622 total timers allowed

[Galaxie64]

I've had my 622 for almost a month now and have run into the timers being maxed out. The odd thing is that it is a different number. I had 50 timers and was maxed, turns out I found about 10 duplicates so I got it down to 40 then quickly back up to 45 and said I was maxed, deleted a few more and now I am maxed at 42. All of these are record, and all but two or three are record new shows only.

So what is the deal here? I have about 160hrs worth of recording time left so it is not like the hard drive is totally full or anything. I've searched the manual and the net and haven't come up with a total on timers allowed yet, any help would be great.

 

[Mr Tony]

a quick search would have found the answer

but its 96 (max on timers) and 288 (max on events)

events are each episode of a aprogram. So if you have it record all episodes of Sponge Bob, that 288 will come pretty quick

 

[Hall]

One flaw in the design seems to be that even if you do "New" only, it still flags ALL episodes. It simply "skips" the re-runs...

 

[garys]

And you won't see them if you have 'hide skipped' enabled.

 

[Galaxie64]

So even the skipped events count towards the 288? Thanks for the info. I've been playing with it deleting more stuff. Kind of scary how many shows one ends up watching with a DVR.

 

[lakebum431]

I heard from a friend that this is being increased soon. Hope it is true.

 

[Hall]

Yes, I'm pretty sure that skipped shows do count. Think about it, it "finds" the shows and skipping it is a secondary action.

 

[DishSubLA]

I've had my 622 for almost a month now and have run into the timers being maxed out. The odd thing is that it is a different number. I had 50 timers and was maxed, turns out I found about 10 duplicates so I got it down to 40 then quickly back up to 45 and said I was maxed, deleted a few more and now I am maxed at 42. All of these are record, and all but two or three are record new shows only.

So what is the deal here? I have about 160hrs worth of recording time left so it is not like the hard drive is totally full or anything. I've searched the manual and the net and haven't come up with a total on timers allowed yet, any help would be great.

Yes, Iceberg's numbers are correct. If you wish a whole lot of detail then click on the following link:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=72827

Good Luck

 

[Stargazer]

This reminds me of the timer limit there used to be on what I think was the 721 receiver. A software update corrected it.