RussLA
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Feb 15, 2010, 2:40 AM
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Digital converter box turns self off when recording tape
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I have an old analog TV with a Tivax STB-T8 digital converter box. Works fine for live TV watching. Since I can no longer use the timer on my VCR to record, I have to simply turn the TV to the channel I want, then press the Record button on the VCR. I generally turn off the TV at that point, which doesn't seem to affect recording (i.e., the recording will continue with the TV off).
The problem I'm having is that the converter box eventually turns itself off in the middle of the recording. It's happened several times. For example, last weekend I wanted to record the Super Bowl, but I had to leave home 3 hours before the game started. So I started the VCR when I left. When I got home, I noticed the converter box had turned itself off. When I watched the tape, I fast-forwarded three hours to get to the game and began watching. After about an hour of football, I got to the point where the converter box had obviously turned itself off. Thus, the box turned itself off after about 4 hours.
Other times, the converter box will turn itself off after maybe just two hours or some other length of time. It's not consistent.
Any idea why this is happening?
Russ
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