SA8300HD Random Recording.

[picopir8]

Perhaps its just my dogs laying down on the remote, but lately I have had a number of shows recorded on my SA8300HD which I did not request.  Im going to make sure I put up the remote but I just wanted to see if anyone else has noticed this behavior.  I could see if the shows were on channels I regularily watch or if they were at times when my dogs could lay down on the remote, but some recordings are on channels I never watch and/or at the middle of the night when the dogs are locked up.   Its almost like someone had to open the guide, find a show, then hit record.  But when I turn on the TV, the guide is never open.  Strange...

[Tom Snyder]

If it's happened before, it may happen again. When you view your list of scheduled recordings, do you see anything out of the ordinary?

[klwillis45]

Deus ex...or the haxzorzs? Have you tried rebooting your box to see if this strange behavior ceases??

[picopir8]

Yep, I have seen a few shows on the list that I never scheduled.  The strange thing is that I deleted a few of them and then a few days later the same show would appear.  Either I have ghosts, my dogs are smarter than I think, or I watch TV in my sleep.  I have rebooted a few times, not for this but because I sometimes loose HBO on demand and only rebooting fixes it.

[Paul S.]

At least once a week only a few minutes of a show will record, but they are ones I want to be recorded  :mad:

[Tom Snyder]

At least once a week only a few minutes of a show will record, but they are ones I want to be recorded

I get that too.... I tried to figure out if it happened when I have more than two programs scheduled to record at  the same, and one of them starts a few minutes earlier than the others. But I couldn't see that was the case.

[Gregg Lengling]

I've had a few weird problems.  I've got a movie from AMC I didn't schedule that recorded and for a strange reason 2 of my scheduled series recordings unprogrammed themselves.  Now I keep an eye on it....don't want to miss Dr. Who.

[gparris]

One of my three HD DVRs has decided to "forget" to output DD5.1 audio.
These are on channels I have already recorded for playback and the same for the output on ones I change to channels to, not recorded.

This happens only if I leave it on instead of turning it off with the HDTV is and A/V receiver, very strange. :confused:

Now, once I reboot the box, all is well, including the actual DD5.1 recordings, too.

It just "forgets" and sends everything to my Denon AVR-3805 in PCM mode like I had an analogue channel on, instead.
BTW, I use coaxial digital audio cabling from the box to the A/V receiver and component for video only, no RCA cabing for cable output, no setting changes,either.

Gregg:
As far as "Dr. Who" goes, it is a cute remake of the older BBC show...but I have one question:
 WHERE IS K-9?  
The chick Dr. Who is currently with is not as smart has he was...got a clue?

[kevbeck122]

One of my three HD DVRs has decided to "forget" to output DD5.1 audio.
These are on channels I have already recorded for playback and the same for the output on ones I change to channels to, not recorded.

This happens only if I leave it on instead of turning it off with the HDTV is and A/V receiver, very strange. :confused:

Now, once I reboot the box, all is well, including the actual DD5.1 recordings, too.

It just "forgets" and sends everything to my Denon AVR-3805 in PCM mode like I had an analogue channel on, instead.
BTW, I use coaxial digital audio cabling from the box to the A/V receiver and component for video only, no RCA cabing for cable output, no setting changes,either.

That happened to me when I got the audio menu in settings.  I think it switched to the HDMI audio setting.. I just had to switch it back to DD and all was well.