Can only view limeted channels while recording

[Loofah]

My understanding was that you could record a channel and watch another simultaneously? Well at the moment I'm recording The Apprentice and can only view a very limited selection of other channels rather than the full list. Any ideas as to why? I have a quad lnb with dual cables attached to the freesat pvr box...

 

[mbell]

What happens when you press the info button to view your signal status? Are you detecting good signals on both channels?

 

[crockett]

Sounds like the receiver thinks you are looping through your LNB inputs and is only showing channels on the same polarity as the 1st input.

 

[grahamlthompson]

My understanding was that you could record a channel and watch another simultaneously? Well at the moment I'm recording The Apprentice and can only view a very limited selection of other channels rather than the full list. Any ideas as to why? I have a quad lnb with dual cables attached to the freesat pvr box...

Two suggestions

1 you installed the stb using only 1 cable and then added the second. The second cable's prescence is not automatically recognised so you need to do one of the following

Factory reset - watch for 2 cables recognised message

or

Change Connection mode in the secret menu

Enter the setup menu
Press RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE GREEN YELLOW BLUE

Change connection mode to 2 cables (same)

2 The 2nd cable is connected to the wrong connection. (The 2 outer ones are the correct ones). If so put right an do the above

Incidentally depeding on what you are recording, even when recording two there should be a selection of 3rd channels you can watch, under the right circumstances you can watch any channel while recording two

 

[Loofah]

Hi, sorry for the delay in saying thanks - but thanks! Factory reset seems to have fixed it