Hello!
I have also the same problem. After a succesfull recording, using timer, I have to reboot (enigma restart isn't enought), then I can again use timeshift or "instant record" again. It shows no errors or any message on the screen that I can¨t use timeshift, it just don't paus the program. But if I try to record a program (pushing red-button) it says the same message as above, "in order to record a timer the tv was switched to the recording service", only a rebooot fixes the problem until next time. Very anoying.
Maybe it is my old dm800 or the usb dvb-t tuner that is the problem?
hmm, and if I put two programs in timer list it only records the first one. Did a pure install with openpli a couple of weeks ago, just in case I had done something stupid, but it didn¨t help.
Any advice would be great
The Khan