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Wilkox
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8 months ago
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Can't rewind live tv after watching recording.

Just updated box to 360 and noticed that after returning to live TV after watching a recording, I can't rewind it....something that I could do previously. Is this normal because if so,  I'm not impressed  😕 

Thanks in advance folks.

  • japitts's avatar
    japitts
    8 months ago

    I use a V6 so have no direct experience, however...

    A V6 (running TiVo-firmware) keeps all 6 tuners live & buffering continually with upto 60minutes buffering on each.

    A TV360 (running Horizon-firmware) only keeps the live TV channel & any active recording tuners running - the live one for (IIRC) 6 hours, and the active recordings for the duration. All others are idle.

    I am fairly sure that when you view a recording, the live TV tuner also stops buffering.

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    japitts
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    8 months ago

    I use a V6 so have no direct experience, however...

    A V6 (running TiVo-firmware) keeps all 6 tuners live & buffering continually with upto 60minutes buffering on each.

    A TV360 (running Horizon-firmware) only keeps the live TV channel & any active recording tuners running - the live one for (IIRC) 6 hours, and the active recordings for the duration. All others are idle.

    I am fairly sure that when you view a recording, the live TV tuner also stops buffering.

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    roy247
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    8 months ago

    I think japitts has answered your problem, with the 360 it will buffer/record the channel you are watching for over 3 hours, but when you change channel or watch a recording it resets, unlike the V6 where you could switch between 6 channels and they would all be buffered / recorded for an hour.

     

  • Matthew_ML's avatar
    Matthew_ML
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    7 months ago

    Hey Wilkox, thank you for reaching out and a warm welcome to the community I am sorry to hear this.

    I can see some advice has been given already, did this help? 

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      Wilkox
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      7 months ago

      Thanks for the reply. To be honest,  I thought I had the most up to date box as it wasn't that long that I changed it. Assuming that I do have the 360 box, is it possible to upgrade to the v6?

      • japitts's avatar
        japitts
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        7 months ago
        Wilkox wrote:

        Assuming that I do have the 360 box, is it possible to upgrade to the v6?

        VM consider the TV360 an upgrade from the V6, which was closed for new installs and thus ringfenced, several years ago.

        Conversions from V6 > TV360 are voluntary but also one-way.