A:AnswerI dont know why it isnt working. I have I unit to my old tv with antenna to rf in and rf out to the antenna in of my analog tv and it works. I also have one with the a/v to my tv and it works fine so I dont know what the problem you are having. As I said in my review its not a great unit but I have not any problems setting it up.
A:AnswerOurs is not coded for specific channels. But we cannot get it to record. We get it set up, it says it's set to record, then we can't find the recording. Even though a hard drive is inserted, it's not recognizing it. No help from Best Buy yet.
A:AnswerIf you reformatted your flash drive, you are sunk.
If you want to reformat, transfer the files you want to keep to your computer.
Reformat the flash drive.
Transfer the files you want to keep back to the flash drive.
I don't know another way.