Well, here is another HDR-1000S/ 1TB machine which has lost it's head!
Showed no recordings, as it has done on occasions before. Power cycled - no change. "storage" doesn't see the HD. Power cycled again, leaving box completely disconnected for several days. No change. Watching TV one evening, hit the pause button, which previously had no response obviously, and screen blanked! Waited a short time, hit return/exit button and back to programme ok. Go into recordings, all recordings now show! Attempt to play any recording and "unsupported file format" message appeared. OK, so then thought HD corrupt; nothing for it but to re-format. When this attempted error that HD cannot be formatted appeared. OK, so today thought I would enter the fray on here and wanted to get the error messages correct for this text - whaddya know, the damn thing worked OK, all recordings are back, and playable. TV would not pause though, so tried a brief record of the F1 practice 3, and after canceling that I can now pause!
Over the months one thing I have noticed is the HD frequently spinning up for a short time and then winding down. I have seen in another thread that the HD has a MTBF which specify a max start up / wind down figure per year (or something like that) Now if this HD activity is happening many, many times a day (as it is) then could this be the issue?
I have now performed a disc cleanup and all working OK AT THE MOMENT.
Sorry for lengthy diatribe but I am getting fed up.
Software is UKSFA 3.00.31
Loader is UKSFAA 1.08
Update date: 30/3/16
| Sat 14 May 2016 10:07:47
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