Recording Cable on Holiday

I'm going on holiday next week (for the first time in about 20 years!) but I'm going to miss at least one programme I want to video because there is no way I know of to pre-programme a channel change on my Pace STB

With the old Analogue Box I could set up a date/ time recording slot for any time in the next couple of weeks and the box would change channel as required, but it seems that with the Digital Box I can only set it to one cable channel and miss the other programme.

If anyone knows of a way to get past this, please let me know!

[paulyoung666]

dont think you can my mate , i know it wont help but you can with sky , sorry , how about a trusted neighbour to swap it for you as and when

[Derek]

You can only set it up to swap channels up to 3 days in advance so unless the programs are within the next couple of days then, unfortunately, you are out of luck.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Graham

I'm going on holiday next week (for the first time in about 20 years!) but I'm going to miss at least one programme I want to video because there is no way I know of to pre-programme a channel change on my Pace STB

With the old Analogue Box I could set up a date/ time recording slot for any time in the next couple of weeks and the box would change channel as required, but it seems that with the Digital Box I can only set it to one cable channel and miss the other programme.

If anyone knows of a way to get past this, please let me know!

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<Whisper> Sky +</whisper>

[Edit]-Actually I'm not sure even Sky + goes beyond 7 days...

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Neil

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<Whisper> Sky +</whisper>

[Edit]-Actually I'm not sure even Sky + goes beyond 7 days...

shush

if it follows sky then no it wont , hopefully i will be in a position to find out soon

slightly off topic neil , if i go to say comet and purchase the box will it work with my existing sky card and dish or do i need to get sky to reinstall ???????? . feel free to delete this and i will start a new thread about it

But he is not going to get installed in time anyway to record it even if it did and I think it would be abit much to record just one programme.

Can you not ask someone you trust to record it for you Graham, or try ask someone else who has the means to record the channel and programme for you?

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Mick

But he is not going to get installed in time anyway to record it even if it did and I think it would be abit much to record just one programme.

Can you not ask someone you trust to record it for you Graham, or try ask someone else who has the means to record the channel and programme for you?

haway , i posted that in post #2

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by Neil

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<Whisper> Sky +</whisper>

[Edit]-Actually I'm not sure even Sky + goes beyond 7 days...

I can't remember if it does either, but it does have a manual record feature where you can manually enter the date and times.

Originally Posted by Mick

try ask someone else who has the means to record the channel and programme for you?

I do have a friend who can do so, but it would be more useful if I could do it myself

[andygrif]

Just a suggestion, why don't you just leave the STB on the channel you want to record whilst you're away?

[altis]

I haven't tried it but I understand that some of the fancy remotes are up to this. Have a mooch round here:

http://www.remotecentral.com/

You may need to add a RedEye remote converter if you have an 'old' box.

http://www.redremote.co.uk/

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by andygrif

Just a suggestion, why don't you just leave the STB on the channel you want to record whilst you're away?

Because he wants to record more than one channel...

Originally Posted by Graham

but it seems that with the Digital Box I can only set it to one cable channel and miss the other programme.

It seems quite stupid that the old analogue boxes can do it & yet the digital ones can't.

[MikeyB]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

slightly off topic neil , if i go to say comet and purchase the box will it work with my existing sky card and dish or do i need to get sky to reinstall ???????? . feel free to delete this and i will start a new thread about it

No and No!!!
Sky have to update your subscription (if this involves a new viewing card or not, I don't know), and you need a new LNB on your dish, and new dual-core coax cable from the dish to the box.

I think if you just plugged a Sky+ box in, and put your card in, it will work just as normal Sky and won't let you record anything.

[aliferste]

Hmmmmm.... what program is it?? No chance of just downloading it with Bit torrent!!

[altis]

Check out page 27 of the Philips Pronto manual:
http://www.remotecontrol.philips.com...to_English.pdf