No part recording

[mysky]

Six months ago I subscribed to Sky+ I had an amstrad box if i started recording a program after it had started it would show as part recorded.

last week they replaced my box with a new pace model since then if i start a recording after the program has started it records the whole program I recorded the last half hour of a program I was watching when i viewed the program it recorded all of it.
its now done this several times.
Anybody else noticed this?

mysky....

[colinb1604]

Ive had sky+ for quite a while and this is normal practice.Generally speaking if you do instant record while watching a program, it will only do it from the point you press R, but if you do it in the main program set up it will go back to the beginning or at least 30 mins

[mysky]

this is doing it from instant record, only asked becuase my amstrad box didnt do it. just wondered if they did a software update with the new pace units.

Mysky

[colinb1604]

Sorry, I haven't heard of any, but they are shy with that sort of thing. It will not let me record th football in prem plus, and just say it is a programming problem they cannot put right. cheers

[Tim1964]

It sounds like your 1st box had the Instant rewind buffer set to zero or 'off' whereas your new box has it set to on.

Mine is set to 15 mins but I don't why I have it set as I never watch 'live' TV anymore so I suppose it should be turned off.....

Anyway. don't forget that the IR feature only works while the box stays on that particular channel. If you change channels/view the planner/view the EPG it starts the buffer again.

[antwigan]

Yes I have had pace 14 months now. Mine recoreds from the beginning of a prog no matter when i press record. My buffer is set to 60 min. This was a default setting on mine and what a godsend it is too. Brilliant

[mysky]

Just checked mine its set at 60 mins i find it useful

cheers

mysky

[NickS]

I disabled mine because I found it was too noisy. Matter of opinion I suppose