V+ No EPG info for Radio 4 & On Demand for over a week. - Page 2

RichardCoulter · 13-08-2014, 19:12

During the Commonwealth Games, Spiderplant said that a decision had yet to be made as to whether this reduction in EPG data would be permanent or not.

I'm still none the wiser

I don't think that the Sky EPG has ever shown the individual radio programmes on each channel, so I am now thinking about Freeview.

Do any of the Freeview boxes have a reminder facility?

Are there any actual radios out there that can provide me with what I want?

Cheers.

RichardCoulter · 14-08-2014, 16:45

I've discovered a workaround for the BBC radio channels; schedule listings are provided by the red button.

Unfortunately, one has to be tuned to the actual radio channel to obtain the listings for the said channel. Also (on my box anyway) a reboot is sometimes needed to get the red button facility to load.

Media Boy UK · 14-08-2014, 17:02

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I've discovered a workaround for the BBC radio channels; schedule listings are provided by the red button.

Unfortunately, one has to be tuned to the actual radio channel to obtain the listings for the said channel. Also (on my box anyway) a reboot is sometimes needed to get the red button facility to load.

Or start buying Radio Times.

Pauls9 · 15-08-2014, 10:20

... or try radiotimes.com

**Hugh** · 15-08-2014, 10:32

You could get this information from the "schedules" tab on the BBC Radio website.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/

fredtheted · 15-08-2014, 17:13

It's not just the Radio 4 radio station that is affected, but every radio station and is just Virginmedia trying to force Virgin+ users to pay the extra for a Tivo box.

spiderplant · 15-08-2014, 19:56

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Originally Posted by fredtheted

is just Virginmedia trying to force Virgin+ users to pay the extra for a Tivo box.

No, it's Virgin Media trying to keep your old boxes running reliably with all the new channels that have launched. Reducing the radio guide data was the least worst option that could be implemented in time for the Commonwealth Games. We're now looking at other options that MAY allow the radio data to return.

If we wanted to force you to switch to TiVo, there are far more effective ways

fredtheted · 15-08-2014, 23:03

If we wanted to force you???
What are you..the Gestapo?

RichardCoulter · 17-08-2014, 17:32

Thanks for the suggestions as to where I can view the Radio 4 schedule, but the main problem is that I can no longet set reminders.

What I used to do was decide which programmes I wanted to listen to first thing and then set reminders for them; the programmes would then appear whatever else was on the TV at the time.

This was very useful whilst working from home as I can't have too much distraction when my mind is on other more important things.

As I said earlier, Sky have never had radio listings, so it would be no use digging my old Sky box out.

How does TiVo deal with radio reminders and does it record radio?

spiderplant · 17-08-2014, 18:32

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

How does TiVo deal with radio reminders and does it record radio?

You set a "record and remind" from the guide. You can cancel the recording when the reminder pops up if you wish. TiVo doesn't have the ability to ONLY remind. (The benefit is that you don't miss the programme even if you miss the reminder)

Yes, it can record radio.

RichardCoulter · 18-08-2014, 06:59

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

You set a "record and remind" from the guide. You can cancel the recording when the reminder pops up if you wish. TiVo doesn't have the ability to ONLY remind. (The benefit is that you don't miss the programme even if you miss the reminder)

Yes, it can record radio.

Thanks. I'm using the workaround of using the output of a shopping channel to flag up when my programmes are on, so if some shopping programme is heard, I know to tune to Radio 4

Is there anything that I can do/not do myself to reduce the strain on it's memory?

spiderplant · 18-08-2014, 09:35

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Is there anything that I can do/not do myself to reduce the strain on it's memory?

Using interactive apps eats up memory, but apart from that there isn't much you can do.

RichardCoulter · 18-08-2014, 18:06

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

Using interactive apps eats up memory, but apart from that there isn't much you can do.

Do you mean things like TV email, searching, reading the news via the red button etc?

Media Boy UK · 19-08-2014, 13:01

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

You set a "record and remind" from the guide. You can cancel the recording when the reminder pops up if you wish. TiVo doesn't have the ability to ONLY remind. (The benefit is that you don't miss the programme even if you miss the reminder)

Yes, it can record radio.

Virgin says:

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As part of new channel launches for the Commonwealth Games and additional channel releases planned,

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...-listings.html

Yet Virgin Media do not even have TruTV and an well known channel from Sky.

I can only see one UK Wide channel and three Local TV Channels set to launch on Virgin Media in 2014 they are:

-Latest TV (August 28th 2014) - Brighton & Hove only.
-Sheffield Live TV (September 23rd 2014) - Sheffield only.
-Bay TV Liverpool (October 2014) - Liverpool only.
-ITV Be (October 8th 2014) - UK Wide.

fredtheted · 19-08-2014, 20:36

It would appear as I have previously written that this is Virgin+ taking away bits and pieces gradually leaving the users no alternative but to get Tivo and that is just for the
the basic service us Virgin+ users used to take for granted.
If they wanted extra capabilty why not take away the +1 channels. There is no real point to them as all the programmes are constantly repeated. If not record them.