MagicTV lost channels :(

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Gemini

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Topic # 188973 12-Dec-2015 07:49

A couple of days ago my MagicTV 3600 lost channels 3-5 and 8-12
The TV connected to the same aerial connnection works fine
The freeview recorder in the other room is working fine
To try to fix the MagicTV I've:
- power cycled
- unplugged and reconnected the aerial
- searched for the missing channels
to no avail

Could anyone shed some light on this?

marlinz

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Reply # 1449034 12-Dec-2015 08:28

My 3600 does some strange things at times, I would suggest a factory reset and hope for the best :)

Personally this has not happened to mine , but the unit gets laggy at times , and turning it off completely for 5 or 10 minutes seems to do the trick .

My 3600 told me i had not hard drive ages ago , I did the factory reset and hey presto its there again . All programmes recorded were back as well :)

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Reply # 1449538 13-Dec-2015 08:10

Thanks for the info
Any chance I'll lose my recorded programs if I reset?

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Reply # 1449542 13-Dec-2015 08:26

Gemini: Thanks for the info
Any chance I'll lose my recorded programs if I reset?

I thought i would , but was pleasantly surprised they stayed afterwards

what have you got to lose ??????

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Reply # 1450268 14-Dec-2015 17:31

The channels are back :)
I did not do a factory reset
All I did was watch and delete some recent recordings
Have plenty of disc space so can't think how that would effect it
Hopefully it stays good

marlinz

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Reply # 1450298 14-Dec-2015 19:07

Gemini: The channels are back :)
I did not do a factory reset
All I did was watch and delete some recent recordings
Have plenty of disc space so can't think how that would effect it
Hopefully it stays good

Glad its worked out okay for you :)

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