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Manhattan T2-R 500 GB Freeview HD Recorder - Black

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The 500GB hard drive holds up to 300 hours of recordings, smartly organised into categories and series

One thing to remember about Freeview recordings, is that the recording is as good as your reception. So if the reception goes bad – for example if you move your aerial, or during a bad thunderstorm – you’ll find out later that you have a stuttering, garbled recording.

Manhattan T2-R 500GB Freeview HD Recorder reviews

I've just bought a Manhattan T2-R PVR and I'm really impressed with it. I couldn't see any posts about it on here, so thought I'd pass on my initial thoughts.

The other irritation is the lip sync. This varies enormously, particularly so when recording a number of HD recordings, whilst watching another HD recording. Every now and then the picture seems to run as if in fast forward for a second or two while it catches up with itself, then the lip sync will be OK for a minute or two before drifting off again. It is much better if I watch a recording while not recording anything else, and SD recordings also seem less afflicted. Split recordings (normally movies in 2 parts) now show the time after the date so the first part can be easily identified. Further improvements to come. Fixed an issue whereby the volume could not be adjusted on non-HD channels when the ‘Audio Output’ in Picture & Sound Settings was set to ‘Surround’.If you connect the device to the internet, you’ll also get a few additional Freeview features and channels – the BBC’s red-button for example, or the “Box Nation” pay-tv channel. The Schedule could continue showing split events as ‘Searching…’ even after they had finished airing.

After discussion with Arqiva (who manage the UK’s broadcast infrastructure), we implemented improved behaviour on our latest T3-R model. This behaviour has now replaced the Automatic Service Update on the T2-R: When making a regional selection during Installation, the wrong regional services could be selected. Moved ‘Edit Protected Channels’ and ‘Show/Hide Protected Channels’ into their own ‘Protected Channels’ sub-menu of the Channels menu. Fixed an issue when using the T2-R with a Pioneer VSX-920-K AV receiver that caused the audio to be lost.

Manhattan T2-R 500GB Freeview HD Recorder Reviews

Finding what to watch and record on over 85 channels is simple with the easy-to-use 8-day TV guide. Designed in the UK by Manhattan for an exceptional Freeview HD experience. The compact T2-R fits into any room and puts you in control of your TV. I was pleasantly surprised by the T2-R’s performance. While it’s not really a cheap Freeview box, it’s still cheaper than some of the competing boxes, without passing on important functionality. Ensure your aerial is connected to your T2•R and an HDMI or AV cable is connected from your T1 to your TV.

The Automatic Service Update (ASU) previously took place every time the T2-R entered standby. It now takes place only once overnight.The file system has been updated to make it resilient to corruption caused by unexpected interruptions (e.g. power loss) during asynchronous data transfer.

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