XS34 owners.... - Page 29

When you edit playlists, you are editing 'virtual' copies of the recording. It doesn't affect the original title so you don't fragment the drive.

One neat thing about the Toshiba RD-XS series is I can chop a title into several segments, create a playlist, and combine them in any combination I want. To save HDD space, I can then dub the playlist to the same HDD, then delete the original recording to free up space. All without fragmenting the drive.

In regards to removing the HDD, you must first remove the bracket holding the drive to the chassis via four screws. Use a long blade screwdriver with a magnetized tip so you don't lose the screws. Then remove the four screws securing the HDD to the bracket. The bracket sits next to the burner, and there is no space for even a stubby screwdriver to fit.

Thanks for both tips! The bracket you speak of is the one that sits under the drive, with metal "ears" that come up to hold the sides of the drive, right?

Correct. A long blade, magnetic tip screwdriver is essential for dropping the bolts back into the holes to secure the bracket. It may be hard to start the thread and they tend to fall off and roll under the burner and you have to shake the chassis to find them if you don't use a magnetic tip screwdriver.

Be sure you account for all the screws if you lose one! Otherwise they may short out a circuit board if they are left to roll around or get caught somewhere.

It reminds me of guys working on their cars who drop a bolt into the spark plug hole, and figure the exhaust will blow it out the exhaust port. It's all science; it will crack the piston eventually and the damage will cost far more than removing the head to get the bolt out.

Hello fellow XS-34 Owners!! (all of them that are still out there)

Despite losing TVGOS after the analog-to-digital conversion I am still using my unit, just have got used to setting up manual recordings instead doing so via the TVGOS guide.

Anyways the clock (somehow) has been correct since the conversion. With the last daylight savings time change about a week ago it still says the old time (one hour ahead).

I've tried the reset clock time via setup and it does it's thing (wait, powers down and then back up) but the clock is still wrong.

Assuming it is wrong now forever, Is there any way to manually set the clock? I've been trying to find an answer and it seems like I may need a firmware upgrade but that's not clear to me either.

BTW: I'm on Comcast cable with a (now) required STB


Steve

At least you only have to deal with the clock ahead an hour. My unit somehow got stuck in the year 2069! It took three days for it to revert to the correct time!