General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

Richard has a V+. I'll get it looked at.

Thank you very much

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

Richard, I might have grasped your situation wrong, but I have just checked "Hotel Impossible" and it has given me the option of an express series link. Hope this helps improve your situation BTW I am using TIVO if that makes a difference!

Thanks for looking into that for me, as Spiderplant says, I have a V+.

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Same on my box.

But after Virgin Media's weekly box reboot as of 9am today 'Series Links' has now appeared on Food Network.

VM has a weekly reboot?

I never knew that! When does this happen and why?

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

VM has a weekly reboot?

I never knew that! When does this happen and why?

The reboot happen area by area at about 4am to 6am almost every Monday night (as far as I know).

I sometimes miss the end of WWE Raw due to the reboot.

I have been told that Virgin Media need to do that reboot when they work on the EPG so the thing they are working on will work for all viewers in the morning.

[RichardCoulter]

It sounds like the EPG is like a computer that needs to rebooted before changes take effect.

You learn something new every day

[Qtx]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

It sounds like the EPG is like a computer that needs to rebooted before changes take effect.

You learn something new every day

The TV box's run a flavour of linux and all the features of the box are just software programs running on it. So you can think of the EPG as part of the software that starts at boot time, in a similar way programs start at boot on a windows machine. Just does its own update when first run at boot, similar to antivirus and windows update on windows.

Over simplified and probably teaching your grandma to suck eggs anyway

[Henkesghost]

Originally Posted by denphone

Are you feeling alright Henke.

Fine thanks

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Qtx

The TV box's run a flavour of linux and all the features of the box are just software programs running on it. So you can think of the EPG as part of the software that starts at boot time, in a similar way programs start at boot on a windows machine. Just does its own update when first run at boot, similar to antivirus and windows update on windows.

Over simplified and probably teaching your grandma to suck eggs anyway

Thanks for the info., I didn't know that.

[nn012]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

Richard has a V+. I'll get it looked at.

That was quick! They're working now on the V+

[Mad Max]

Just had a look at the Travel Channel, looks total garbage, and ancient! Keith Floyd was on and he's been fried bread for ages!

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

VM has a weekly reboot?

Not weekly, but when necessary. V+ boxes get rebooted whenever channels are added or removed.

Originally Posted by nn012

That was quick! They're working now on the V+

Hey, we don't mess about you know

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Originally Posted by Mad Max

Just had a look at the Travel Channel, looks total garbage, and ancient!

That's a matter of opinion. I can see it becoming my most-watched channel.

[ocav]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

Just had a look at the Travel Channel, looks total garbage, and ancient! Keith Floyd was on and he's been fried bread for ages!

Each to their own.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

Not weekly, but when necessary. V+ boxes get rebooted whenever channels are added or removed.

Hey, we don't mess about you know [COLOR="Silver"]

No you dont! I've now set a series link for this programme- thanks for your help, it is appreciated.

I was up working late last night and found that the two channels had been added without a reboot, BUT when I came down this morning, a programme that I was recording had been interrupted because of a reboot just before 6am.

Is the V+ able to have channels added, but needs a reboot afterwards for them to work (the two channels were added before the official start time of 6am and were both showing teleshopping).

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I was up working late last night and found that the two channels had been added without a reboot, BUT when I came down this morning, a programme that I was recording had been interrupted because of a reboot just before 6am.

Is the V+ able to have channels added, but needs a reboot afterwards for them to work

The reboot is required to fix a rare fault. More than likely your box wasn't affected, but they all get rebooted just in case.

Originally Posted by spiderplant

The reboot is required to fix a rare fault. More than likely your box wasn't affected, but they all get rebooted just in case.

Must be very rare, it's always fun having it reboot a few hours into watching a new channel. Then being stuck there for ages while the box reloads the EPG and refuses to respond to the remote.

[johnasimmons]

When I had a V+ Box (I have had a TiVo over 2 years now) it used to reboot around 3am every Monday morning...

[Tricky Trevor]

Just found this for those interested in the BT Sports situation

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013...premier-league