Ever since the first phase of the DSO on 4th Nov my Panasonic recorder (DMR-EX79EB) has been putting up messages about additional DVB channels. I've been through the autoscan setup process about 6 times since 4th Nov but still the message appears every time I switch the recorder on.
I've checked to see if all channels are present - as far as I can tell everything is correct. I receive my signal from the Lancaster transmitter.
Is anyone else having this problem? Any ideas as to what may be causing it?
> Ever since the first phase of the DSO on 4th Nov my Panasonic recorder > (DMR-EX79EB) has been putting up messages about additional DVB channels. > I've been through the autoscan setup process about 6 times since 4th Nov > but still the message appears every time I switch the recorder on.
> I've checked to see if all channels are present - as far as I can tell > everything is correct. I receive my signal from the Lancaster transmitter.
> Is anyone else having this problem? > Any ideas as to what may be causing it?
> -- > John Aldred
have you tried a reset to defaults and then retune.
In article <xcIJm.50831$%%3.3...@newsfe23.ams2>, John Aldred <ald...@newvillage.demon.co.uk> writes
>Is anyone else having this problem?
Yes - also on a Panasonic recorder and on a Panasonic TV.
>Any ideas as to what may be causing it?
No idea, but it doesn't seem to be related to the Granada area as I am in Hampshire. Only solution is to switch off the "New Service Announcement" in the options. -- Kennedy Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed; A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed. Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying)
In article <xcIJm.50831$%%3.3...@newsfe23.ams2>, John Aldred wrote: > Ever since the first phase of the DSO on 4th Nov my Panasonic recorder > (DMR-EX79EB) has been putting up messages about additional DVB channels. > I've been through the autoscan setup process about 6 times since 4th Nov > but still the message appears every time I switch the recorder on.
Same here with a different Panasonic recorder. Maybe it's a Panasonic thing. I haven't yet decided whether the best way to keep it happy is to say yes or no to the re-scan, as a few days after the first DSO event it lost all its digital channels (and my programmed recording list!) for no apparent reason. I think I had mostly been accepting the scan for additional channels up to then, so since the 2nd DSO event I've been saying no every time, and it hasn't happened again. Maybe that's the way.
As well as this irritating message on the Panasonic every time I switch it on, I have a Humax recorder which has put all the BBC channels above 800 (but at least they're there - I thought at first it might be incapable of working with the new signals and eventualy turn into a digital doorstop). I'm going to wait until after the 3rd and (hopefully) last DSO event before I can be bothered to tinker about with attenuators or to try factory resets, as I'd probably have to do it all over again. When I was young, if you tuned a receiver it jolly well stayed tuned, and those were the days when some receivers were tuned with pulleys and string! Such is progress.
Maybe its getting confused when the channels come on which are limited times, rather than obeying the standards.
Brian
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"Kennedy McEwen" <r...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> In article <xcIJm.50831$%%3.3...@newsfe23.ams2>, John Aldred > <ald...@newvillage.demon.co.uk> writes
>>Is anyone else having this problem?
> Yes - also on a Panasonic recorder and on a Panasonic TV.
>>Any ideas as to what may be causing it?
> No idea, but it doesn't seem to be related to the Granada area as I am in > Hampshire. Only solution is to switch off the "New Service Announcement" > in the options. > -- > Kennedy > Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed; > A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed. > Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when > replying)
Yes, I do get annoyed with the blanket term retune these days, when often what they really mean is reallocate. IE the tuning is the same, but the channels on the signals move about.
Brian
-- Brian Gaff - bria...@blueyonder.co.uk Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff' in the display name may be lost. Blind user, so no pictures please! "Roderick Stewart" <r...@escapetime.removethisbit.myzen.co.uk> wrote in message news:VA.00000804.0038b97f@escapetime.removethisbit.myzen.co.uk...
> In article <xcIJm.50831$%%3.3...@newsfe23.ams2>, John Aldred wrote: >> Ever since the first phase of the DSO on 4th Nov my Panasonic recorder >> (DMR-EX79EB) has been putting up messages about additional DVB channels. >> I've been through the autoscan setup process about 6 times since 4th Nov >> but still the message appears every time I switch the recorder on.
> Same here with a different Panasonic recorder. Maybe it's a Panasonic > thing. I haven't yet decided whether the best way to keep it happy is to > say yes or no to the re-scan, as a few days after the first DSO event it > lost all its digital channels (and my programmed recording list!) for no > apparent reason. I think I had mostly been accepting the scan for > additional channels up to then, so since the 2nd DSO event I've been > saying no every time, and it hasn't happened again. Maybe that's the way.
> As well as this irritating message on the Panasonic every time I switch it > on, I have a Humax recorder which has put all the BBC channels above 800 > (but at least they're there - I thought at first it might be incapable of > working with the new signals and eventualy turn into a digital doorstop). > I'm going to wait until after the 3rd and (hopefully) last DSO event > before I can be bothered to tinker about with attenuators or to try > factory resets, as I'd probably have to do it all over again. When I was > young, if you tuned a receiver it jolly well stayed tuned, and those were > the days when some receivers were tuned with pulleys and string! Such is > progress.
John Aldred wrote: > Ever since the first phase of the DSO on 4th Nov my Panasonic recorder > (DMR-EX79EB) has been putting up messages about additional DVB channels. > I've been through the autoscan setup process about 6 times since 4th Nov > but still the message appears every time I switch the recorder on.
> I've checked to see if all channels are present - as far as I can tell > everything is correct. I receive my signal from the Lancaster transmitter.
> Is anyone else having this problem? > Any ideas as to what may be causing it?
More or less the same thing with my Panasonic LCD TV. I thought it was due to high pressure conditions as it is very intermittent, but I'm not so sure now. Seems to happen once every few weeks. I've just got used to using the "exit" button on the remote.
> "John Aldred" <ald...@newvillage.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > news:xcIJm.50831$%%3.3404@newsfe23.ams2... >> Ever since the first phase of the DSO on 4th Nov my Panasonic recorder >> (DMR-EX79EB) has been putting up messages about additional DVB channels. >> I've been through the autoscan setup process about 6 times since 4th Nov >> but still the message appears every time I switch the recorder on.
>> I've checked to see if all channels are present - as far as I can tell >> everything is correct. I receive my signal from the Lancaster >> transmitter.
>> Is anyone else having this problem? >> Any ideas as to what may be causing it?
>> -- >> John Aldred
> have you tried a reset to defaults and then retune.
This afternoon I reset the box to what Panasonic call Shipping Condition, disconnected from the mains for a minute, and did a first time setup. Unfortunately this did not cure the problem.
So I've had to go into the setup menu and turn off the New Channel Messages.
Will have put a Postit sticker on the screen to remind myself to retune on 2nd December ;-)
I switch off the message every time I come across a Panasonic nowadays.
With all Humax items, I go to "Edit Channels"..(ok), "Edit Channel Lists"..(ok), "Select All"..(ok), "Delete"..(ok), "Group".. (ok),.."Radio"..(ok).."Select All"..(ok), "Delete"..(ok), Then "Exit", Then (ok) to save settings, then Auto Search.
This avoids factory reset and loosing customised settings but does let the box start tuning from scratch so that it gets the channels in the right places.
In article <sq1Km.12440$hP3.8...@newsfe28.ams2>, John Aldred wrote: > This afternoon I reset the box to what Panasonic call Shipping Condition, > disconnected from the mains for a minute, and did a first time setup. > Unfortunately this did not cure the problem.
Thanks for the info. At least I know not to bother with this.
> So I've had to go into the setup menu and turn off the New Channel Messages.
Never noticed this, but I'll have a look for it if the re-scan messages persist after Dec 2nd.
> In article <sq1Km.12440$hP3.8...@newsfe28.ams2>, John Aldred wrote: >> This afternoon I reset the box to what Panasonic call Shipping Condition, >> disconnected from the mains for a minute, and did a first time setup. >> Unfortunately this did not cure the problem.
> Thanks for the info. At least I know not to bother with this.
>> So I've had to go into the setup menu and turn off the New Channel >> Messages.
> Never noticed this, but I'll have a look for it if the re-scan messages > persist after Dec 2nd.
See the Philips DTR220 thread - Winter Hill's service tables are currently full of errors, which I'm willing to bet are the cause of your re-scan messages.
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