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scollie 28-01-2017 13:19

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Hello All.
Just ordered a V6 for my living room, lady i spoke to said i will have to pay an Extra £7-50 a month as BenMcr confirmed but when i asked her if ill get an email confirming date of install she wasn't sure, also i asked her to let engineer know i want to move original tivo to bedroom.hope this will happen & not be a problem. install is 1st March.
I had my V6 installed 2 weeks ago. I had a disconnected 500gb Tivo in the bedroom (I'd had it disconnected when multi-room streaming wasn't allowed for most channels) and I asked for it to be removed and my 1TB Tivo moved from the living room to the bedroom which I was told would be done.
However when the installer turned up it wasn't on his work order and he insisted that he was going to take my 1 TB Tivo away saying that he would be charged for it if he didn't take it back. He said he couldn't swap the 1TB and 500GB boxes and take the 500GB box.

I got onto customer services and they then talked to the installer and got him to swap the boxes and take the 500GB box back which he did but he only connected the 1TB box and didn't check that it was working as it wasn't on his work order and he didn't have time - he had already been here over an hour. There was a problem with the Tivo not connecting which resulted in another engineer having to come to fix it!

Hopefully you won't have similar experience.

kirk1690 28-01-2017 17:29

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by brava210 (Post 35882410)
Well, I rang Virgin CS this morning and managed to bag a V6 with full house bundle
200 mb Broadband with Install on Tuesday for £38 per month

:)

full house tv for 38 quid a month ,are you sure ? is it a six month offer ? what other charges were there ??:dozey:

brava210 28-01-2017 19:14

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by kirk1690 (Post 35882722)
full house tv for 38 quid a month ,are you sure ? is it a six month offer ? what other charges were there ??:dozey:

Yes, it,s £38 for six months then rises to £52 but I think that is still a good price

albertsteptoe 28-01-2017 20:49

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by scollie (Post 35882672)
I had my V6 installed 2 weeks ago. I had a disconnected 500gb Tivo in the bedroom (I'd had it disconnected when multi-room streaming wasn't allowed for most channels) and I asked for it to be removed and my 1TB Tivo moved from the living room to the bedroom which I was told would be done.
However when the installer turned up it wasn't on his work order and he insisted that he was going to take my 1 TB Tivo away saying that he would be charged for it if he didn't take it back. He said he couldn't swap the 1TB and 500GB boxes and take the 500GB box.

I got onto customer services and they then talked to the installer and got him to swap the boxes and take the 500GB box back which he did but he only connected the 1TB box and didn't check that it was working as it wasn't on his work order and he didn't have time - he had already been here over an hour. There was a problem with the Tivo not connecting which resulted in another engineer having to come to fix it!

Hopefully you won't have similar experience.

Thanks for that scollie. ill call virgin on Tuesday to make sure its on his work order.

Skie 29-01-2017 01:33

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
MyVM looks a little broken. Have 200/TV L and M phone
Upgrade for an extra £32.36 a month!
£101.33 a month for 12 months Line rental Included £114.94 One off cost

They also list caller display (and any other telephone options) as being £34.61 a month. 0_o

Mr K 29-01-2017 11:44

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by Skie (Post 35882832)
MyVM looks a little broken. Have 200/TV L and M phone
Upgrade for an extra £32.36 a month!
£101.33 a month for 12 months Line rental Included £114.94 One off cost

They also list caller display (and any other telephone options) as being £34.61 a month. 0_o

My VM has been 'ill' for some time now. It's been showing me a random selection of bills over the last 2 years, rather than the last 6 months! If nothing else it's interesting to find out how much prices have increased.

Inactive Digital 29-01-2017 15:09

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by Skie (Post 35882832)
MyVM looks a little broken. Have 200/TV L and M phone
Upgrade for an extra £32.36 a month!
£101.33 a month for 12 months Line rental Included £114.94 One off cost

They also list caller display (and any other telephone options) as being £34.61 a month. 0_o

I've found the prices it shows remove any discounts you have on your account. It certainly doesn't make upgrading an appealing prospect!

Ultimate.Conj 31-01-2017 11:20

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
I've got my 2 V6s being installed next Tuesday. After hearing the positive feedback from you guys here, I'm looking forward to having them in place.

Big plus will be watching recordings either downstairs or in the bedroom.

Looking forward to seeing any news/developments with 4K content that might arrive this year.

mparker42 31-01-2017 12:37

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
Just had 2 V6 boxes installed. About 20 minutes before the engineer turned up my wifi went off. He turned up and wanted to change my HUB 2 to a HUB 3 as apparently I needed this. he got on his phone and talked to his control who told him there was nothing about a modem change so the engineer plugged it back in. He then asks me if I'm having internet problems. I told him that it went down around 20 minutes before he turned up. He then tells me someone is working at the cabinet at the bottom of my street. He then jumps in his van to see them and 10 minutes later he returns, installs the V6 boxes and tells me that they should be finished soon and it should all come on. He leaves and I have no working internet or tv service. I'm not very impressed.


Also should he have provided me with new remote controls? He said we could use the old TiVo ones we has but I would have expected new remotes.

BenMcr 31-01-2017 13:00

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
Yes, you should have gone new remotes for both V6 boxes, and the engineers know this.

OLD BOY 01-02-2017 08:37

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by mparker42 (Post 35883289)
Just had 2 V6 boxes installed. About 20 minutes before the engineer turned up my wifi went off. He turned up and wanted to change my HUB 2 to a HUB 3 as apparently I needed this. he got on his phone and talked to his control who told him there was nothing about a modem change so the engineer plugged it back in. He then asks me if I'm having internet problems. I told him that it went down around 20 minutes before he turned up. He then tells me someone is working at the cabinet at the bottom of my street. He then jumps in his van to see them and 10 minutes later he returns, installs the V6 boxes and tells me that they should be finished soon and it should all come on. He leaves and I have no working internet or tv service. I'm not very impressed.


Also should he have provided me with new remote controls? He said we could use the old TiVo ones we has but I would have expected new remotes.

Are you connected now, MP? If not, get straight on to Customer Services and explain what's happened.

Amazed 01-02-2017 18:59

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
I have got a V6 install booked for February 21st, should I check the order with VM regarding removal of one TiVo box (currently have 2, a 500gb and 1tb)? Currently 1tb in lounge, so I was going to swap it with the 500gb in bedroom so that they install and remove from the lounge.

Any thoughts?

spiderplant 01-02-2017 19:03

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by Amazed (Post 35883528)
I have got a V6 install booked for February 21st, should I check the order with VM regarding removal of one TiVo box (currently have 2, a 500gb and 1tb)? Currently 1tb in lounge, so I was going to swap it with the 500gb in bedroom so that they install and remove from the lounge.

Any thoughts?

There's no problem with swapping them over, but the installer will take away whichever one the work order tells him to. If you aren't certain which one that is, ring up and check.

Amazed 01-02-2017 19:20

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35883529)
There's no problem with swapping them over, but the installer will take away whichever one the work order tells him to. If you aren't certain which one that is, ring up and check.

Ta! Will do;)

Ed92uk 01-02-2017 20:19

Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)
 
Hi did try that thank you didn't seem to make any notice. I have got used to it now but obviously I would like to sort the prOblem at some point


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