anybody have any knowledge of harddrive recorders

[andreasaspenberg]

i got a samsung blu-ray player with harddrive recorder. the problem is that i dont receive any channels through it. is there anybody that can help me.

 

[TriggerHappy]

Moved to computer tech.

 

[Dr Super Good]

i got a samsung blu-ray player with harddrive recorder. the problem is that i dont receive any channels through it. is there anybody that can help me.

Ok.... What is this? A satalite box? Some cable thingy? Or a digital through the air box? An internet TV box?

In anycase, make sure you have the wire plugged in to one of its signal inputs from the signal source. This would be a satalite cable, a cable TV cable, an aerial cable or an ethanet cable (to modem/router).

Make sure that you connect the HDMI cable leading to your TV into an output port on the device. Not all HDMI ports on such devices are outputs (some are inputs for recording other devices).

Make sure the TV is receiving from the right input (should be one of the HDMI inputs) and also that the device has been set to send to the right HDMI output (there may be some button on the controler to toggle through outputs).

In the case of satalite, you need to make sure your dish is aligned at a satalite to receive and also you need to tune the box (most can be told to auto scan which does it for you as it is digital nowdays).

If your TV is not using HDMI to interface with the device, then why the hell do you have a blu-ray device?

 

[andreasaspenberg]

my tv have 3 hdmi ports. i was able to watch dvd and blu-ray on the recorder. i connected the cable to the in port and a different cable to the out port. i got signals to the tv without having to go to a hdmi channel. the issue is that the recorder doesnt save any tv channels. which prevents me from recording on it.

 

[Dr Super Good]

I advise you stop and read the instruction manual for the thing (the reason they give you one). Basically if you want to record from another device you will need an input port to be connected to the device you want to record from's output port.

Do be aware that you will never be able to record protected content. For example channels from Disney, Fox, Sky, WB may stop you recording from them. Additionally disney movies (even tapes) will not be able to be recorded. This is due to HDMI having content protection.

I still think your instructions should answer a lot of questions.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i read the instructions of course but that didnt help me. i simply want to record the things that airs on tv. i cant program any tv channels into the recorder. it simply say weak or none signal.

 

[Dr Super Good]

You will then have to make sure that you plug a bidirectional HDMI into an input/output port of the TV as well as of the device. It is important that the socket supports both input and output inorder for this to work (Most TV sockets support input only, likewise most of the recorders sockets support output only). You then will need to select the source on the device until the TV is selected.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

the recorder was connected between the cable and the tv. i got signals on the tv afterwards. i have done the same thing with my dvd recorder and it works perfectly there. though it doesnt work on the other recorder.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Like I said, you need to make sure that you have connected the HDMI cable into the right ports. Not all ports support Input/Output. Inorder to record you need to have Input/Output ports on both ends of the cable as well as a cable which is bidirectional (all full HDMI cables). Some ports will be Output only or Input only which will not allow you to watch and record with the device.

Also do be aware that some TV channels will block you from recording them.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

that doesnt make any sense. specially since tvs only have in ports.(except usb.) the recorder is programmed with its own channels to record from. my issue is that it doesnt save any of them.

 

[Dr Super Good]

specially since tvs only have in ports.(

You clearly eithor have a crap TV or no idea of TVs. Ever since scart connectors were introduced (long before HDMI), TVs have supported atleast 1 output connector. This allows you to record from your TV what is being displayed (I have a video machine which is set to do this and records fine with no other inputs but from the TV). HDMI was designed to replace scart connectors so it supports both bidirectional transmission of data as well as a lot of other things so input/output should be possible.

You are missing out important information...
I take it you have some form of transmission cable going into the box, like a satalite, cable TV or aerial or ethanet connection?

Make sure your source is set correctly when recording. It might be trying to record from one of the other various inputs the device has instead of the internal whatever it uses to make the TV pictures.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i have cable tv. i have recorded things airing on tv for a while and i have always used the recorder itself to record by first programming it with channels. first i used vhs then i changed to dvd without any problems. the issue with my new recorder is that it either doesnt find any channels or it doesnt save them.

 

[BlargHonk]

Look, DSG has just been repeating the same thing for the past 3 ports. I don't think we can help you here, go call up the manufacturers and see what they say.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

they just ignored me.

 

[BlargHonk]

...

What brand.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

samsung