It wasn't noticeable to me ... it was only when other people reported it that I thought back and I probably had it a couple of times in the my 4 weeks of 4.7.29.3. Hardly worth a mention on my part.

Sorry, that was a typo, I was refering to 4.7.29.3.

so is there a fix readily available for this yet?

I can be really bad some days you can not watch it. You have to soft reset it it sometimes it then comes good and sometimes you have to turn it off at the wall, it is really getting anoying. I have reported it so lets see what happens. Not sure when the new FW is coming though.

What do you mean a fix for 4.7.29.3 not yet time will tell

The fact that it is not an official release, i.e. not the one available at the official download URL in Australia, means that we have reason to hope for at least one more release. You would certainly expect the drop-outs to be fixed (it's such a basic flaw) and many of us are hoping that the file share problem will also be fixed.

I'm waiting, that's for sure.

These must be selling well, the price of these is going up rather than down.

JB Hifi have them for $996

Hi there,

Teac has just released a new beta firmware to beta testers. The major fixes are:

• Network connectivity
• Intermittent picture and sound mute

This is most likely my final post to this thread as I no longer own a Teac HDRM7250. I wish you the best of luck with your unit and I sincerely hope that Teac will continue to support the product in improving its stability and implementing new features.

apchoo

Apchoo

Sorry to here you no longer have a Teac as I am sure your persistance is the reason many of the bugs have been addressed. Thank you for the work you have done.

Peebs

Why, may I ask? You seemed happy with the new firmware. What have you replaced it with?

I guess they are assuming that it's now a better machine, or it could be supply and demand at work.

What I would really like to see on the unit is an option to pass through the signal unconverted. That is, if the broadcast is 1080i then it is sent to the TV as 1080i, if it's 576i, it's passed through as that.

What do we have to do to get a copy?

Yep.

I asked for his best price but he wouldn't budge a dime.

Said they were a "fantastic unit" and that the price might be going up before Xmas.

Good question, probably write to them and ask them for it. If you get it make it available for people here to test.

Look at my signature .


You need to get in contact with Teac if you wish to participate as a beta tester. PM me if you want my Teac contact.

I'd be interested in a copy once the initial testers have some initial findings for us.

Anyone willing to discuss their findings with the new beta firmware?

Sure, I will.

I loaded the new upgrade yesterday. So far they have delivered what they said - I've had none of picture / audio dropouts that I experienced with the previous version. The networking seems to be working fine now. They have also included the ability to add subtitles to WMV files - I have not tried this as I cannot really see the point!

I will continue to monitor over the weekend and let you peoples know if I find anything else.

Stevie

Sounds good so far. Better check all functionality to make sure they haven't broken anything else.

Has anyone had issues with getting channel 70 in HD? I have been getting the channel changing to the SD stream whenever Ch7 want to bump up the bitrate on the SD channel, but the HDRM will not rescan back to the HD feed when it is available. I need to do a manually initiated rescan of the channel to pick up the HD channel again. I am using the 4.7.29.3 version software, I did not notice this problem previously.

I wouldn't mind betting the demand for HD PVR's will rise in the next few months, with the advent of HD Multicasting at the end of the year.
And it's not like there's exactly a myriad of options at present.

Never thought my PVR would become a collector's item, maybe I should box it and watch it's value grow

You're probably right.

This is the first time in my experience that JB has ever refused to haggle on something

I think that the original RRP was close to $1,300 but fell below $1,000. The price that I paid in April was just under $1,000.

Well JB can go get stuffed.

I just found it for $794

I just tried to email my teac contacts with regards to the latest bugs I have found..both emails bounced back "delivery error"...hmmmm

Don't get too paranoid, I am sure that TEAC hasn't folded in Australia and I think that we can expect at least one more software realease that hopefully fixes most problems.

I am a long time reader of this topic but rarely have anything to add, having encountered most of the bugs reported since I got my TEAC in Dec 06.

I have come across a problem which I dont remember seeing mentioned before (sorry if it has), though maybe it is related to the reported sound dropouts which luckily I dont get. It has only started since upgrading to 4.7.29.3. When I go into My Recordings, play a file, then stop it, when the machine comes back to the My Recording File list I get loud high pitched garbled sound- lots of screeches. By exiting the menu then going back in again, the sound is again fine for the program in the background, and also whilst watching files, but once you stop, I have to hit the mute button as fast as I can and get out of the menu. I am sending the sound via optical digital out to AV receiver. This is the only fault I have found with 4.7.29.3 apart from the networking issue.

Luke_sal: I noticed the Teac.com.au site was also down on the weekend which might explain the bouncing emails, I notice it is back up again - but not with the official firmware upgrade unfortunately - I am hanging out to get file export by network working again. Anyone apart from Stevie got hold of the latest beta version with the networking issue resolved? Teac dont answer my emails anymore, nor letters to the general manager!

Yeah, I rang TEAC today and they said they were having email problems, so not to worry. Awaiting a call back from their techs..

I also am running the PVR by Optical out, and have not encountered this thru either firmware I have had (prv 4.7.24.1, been on the beta 4.7.29.3 for over a month). I do get the pic drop outs (on componant YUV output) and don't use the LAN connection so haven't had any drama's since 4.7.29.3.

I wonder if the Hardware is different in the players that might be making a difference. . . mine says: MIPS 4KEc V6.8 0. . . does this match/differ from anyone else's???

Wow, all these different people having different problems, must be a nightmare for Teac to fix

That matches mine so perhaps all the same?

Forgive me if off topic but does anybody know of a PVR + TWIN HD TUNER + DVD PLAYER exist??

On the other hand once the software is fixed, distribution is easy. You either download yourself, install on the root of USB drive and plug it in or get it automatically over the Ethernet if connected.
As I understand it, the software is from a French company called NetGem (they have a product called Netbox that uses the same or similar software) and they have to wait on NetGem to fix any problems.
I think that if we are patient, a new official release will be available before too long. In the meantime I am staying with version 4.7.24.1.

Beyonwiz DP-S1. Go to here and here for more info.

You can of course build your own HTPC with a dual HD tuner card and dvd burner.

I am also getting garbled sound when I stop watching a recorded show and the My Recordings screen comes back up. As soon as the My Recordings screen is left the sound returns to normal. I am using the optical out sound connection.

Hey forum, i havent been on here for ages which is a good thing cause my teac has been performing really well, i havent had hardly any of the issues people report in here, i have had the strange sounds when back at recordings menu though and ive only updated the first new firmware. Anyway the reason for me post is that i was hoping to find out some information on setting up the networking with a wireless router and laptop.

I tried a while ago to directly copnnect the laptop to the teac but failed miserably because im shite at setting up anything on a pc but im almost ready to move into my new place ive built and wana find out some pointers on how i should set up the network via wireless connection.

I have a Linksys wag546 v3 router which i will use and i want to be able to connect the laptop to the net via wireless and also connect the router to the PVR. I wasnt sure if the TEAC would connect wirelessly to the router so when the frame work was up i ran a conduit from the back of where the telly goes to the phone point location so i can run an ethernet cable directly from each device, im assuming direct cable connection would be quicker than wireless anyway?? then hopefully i can transfer recoreded files and downloaded stuff wirelessly to the router from the laptop then via cable to the TEAC or i could run a cable from the laptop to the router if needed for transfer?

Can someone please comment on what im saying as im just guessing on how all this goes and have a few weeks to work out how im going to do it before i get to move in. Any advice would be very welcomed, i know jack sh*t about this stuff lol

Borga1

Glad to hear that your Teac has been stable.

You did the right thing in running a cat5e cable from your entertainment area to where your router would be. The Teac does not have wireless; if you really want wireless, you should be able to connect an wireless bridge (like this one) to the Teac and communicate with your router that way ... but why bother, just use wired ethernet which is faster and has a more consistent bandwith than wireless.

You may find that when you're transferring video files between the laptop and Teac, you'd want to connect your laptop to the router using wired ethernet anyway because of the slower wireless transfer.

Cool, cheers mate, yea it wouldnt be hard to plug the lappy into the router when i wanna transfer large files, i really just want the wireless for internet browsing so should be good!! Now all i have to do is work out the whole shared files thing, might bring in a pro to hook it all up lol. Do i need to get any software for the laptop to play files off of it onto to the PVR?

I have the same thing. Am using HDMI.

Recording is still 100% reliable on 4.7.29.3. It still amazes me, after so long not being able to trust it

Normally you don't; however, shared folder access is broken in 4.7.29.3, hence, you need to serve your media files to the Teac using something like TVersity or Windows Media Connect. The latest beta firmware 4.7.31 supposedly fixes the shared folder issue, but it was only released to beta testers.

We can take this discussion offline if you wish ... PM me if you need further assistance.

I did a write up early on in this thread on how to connect the PVR to a laptop which was wirelessly connected to the internet.

I have found that not all files are playable, seems to be some issues with codecs.

That would be a first....

Have Teac implemented PiP (Picture in Picture) yet or does that button on the remote still do nothing?

Hi There All,

I received my Teac HDRM7250 back from the repair place. It was suposed to be around 1 week to fix but that blew out to 3 Nevermind it is fixed now and (touch wood) will stay that way for a very long time. Apparently after trying to solder in a few capicitors, resistors and an IC they ended up just replacing the whole power. It was taken to the TEAC service center today for further checks and they also loaded the latest beta firmware on to it. For those people waiting for the shared folders to be fixed it definately is fixed with this version. (4.7.31 28/sep/2007) I have only had an hour or so to play around with it and so far the menu navigation seem a lot more responsive and Shared folders works. If anyone has any requests about what this latest firmware does and doesn't do just ask and over a few days I will test these out. So far my unit feels more stable and I know that seems silly only having it for a few hours. This could also be the case except for shared folders with 4.7.29.3 but I never got to test that firmware. I was already fairly happy with the unit with the firmware before 4.7.29.3 (can't remember the number) but now it just somehow "feels better" or.... maybe its just in my mind. Hopefully I won't be eating my words in the next week or so.

Anyway I thought I would offer to test the latest beta firmware (4.7.31) abilities so just post questions and I will do my best to test.

JestaCat. I have the same Hardware MIPS 4KEc V6.8 0 and also haven't 'yet' experienced garbled sound through optical out.

Regards Dale

Good to see you back Dale, It took a while! Have you tried uploading from the Teac to your Pc and Streaming to the Teac. If so does it all work OK.
Greg

Unfortunately after approx 4 weeks of about 10 timer recordings/week working perfectly with 4.7.29.3 I got home today to find my unit unresponsive to the remote and the display showing "Checking hard disK" and also automatically cycling through the 3 display settings Blank Dim Bright Blank Dim Bright etc. After a soft reset by holding the button down, I went into the recordings menu to find todays recording supposedly there (correct name, correct time and length etc) but when I select it, it doesn't start, the menu disappears and it goes to live TV. Funny thing is when you press the info button, the info bar shows the name of the supposed recording despite showing live TV. Pressing stop goes back to Recording List Menu - get the garbled sound etc. Exit out and back to live TV. My first recording failure, and my first lock up since upgrading to 4.7.29.3. Hopefully we can all get a copy of 4.7.31 soon.

Does the PiP button do anything now?

The PiP button now has been re mapped to be a "self destruct" button.

Teac assures all its customers that this will help sort out all the bugs in a simple button press.

Hope this helps.