starview hd combo help please

update .....i have found that if you record the whole program then a icon appears next to the file and it plays !......but whist its recording i have to revert to freeview as i cant watch any other channel lets hope a fix is releast to cure this problem

 

You don't always have to record the whole program. It's possible to start recording manually then stop a couple of minutes later. I have several recordings saved that were done this way. Admittedly there are some recording issues to be ironed out, but with a decent device connected to the USB port it should record properly (most of the time at least).

As mentioned above, there are limits as to what other channels you can watch while recording a channel. They must be on the same transponder (i.e. frequency). A software update will not change this as it's not a problem as such and is not possible with a single tuner. This is the same situation as for freeview PVRs for terrestrial TV. Only twin tuner machines (e.g. Humax PVR9300 etc) allow multiple channels to be watched/recorded on different frequencies.

There are still bugs with this part of the Starview HD Combo though, as it doesn't always make every channel on that transponder available to watch. I don't know why, but I believe they're aware of this (hopefully).

 

By the time this fella gets his box working Nag 5 will be out ;-) hohoho

 

I have the Combo and am pleased'ish
Can anyone explain to me why there are 2 tuners if you cannot record on both?

If I watch say Sky through Cable. Once I start recording, I should be able to flick to the satalite tuner and watch another channel shoudn't I? Otherwiase, what;s the point of dual tuners?

Apart from getting more channels on the satalite, I cannot see the point of having two tuners?