Hi, i wonder if you can help, the hard drive has frozen on the above box, it won't record, play or anything and when you go on the library and try and delete the frozen programme it won't delete and then non of the functions work so you have to turn off at the mains to re-start the functions but the hard drive is still frozen. any ideas. thanks, regards andy.
Our Thomson digital terrestrial recorder (DV3) does exactly the same thing. I spend half my time pulling the plug out to un-freeze the thing. It will work happily and then I try to delete a random programme and it just freezes and you can't do anything but pull the power out. Whichever programme it froze on seems to be corrupt in some way so you can't watch it or delete it, it just sits there. Is there a way of resetting the whole system and starting from scratch because surely eventually my whole machine will become full of unwatchable programmes...!
I have the same problem - was thinking of chucking it and getting another model - I now have about 6 recordings that I have to avoid !!!I have the same problem - was thinking of chucking it and getting another model - I now have about 6 recordings that I have to avoid !!!
Yes I too have frozen programmes. The machine has now taken a turn for the worse and will not even turn on. An orange light flashes on the front and judging my the vibrations coming from the machine, I suspect that the hard drive is active. Pulling the plug and restarting does not help.
Yes I too have frozen programmes. The machine has now taken a turn for the worse and will not even turn on. An orange light flashes on the front and judging my the vibrations coming from the machine, I suspect that the hard drive is active. Pulling the plug and restarting does not help.
Thomson DT16300. the orange light constantly flashes, unable to get into menu or anything. does anyone know how to reset this thing or will i have to use it as a UFO.Thomson DT16300. the orange light constantly flashes, unable to get into menu or anything. does anyone know how to reset this thing or will i have to use it as a UFO.
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If you have a Thomson DT16300, here's a handy fix that address freeze ups, lack of reception and problems on your Hard Disk:
goto MENU screen
goto SETUP screen
goto HELP screen
At HELP screen, Enter 1397 - this accesses the engineer panel - you can
reformat the HDD in this menu - you will lose all recorded programmes
and planned recordings but it clears locked or corrupted files
OR - at the HELP screen, press the GREEN button
On the lower half of the screen youwill see 3 options:
Blue - Reformat HDD - clears all the memory/HDD - useful if you have a
corrupted file - you will lose all recorded programmes though
Red - reset the whole box to factory settings - good if you have a
locked box or reception problems or cannto scan for new channels. It
goes back to when you bought the box, so you will have to input
favourites and planned recordings again
Yellow - Software revert - allows you to go back to the previous
software driver - you may lose new functions, but you can always
restore it back again using the same feature
Hiya, I have had the same problem a couple of times and I have been lucky enough to fix it. Firstly switch off the player, switch it back on (my actual TV works, it just freezes when it goes into the library). What you have to do is delete the last recorded program (at the top of the list) and this unfreezes the player.
So, once you click into the library mine freezes within around 2 seconds, what I did was select library and as soon as that library screen appears press the BLUE button and then the green button to confirm the deletion. It takes a little while longer to delete the program but eventually it does and then seems to reset itself. Its a bit of a pain really, and tricky to catch - but rather that than lose the contents of the HD.
Hope this helps?
Best Wishes.
Ben
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Was the flash drive properly formatted? The Ematic AT103C needs the flash drive to be a FAT32 volume. Hard drives can be formatted as NTFS or FAT32.
Next press Menu and enter the USB menu. Select the Multimedia option. In this menu, select the PVR icon. Then select the recorded file and press Play. Press Hold to get the image to full-screen.
i think thats the code for the hard drive fail. if anything is recorded try to play it if will not play or it jumps about then the hard drive has failed and would need replacing.
You can still record all the freeview channels. What has happened is you've run out of room on your hard drive. First you must deselect all the top up channels; menu > 'Setup' > 'Customise TUTV', and
un-ticking all boxes releases space and produces a report of '100%'
free for recording. The time available for recording depends on the
size of the hard drive and amount of data saved in each recording and
15% of disc space is not counted. This is for software or programme
information etc. and, even when not subscribed, ads from TUTV are
downloaded to library. However they are replaced or removed
automatically, and messages are deleted after a week. Also delete all the recordings in the library you don't need anymore.
All dvds recorded on a diffrent player have to be finalised before they will play on a diffrent machine I think that you should find the finalise command in your menu ... hope this helps Reagrds Vortash
Hi this Greynut i have resolved my problem this is what i did press menu then setup press ok then scroll down to the help symbol then press ok then press the green button on your remote control and that will bring up the page settings and what i did was press the red button which is factory defaults that will take your set top box back to the factory settings you will loose your recorded programs but it will be like new setbox again you will have to follow set up instructions and re tune your set i have got all my disc space back now and no problems with screen freezing or set top going off i hope this helps you.
80% or more of the issues with your DVR can be resolved by unplugging the box for 90 seconds and plugging it back in. There are some features that will be avilable immediately, and others that will take time to download. IE: all of the quide. I can't stress this enough - reboot your DVR occasionally - just like your computer its hard drive might need this.
I have also seen the hard drive inside this box appear bad when it was actually a problem with one recording. In my case it was a recording on the wrong channel, one that did not broadcast anything in my market. I was unable to access any of my recorded programs and when I tried to play the one in question, the screen went black. I deleted the program and all was well.
I have the same problem - was thinking of chucking it and getting another model - I now have about 6 recordings that I have to avoid !!!
I have the same problem
Yes I too have frozen programmes. The machine has now taken a turn for the worse and will not even turn on. An orange light flashes on the front and judging my the vibrations coming from the machine, I suspect that the hard drive is active. Pulling the plug and restarting does not help.
Thomson DT16300. the orange light constantly flashes, unable to get into menu or anything. does anyone know how to reset this thing or will i have to use it as a UFO.
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