I have just had my new 522 installed, it replaces my 510 and 311. So far, it is amazing, and I love it.
There are two issues though that seem like they should be really easy to fix, but I cannot get them to work, and from what I can see, there is no way to. I have spent hours looking through old threads, and some of these are mentioned, but not definitively.
First off the easiest to describe:
When I set a record timer, it automatically sets the show to start 1 minute early, and end 3 minutes later. I know how to change that in the options menu, but I would like to change the default. It is actually good to have the buffers most of the time, however when I have shows that run consecutively on the same channel, it either has to record on two different tuners, or one of the shows gets bumped. Like I said, it is reasonably easy to change the start and end times, but it seems there should be a good default setting somewhere.
Second:
Why is it so impossible to pick which tuner a show records to!! I am operating in dual mode. I have turned on Smart Recording, or whatever it is called, and that allows me to pick the tuner I want to use when I hit the record button, why can't I also pick the tuner when I am setting up a timer? If I turn off the smart record, then I can use the remote 2 to setup tuner 2 timers, and I can use remote 1 to setup tuner 1 recordings, and that works fine. But as soon as I then turn on the Smart Recording function again, all my timers switch to the new default tuner.
I want to be able to specify which tuner each timer gets recorded on. For some periods during the day my son watches cartoons in the bedroom, so I want the living room to be where the recording happens. Other times I know my wife is likely to be browsing in the living room, so I want recording to occur in the bedroom. For you long time users, how do you deal with this? I know there has to be a "best" way to do this without all the hassle.
As I said, it is a great system, and a big step up from the 510, if I can just get used to some of the quirks it will be wonderful!
Thanks!
There are two issues though that seem like they should be really easy to fix, but I cannot get them to work, and from what I can see, there is no way to. I have spent hours looking through old threads, and some of these are mentioned, but not definitively.
First off the easiest to describe:
When I set a record timer, it automatically sets the show to start 1 minute early, and end 3 minutes later. I know how to change that in the options menu, but I would like to change the default. It is actually good to have the buffers most of the time, however when I have shows that run consecutively on the same channel, it either has to record on two different tuners, or one of the shows gets bumped. Like I said, it is reasonably easy to change the start and end times, but it seems there should be a good default setting somewhere.
Second:
Why is it so impossible to pick which tuner a show records to!! I am operating in dual mode. I have turned on Smart Recording, or whatever it is called, and that allows me to pick the tuner I want to use when I hit the record button, why can't I also pick the tuner when I am setting up a timer? If I turn off the smart record, then I can use the remote 2 to setup tuner 2 timers, and I can use remote 1 to setup tuner 1 recordings, and that works fine. But as soon as I then turn on the Smart Recording function again, all my timers switch to the new default tuner.
I want to be able to specify which tuner each timer gets recorded on. For some periods during the day my son watches cartoons in the bedroom, so I want the living room to be where the recording happens. Other times I know my wife is likely to be browsing in the living room, so I want recording to occur in the bedroom. For you long time users, how do you deal with this? I know there has to be a "best" way to do this without all the hassle.
As I said, it is a great system, and a big step up from the 510, if I can just get used to some of the quirks it will be wonderful!
Thanks!