Record same show on different channel

[rhubman16]

I have a R15-500 DVR and I am trying to record a show that is on two different channels. It is on one channel for new episodes and another channel for repeats. It will not allow me to set the series on the second channel. Has anyone had this issue? Can it be fixed?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

[BluegrassGuy1976]

Is it giving you any kind of message? What show and which two channels? What does it do when you try to set it up to record both of them?

 

[rhubman16]

I am trying to record new episodes of family guy on fox. That series was setup. We I try to record family guy reruns on tbs, it will not let me set the series up. It does nothing if I do it through a search and if I do it through the guide, the R in a circle goes away.

 

[BluegrassGuy1976]

Ok for the reruns on TBS try this... highlight a future episode on TBS, and press select. Then press Record Series, then change the episode type to repeats only, then press 'record as set' on the bottom right. See what that does. Could be a timer conflict with something else maybe. Do you have anything else scheduled at that time slot that could interfere with it? And check your signal strength for both tuners on transponders 1 and 2, let me know what both are, rule out a signal problem.

 

[rhubman16]

Changing the series did not help. The signal strentgh on both tuners are 96%

 

[BluegrassGuy1976]

If you cancel the timer for the new shows on Fox,will it let you set the one for the repeats on TBS?

 

[evanborkow]

You cannot record a series on two different channels. You can record the series on one channel and individual episodes on the other.

 

[BluegrassGuy1976]

You cannot record a series on two different channels. You can record the series on one channel and individual episodes on the other.

Yeah you can, I do it all the time. The timer/scheduler, when you set it up to record a series, it goes by the specific channel that it is on. You can set one series on one channel and another series on a different channel and it should work, as long as you don't have a conflict with something else that is already scheduled. I like to record new episodes of CSI Miami on CBS in series link, first run, then record the repeats in series link on A & E. Haven't had any problems with it, no reason why it shouldn't work. Timer conflict the only thing I can really think of. Or something messed up internally with that DVR.

 

[evanborkow]

BluegrassGuy, are you using an R15?

 

[rhubman16]

It does not matter which series I do first (repeats or first runs), either way the second one will not record. I should not have conflicts for all of the times it is on, since it runs constently.

 

[BluegrassGuy1976]

BluegrassGuy, are you using an R15?

HR20. Woulnd't think the software would be much different between the two, one is HD one's not.