I noticed the HDD thread and Obi-wan selling his Sony HDD recorder so thought someone on here might have the answer I need
(if anyone has any suggestions for a better forum then let me know).
Basically I bought a Sony RDR-HXD870, which i'm using by itself plugged into my wall via the aerial lead and to my tv with a scart, with the hope that I can watch freeview through it and record when I'm out. I followed the setup instructions and the "Easy setup" but ended up selecting guide+ by accident, I've used this for a couple of days and found it to be ok until tonight trying to set up a series link, it seems the only way to do it is to set the frequency to for example "every sat", which isn't an exact science.
I had a look back through the manual (which is generic for a fair few models) and I think I should have selected digital guide, therefore I re-did the easy setup and selected this. Now when i press guide i get (quote):
"This function cannot be used now"
Is this because it needs to gather information for the guide (the guide plus would open initially but had no channels for a day or so but when the box was turned off it would say Electronic program guide) or is something different going on?
Thanks to anyone who bothers to read this.
Jeez how come its only AFTER I post things like this that I seem to fluke a fix....anyway sorry for wasting anyones time.