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zendawn 01-03-2004 01:14

E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Got blank screens on E4 & +1 at the mo. Any reason???

Marge 01-03-2004 01:20

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Yeah blank here too :shrug:

Edit : E4 has just come back on but not E4 + 1

zendawn 01-03-2004 01:25

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Debsy42
Yeah blank here too :shrug:

Edit : E4 has just come back on but not E4 + 1

Both still blank here, but good to know its not just me.

magpie 01-03-2004 01:26

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
They're fine here.

Marge 01-03-2004 01:27

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Zendawn and I are out of Bromley so could be why but E4 has gone off again

Wheres Proppin, he's the daddy who would know ;)

zendawn 01-03-2004 01:27

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by magpie
They're fine here.

Must only be certain regions affected. Thought it was a little quiet on here.

zendawn 01-03-2004 01:29

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Debsy42
Zendawn and I are out of Bromley so could be why but E4 has gone off again

Wheres Proppin, he's the daddy who would know ;)

Oh your Bromley too, I thought your location being Northern girl, would mean you were off the Langley platform?

Edit: any other bromley viewers not getting E4 & +1??

Stuart 01-03-2004 01:33

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by zendawn
Oh your Bromley too, I thought your location being Northern girl, would mean you were off the Langley platform?

Edit: any other bromley viewers not getting E4 & +1??

Debsy's obviously not from an Orig. NTL area..

Marge 01-03-2004 01:36

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by scastle
Debsy's obviously not from an Orig. NTL area..

:no: ex c&w up here (where it is bluddy cold, me and bb31 were freezing before)

zendawn 01-03-2004 01:46

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Still blank, and no faults center to call anymore.

zendawn 01-03-2004 02:04

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
All back to normal, just in time for Smallvile on +1.
Thanks for the replys, helped to know it wasnt just my STB.

Marge 01-03-2004 02:07

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
maybe it was just a glitch in the matrix ;)

Stuart 01-03-2004 09:41

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Debsy42
:no: ex c&w up here (where it is bluddy cold, me and bb31 were freezing before)

Just like when we all met for the meet..

*mental note to self: Next time I go to Manchester, take a jumper...

Proppinupthebar 01-03-2004 11:27

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
E4 and E4+1 were transferred into different packs this morning, but as some of you saw it didn't happen seamlessly!

Should all be hunk dory now.

Marge 01-03-2004 11:36

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar
E4 and E4+1 were transferred into different packs this morning, but as some of you saw it didn't happen seamlessly!

Should all be hunk dory now.

have found that rebooting the stb should bring it back on

knew that proppin would know ;) :nworthy: :nworthy: :nworthy:

zendawn 01-03-2004 17:31

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar
E4 and E4+1 were transferred into different packs this morning, but as some of you saw it didn't happen seamlessly!

Should all be hunk dory now.

Ahh nice to know, I was just reading the article about E4 changing package and realised that might have been the reason.

Cheers for the info.

danielf 01-03-2004 23:29

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
I still don't get E4. Am I missing something :confused:

Proppinupthebar 01-03-2004 23:30

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by danielf
I still don't get E4. Am I missing something :confused:

Where are you? Do you get Cartoon Network?

danielf 01-03-2004 23:37

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar
Where are you? Do you get Cartoon Network?

I'm in Nottingham. I don't think I get Cartoon Network either...

Proppinupthebar 01-03-2004 23:41

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by danielf
I'm in Nottingham. I don't think I get Cartoon Network either...

OK how does CNN look on channel 502.

danielf 01-03-2004 23:43

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar
OK how does CNN look on channel 502.

It shows, but it has a message saying I have not subscribed to the channel over it...

Edit: getting the same on 145/E4. When I just do channel up/down 145 doesn't come up...

Proppinupthebar 01-03-2004 23:48

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by danielf
It shows, but it has a message saying I have not subscribed to the channel over it...

Edit: getting the same on 145/E4. When I just do channel up/down 145 doesn't come up...

CNN is in the base pack, you get the picture or just the you are not subscribed message?
If no pics then check your Smartcard is ok, remove clean and reseat.

If still no pics then theres a big problem. One which CS will have to sort out.

danielf 01-03-2004 23:51

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar
CNN is in the base pack, you get the picture or just the you are not subscribed message?
If no pics then check your Smartcard is ok, remove clean and reseat.

If still no pics then theres a big problem. One which CS will have to sort out.

I get the picture with the not subscribed message overlayed, so both really...

Proppinupthebar 01-03-2004 23:54

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by danielf
I get the picture with the not subscribed message overlayed, so both really...

OK if you get the pics then a reboot should sort it out. Just remove the power to the STB for 10 secs and then reconnect.

danielf 01-03-2004 23:59

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar
OK if you get the pics then a reboot should sort it out. Just remove the power to the STB for 10 secs and then reconnect.


Yes, that does solve it. Cheers for that (reps on the way) :)

Out of interest, would this have resolved itself in time (or will many naive customers not be getting E4 until they have a power cut?).

Proppinupthebar 02-03-2004 00:05

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by danielf
Yes, that does solve it. Cheers for that (reps on the way) :)

Out of interest, would this have resolved itself in time (or will many naive customers not be getting E4 until they have a power cut?).

Thank gawd for that. I would have had to look at this for hours tommorow otherwise. :)
Sometimes the boxes simply do lockup and don't respond to the instructions we send them. No the box would not have corrected itself, its something we are looking at solving.

If you think that each and every transport stream contains approx 38 Mb/s and we have 27 of them then the STB's have a lot to do and they can easily lockup every now and then.
Cheers.

danielf 02-03-2004 00:16

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar
Thank gawd for that. I would have had to look at this for hours tommorow otherwise. :)
Sometimes the boxes simply do lockup and don't respond to the instructions we send them. No the box would not have corrected itself, its something we are looking at solving.

If you think that each and every transport stream contains approx 38 Mb/s and we have 27 of them then the STB's have a lot to do and they can easily lockup every now and then.
Cheers.

Ah well, it works now. I did set the box to standby earlier, but that didn't help unfortunately. I don't think many customers will be pulling the plug on their box when it doesn't behave as expected (what's more they, may be unaware it's locked up).

BTW: is there any chance that discovery will be added to the base pack?

That really is the only channel (now) that I would consider upgrading to the family pack for...

Proppinupthebar 02-03-2004 00:27

Re: E4 & E4+1 Blank
 
The lovely Sam B is the best answer for the Discovery question. The other questions are due to a bug in the STB which overtime causes them to ignore changes. The bug is a good idea to reboot the boc at least once a month or whenever you hear of a change.


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