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i live in the nyc area.
i had a 508 for over 4 years it worked flawlessly, until a few weeks ago.
my recordings appeared but i couldn't play any of them. also i discovered that the r/c had no pvr functions. i posted these problems elsewhere on dbst and the consensus of opinions was a dead hard drive. the 1st 508 replacement resulted with intermittant freezes, etc. called t/s and a 2nd 508 was sent. before sending back the 1st replacement i encountered the same problems plus the unit was extremely noisy. it actually was vibrating on my mantle.
I decided to keep the 1st replacement. hoping the glitches were a result of solar storms or possibly as another poster stated a software problem, but the problems of freezing still persists.
Note: i haven't been watching too much tv lately but this problem is mainly happening on channel 132 TCM. i was also watching the news [forget if it was Fox or CNN] and thought i saw a very swift freezing and yellow screen there as well. hope all of you 508 users that view this post, will tune to Turner Classic Movies, and comment if they are seeing these glitches. they are intermittant and last a second or so, sometimes longer with strong pixelization and rarely a black or yellow screen just before the video and sound initializes again.
I think E* is hiding something from us 508/10 users, it will be interesting to see how many other 508 subs will wind up with the problem.
i had a 508 for over 4 years it worked flawlessly, until a few weeks ago.
my recordings appeared but i couldn't play any of them. also i discovered that the r/c had no pvr functions. i posted these problems elsewhere on dbst and the consensus of opinions was a dead hard drive. the 1st 508 replacement resulted with intermittant freezes, etc. called t/s and a 2nd 508 was sent. before sending back the 1st replacement i encountered the same problems plus the unit was extremely noisy. it actually was vibrating on my mantle.
I decided to keep the 1st replacement. hoping the glitches were a result of solar storms or possibly as another poster stated a software problem, but the problems of freezing still persists.
Note: i haven't been watching too much tv lately but this problem is mainly happening on channel 132 TCM. i was also watching the news [forget if it was Fox or CNN] and thought i saw a very swift freezing and yellow screen there as well. hope all of you 508 users that view this post, will tune to Turner Classic Movies, and comment if they are seeing these glitches. they are intermittant and last a second or so, sometimes longer with strong pixelization and rarely a black or yellow screen just before the video and sound initializes again.
I think E* is hiding something from us 508/10 users, it will be interesting to see how many other 508 subs will wind up with the problem.
