ABC RAdio on Beyonwiz - EPG

netmask · Post by **netmask** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 14:24

Now that the main ABC radio stations, in old names 2FC, News, 2BL and ABC FM Classic etc are available on the Beyonwiz, together with their EPG it's now easy to record ones favourite radio programs. I've set up a repeating recording for The Science Show with Robin Williams 12:00 to 13:00 on Radio National. I've notices after setting the recording the EPG for the recording period doesn't change colour as it does in TV recordings. A quick check in Timers confirmed the recording had been set. Could this omission be rectified so the Radio EPG works in the same way as TV's ?

Next improvement: It would make it easier if one could combine both TV and Radio favourites into the one set of EPG pages, so one could then group all ABC and SBS transmissions together on your Favourites EPG along with the TV stations. Having to switch over at the moment is bit clunky IMO.

Please consider!

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 16:16

netmask wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 01, 2020 14:24
I've set up a repeating recording for The Science Show with Robin Williams 12:00 to 13:00 on Radio National. I've notices after setting the recording the EPG for the recording period doesn't change colour as it does in TV recordings. A quick check in Timers confirmed the recording had been set. Could this omission be rectified so the Radio EPG works in the same way as TV's ?

I'm assuming the first event's timer was highlighted in the EPG and subsequent iterations haven't shown. I'm also assuming this issue is due to the difference in EIT values, where the value set for the repeat timer is for the original and not matching the new event (the same issue exists in repeats in TV mode).

If you set up an AutoTimer definition for the event I believe the timers should show in the EPG.

prl · Post by **prl** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 16:42

I set a repeating timer from the EPG on ABC Classic. The recording was definitely showed in the EPG. As Grumpy_Geoff suggests, later repeats won't show in the EPG, as for repeating timers in the TV EPG, for the reason he gives.

netmask · Post by **netmask** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 17:38

Initially my case I just set a one off recording as a test for next Saturday and later I set the repeat weekly. The EPG colour for the 8th August didn't change nor any visual indication. It was there in Timers however.

prl · Post by **prl** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 17:41

netmask wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 01, 2020 17:38
Initially my case I just set a one off recording as a test for next Saturday and later I set the repeat weekly. The EPG colour for the 8th August didn't change nor any visual indication. It was there in Timers however.

That would hit the same bug as if you'd set it to repeat when you created it.

netmask · Post by **netmask** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 17:46

Just worked it out.... I was expecting to see an immediate indication on the epg except I was looking at today and not the 8th. My bad....