| [Eng] Constant freezes on the image and sound. I have a Explorer 8300hd pvr which I have owned for over 2 years (I am a subscriber with Videotron). The 8300hd pvr has worked fine till last month . Now what has happened is that whether I am watching live or recorded shows there are constant freezes on the image and sound (only lasts a second but is annoying and recurring). I have other hd boxes (with and w/out pvr) in the house on my other tvs and all work fine. I have tried other hd boxes on my this tv and all are fine. Based on this I presume my 8300hd PVR is the problem. Can anyone help me with this problem (8300hd pvr is no longer under warranty). Thank you in advance for your help. |
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| you could try to format the hard drive, it could help |
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| reply to Mark_D
I had the exact same problem with my 8300HD PVR. I did format my internal hard drive first but with no success. Since I have replace my internal hard drive with one I already have at home (Maxtor 300gb), all problems are gone now.
It took me about 15 minutes to replace the hard drive. Good luck! |
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I had this problem today. I was watching Fringe and the recording froze 6-8 times. It could be because I was recording another program at same time, as well as watching a recording, maybe the drive had a hard time keeping up. I will monitor this but was wondering in case this becomes an ongoing problem if there's a tutorial on how to open the 8300 and change drives? |
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| Here you go ----» »www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthr···9&page=9 |
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| reply to Mark_D
Excuse my ignorance but why would a defective hard drive affect live TV?
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 BigBlarg
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Longueuil, QC
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1 edit | Because live TV is recorded live on the hard-drive for these times when you want to rewind.
Edit : Did you ever use a defective hard-drive on a Windows computer? It's really not funny. My girlfriend's laptop died last year after she punched it. It turned out to be only the hard-drive.
What I did is connect the hard-drive on my computer to get as many files as I can. For some reason, each time I got to a corrupted file, the whole computer became really slow, I even had to reset the computer a few times.
So, if Windows can't manage working on a half broken hard-drive, I doubt Videotron's OS can do it. |
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| NG won't even work on a good hard drive apparently, so...  |
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BigBlarg
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| said by TH47:NG won't even work on a good hard drive apparently, so...
I almost laughed. |
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GuiGQc
join:2012-02-22
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said by BigBlarg:So, if Windows can't manage working on a half broken hard-drive, I doubt Videotron's OS can do it. OMG, so you're saying Illico is even worst than Windows?
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| Well I swapped out the old hard drive for an Maxtor 250GB I had lying around and no problems with live TV anymore.
Going to try recording some shows and see what happens.
Thanks everyone. |
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GuiGQc
join:2012-02-22
Gatineau, QC | reply to Mark_D
Is it connected with an HDMI cable or component? |
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| Connection is via HDMI cable.
So I watched the recordings and all is good now, no more glitches.
Thanks everybody. |
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 CescoElectronic Box n00bPremium
join:2009-01-28
Montreal, QC | reply to Mark_D
This must be the Period of Failing 8300 HDDs!
Being disabled I'm trying to find online a suitable HD to replace the one in a non-HD 8300. WD 500 GB (WD5000AAKB) once suggested is not available; Amazon US has some but it doesn't make any sense for the price. Any pointers and also where I can get a Torx tool online? |
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