V+ box slow response

Ninko · 23-04-2008, 02:33

Hi there,
For alittle while now our V+ box stops reponding to the remote and sort of freezes for awhile. Sometimes it takes a few mins for the box to reponde which isn't useful when your fastforwarding some adverts only to find the box won't responde to 'play' for the next min or so. The problem only happened here and there (a rebbot fixes it), but its becoming more frequent with it playing up every 3 to 4 days now. Is this normal for the box?

Take care

Ninko

Mick Fisher · 23-04-2008, 02:51

From what I read on these forums I think the answer is yes it is normal.

As you find a reboot helps maybe a re-format would help even more and then on the other hand it may not.

If you can with the V+ try temporarily switching off the option to cache x amount of the program being watched and see if it helps.

As you cannot record this cache it is useless except for live pause which I find (sky+ here) I rarely use as I mostly watch pre-recorded stuff and can just stop it and restart it from where I left off watching.

Ninko · 23-04-2008, 03:39

Hi Mick Fisher,
Sadly there is no such option to turn that off. And yeah I know what your saying about a format, but I'd lose everything I've recorded :-( lol

Ninko

Ninko · 23-04-2008, 16:33

Is there not anyone else having this problem?

Ninko

bootleggerUK · 27-04-2008, 19:31

Yes, same problem here every now and again, but since the new code drop last week it happens every other time i go to use the remote.
Even done a hard format and lost all programs etc but still playing up.
On demand rarely works now just says please wait....... please wait.....

Its getting on my bloody nerves now.....

BootleggerUK

kirk1690 · 28-04-2008, 11:49

mines does this often too , very annoying . Digital was promised to be so wonderful when it came in but its easier to confuse than a foreign call cente operator.

Grayhants · 28-04-2008, 21:14

Also slow response here too, not all the time but there is defo a delay

Also no On Demand and just decided not to bother calling again

28-04-2008, 22:49

this used to a problem for all users when V+ first came out - so VM had to fix it (which they did) - now since the last code drop it has reappeared for myself & i'm not alone it seems

Mad Bee · 29-04-2008, 09:05

The response time between pressing a button on my remote and the signal being picked up from the V+ box is awful.

Sometimes it takes two of three presses of a button for it to register. Invariably this means instead of getting 358 I end up on 355, 333 or some other channel combination!

Apart from the recording, V+ is crap, still, that's is the reason I got it!

Wicked_and_Crazy · 29-04-2008, 11:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick Fisher

As you find a reboot helps maybe a re-format would help even more and then on the other hand it may not.

What are you trying to advise??

hokkers999 · 29-04-2008, 16:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Bee

The response time between pressing a button on my remote and the signal being picked up from the V+ box is awful.

Sometimes it takes two of three presses of a button for it to register. Invariably this means instead of getting 358 I end up on 355, 333 or some other channel combination!

Apart from the recording, V+ is crap, still, that's is the reason I got it!

If you didn't pay for it, go and check out a secondhand Tivo unit. Mine is now 6 years old, has a 400gig drive in (hundreds of hours). You can install one of these new terabyte drives! Ethernet connection, ftp & web server.

It's SD of course and only one tuner, but for us that isn't a problem. Have a look here.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...splay.php?f=14

BTW, it "just works", you can install s/w patches so that end padding actually works correctly unlike the V+ er, as you call it, crap.

northy · 29-04-2008, 16:55

i dont have a v+ box, just an ordinary one, but my on demand has been breaking up all week. it seems slighty better today, but not perfect. i rang up about it on friday afternoon, and they said i would get a phone call in 3 days, but i'm still waiting lol

higgsfield · 29-04-2008, 17:14

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Originally Posted by hokkers999

If you didn't pay for it, go and check out a secondhand Tivo unit. Mine is now 6 years old, has a 400gig drive in (hundreds of hours). You can install one of these new terabyte drives! Ethernet connection, ftp & web server.

It's SD of course and only one tuner, but for us that isn't a problem. Have a look here.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...splay.php?f=14

BTW, it "just works", you can install s/w patches so that end padding actually works correctly unlike the V+ er, as you call it, crap.

You are always banging on about this - so I decided to take a look.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...ad.php?t=37326

I couldn't find answers to all of my questions so, perhaps you might try to sell it to me some more?

It says it would work with digital cable (although there are mentions of bugs) - of course it won't access the HD content, but which of the types of material available on the V+ would I be able to access (still with a subscription to VM, of course)? e.g. standard channels, subscription channels, PPV and catch-up VOD services.

Only one tuner and no HD content... I am curious - but I can't see how this is as good as, let alone better than, my V+ box.... so what are the benefits?

Mick Fisher · 29-04-2008, 20:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy

What are you trying to advise??

That the OP may be the up the creek without a paddle perhaps?

hokkers999 · 30-04-2008, 00:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by higgsfield

You are always banging on about this - so I decided to take a look.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...ad.php?t=37326

I couldn't find answers to all of my questions so, perhaps you might try to sell it to me some more?

It says it would work with digital cable (although there are mentions of bugs) - of course it won't access the HD content, but which of the types of material available on the V+ would I be able to access (still with a subscription to VM, of course)? e.g. standard channels, subscription channels, PPV and catch-up VOD services.

Only one tuner and no HD content... I am curious - but I can't see how this is as good as, let alone better than, my V+ box.... so what are the benefits?

I have $ky not vm telly and the connection goes like this

sky -- tivo -- telly both are scart connections.

hd content? don't have a sky hd box or an hd telly so I don't care. Let's not even reopen the can of worms regarding the limits of the eye to even perceive the difference.

whatever channels sky pump out, if I can view it on the screen without the tivo then the Tivo can record it. In the clear and unencrypted!

As regards the software - let's just say I measure the up time in WEEKS not hours, usually gets a reboot because I've upped new logo's or new software to it.

If you want to listen to the radio with the 4 digit channel numbers it needs a software patch, easily installed. Not bothered with this as I listen to the radio on the net.

Season passes that actually, GASP, work

Set a season pass once and forget it, *whenever* the program comes back on it'll record it. My season pass for MotoGP was setup 2 years ago and I've never ever missed a program.

I am told the $ky box deletes a "season" or "series" link about a week or two after the last in the series is transmitted. Don't know about the VM box.

One tuner, well in our house we only have one telly (strange people I know) and being busy people we never get time to watch everything that you can record on a single tuner anyway....

What about program clashes I hear you ask? Irrelevant, the Tivo simply records the highest priority one and gets the other when (if) it is repeated.

To give an example. We have Speedway Grand Prix higher priority than Dr Who (not *my* choice). If there is no Speedway Dr Who gets recorded, if there is Speedway on then that gets recorded and it simply records Dr Who at 8pm on Sunday....so simple and logical.

If there are no repeats then you are stuffed, but in todays world most things are broadcast several times.

No desire for HD, ordinary SD works for us.

Even when everything goes fully digital it'll still work.

Some people won't want to buy secondhand kit that's 6 years old, I can understand that, but the s/w in both sky & vm is several years behind Tivo in functionality.

If you want to see what a PVR should *really* be like, one with built in Ethernet (can also buy a wifi adaptor!) look at this

http://www.tivo.com/

Sadly there are NO plans to launch this in the uk