Can non longer set up manual recordings

This week manual recordings I had set up did not record. I tried to replace them and discovered that it is no longer possible to set up manual recordings. You get a message "Recording option not available. Recording on this channel is not available". This is not true as I can record programs on any of the channels. They have just taken away the ability to set up manual recordings. Why would they do this. Extremely frustrating. PLEASE Xfinity restore this capability!