Recording simultaneously from services on three different broadcast frequencies can't work on a dual tuner device.
I appreciate what you're saying, but I would be interested to hear from another owner of the Toppy 2400 as I have the recorded proof that last night the device recorded from 3 different networks simultaneously.
I have a Topfield 7100+ and I've managed on 2-3 occasions to record three completely separate channels! But here's the rub on playback you'll find one of the three files is empty - in other words it will report it as being (say) 1hr.15mins (assuming you have 15m padding) but it will only play for 2-3 secs & stop. I understood it to be a known bug in the 7100+ I don't know about 2400 but I think they virtually share the same FW.
Cheers
As I said, it's simply not possible for it to make three simultaneous recordings from services carried at three different frequencies. There appears to be a bug in the code that checks whether a timer is possible or not.
As previously noted, it's a known Topfield firmware bug, not an IceTV issue.
The explanation given by JaffaMan on the Topfield Forum is as follows:
An empty recording can happen if:
- you have both pre and post padding set
- you have a recording or two running that end and another recording or two that need to start and the new ones need at least one new tuner that was in use by the previous recording
- and you are playing back a file at the time that the change over in tuners needs to happen.
To reiterate, it's not a problem with the IceTV reservation system at all, it's a problem with how the Topfield manages its recording of the reservations once they have been set.