Yes you can. Tuner means access to satellite signal. If you are watching a recorded program, you tuner is free. So since you tuner is free, you can assign it for recording purposes.


Nope, PVR can do better. While watching a recorded content and you'll have 2 (TWO) tuner free. So you can record 2 program simultaneously. Neat right?

Again, While watching your pre-recorded content you will free up you tuner. Sice PVR have 2 tuners, you can use it to record 2 program while watching a pre recorded content.

The glitch is due to software bugs that is still plaguing B.yond with Ext HDD setups. The bugs of which has been squashed in the PVR software will hopefully be implemented in B.yond with Ext HDD setups later in the next few weeks.

Cheers!

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Added on September 7, 2010, 9:18 amAstro B.yond comes with Free Technical assistance. If the problem can't be fixed over the phone with a technical support team, they will send a technician for FREE.

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Added on September 7, 2010, 9:21 amMinimize,

This is live signal or recordings? If live signal, what is your signal strength?

If recordings. Is it B.yond Box with Ext HDD?

This post has been edited by lapaq: Sep 7 2010, 09:21 AM

I have both PVR in teh living room and B.yond Box in the Bedroom.

Since I have a Sony handycam, I have the WD My Passport AV from the beginning. Now I'm using it exclusively for B.yond Box in my Bedroom.

Epsode recording is called Series Link. It's not 100% working yet. I tried and it recorded even teh repeats! Confirmed with Astro they said it's not ready. Announcement will be made once it's ready. So use them at your discretion...I actually have to manually delete sooo many repeat programs...

Yup...Apparently only certain channels are ready and most are not yet ready. Which channels are ready though...Only Astro knows.

Well Fuad, you've got a point. If you refer to the Threa here there is a guy or an engineer working with Astro here on this thread. LongJustin or sumthing. He said previously that Astro is working with the content provider to provide a vast improvement to the Metadata for each content. Hopefully this is done sooner rather than later.

On the PVR failures...Well I'm with you on this. It should not have happened in teh first place!

Hmm...you need to explain more on this.

Why don't you request the RM 10 for Aug prorated for 20 days from Astro then? It about RM7...that would save you a decent meal at a Mamak restaurant...

Signal strength should not affect whether it's laggy or not. But then again I still can't understand what Laggy or non fluid looks like here. Laggy as in playing online games is something I know but never heard of in Astro B.yond.

I seriously don't understand what you're saying

Yes this is the no 1 issue for all of us.

My personal experience, the first time they installed my PVR, I didn't know that 140++ signal strength is not optimal. The minimum should at least be 160+. Si I have to endure 2 weeks of lost recordings, unable to continue after pausing and etc. After the installer came over, installed signal booster or sumthing, then only I can have a satisfactory experience.

Now I understand

I had too. It had problems...true enough, no need to debate about it. IT's within your rights to complain and b**** about it.

But I seldom use the recording function then so I'm not THAT attached to it. But the PVR, now that I'm a busy man so to speak. I really value the recording feature.

You have a good point. Astro needs to know that there are problems and they will only know if we call/email them and voice our issues.

I personally experienced problems in PVR voince out my concerns and they send in the Technician. They came in twice Free of Charge (changed my PVR once) and Astro told me that the Ext HDD still have problems. They said new Software for Ext HDD coming soon...but not sure how soon lah.

I'm fine with that since they acknowledged the problem and working on it. I'm giving them a benefit of a doubt but if by end of Sep still no software for B.yond with Ext HDD...I'm gonna shout

I pretty sure their technician/engineers would want to get the feedback from the CS people. On the other hand for CS, they would want to ketuk kepala the engineers if the box kept failing because customers will haunt CS rather than engineers.

If engineers are not doing their job...I'm pretty sure CS can always flag their complaints to the CEO and telling him that engineers are sitting on their asses and customer are shouting at us.

So yeah...

Jack,

What exactly is an HDMI extender....how much does it cost? is it like a long HDMI cable from the living room to the bedroom?

CRT? hmm. This I can help but a bit tricky. Byond box have 3 output, HDMI, Composite and Component. you can use all 3 simultaneously so this means you can connect the box to 3 TVs at the same time technically.

However, if you tune to HD channels, the HDCP protection will kick in. If you are on HD channels, and the TV with the composite/component cables are switched on but the HDTV with HDMI is not switched on, you will get "Copy Protection Failed error" Msg.

What you need to do is either take out the HDMI cable at the back of B.yond Box or switched on both TV.

+ 39 ganjilion rep points!!

He's a reporter or sumthin to interview TallJustin?

Yours is PvR or Byond with Ext Hdd?

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Added on September 12, 2010, 10:52 amWhen you say local listing, what is it? The magazine? You do know that the mag is printed 1.5 month earlier right? And I don't think it's accurate at the time if printing since programming info might change at he very last minute.

What about the EPG? Did it shown correctly?

This post has been edited by lapaq: Sep 12 2010, 10:52 AM

Is it a Beyond Box or PVR? Software Version is updated to the latest one?

So we all have learned our lesson today...Next Time call CS first...coz usually they can solve our problem. If kenot then only post here and asks the forumers.

Neb...this is not reboot steps lah. It's the steps to solve the "STB Starting Up" error. I'm amaze at how you can come to that conclusion.

Guess we're all are too much into flaming Astro for being the big corporation that they are now. Just like people b****ing about Microsoft when they themselves are pirating and using Microsoft products.

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Added on September 14, 2010, 6:33 pmMy personal experience...used to have two dishes connected to two decoders. One upstairs and another downstairs. When I swap to B.yond for the one downstairs, I have to use a new dish and cabling because if I use the old cabling, the signal is not good enough. The installer said it may be due to oxidization of the said cable since it's already more than 10 years.

Check with you installer. If the signal strength is good enough then there is no need to worry

This post has been edited by lapaq: Sep 14 2010, 06:34 PM

Yup, penguin it is.

Guys..The PR said "records" to external HDD...So I believe this means they are making the normal B.yond Boxes and not those PVR.