life with the pvr: day two

Today, I tried to record something right away, and I just can't get the thing to work. After an hour with the manual, I figure it must be because the timer was set and the recorder in "timer standby mode." My fears from yesterday were confirmed: you can't record when the timer is set unless you disconnect the timer.

To me, that is completely contrary to the whole logic of the box. It's supposed to let you stop worrying about when TV shows are aired, but now you have to remember anyway to turn on the timer in time (that's a funny end of a sentence).

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life with the pvr: day three