[Kodi 17.1] PVR Manager Not Starting

I have DVBLink TV Server 6.0.0 running on a Netgear ReadyNAS214. Kodi clients include two NexBox A95X’s and a Lenovo tablet – all Android and quad-core.

The problem that I am having is that when I start up Kodi on any of the clients and go to TV, the PVR manager never starts – it just sits at 0%, even after a few hours! The cure I have found is to go to (Kodi) Settings > PVR & Live TV Settings > General > Clear Data. Once this is done it all starts loading immediately. I have to do this on each client individually, but I have found that if I go back to the same client within a few hours it all starts up properly. I have around 400 channels but once PVR Manager starts it loads, together with the EPG data, within a minute or two.

Is there any way to force the PVR Manager to start every time, perhaps by automating the “Clear Data” on startup. I know that this would slow down the startup, but I am trying to encourage my family to use this system and having to delve into the settings just to get it to start is proving to be a, (understandable), problem.

TIA

Paul