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Posts: 1 Problem with timer recordings on SonyRDR-HXD710 - insufficient space on HDD
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I have a Sony RDR-HXD710 DVD recorder with 160GB hard disc.
I have had this for about a year and it has worked OK until recently. I have a library of family videos on the HDD so there is about 45 GB left.
I also have about a dozen timer recordings of the "every Monday at 7:30" type. These programmes are recorded, viewed later and then deleted. This arrangement worked fine until a few weeks ago.
I have had this HXD710 for a year. Over a few months I added an archive of old home videos (converted from VHS) onto the 160gb hard disc. It eventually reached a total of about 70GB.
We also have about 10 timer recordings of the "every Monday 7:30 to 8:00" type. These typically get watched within 24 hours and deleted so they add at most 10GB to the 70GB above.
A few months ago the timer recordings just stopped working. Trying to edit them gave an error "end time in the past" - which is impossible in an "every Monday" entry. If I tried to add new entries I got "no space on HDD" errors. The only solution was to delete all the EPG entries (which obvioulsy did not increase the free disc space) and then add them from scratch.
This has now happened 3 times (usually with a couple of months between).
I spoke to Sony Tech Support and they were no help except they did say that the device needs 40 GB for a cache - which in turn means you can only use 120GB for storage!
Anyone heard of this sort of thing before?
John
spierian
New on Forum
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 1 Problem with timer recordings on SonyRDR-HXD710 - insufficient space on HDD
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I have a Sony RDR-HXD710 DVD recorder with 160GB hard disc.
I have had this for about a year and it has worked OK until recently. I have a library of family videos on the HDD so there is about 45 GB left.
I also have about a dozen timer recordings of the "every Monday at 7:30" type. These programmes are recorded, viewed later and then deleted. This arrangement worked fine until a few weeks ago.
I have had this HXD710 for a year. Over a few months I added an archive of old home videos (converted from VHS) onto the 160gb hard disc. It eventually reached a total of about 70GB.
We also have about 10 timer recordings of the "every Monday 7:30 to 8:00" type. These typically get watched within 24 hours and deleted so they add at most 10GB to the 70GB above.
A few months ago the timer recordings just stopped working. Trying to edit them gave an error "end time in the past" - which is impossible in an "every Monday" entry. If I tried to add new entries I got "no space on HDD" errors. The only solution was to delete all the EPG entries (which obvioulsy did not increase the free disc space) and then add them from scratch.
This has now happened 3 times (usually with a couple of months between).
I spoke to Sony Tech Support and they were no help except they did say that the device needs 40 GB for a cache - which in turn means you can only use 120GB for storage!
Anyone heard of this sort of thing before?
John