Recording issue on vu+duo

[clem58]

Hi folks, i discovered to-night that i can only record 1 channel and watch another. I need to be able to record at least 2 channels while watching another. I hear of people being able to record up to 8 channels. How can i increase the number of channels that can be recorded simultaneously . I am led to believe i need a transponder. Can anyone give me an idiots guide on how to solve this recording problem. Thanks in advance for replies.


The best i have been able to achieve, is, being able to record 2 channels simultaneously a blank screen and not being able to watch anything.

[DeejayAJ]

To be able to record 2 channels while watching another, two of the three channels would need to be on the same transponder. Each transponder only have a few channels which are usually affiliated so it's unlikely the channels you wanna record will be on the same transponder, BBC HD, BBC 1 HD & ITV HD are though.

You might wanna look into getting an Vu+ Ultimo.

You can check transponders here; http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php

[clem58]

To be able to record 2 channels while watching another, two of the three channels would need to be on the same transponder. Each transponder only have a few channels which are usually affiliated so it's unlikely the channels you wanna record will be on the same transponder, BBC HD, BBC 1 HD & ITV HD are though.

You might wanna look into getting an Vu+ Ultimo.

You can check transponders here; Astra 1N / Astra 2A / Astra 2B / Astra 2D / Eutelsat 28A (28.2E) - All transmissions - frequencies - KingOfSat

Just bought this a wk ago, maybe sometime down the line. What difference would that make?

[RuberDuck]

Each tuner can only record / watch one transponder at any one time.

For example if you have two recordings taking place on BBC1 and SKY1 you will not be able to watch or record any thing else unless it is on one of those two transponders.

Try as above, set two recordings from BBC1 and SKY1 then pull up the channel list, the channels not available to you will be grayed out and not selectable, those you can select will be as normal.

The screenshot included shows this as on my uno i have set a recording on the BBC news channel, now when i pull up the channel list all channels but those on the same transponder as BBC news are grayed out and not selectable, Those channels on the same transponder however are available to use as normal.

[clem58]

I understand that now, it never crops up that often as everything repeated that often, but it did last night and thats when i discovered the problem. Can the vu+duo pause rewind live tv? i can pause but not rewind or would it have to be in record mode? if that even makes sense. Thanks for your help guys, you lot are a fountain of knowledge

[RuberDuck]

I understand that now, it never crops up that often as everything repeated that often, but it did last night and thats when i discovered the problem. Can the vu+duo pause rewind live tv? i can pause but not rewind or would it have to be in record mode? if that even makes sense. Thanks for your help guys, you lot are a fountain of knowledge

yes using the permanent timeshift option.

[DeejayAJ]

Just bought this a wk ago, maybe sometime down the line. What difference would that make?

The Ultimo has 3 tuners so can record 3 transponders compared to the Duo's 2.

[cactikid]

when i went to set up a recording of a program i pressed the wrong button and the program i wanted to record came up about 15 times and different days and times,handy if things clash as you know its repeated.dont know what i pressed.

[petesom]

yes using the permanent timeshift option.

I have read through a thread and thought maybe best to ask you.
I have a problem recording more than one channel at a time. I am setup with two tuners, one for sly 28.2E and the other, more importantly for BBC on 27.5W.
I can only record and watch the same channel at any one time, it will record more but I only get a blank screen on playback, I know with TMs using 27.5 W that playback must be whilst on the channel recorded however this doesn't seem to work with my Duo2. I have tried settings on record like don't descarmmble and ECM etc but no luck. I can record one channel from each tuner at the same time i.e. a sky channel and a bbc channel, but that's it.

[cactikid]

that sounds about right as you are using other sat also,but if recording a channel on 28.2 you should be able to view another channel on same tp,if you look at channel list you will see loads greyed out and others normal you can view that channel as its on the same tp,same with other sat if recording on that also.you can play recordings from hdd while recording on other 2 sats.
you should be able to record 3 on same tp on each tuner as i recorded 6 on 2 x feeds on 28.2 but on 2 different tps.