No TV guide showing so can't record - Sagem PVR 6280 Freeview DTV Receiver / 40-Hours Video Recorder

Well, I'm trying to decipher this. Why does the recording in DVR revert to the default (date/time???) when the light goes off and comes back on.

I'm guessing you are trying to say time, not date, maybe day?

The DVR is trying to remember when a show comes on and record it, based on your settings. Usually shows come on at a specific time. DVRs usually update their scheduled recordings based on updated programming guide information. If you are constantly unplugging or causing your receiver to otherwise restart, most receivers will download an updated guide upon getting power back or restarting (DVRs themselves not having any idea how long they've been without power, download a new guide just in case after you unplugged them you moved to Arizona). During this time, the recording you set is showing the original time you set it up, because until the guide is downloaded, it has no idea that its wrong.


My best advice, even if I'm wrong about our language barrier here, stop unplugging your receiver. Leave it plugged in and powered at all times.

All times.

For ever.

What soft did you use?

hello, this sounds more like a cable or satelite problem. hame you tried reseting your cable or sat box? usually when you reset the box it will download the guide again...

 

That would be the Video Plus system. By pressing the plus code button on the remote a screen will pop up with spaces to add numbers. These numbers used to be found in TV guides. Each programme you want to record will have it's own numbers. So if the show you want has a number say of 679 you enter that number using the channel keys on the remote. When you have the number on you press OK or the enter key depending on the remote and model number. This will then set the timer record.
Unfortunately many TV guides (in the UK) no longer carry the numbers. And if the VCR is an analogue one it won't record anything if you are in the UK. However if you live in a country which still has the service then it will work.
If you are using the video with a converter box, unless you can find a TV guide with the numbers in then you will have to use the manual record setting.

Is there a solution without replacing main board ?

Have you tried a re-tune of the dvd

I've had this problem before, and always fixed it by going through setup again, setting the zip code to another zipcode nearby, and turning it off overnight. By the next morning the time has fixed itself. This is the only thing that has worked for me consistently.

I get this problem from time to time when I have more than one Panasonic DVD recorder scheduled for programing (or updating) at the same time -- or recording when the other would be updating. It is really annoying. If I restart from the beginning and disconnect the other recorder, it works fine. It appears to me that they interfer with each other in some way. Sorry, I don't have a real solution -- just that my DMR-EH55 will download the TV guide and work again if I disconnect the other panasonic recorder.

Very odd problem. If the unit has a problem with software, it won't work at all. I've never seen a unit delete ALL the shows, unless someone initiated a clear and delete everything from the reset menu.

Was the unit in guided setup? or was everything (channel guides, settings) the same and your recordings were just gone?

Recording from the guide requires that the unit be off to receive guide info regularly and copy it to the HD. If your reception is poor or your DVD on time is too great, the guide will not have any info, and the recording be nameless, except for channel and time info. You can force the EPG mode by removing the power plug from the back of the unit, but only do this after you have turned the unit off! While copying the guide to the HD, the display shows EPG while th unit is off, and you will hear the HD cycling.