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For some reason everytime I record chanel 4 on sky plus it will not play properly i.e jumps and freezes, it records all the wifes soaps ok. I have tried defrag, full system rebuild, software updates with no luck. other problems with the remote sometimes it will not rewind just goes straight to pause and I cant scroll through the chanels while watching tv I have to go through the menus instead. About 6 months ago I changed the hard drive. any ideas!

It would be very strange to have a problem only on channel 4. Is it just coincidence (or sod's law) that it only effects your shows (btw I totally understand the soaps vs channel 4 thing). Could it be that the channel 4 shows are longer (1 hour plus rather than 30 mins) and more likely to have the problem show up?

The problems with the remote sound to me to be most likely the buttons are wearing out. Have you tried using a one-for-all (£20 ish, dixons/comet)?

You could be unlucky and it could be just aging: power supply rails drifting or similar, causing multiple problems and the box is on it's way out.

Peter

I am having the very same problem with Channel 4 recordings, it's an absolute nightmare, Big Brother is unwatchable and I'm now finding it happening with live TV but only on Channel 4.

Channel 4 freezes on Sky plus recordings - me too.Did you find a solution to the problem - if you did please share!

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