[mythtv-users] HD-PVR failure
Jeff Artz
jeffa.myth at gmail.com
Fri Dec 3 21:59:42 UTC 2010
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Kevin Ross <kevin at familyross.net> wrote:
> On 12/03/2010 11:36 AM, James Orr wrote:
>
>> All of a sudden (after 6 months of no problems), I'm getting recording
>> failures on my HD-PVR
>
> 8<
>
>> After I switch the HD-PVR off then back on, it starts working again. This
>> has happened twice in the past week, with no problems in the past 6 months.
>> I have not done any recent upgrades or changes to the system. I am using
>> the RCA audio inputs as the digital was causing problems before.
>>
>
> Congratulations on going 6 months between reboots of your HD-PVR! I need
> to reboot mine for the same reason probably once a month.
>
I have two HD-PVRs, and they seem to 'lock up' about once a month or so.
(I had to reset them both last-night as a matter of fact!)
If it gets to be too much of a nuisance, I may cobble together a script to
power-cycle them via an X10 module - either when they're idle (as a
preventative measure), or when the 'recoder error' is detected.
J-e-f-f-A
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