V6 known problems
 

Hi, I'm new to this forum and thinking of moving to virgin from sky.

I understand the V6 box is new, but are there any known problems I should be aware of?

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Maybe have a look in the V6 box issues thread.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...php?t=33704170

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Not a lot in that thread - surely someone must have encountered problems other than movies not all in HD?

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Mine works fine no issues at all. Have connected via power line.

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That is good to hear.

A few questions I have:

1. Can you set manual recordings (i.e. 7pm to 11:45pm on bbc1 irrespective of the EPG)?

2. Can you customise the EPG to show only your favourite channels?

3. Can you add a number of minutes before and after recordings?

4. If so, Can you specify the number of minutes or is it fixed?

5. The write-up says you can download 'some' recordings to 'compatible' tablets. Any idea which recordings you can/cannot download and is the ipad2 compatible?

6. Is it possible to either get a V6 with more than 1Tb disk space, or is it possible to upgrade it yourself?

7. Can you view/record sky sports in UHD?

8. Is it possible to reduce space taken by a recording by editing the recording i.e to remove before/after and half time in a football match? (This is possible on my Panasonic recorder)

I am sure I will have others before I decide but am grateful for any replies.

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1. Yes
2. Yes, there is a favourites category
3. Yes
4. You can customise the minutes
5. The list for the avaliable channels to stream and download recordings is here for iOS. The iPad 2 is compatible
6. No
7. No as Sky haven't made their UHD content available to anyone else yet
8. No

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Thanks for the prompt reply, this clarifies most of my queries, apart from the downloadable channels - there is no mention of sky sports or BT sports channels either way.

These are the channels I would mostly want to download - Are you able to download these?

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Is it possible to view content on the V6 box on a tv in a different room to the v6 box by using some sort of video sender?

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You can't currently download Sky or BT Sports recordings to an iPad. But you can stream them from one TiVo to another.

A video sender wouldn't be easy to connect to a V6 because it doesn't have a SCART video output. But if you have a second TiVo (either a V6 or one of the older boxes), you can stream content from one to the other.

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A central thread has already been created to collate any V6 issues:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...php?t=33704015

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I'm confused as the v6 box has a socket on the back which is labelled as scart (although it isn't a big clunky one like sky+HD has - more of a roundish one - new scart format or mislabelled?

The V6 box also has a usb port - chap in virgin shop says you can move recordings onto a subsidiary disk to save space then retrieve them later to watch.

Is this true or sales talk?

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Sales talk

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A round SCART socket? :confused:

SCART (from Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs – Radio and Television Receiver Manufacturers' Association) is a French-originated standard and associated 21-pin connector for connecting audio-visual (AV) equipment.

^^^ now you know who to blame for such a cr@p connector style ^^^ ;)

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The SCART socket is intended for use in countries where HDMI isn't common. It's not enabled when the box is running TiVo software.

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Why not just enable it anyway?

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Because then we might use it :D

On a serious note if the hardware is already built in, apart from spitefulness why isn't it enabled?