FIOS News, Can't Record ???

[Bigbill]

Has FIOS changed their system or has someone turned the wrong switch. I can't record anything, its all got copyguard my recorder won't work. If anyone
knows any thing I would appreciate a reply. .I then would be looking for device. ????? BILL

[usually_quiet]

Has FIOS changed their system or has someone turned the wrong switch. I can't record anything, its all got copyguard my recorder won't work. If anyone
knows any thing I would appreciate a reply. .I then would be looking for device. ????? BILL

What are your using to record these channels? DVD recorder, VCR, or something else?

Can you record local over-the-air broadcast TV channels carried by FIOS? Is it literally every cable channel or just some of them (and what are they)?

The only recent change I have heard of is that Fox asked Verizon FIOS (and others) to enable copy-once protection for the channels they own. Are you having trouble with anything other than FX, FS1, FS2, BTN, FBN, Fox News, NatGeo, NatGeoWild, FXX, FXM, FCSA, FCSC, FCSP, FX HD, FS1 HD, BTN HD, FBN HD, Fox News HD, NatGeo HD, NatGeoWild HD, FXX HD?

[Bigbill]

I have 2 hard drive recorders which I use at various times. Went to record a show so I could fast foward thru the commercials. My recorder displayed cant recorded protected material. Same on the other machine. Won't record broadcast stations. ??????Thanks for your reply

[october262]

maybe this - http://stopthecap.com/2012/06/28/verizon-fios-turning-on-drm-to-prevent-unauthorized-r...mium-channels/

[usually_quiet]

I have 2 hard drive recorders which I use at various times. Went to record a show so I could fast foward thru the commercials. My recorder displayed cant recorded protected material. Same on the other machine. Won't record broadcast stations. ??????Thanks for your reply

By "HDD Recorders" I assume you mean you are using DVD recorders with a hard drive. If not, please provide the make and model of whatever other device this is.

If you have HDD DVD recorders are you using one of its an analog video connection to record rather than the tuners? If so, then you need a device that removes the copy protection flags from composite and S-video. One member here recommends the Dimax Grex for this purpose.

[mazinz]

Curious about this as well since I have FIOS but when I external record to a dvd recroder have not run into any issue yet. Could you provide what channel(s) gave you the problem? I can try it out here and let you know

[Bigbill]

I have finally resolved the issue, broke out my old decoder and this works good on my magnovox hard drive recorder, but I had to buy the Grex decoder and it works fine on my pioneer hard drive recorder. Of course it don,t record in HD.i record it in SD and the blacked out portions on top and bottom aren,t bad. Picture doesn't,t look distorted.