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Arthurgray50@blu 09-02-2017 18:23
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
I am getting a V6 installed tomorrow.

2 questions to ask. Does the instal guy, have to install new cable. And the Tivo box that we have already, do we keep this , and can we transfer over shows recorded on it - the old Tivo box.

And has anyone had any trouble with it. As l am the first to complain.

passingbat 09-02-2017 18:55
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35884861)
And has anyone had any trouble with it. .

Have you actually read this thread Arthur?


Bear in mind that those who don't have any issues generally won't post on this thread. Therefore it is impossible to ascertain from this thread the percentage of people with issues. Personally, I've had non.

spiderplant 09-02-2017 20:33
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35884861)
2 questions to ask. Does the instal guy, have to install new cable.
No, not if it's replacing an existing box.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35884861)
And the Tivo box that we have already, do we keep this
That depends what you agreed when you ordered it.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35884861)
and can we transfer over shows recorded on it - the old Tivo box.
You can't transfer them, but if you keep the old box and have it connected by Ethernet to your SuperHub, you'll be able to watch its recordings on the V6 (and vice versa).

Even if you don't keep the old box, you'll be able to copy your old Series Links to the V6 via the TV Anywhere website.

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35884861)
And has anyone had any trouble with it. As l am the first to complain.
Hey, that was 4 questions!

Arthurgray50@blu 09-02-2017 21:32
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
Spider, thank you for that. Just curious.

I was under the impression that the V6 was a powerful box and needed extra Fibre Cable, so that it had super BB.

As when we had the original Tivo installed. We had TWO different types of cable coming into the house, which caused terrible problems.

And when we had an engineer call yesterday, as out old Box upstairs was faulty. The engineer replaced the one sent to us by courier was faulty.

And the joke was that we were told to buy extra cable at 50p a meter from our local hardware store. Which the engineer was surprised at.

AndyCambs 10-02-2017 09:46
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
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Originally Posted by AndyCambs (Post 35884779)
I thought this was a similar issue with the earlier reports of the V6 box not waking from standby, but it does appear to be slightly different, and has only just started.
I have a Samsung UE40KU6100 television. When I turn the television on first thing in the morning there's no sound or picture, but the V6 box is showing as awake (white light). If I change the television source from HDMI to "television" (i.e. Freeview) and back, then the picture and sound come back.
I've tried using more than one of the television HDMI ports and it's the same with both.
It seems to happen when television or box haven't been used for a while (and I've also had the box sleep and wake, and stay awake all the time with suggestions on). This didn't start to happen until last Friday, and now it's every morning.
Has anyone else had a similar issue?
Does anyone have any idea what is causing the issue and what the solution might be?
someone posted a possible solution here

OLD BOY 10-02-2017 09:58
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCambs (Post 35885001)
someone posted a possible solution here
Yes, I think that some of the issues that people are reporting with the V6 boxes are caused by other equipment they are using or people making changes to the set up in their homes.

AndyCambs 10-02-2017 13:04
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35885004)
Yes, I think that some of the issues that people are reporting with the V6 boxes are caused by other equipment they are using or people making changes to the set up in their homes.
It's difficult to determine - especially in this case, as it was working fine for a month before it started to cause issues.
I've changed the settings and will update the thread with the results tomorrow.

OLDGOLD 10-02-2017 15:04
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35884783)
Not apart from trying them with a V6. New cables supplied by VM should be to the required spec, but I've learned to be wary of old or customer-supplied ones.
I agree in OLDGOLD's case it may well be an HDMI problem.
I changed the HDMI cable and *fingers crossed* the problem seems to have gone. However, I would say that I haven't spent a huge amount of time watching TV since I changed it. But so far, I haven't had any problems with the new cable.

denphone 11-02-2017 04:51
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35882528)
Your arrogance is unbelievable. Through his job, Siderpland has both expertise and masses of feedback on real word experience of VM customers. Your expertise on these matters is pitifully insignificant in comparison.


When Spiderplant posts on here, it is to help people.
Yes l can certainly agree with that PB.:)

AndyCambs 11-02-2017 17:48
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCambs (Post 35885001)
someone posted a possible solution here
That possible solution did work.
So I cancelled the engineer visit, and advised them of the solution should it crop up again.

OLDGOLD 12-02-2017 20:24
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
I have two V6 boxes, both connected to WiFi. On the one box, the other one shows up and I can access it to watch programmes that are recorded it. But on that box, the other one shows up in grey with a big exclamation mark next to it. When I click on it it says that it can't connect and that it may be switched off.

Can anybody explain why I can only stream from one box to the other one way?

Hope that makes sense.

denphone 12-02-2017 20:26
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
Rebooting might help.

Joedm45 14-02-2017 13:08
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
Had my V6 installed last Tuesday, Mostly going well after the first week.

The only issue I have had is the video output settings go back to 576p and says all others are not supported. This happened on first install and yesterday.

To fix it I need to go through the output test and then I select all 3 1080 options.

Anyone else seen this?

Arthurgray50@blu 14-02-2017 17:35
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
HELP.
We have just had the V6 installed, much to the rush of the engineer. He stayed for about twenty minutes. He believe it was a service call. And not an Instal. The V6 was for someone else. And not us. Apparently they get an Hour for Instal, and 30 minutes for service.

We had a brilliant picture on our TV with the old Tivo.

With the new V6, we are having problem on getting the correct picture on our TV now with the picture being misty.

The engineer told us it will take 3o minutes for the box to align itself with our TV and all the channels to come onto the system.

Any ideas of how this can be fixed. My wife is wizard at all techno stuff, but this new V6 box has baffled.

Surely we should not have to change settings on the TV ? The engineer was more worried about getting points for install

jb66 14-02-2017 19:20
Re: Please document any V6 issues here.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35885722)
HELP.
We have just had the V6 installed, much to the rush of the engineer. He stayed for about twenty minutes. He believe it was a service call. And not an Instal. The V6 was for someone else. And not us. Apparently they get an Hour for Instal, and 30 minutes for service.

We had a brilliant picture on our TV with the old Tivo.

With the new V6, we are having problem on getting the correct picture on our TV now with the picture being misty.

The engineer told us it will take 3o minutes for the box to align itself with our TV and all the channels to come onto the system.

Any ideas of how this can be fixed. My wife is wizard at all techno stuff, but this new V6 box has baffled.

Surely we should not have to change settings on the TV ? The engineer was more worried about getting points for install
I hate it when it's wrongly booked in as technicians are overrouted as it is. Misty picture s is an unusual way to describe a picture, to me it sounds like a TV setup issue not a V6 issue. You could go into the V6 settings and make sure it's setup for at least1080 in the display settings.


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