Watch and Record Programs at once?

[Togora]

Hi all,

I received my ZGemma H7S yesterday and have managed to get most things working reasonably well within the OpenVix UI. I set things up to record a program which it is currently doing but I am unable to watch another program. I was under the impression that I would be able to watch and record at the same time. Was I wrong? If not what am I doing wrong? I did do a search of the forum but didn't find anything relevant.

Thanks in advance.

[ccs]

It'll depend on what tuners you've got and how you've connected and configured them, more details needed.

[twol]

What is your tuner configuration??

[cactikid]

Have you got both tuners wired up with a sat cables.

[Togora]

Hi All,

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.

My box states that there are three tuners A and B -Si2169D DVB-S2X and C - Si2168 Combined DVB-C/I2

And yes I have both connected to sats

I'm not sure what else you need to know so sorry if what you want or need is not here.

Thanks in advance.

[abu baniaz]

Welcome to the forum.

You say that the box has three tuners, but you also say that both are connected to sats. Let's ask specific questions:

What reception equipment is hooked up to tuner A?
What is tuner A configured as?

What reception equipment is hooked up to tuner B?
What is tuner B configured as?

What reception equipment is hooked up to tuner C?
What is tuner C configured as?

Also, what services/channels were you viewing and wanting to record? Please specify whether it is on satellite or terrestrial. Are you getting any errors or just a blank screen?

[Togora]

Hi Abu,

At the rear of my receiver I have two LNB connectors and both have cables entering them.

According to the Tuner Setup page:

Tuner A is set to 19.2E Ku-band Astra 1KR.1L/1M/1N
Tuner B is "Not Configured" - This looks like it is incorrect and perhaps a rescan with sort it out.
Tuner C is "Disabled" - terrestrial TV I'm assuming and if so I have not plugged it in here.

If I rescan tuner B will that rectify my issue?

Also, the page on the screen exceeds the size of the screen so there could be more information on the page which I can't see. This only seems to happen in the various settings pages and is perhaps a UI issue.

Thanks again.

[ccs]

Also, the page on the screen exceeds the size of the screen so there could be more information on the page which I can't see. This only seems to happen in the various settings pages and is perhaps a UI issue.

Switch off overscan on your tv (may be called just scan or something similar).

If your tv doesn't support this feature, you can resize the OSD from the menu.

[ronand]

Hi Abu,

At the rear of my receiver I have two LNB connectors and both have cables entering them.

According to the Tuner Setup page:

Tuner A is set to 19.2E Ku-band Astra 1KR.1L/1M/1N
Tuner B is "Not Configured" - This looks like it is incorrect and perhaps a rescan with sort it out.
Tuner C is "Disabled" - terrestrial TV I'm assuming and if so I have not plugged it in here.

If I rescan tuner B will that rectify my issue?

Also, the page on the screen exceeds the size of the screen so there could be more information on the page which I can't see. This only seems to happen in the various settings pages and is perhaps a UI issue.

Thanks again.

Just configure tuner B with what is actually connected to it. It it is 19e then there is no need to scan again

[Togora]

Hi ronand,

Tuner B is set to Astra 2A-2B (28.2E). So the answer to my own question is no, it won't fix this issue.

Thanks

[Togora]

Hi ccs,

I don't have an overscan or scan feature on my TV and as regards OSD I've gone through every screen but can't find any ting like it within OpenVix.

[ccs]

Menu/Setup/User Interface/Skin Setup/OSD Position

[Togora]

I found it, thanks.... now all I have are a lot of unfamiliar markings on the screen and nothing else prompting the user what to do. How the hell do you get out of it. I've tried Exit and a few other buttons on my controller but nothing gets me out of this and Google is currently not my friend.

Thanks and sorry for being a pain.

[Togora]

I found it, thanks.... now all I have are a lot of unfamiliar markings on the screen and nothing else prompting the user what to do. How the hell do you get out of it. I've tried Exit and a few other buttons on my controller but nothing gets me out of this and Google is currently not my friend.

Thanks and sorry for being a pain.

[ronand]

Hi ronand,

Tuner B is set to Astra 2A-2B (28.2E). So the answer to my own question is no, it won't fix this issue.

Thanks

Then you will need to scan on tuner B as well. If you want to watch & record different channels at the same time then they must be channels on different satellites unless both channels are on the same transponder. That's because you have only 1 feed from each dish.