Sky+ Deleting Recordings

[windfall]

Hi Chaps

Has anyone seen their Sky+ box delete their recordings?

This is the second time this has happened, it hasnt deleted all of the recordings but most of the ones I havnt archived off as yet.

I have instant rewind set to 5 mins, there was over 40% space available.

We turn the box off when not in use (via remote) and tbh this is starting to pee me off considerably!

RF2 output is totally rubbish - 15 days before the year is up, so I will give then a shout and complain again! Just wanted to know if anyone else has the same issue?

Thanks

Tone

[Dabs]

Hi ya
i had 6 episodes of Little Britain and 3 were deleted and i had about 30% of space.(only the 40GB)

[Rasczak]

it hasnt deleted all of the recordings but most of the ones I havnt archived off as yet.

Why not set it to manual delete only then?

[Dabs]

Did'nt know you could,cheers for that Rasczak

[Starburst]

In regards to the RF2 output, have you manually tuned it to avoid clashes with the local RF frequencies used by terrestrial analogue/digital plus existing RF hardware in your home?

[windfall]

Originally Posted by Starburst

In regards to the RF2 output, have you manually tuned it to avoid clashes with the local RF frequencies used by terrestrial analogue/digital plus existing RF hardware in your home?

I have indeed but whatever I tune them to I get interference. The RF passthrough is better than watching the actual SKY signal, which is the reverse of the problem I had before this box was given to me!


With regards to Auto/Man disk management - yes I forgot about that one, but even with over 50% of the disk available why should it delete stuff?


God its awful!

Tone

[windfall]

Chaps - further to this issue I had, does anyone know why the Sky+ box fails to record?

Is there any thing anywhere that outlines some of the reasons for failed recordings?

Cheers

Tone

[Starburst]

Reasons for failure....

1) Poor reception/installation
2) HD spin up time
3) EPG errors
4) Now & Next info errors
5) Corrupted hard drive
6) Corrupted/buggy software
7) User intervention
9) Overheating
8) Murphys Law


I think that about covers it but anyone else feel free to add anything further