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hansi 07-03-2017 07:44

Routerswitch off
 
When I go away on holiday I tend to switch my PC off at the mains together with the printer and the router. If I set my V6 Box to record all the programmes I want while I'm away via my V6 Box, is it ok to switch the router off. I know it won't get the EPG updates but will it catch up when I re-connect it when I get back?

BenMcr 07-03-2017 09:47

Re: Routerswitch off
 
Yes, it would catch up when you get back, but if a show changes it's broadcast time or any other variation in your Series Links, the V6 box won't receive them.

Ideally you should leave your router on.

RobboEdin 07-03-2017 12:50

Re: Routerswitch off
 
Did you not trust the answer provided on the official Virgin Media forum?

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...ff/m-p/3357029

Hom3r 07-03-2017 19:12

Re: Routerswitch off
 
I leave my router on as I have several NAS drives, TVs, Blu-Rays, games consoles etc connected to it.

Its all password protected, never had any issues.

Also turning off stops those devices getting any updates.

hansi 09-03-2017 07:58

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RobboEdin (Post 35888949)
Did you not trust the answer provided on the official Virgin Media forum?

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...ff/m-p/3357029


I like to get a second opinion.

nashville 09-03-2017 16:21

Re: Routerswitch off
 
I often wondered about leaving my router on when I am on holiday but always no more than two weeks. Good Information . Thanks

japitts 10-03-2017 09:41

Re: Routerswitch off
 
I was recently away for 6weeks, and did turn my router off when we left the country...Tivo was left in standby and I used the tv-anywhere app from abroad.

However... I've got a normal tivo and it's quite surprising to me that guide updates would even use the internet connection, I thought they just used the "TV" connection.

BenMcr 10-03-2017 10:37

Re: Routerswitch off
 
The older TiVo boxes do use their own connection, as they have their own modem.

The V6 boxes don't - so they use the router connection.

japitts 10-03-2017 11:17

Re: Routerswitch off
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35889435)
The older TiVo boxes do use their own connection, as they have their own modem.

The V6 boxes don't - so they use the router connection.

No I get that ben, but how do the older V-HD boxes get their guide updates in that case?

What I mean was, I thought the Tivo boxes got their guide updates alongside the TV signals rather than the internet connection. And so therefore the V6 should be the same - using their TV signals rather than their WiFi connection.

RobboEdin 10-03-2017 11:51

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As Ben explained, TiVo uses its own internet connection for updates. It just comes down the same piece of co-ax as the TV signal.

BenMcr 10-03-2017 12:16

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Quote:

Originally Posted by japitts (Post 35889447)
No I get that ben, but how do the older V-HD boxes get their guide updates in that case?

What I mean was, I thought the Tivo boxes got their guide updates alongside the TV signals rather than the internet connection. And so therefore the V6 should be the same - using their TV signals rather than their WiFi connection.

Spiderplant could probably explain it better, but the V boxes use a different EPG method, but even they have a data connection back to VM (this allows for control of On Demand amongst other things).

The TiVo platform has always been designed to 'dial in' to a TiVo server to get EPG updates. The original TiVo boxes did this over a literal dial up connection - screechy modem and all.

The later boxes changed to be able to do this over an available broadband internet connection. As far as I know in the US this is always via an external network connection, the VM box was fairly unique in having a connection built in.

spiderplant 10-03-2017 12:20

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Quote:

Originally Posted by japitts (Post 35889447)
No I get that ben, but how do the older V-HD boxes get their guide updates in that case?

What I mean was, I thought the Tivo boxes got their guide updates alongside the TV signals rather than the internet connection. And so therefore the V6 should be the same - using their TV signals rather than their WiFi connection.

The V/V-HD/V+ boxes get their guide data from the TV broadcast. Even though they have a built-in modem, they don't use it to get guide data.

The Cisco & Samsung TiVos get the guide data through their built-in modem. The V6 gets it via the SuperHub.

It's this way mainly for historical reasons. TiVos have always got guide data through an internet connection, so it was easiest to continue that way for VM TiVos. Guide data in the broadcast is a DVB/European thing, so a bit alien to Tivo.


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