This is a simple TAP for users of the Topfield 5000PVRt, with firmware from March 2005 or later. Under some quite specific circumstances a recording will fail, and this TAP will tell you when that may occur, allowing you to do do further manual investigation.
An ongoing discussion of this bug is occurring on the Topfield Australia forums (reg. req'd).
- set 30 minute timer for channel A starting at x
- set 5 minute timer for channel B starting at x + 2minutes
- set 10 minute timer for channel C starting at x + 9
- leave Toppy on live channel A
- start watching a previously recorded program
- see 'check your reservation' message at time x + 2
- start watching a previously recorded program
- at time x+10 or later stop watching
You can now switch between all live channels, even though you're
apparently still recording A and C. The end of the recording of A turns
into channel C.
(Problems are most prevalent when A = Nine, B= SBS and C=ABC, for reasons that are not apparent)
Requirements
A Topfield 5000PVRt with the March 2005 or later firmware.
Installation
Upload TimerBugChecker.tap to your toppy, to either your "\ProgramFiles" folder for manual
running or your "\ProgramFiles\Auto Start" folder to run automatically.
Usage
When run, the TAP will announce any possible times when this bug may occur. You
may then wish to remember not to be playing back a program at the time noted.
The TAP exits immediately after running.
Revision history
v0.1: 18-Oct-2005. Initial release.
Download
Timer Bug Checker v0.1