Did I screw up a timer by...

[heatho]

I had a timer setup on my new 510 (I've had it for less than a week) to record a show last night. I was watching a previously recorded program when the little clock in bottom left corner started flashing. I hit the "stop" button to stop the program I was watching and turned the receiver off. It then didn't turn back on to record the program that I had a timer for. What should I have done? Does watching a recorded show while a timer is set to start mess something up?

 

[Mr Tony]

I have a 508 and if I'm watching a program when the little clock pops up, I hit "select" and then "OK". It just lets me know its going to record. You can still watch the prerecorded program, the DVR will start recording the correct info.

 

[mwgiii]

Iceburg is right.

Hit select if you want to see what the timer is.

Or hit cancel and Mr. Blinky goes away without cancelling the timer.

Watching a recorded program will not stop or mess up a timer.

 

[heatho]

Really?? Wow, I've got more manual reading to do... I didn't realize that I could watch a previously recorded program and record a show at the same time. I supose I shouldn't have hit stop and then turn off the receiver.

 

[Mr Tony]

whoops

sounds like you stopped the recording

The "blinky" clock is the only thing that bugs me when I'm copying something from the HD to the VCR

 

[Geoff Goodfellow]

heatho, i'm also a new dish & 510 customer and have had similar problems. i am trying to nail down a repeatable scenario of this failure. can you try to do exactly the same and see if it fails again?