Philips DTR220

I inherited this Philips digi box with a second hand Sony television that I purchased from a friend. As for the problems of the last reviewer when trying to record programmes I haven't experienced this only because I haven't tried to record anything yet. As for the basic functions of this top set box, it manages to receive all available Free view channels which is quite good considering I live in an area where the TV signal is not very good. In fact it has improved the picture quality greatly compared to the normal analogue signal that we used to receive. Mind you that wasn't difficult! The cheapest I have managed to find this set box priced at is £25.04 from ...

Judge for yourself. I bought one of these and wrote this to Philips..

"My recordings are being spoiled as your "an update on the channel lists was detected..." box appears and doesn't go without me pushing OK - fine if I am watching live TV but it renders anything being recorded unwatchable.

How do I stop this box appearing please?"

and I go this useless response from Philips.......

"With regards to your query we can advise that the automatic update cannot be switched off and is a feature on the DTR220/05.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Should you require any further information please contact our Customer Care Centre (details below) quoting customer reference number xx-xxxxxxx."

So, given Philips very helpful reply, beware if you ever need to record anything...