One tuner (HD-PVR) making bad recordings

[wayner]

I think there has to be some sort of signal coming into the box over the optical audio connection.

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by dstanley

I know it seems odd but in my experience if the STB is putting out crappy DIGITAL AUDIO signal then the HD-PVRs seem to choke badly on it.

One instance for me was a poor optical cable that caused me grief BUT in another instance it was just the sh*t signal from one of my Scientific Atlanta boxes - I changed the audio on that box to Analog Audio cables and it recorded perfectly - minus the 5.1 signal. I set that box to be the lowest priority and tried to never use it.

I think the HD-PVRs rely heavily on the audio signal and quality for their recording behaviour.

Take that for what it's worth - not likely much help ...

Dwight

Okay, this bad toslink optical cable idea may have been part of the problem. After swapping the HDPVR’s optical out for a spare, response seemed to quicken. Also made one of the power supply replacement cables and am getting 5v from the computer server. Testing begins again, so let’s hope this is it.

[dstanley]

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

Okay, this bad toslink optical cable idea may have been part of the problem. After swapping the HDPVR’s optical out for a spare, response seemed to quicken. Also made one of the power supply replacement cables and am getting 5v from the computer server. Testing begins again, so let’s hope this is it.

I had a bad toslink cable on one of my boxes and had nothing but trouble with glitchy and failed recordings. The cable even 'looked' fine but it wasn't.

Fingers crossed for you!

[tvmaster2]

Thanks.