Problems scheduling

[InVermont]

I cleared out all scheduled recording, to clean this up
1- Clear logs
2- start tray icon, recording service, pvrx2
3- Go to guide, scroll to Monday, May 12 8pm, channel 278 DSC
4- Select Dirty Jobs, choose Record
5- Choose all in this weekly timeslot, this channel, select record

At this point, the on screen indicator shows that both the 8 and 9PM episodes of Dirty Jobs are set to record (they are back to back)…

6- escape to menu
7- Go Recording , recurring
8- It now indicates it will record from 6:30pm and 9:30 PM(???) (see 1.jpg in attach)
9- Select and enter, it now says 8-9pm will record (see 2.jpg in attachment)
10- In the guide, it still shows 8-10 recording, the back to back episodes of DJ


I’m at a loss.
Thanks

[sub]

This is a normal part of the timeslot records. It'll look for shows that have the same name and start +/- 90 minutes of the original recording, ie 6:30pm and 9:30 PM. This to accommodate things like a show starting an hour late one week etc.

You can tweak the size of the timeslot, which defaults to +/-90 minutes, but I wouldnt recommend it, since this feature is actually very useful.

[InVermont]

ok, makes sense.
The thing that got me worried is both the guide indicator (the red above) and SearchWiz2 indicate I am recording both 8 and 9pm episodes, then the first recurring screen says I'm recording some odd block, then going in shows I'm ok....
And only a few shows seem to exhibit this behavior.

Thanks a lot. I'll let it ride, and see what I get. As long as CSI records, the little lady will be happy (and I'll live another week!)

[sub]

You probably are recording both the 8pm and 9pm episodes, since they have the same name as your season recording and they both start within the timeslot window 6:30pm and 9:30 PM.

If its a regular occurance, then you can reduce the <AllowableTimeslotVariance> setting in config.xml, and recreate the season recording, but as I said it'll mean it'll reduce its ability to cope with changes to the schedule.