Genie recording conflict question

[JonUrban]

I have a Genie receiver with one remote location unit.

Tonight I had a program set to record at 9PM tonight. No big deal, but it was the only thing being recorded tonight.

So, I was watching a baseball game on the primary receiver, and I got a message telling me the receiver had to switch to the channel it was going to be recording, or I could stay on the channel I was watching and cancel the recording.

WTF? I thought this thing could record 4 programs at once. Why would it be doing this?

Any ideas, or is this how it works.

 

[Mr Tony]

I've seen that happen before. Usually a red button reboot will fix that. I've been recording 2 things and watching a 3rd and have seen that popup for no reason (and all I have is a HR34/Genie)