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[trevagreene]

David Morrison, on 14 May 2013 - 06:13 PM, said:

Does this mean you cannot copy TAPs to the machine?

Works ok for me

[IanL-S]

Yes, you can copy small files like TAPs. I had this problem when setting up my mother-in-law's 2470 .... I could not copy recordings to it but I could copy TAPs and download TAPs by TAPtoDate. I have no problem copying files from the Toppy to my PC.

Ian

[Justin23]

Has anyone got the latest firmware for the 7100hdpvrt. My parents is playing up, So I thought first thing i'd try is to update the firmware, but of course the website is down and haven't been able to find firmware anywhere.  That said if anyone also knows why they'd get pixelation etc when recording 2 shows i'd appreciate any advice :-)

[prl]

Pixelation is usually a sign of poor reception. It may be worth while checking the connections on the feed from the antenna.

[Justin23]

prl, on 19 May 2013 - 03:02 PM, said:

Pixelation is usually a sign of poor reception. It may be worth while checking the connections on the feed from the antenna.

Yeah the only problem is it happens only when recording 2 channels at once.  And its only started to happen in the last couple of weeks. But yeah i'll check the connectors etc in case they've been bumped, I'm pretty certain that are just standard connectors and not F connectors.

When I had pixelation on my setup it was the connectors and i replaced everything with new coax and connectors. But it happened regardless of whether I was recording or not.

I also wouldn't be surprised to find a blown capacitor inside, on my Beyonwiz a few of those caused some weird problems, while essentially working most of the time :-)

Anyway I will start with the firmware if i can download it and go from there.

[prl]

Does it happen on both recordings? If so, does it happen at the same time in both recordings?

[Justin23]

prl, on 20 May 2013 - 04:08 PM, said:

Does it happen on both recordings? If so, does it happen at the same time in both recordings?

Good question. I'll probably have to go and take a  look at it. My parents know how to record stuff, it may not even be pixelation :-) although i'm sure its some picture defect.