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japitts · 27-12-2010, 10:35

A problem I've noticed off and on for a while, but certainly getting a lot worse the past week..

TV-OD "search all" option - fantastic, really useful and pretty powerful etc, and great if the letter you want to search for is the first 1 or 2 on the remote. It's hard to explain, but lets say you want to type in an R or an S. Pressing the "7" key 3 or 4 times, but somewhere between the keypress and the onscreen UI, only the first 1 or 2 presses actually work.

Obviously some programs are easier to search for than others, but take, say (thinks)... Royle Family. I've just been sat for 5 minutes trying to get an R, and not got beyond a Q. Slow, fast, big gap between each press, little gap - you name it.

The only thing I can think of is that with the amount of "free space" on the V+ reducing recently (and by about 10/15 hours over the past few days), the box is somehow struggling, and thus needs more time to process each keypress. More time perhaps than the "timeout" between each letter allows.

I was playing with someone elses normal V box (not sure which make) last night and it was lightning fast, no problems at all and it was like I was using a different service entirely.

We've got an SA V+, which apart from a few phantom recordings that need deleting each day, has been rock solid and no problems at all.

Please can someone else say they know what causes this, or that they're having the same problem... :-)

27-12-2010, 10:35	#1
japitts cf.geek Join Date: Apr 2008 Services: V6 with Maxit, Sky Sports HD, TNT Sports, Sky Cinema. 250Mb broadband, Talk Anytime. Posts: 633	TVOD searching A problem I've noticed off and on for a while, but certainly getting a lot worse the past week.. TV-OD "search all" option - fantastic, really useful and pretty powerful etc, and great if the letter you want to search for is the first 1 or 2 on the remote. It's hard to explain, but lets say you want to type in an R or an S. Pressing the "7" key 3 or 4 times, but somewhere between the keypress and the onscreen UI, only the first 1 or 2 presses actually work. Obviously some programs are easier to search for than others, but take, say (thinks)... Royle Family. I've just been sat for 5 minutes trying to get an R, and not got beyond a Q. Slow, fast, big gap between each press, little gap - you name it. The only thing I can think of is that with the amount of "free space" on the V+ reducing recently (and by about 10/15 hours over the past few days), the box is somehow struggling, and thus needs more time to process each keypress. More time perhaps than the "timeout" between each letter allows. I was playing with someone elses normal V box (not sure which make) last night and it was lightning fast, no problems at all and it was like I was using a different service entirely. We've got an SA V+, which apart from a few phantom recordings that need deleting each day, has been rock solid and no problems at all. Please can someone else say they know what causes this, or that they're having the same problem... :-)