I have a TVonics DVR-250 that is now a year old...this machine is pre 
Freeview Playback and has a problem in displaying the MHEG associated with 
BBC Radio channels.

At times it will quickly decode the MHEG and I get the logos displayed and 
can gain full access to the BBCi menu as well as being able to utilise the 
BBCi screensaver by pressing 0.

However ,mainly in the evening, the MHEG remains stuck in the initial MS-DOS 
type screen as it first appears and cannot decode the MHEG any further.

Is there an explanation for this?- I have re-booted the machine on  a number 
of occasions but this resolves nothing.

Are TVonics ever going to issue an OTA upgrade to modify these machines as 
the MHEG for the BBC channels was modified anyway during 2007?

I think that software support for this early TVonics PVRs has been lacking.

Norbert Wittgenfeld wrote:
> I have a TVonics DVR-250 that is now a year old...this machine is pre 
> Freeview Playback and has a problem in displaying the MHEG associated with 
> BBC Radio channels.
> 
> At times it will quickly decode the MHEG and I get the logos displayed and 
> can gain full access to the BBCi menu as well as being able to utilise the 
> BBCi screensaver by pressing 0.
> 
> However ,mainly in the evening, the MHEG remains stuck in the initial MS-DOS 
> type screen as it first appears and cannot decode the MHEG any further.
> 
> Is there an explanation for this?- I have re-booted the machine on  a number 
> of occasions but this resolves nothing.
> 
> Are TVonics ever going to issue an OTA upgrade to modify these machines as 
> the MHEG for the BBC channels was modified anyway during 2007?
> 
> I think that software support for this early TVonics PVRs has been lacking. 
> 

Oh the irony....

-- 
Adrian C

In message , Adrian C 
<email@here.invalid> wrote

>Norbert Wittgenfeld wrote:

>>  I think that software support for this early TVonics PVRs has been 
>>lacking.

That's because the software was written in Welsh and then translated by 
the Japanese  :)

>
>Oh the irony....
>

Tesco are meant to supply the support :)
-- 
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

No, there's no irony ,at all....at least only to the smart-alecs who I see 
still infest this newsgroup.

In every other respect the machines contiues to perform faultlessly exactly 
as per its specification  when I bought it....so ,as they say,up yours 
Adrian C.

Norbert Wittgenfeld wrote:
> No, there's no irony ,at all....at least only to the smart-alecs who I see 
> still infest this newsgroup.
> 
> In every other respect the machines contiues to perform faultlessly exactly 
> as per its specification  when I bought it....so ,as they say,up yours 
> Adrian C. 
> 

Thanks...

Check back in google - I've been quite complementary 'on spec' to these 
machines in the past and would probably (if I wasn't a geek and didn't 
want more custom functionality to _my_ liking) choose these in 
preference to all other non-TiVo/Toppy machines out there. After all 
they are well designed, easy to use, value for money, fine skoda quality 
and I do hope you (and others) find an update for MHEG issues.

I just prefer rolls-royces, and the better support that comes about.

Please take offense of my posting _now_ because _you_ chose in the first 
place to be offensive (in the spirit of a 'socialist worker' thug) to a 
few of the kind helpful folk here (and uk.tech.digital-tv where I've 
also sent it for further display) and adopted a purile attitude (and 
stupid moniker) aimed at unsettling proper PVR technical debate - 
something which has been proved you know little about.

And now you are asking for help and pity?

-- 
Adrian C

The mistake was entirely mine - I should have known better than to pose the 
question in this Newsgroup with people like you monitoring it....



"Adrian C" <email@here.invalid> wrote in message 
news:5tvd26F1fcknfU1@mid.individual.net...
> Norbert Wittgenfeld wrote:
>> No, there's no irony ,at all....at least only to the smart-alecs who I 
>> see still infest this newsgroup.
>>
>> In every other respect the machines contiues to perform faultlessly 
>> exactly as per its specification  when I bought it....so ,as they say,up 
>> yours Adrian C.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Check back in google - I've been quite complementary 'on spec' to these 
> machines in the past and would probably (if I wasn't a geek and didn't 
> want more custom functionality to _my_ liking) choose these in preference 
> to all other non-TiVo/Toppy machines out there. After all they are well 
> designed, easy to use, value for money, fine skoda quality and I do hope 
> you (and others) find an update for MHEG issues.
>
> I just prefer rolls-royces, and the better support that comes about.
>
> Please take offense of my posting _now_ because _you_ chose in the first 
> place to be offensive (in the spirit of a 'socialist worker' thug) to a 
> few of the kind helpful folk here (and uk.tech.digital-tv where I've also 
> sent it for further display) and adopted a purile attitude (and stupid 
> moniker) aimed at unsettling proper PVR technical debate - something which 
> has been proved you know little about.
>
> And now you are asking for help and pity?
>
> -- 
> Adrian C