Tuner Swapping

[darrencp22]

Hi,

Does anyone know an easy way for me to rotate between the 3 different tuners? I know I can press SWAP, but this only rotates through two of them. Any ideas?

 

[volkodav]

3 way ABC switch, different source input in to the TV, or use a 3 way splitter as signal combiner and then set specific channel for each box but you might need a RF modulator to change one of the channel 3 inputs in to something else so there wont be interference

 

[darrencp22]

I dont think u understand what I want...

Here the scenario:

On the 622, 3 things may be recording or on 3 different channels:
Tuner 1 - Show A
Tuner 2 - Show B
Tuner 3 - OTA Show C

Is there a way to switch between whatever tuner.

On Tivo you can press the "Live TV" button to cycle though tuners.

 

[zbender]

yes it is possible. you need a little breathing room in your available DVR recording time (i.e. have 5-10 hours of HD time remaining).

This is annoying, and cumbersome but it works and i am now acclimated to it and don't think twice (well maybe, because if you don't you screw it up)

This is not really 'rotating between 3 tuners' but close. You have to record two of the Shows even if you don't want them archived. I just delete them when I move on to other programming.

It's probably not worth the trouble to you, but i dig it.

tune to Show A (Sat Tuner 1).
Swap to Sat Tuner 2, tune Show B.
Press Record for Show B.
Type OTA channel number (or search for it in guide), to tune *directly* to the OTA channel for OTA Show C.
Record OTA Show C.

-You are now watching & recording OTA Show C
-You are now recording Sat Show B
-The DVR Buffer is now buffering Sat Show A in background (or on PIP)

When you press Swap, you alternate between OTA Show C (recording) and Sat Show A (buffering). This only allows you to rotate between 2 tuners, Sat Tuner 1 (show A) and OTA Tuner (Show C).

But if you want to see the 3rd show (2nd tuner, Sat Show B), then while viewing OTA Show C (recording), go to DVR List, you will see Sat Show B recording, press "view" after selecting the recording.

Now you are viewing Sat Show B (recording) and can swap to Sat Show A (buffering).

To view OTA Show C (recording), view Sat Show B (recording) first, then go to DVR list, select OTA Show C (recording) and press "view"

confused yet?

 

[darrencp22]

Yeah that is what I do. It would be nicerif I could just keep hitting SWAP and it would go through all three. Doesnt seem like a big request to ask for.