625 & 722 DVR Recording one, watching one

[Illinifan]

This is probably a stupid new guy question, but on both my 625 and 722, I cannot figure out how to record one program and watch another at the same time under these conditions.

The wife is scrolling through the guide and finds something she wants to record, so she hits the Record button. So far so good, but when she continues through the guide and finds something she wants to watch now, while the first program is recording, and hit SELECT, an info box pops up and tells her she'll have to quit recording the first show to change channels. What's she doing wrong?

Please tell me this is possible. It was with our crappy DVR from TW.

 

[thomasjk]

This is probably a stupid new guy question, but on both my 625 and 722, I cannot figure out how to record one program and watch another at the same time under these conditions.

The wife is scrolling through the guide and finds something she wants to record, so she hits the Record button. So far so good, but when she continues through the guide and finds something she wants to watch now, while the first program is recording, and hit SELECT, an info box pops up and tells her she'll have to quit recording the first show to change channels. What's she doing wrong?

Please tell me this is possible. It was with our crappy DVR from TW.

Yes, this is possible. On my 625 ( in dual mode), when I push record there is a pop up that offers a choice between recording on TV1 or TV2. If you are watching TV1 select TV2. If your watching TV2 select TV1. The default is to record on whatever TV you are watching. If you don't change the selection then you will experience the pop up that says you have to quit recording to switch channels.

 

[gbjbany]

Sounds like you are running in dual mode vs single mode on the 722. are you using 2 tv's at the same time to watch different channels on each receiver ? if not then set them to Single mode. check the front of the receiver it has a little light, and a button called mode ( inside the front cover of the receiver)

 

[garys]

In dual mode, the Record Plus feature located under the preference should be enabled. If it is not, the receiver will only set recordings for the tuner you are on and not send it to the second tuner.

 

[Illinifan]

The combination of making sure Record Plus was on and then selecting the other TV (TV2 in this case) worked perfectly.

Thanks.