I got a usb 3.0 dock for my hardrive an finally can record without the dreaded device speed to slow to record nag and tried to record with the timer function.I left the receiver on and it didn't record at the designated time.I set the timer again and this time turned it off with the remote.It didn't record either but it did clear the timer screen.I went to the media player and my previous recording didn't even show up.I had to cycle power on the receiver and was able to get that back.It may be because of old firmware,I was testing 6-21-2011 s9 firmware.I will try again with newer firmware.