Pace digibox displaying 88:88
 

Hi there. I had my NTL digital TV installed today. It worked for 20 mins and the box froze. I rebooted, it froze. Kept doing it. Now all i have is 88:88 on the screen.

Any ideas?

Kevin :dozey:

Re: Pace digibox displaying 88:88
 

Oh dear, that means it is knackered.
You need to call faults.


Where are my manners :erm:

Welcome to the site :welcome:

Re: Pace digibox displaying 88:88
 

Is this a record for a knackered box?

Re: Pace digibox displaying 88:88
 

that's pretty rough, having your box die on the first day! i'm afraid you'll have to wait until Monday to call faults, as i believe there is no customer services on sunday! :(

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Yeah, well it actually died within 20 mins of the engineer leaving my house. Odd, i work for NTL. Perhaps this is my payback heh heh :-)

Re: Pace digibox displaying 88:88
 

Start as you mean to go on eh? :LOL:

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Hopefully not or i will get Sky :-)

Thing is, i managed to get the box to boot this morning, worked for 20 seconds, then froze. No remote, nothing.

Are all the boxes this bad or is it just Pace? I have heared bad things about them... :-(

Re: Pace digibox displaying 88:88
 

The chances are that you ended up with a returned faulty box that got put in the wrong pile.
Some pace boxes can be a pain but the 2000 series seems to be the best.
1000 boxes can be used as a room heater and 4000 boxes are just crap.

Re: Pace digibox displaying 88:88
 

Well its odd.... my smart card appears to be burnt around the chip?

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That is a normal occurence.

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Tell me about it lol i had a 1000 ended up dead friday am box swap for 4000-n failed by sat am called ntl sent engineer visit sat pm swapped for 2000 here's looking for no more troubles?

[other box i have is also 2000 series been perfect from day 1 & still going strong]

maybe ask ntl if a 2000 series box is poss ok or see if engineer has one with him?

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Or just ask for a new Samsung.

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I wonder if they will replace it with a Samsung. Are they better than the Pace's?

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Or get a pace 2000...

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Well I have had mine 3 weeks now and I have not had to reboot it yet. It has done it by it'self once but it seems stable even when I hammer the upload on it :rolleyes: