KD-55XG8505 recording youview

[miket99]

Hi I am getting mixed messages about being able to record to a usb harddive. Youview  site says you cannot record on Sony TV yet. Product information states you USB recording I have tried to record and just get message this button is unavailable in Youview mode.  Can anyone please help thanks in advance

[royabrown2]

@miket99 

You can Disable YouView, and the TV will operate as a Freeview set, without the YouView backward EPG, and the YouView Search.

And in pre-2020 sets, you would also lose the itv and Channel 4 catchup apps, but the 2020 sets retain these.

On the Freeview side, you can record, and you can also access the satellite channels if you have a dish, neither of which things is possible on the YouView side.

[miket99]

Thanks for your reply the info was very useful 👍