Freeview EPG tonight 17 Dec 2015

For all those wanting to record 'Downton' on Prime tonight. I was setting up my PC to record 'Manners of Downton Abbey' on Prime tonight and noticed the record time set itself from 2030 to 0605. Thought I had a problem in my NextPVR software but got the same result after updating the EPG. Also got the same result on my Panasonic Recorder. There is currently an error in the EPG for Prime and all the Programs between 2130 and 0605 tonight are missing.

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Permalink Reply by forumuser on December 17, 2015 at 19:13

Hi Biggles,

I'll look into it now

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Permalink Reply by Biggles on December 17, 2015 at 19:31

Thanks Josh.

I reset my recorder manually via Timer record so I don't get several hours of unwanted recording.

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Permalink Reply by forumuser on December 17, 2015 at 19:47

I have identified the fault, unfortunately this cannot be easily fixed as the Freeview EPG was last updated around 6pm on a rotated schedule, next one I think is at 12 or 6am to load the next week listings for Christmas Day.

Manual Timers are the only option, Have just set this on my Mums PVR for Poldark

I've let the team know
Cheers, Josh

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Permalink Reply by Bel @ Freeview on December 17, 2015 at 20:47

Thanks Biggles and Josh for flagging this and for the work around. There appears to be issues with the EPG data file supplied by the broadcaster from what I've heard. Last update was that Prime had shared their EPG data file and believed the issue to have been fixed. Will let you know if I come across any other info.

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Permalink Reply by William Petty on December 18, 2015 at 9:43

I set my recorder for Dowmton and it went for 9hrs 36min I could see it wouldn't stop is there any way I could have stopped it?
I was worried it would go on forever
My recorder is Dish Tv sat box ultra s7090pvr

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Permalink Reply by Biggles on December 18, 2015 at 11:12

Pressing the Stop button usually works on most recorders.

I used Timer Record for last nights episode as it was obvious when setting and checking the setup that the finish time was wrong and I didn't want to record several hours.

It always pay to check settings after setting the recorder. The EPG is only a Guide so don't rely on it being accurate.

Interestingly both the last episode and this weeks episode seem to have started before the scheduled time too. Even with my recorder set to start 1 min early I still missed the beginning.

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Permalink Reply by forumuser on December 18, 2015 at 11:26

I always add 6 minutes before and after the recording as the networks are becoming a little silly with the delayed starts and series not running to schedule.