V+ Radio channels recording
 

Forgive me if this is old news but i have only just discovered as i have been wanting to do this for ages that you can now record the live radio shows on the V+ box where as you never used to be able to, i can now record friday nights on Radio 1 which is 12 hours of dance music woohoo lol

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Which V+HD do you have? Samsung?

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I have the Samsung box

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not letting me recodring radio programs it v+hd black one :(

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Only the Samsung V+HD can record radio at the moment.

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I have the V+HD Black samsung which as the other comment says is the only one that does it at the moment, i have only recorded the shows on friday nights so far though, have not tried to record the day time shows yet

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What are the differences in the boxes that prevent this ?

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firmware I guess

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The SA box needs a video stream to record anything at all - the Samsung box doesn't, so can record radio.

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Didn't Virgin promise this to the SA box at the launch of the Samsung box?

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why can't you record A series like you can do on the tv I would like to record all eps of the archers on radio 4

Andrew

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Couldn't they just splice the audio with a 'video' feed of, for example, the static logo of the radio station, so that the SA box has something to record?

Not that it bothers me personally - I never listen to radio anyway.

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I was very disappointed when I first got a V+ (SA) box that I couldn't record radio as I listen to Radio 4 a lot - in fact I raised a formal complaint at the time about this as I felt it should be made clearer pre-sale. I was really pleased when I found out that the Samsung box could do this. When I requested a replacement box I was told that, as a long-standing customer, they would try to accommodate this but eventually was told that there was no way I could have a replacement box, even though I was prepared to pay for it. Has anyone succeeded in getting a replacement?

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The V+ would only be replaced if your existing one had a fault. However, you could upgrade to TiVo, which can also record radio.

ps. Welcome to the forum!

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May do that - although it's a bit pricey as I only have M TV and despite what it says on the website it's only available with M+ or higher - so an extra £9.50 a month. I shall think about it though....

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Tivo can definitely record radio, I've just tested it in the office

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Thanks! Do you reckon with everyone upgrading to Tivo there will be lots of Samsung boxes going spare? Tivo is very tempting....

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Not everybody is upgrading to TiVo, it has been mentioned though that Samsung is the only available box now for V+ service new or replacement!

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Radio recording was a major reason for my upgrading. My V+ did not record radio.

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Just use the Radio Downloader to download the shows off iPlayer in mp3 so you can play anywhere. It allows you to set up subscriptions to download series.

http://www.nerdoftheherd.com/tools/radiodld/