Samsung 3090/3270 HD-DVR Thread - Page 32

I know this is an old question, but did you ever find out how to do this. Time Warner tells me it's possible, and to contact the hard drive manufacturer. The HD Manufacturer says they won't offer support for this, as the HD's are designed to work on computers.

Before I break down and call TW Signature Service, I'm hoping someone can offer some more insight.

Thanks.

I've been searching the net for an answer to this, but not found much.

On the Samsung SMT-H3272, if you go to settings>devices> audio output range, it provides options for Narrow, Normal, and Wide (I think, doing this from memory). Does normal output the signal as it is meant to be heard, while wide boosts it? Or is it referring to your speaker size?

Obviously I want to take full advantage of my speakers, but don't want to be feeding in a boosted signal. To me, Wide sounds like the lows are boosted. Thanks in advance!

The box records from when the show says it will be on. The TV station lets it go over the time it says it will somtimes. The box stops recording when it should.

to prevent that from happening, you can tell the box to record longer (record show with options)

Brenda, Did you ever get an answer on this?

Nephipower, did you ever make any progress?

Anyone else get the eSata working on the SMT-H3270?

Just swapped out a bad SA8300 and they gave me a Samsung 3272. I cannot get the menus/settings 'window' to come up in 4:3 mode with black sidebars. It is in a stretched mode which is driving me crazy!

TV is a Panny plasma. I tried changing the aspect ratio to 4:3 and that didn't do anything. The box is operating correctly when I go to non HD channels and it switches to 4:3 with black side bars.

Samsung boxes cannot have the menus in 4:3. Some day TWC will make a 16:9 guide, but who knows when that will come out.
 

My Time Warner (New York City) Samsung box sometimes hangs--to the point where holding down the power button for 10 seconds does nothing. I need to physically cycle the power to cause a reboot.

I'm thinking that the problem might be heat because, well, the thing runs super hot. (It's inside a not-so-well ventilated cabinet.)

I ordered a 120mm USB-powered fan for it. Planning on setting the fan on the top, over the hard drive, pulling air upward.

Any thoughts?

Return it and ask for a silver box (Scientific Atlanta). I had a bad SA and swapped it out (see above) on 12/31. I had to take it back on 2/9 because it crapped out. Would indicate it was recording and I would just have a black screen with no recording.

Thanks, but I meant thoughts on the heat issue/fan placement.

I'd rather not swap the box because (a) it cooperates with my receiver and TV (no handshake problems, no issues with 5.1 audio) and (b) it does record reliably (knock on wood).

Mine does the same thing and not best ventilated either. But I suspect you are, like mine, it does the slow switching and (for me) extremely rare full lock up like you mention when you exit a recording and go back live. I am hoping software issue since when it does it it is always when a change back from a recording. If I have blank screen and it doesn't seem to want to pop back in, a channel change will 99% of the time work to get things back (but then usually lose buffer).

/Dan

Fan update:

I set a 120mm USB-powered fan* on top of my SMT-H3090 and, while its ability to prevent lock-ups is TBD, it definitely keeps the box cooler and doesn't interfere with its operation. The fan is barely audible when on, and since it's inside a cabinet I can't hear it at all. Note that it's always on--it doesn't spin up only when the box is on. (This is probably for the best since the hard drive is always spinning.)

One minor issue is that I had to cut off the cable guard on the fan USB connector because it was hitting my HDMI cable. No big deal.

In short: so far, so good.

* this one: http://www.amazon.com/Coolerguys-120x120x25mm-USB-Fan-Grill/dp/B001NJ27QM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361640267&sr=8-1&keywords=coolerguys+usb

Hi,

A few days ago the TWC tech came out to my house and replaced my old DVR with a Samsung SMT-H3272.

We've noticed that the audio levels are different for some channels. For example when switching from NBC to Golf Channel, the volume is low. We have to turn up the volume, but if we change the channel back to NBC, it's too loud.

Is this a common problem?


Also- the Navigator channel guide looks really bad- it's stretched.

Not sure how to word this, but is there any way to change the 3090's remote control frequency or the code-recognition, to circumvent conflicts with other remotes? I just purchased a sound bar (Sharp HT-SB600) and am experiencing that every time I use the Sharp remote to increase volume, it sends a signal like "888" to the 3090 and changes channels on me. I looked at the tech screens (SEL for 10 seconds than Up or Down) but didn't see any settings like this, even on the password protected screens.

16:9 UI is coming when TWC moves the guide into the Cloud.

Failing this, can anyone think of anything simple I can do to make the 3090 temporarily not accept channel signals while I adjust volume on the Sharp? For instance, I thought maybe if I paused the 3090 or brought up the Guide, it might put the unit in a mode that it would ignore the false channel signal it was picking up ... but it did not. Obviously I could power down the 3090 when adjusting volume on the Sharp, but what a PITFA that would be.

I'll contact Sharp about the remote conflict, but I doubt that will lead to anything. Would a Harmony remote resolve this in any way? I'm guessing I'd have the exact same behavior since it's the exact same codes/signals?

Been having issues with the scheduled recording list of BHN 3272 for the last few months. Basically whats happening is the box is either rebooting or just shutting off in the night and its resetting my schedules recordings. Its not losing the schedules, quite the opposite actually. I'll go through the recordings and delete most of the upcoming shows. After one of these resets/reboots all the deleted upcoming recordings show up again. Usually not an issue, but sometimes conflicts arise causing shows not to record. Anyone else see this behavior? It seems to happen about 3-4 times a week.

Okay, the problem is getting worse. Now when it reboots about half the time it won't connect to the guide or on demand services. I can still playback content from my DVR, but it obviously won't record or show any upcoming recordings. It took 3 reboots this morning for everything to work.

Do you own the box?

No I don't own my box but when I return the box I'll put in the old hard drove because film not giving up my 1tb HD.

I'd certainly return it. Note however that the shows that were recorded on that HD might not be readable by the new box. I read that they use encryption that's tied to the particular box.