primetime tuner activity issue/?

[bnewt]

just noticed on my hws that even though primetime isn't recording, it shows in the tv activity screen.
not sure if it has always done this, but I have just noticed it the last couple of mornings.
anyone else noticed this?

 

[JSheridan]

just noticed on my hws that even though primetime isn't recording, it shows in the tv activity screen.
not sure if it has always done this, but I have just noticed it the last couple of mornings.
anyone else noticed this?

If you're tuned to any of your big four local networks then they all show up in the TV Activity list and can be accessed from the Joeys or for recordings using only the one tuner. This is the way it's been for a long time.

 

[bnewt]

Will check to see, but don't think that was the case

 

[n0qcu]

It's been that way for several years.

 

[charlesrshell]

Will check to see, but don't think that was the case

My Hopper is tuned to CBS. Attached is a pic of the TV Activity screen. As you can see the four prime time channels are all using Tuner 4.

 

[HipKat]

My Hopper is tuned to CBS. Attached is a pic of the TV Activity screen. As you can see the four prime time channels are all using Tuner 4.

That's how it works. All the big four networks use 1 tuner. If it was Hopper 2000 or Sling, it would be tuner 3. With Super Joey, Tuner 5. If you're not watching anything on those channels, that tuner would only say Available. That's what gives PTAT the ability to record all four channels using only 1 tuner

 

[bnewt]

My Hopper is tuned to CBS. Attached is a pic of the TV Activity screen. As you can see the four prime time channels are all using Tuner 4.

yea, that is the way mine looks, but tuner 1 was tuned to USA, not any of the primetime channels, yet tuner 3 still listed them all as in your picture

 

[charlesrshell]

yea, that is the way mine looks, but tuner 1 was tuned to USA, not any of the primetime channels, yet tuner 3 still listed them all as in your picture

No telling what tuners the Hopper selects. She likes to pick different tuners that suits her! Attached is two pics of my Hopper 3 Activity screen. She is recording two OTA channels and two satellite channels at the same time while I am watching an OTA satellite channel 4. I am using the AirTV dual OTA adapter.

 

[bnewt]

No telling what tuners the Hopper selects. She likes to pick different tuners that suits her! Attached is two pics of my Hopper 3 Activity screen. She is recording two OTA channels and two satellite channels at the same time while I am watching an OTA satellite channel 4. I am using the AirTV dual OTA adapter.

yes, but you are watching one of the major metworks..........I am not & yet it still has tuner 3 tied up

My other hws does not do this, it is as it should be, but then I don't have prime time enabled on it

 

[n0qcu]

yes, but you are watching one of the major metworks..........I am not & yet it still has tuner 3 tied up

My other hws does not do this, it is as it should be, but then I don't have prime time enabled on it

If you're not watching one of the networks even though it shows you (were) on tuner three that tuner will be available if needed.
the tuner showing the four networks will continue to do so for awhile after you quit watching/recording one of the networks but eventually will stop showing the four networks. It has worked like that for about as long as I can remember.

 

[bnewt]

thanks, just wanted to make sure that this wasn't the 1st sign of a failing unit

 

[HipKat]

No telling what tuners the Hopper selects. She likes to pick different tuners that suits her! Attached is two pics of my Hopper 3 Activity screen. She is recording two OTA channels and two satellite channels at the same time while I am watching an OTA satellite channel 4. I am using the AirTV dual OTA adapter.

That last tuner in use is always going to be the PTAT/Locals

 

[pattykay]

That's how it works. All the big four networks use 1 tuner. If it was Hopper 2000 or Sling, it would be tuner 3. With Super Joey, Tuner 5. If you're not watching anything on those channels, that tuner would only say Available. That's what gives PTAT the ability to record all four channels using only 1 tuner

And on the Hopper Duo, it is tuner 2. (No, the Hopper Duo does not have the automatic recording feature of PTAT, but it still gives the ability to set individual timers for multiple network shows at the same time on the same tuner.)