what I just said.

It says in the guide that it is a repeat!

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mcl

· #5 · Nov 1, 2006

chewwy420 said:
It says in the guide that it is a repeat!

Ok, in that case, I've got nothin'. If it's labelled as a repeat, but got recorded as first-run, something's wonky, and it's not the guide data.

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Sharkie_Fan

· #6 · Nov 1, 2006

mcl said:
Ok, in that case, I've got nothin'. If it's labelled as a repeat, but got recorded as first-run, something's wonky, and it's not the guide data.

I'm pretty sure it's a faulty HDMI cable.

My CSI has been pretty bad about recording all episodes, as well.

And forget about my son's kiddie shows. We've got 5 or 6 set up for him, and I think they're all screwed up. Haven't taken the time to investigate if they're listed as repeats or not. He's only 2 and couldn't care less that he's seen a particular episode 74 times.... Although I really would rather he didn't recite entire episodes of "Handy Manny" while we're trying to have a nice dinner out.

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Earl Bonovich

· #7 · Nov 1, 2006

Are you certain that you have them set to First Run?
The reason I ask, is the default settings of the box is to record BOTH

I discontinued my CSI:Miami.... last week.
But untill then... all three of the CSI's have recorded EXACTLY correct since I activated my first HR20 back in August
(The first few weeks it didn't record any since they where re-runs... and this past week it hasn't recording any)

But what CSI:NY is it recording? It is Tuesday night... CSI:NY is on Wednesday

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dervari

· #8 · Nov 1, 2006

My series link worked great. Didn't record the CSI:NY or :MIAMI repeats.

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hasan

· #9 · Nov 1, 2006

Once I set it up right, I found the Series Link was smarter than I was. (assuming the Guide Information is right) If the Guide doesn't provide the info, then the series link has no way to know a show is a repeat.

Example:

I got six copies of Mosaic in two days (all the same show). Carefully looking at the Guide, I found there was no information that that the Series Link could hang its hat on, so it kept recording them. I turned the Series Link OFF on Mosaic.

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jasonp5

· #10 · Nov 1, 2006

I have a similar problem with CSI...

My CSI:Miami SL is set to record First Run only and not every week, but twice in the last month it has recorded an episode that aired at 10:30pm on Sunday night. Obviously a rerun (which the guide also noted).

Not sure what the issue is, but it could be that when the HR20 picked up the episode to record the guide data didn't have the repeat tag listed. The guide then updated and listed that episode as a repeat, but the HR20 never removed the episode from its to-do list. That might be a stretch, but I can't think of anything else that would explain it.

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hasan

· #11 · Nov 1, 2006

jasonp5 said:
I have a similar problem with CSI...

My CSI:Miami SL is set to record First Run only and not every week, but twice in the last month it has recorded an episode that aired at 10:30pm on Sunday night. Obviously a rerun (which the guide also noted).

Not sure what the issue is, but it could be that when the HR20 picked up the episode to record the guide data didn't have the repeat tag listed. The guide then updated and listed that episode as a repeat, but the HR20 never removed the episode from its to-do list. That might be a stretch, but I can't think of anything else that would explain it.

That would be my theory too, kind of an "out of sequence" event that the HR20 isn't prepared to handle. The convenience of being Guide-centric, while making setting up recordings quite simple, also opens the way for stubborn problems that seem to have no identifiable cause.

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chewwy420

Discussion Starter · #12 · Nov 1, 2006

Earl Bonovich said:
Are you certain that you have them set to First Run?
The reason I ask, is the default settings of the box is to record BOTH

But what CSI:NY is it recording? It is Tuesday night... CSI:NY is on Wednesday

Ya, that's what I thought. But they rerun last weeks episode on Tuesday night and it did say REPEAT in the guide data., same as it said for Miami. It is set to "First Run"

Very strange!

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Sharkie_Fan

· #13 · Nov 1, 2006

Earl Bonovich said:
Are you certain that you have them set to First Run?
The reason I ask, is the default settings of the box is to record BOTH

I discontinued my CSI:Miami.... last week.
But untill then... all three of the CSI's have recorded EXACTLY correct since I activated my first HR20 back in August
(The first few weeks it didn't record any since they where re-runs... and this past week it hasn't recording any)

But what CSI:NY is it recording? It is Tuesday night... CSI:NY is on Wednesday

My CSI (the original, las vegas) is set to first run only and still picks up some of the reruns on other nights of the week....

I dont' know about the kids shows they may actually be set to record first runs and repeats, I'm not sure.

I have a series link for Numb3rs set up though and a few weeks ago it cancelled a recording on Friday night. I thought it was my first missed recording, as when I had looked at it earlier in the week it was a description for a new episode. Come the following friday, the episode I thought it had cancelled was the one recording that weekend.

Apparently the guide had the wrong information and when it updated to reflect that the first weeks episode was actually a repeat, the HR20 cancelled the recording, and correctly recorded the first run the following week.

I've got 10 or so series links set up that I watch all the time and that I KNOW are set to first run only and I think that the one CSI is the only one that occasionally has problems recording the reruns. I haven't done any investigating to figure out if the guide data is correctly reflecting the espisode as a repeat. Since it only happens once in a while I just delete the episode. I don't fill my DVR to the brim, so it's not as if I might run out of space if it accidentally records a rerun....

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