[Merged] CR3-Feedback & Questions in Here Please.

[ntlrocks]

you have four balls now tristan....is your sig about you? .... i dont know how to change my sig.......however i need to change it cus...the ring 2 has been put back 8 days till the 18th november 2004

[dragon]

Originally Posted by ntlrocks

you have four balls now tristan....is your sig about you? .... i dont know how to change my sig.......however i need to change it cus...the ring 2 has been put back 8 days till the 18th november 2004

you can do it in user CP link for it is near the top on the left under where it says 'you are here'

Originally Posted by dragon

you can do it in user CP link for it is near the top on the left under where it says 'you are here'

Or we can do it for you

[Prof-x]

Has anyone else had constant freezing since they got this new software? Sky one and e4 regularly freeze and even BBC was doing it 2nite. It probably happens more but i dont watch enought TV to see.

One thing is for sure, my cable modem signal levels are hanging on by the skin of their teeth since we got the new software upgrade....

Originally Posted by Prof-x

Has anyone else had constant freezing since they got this new software? Sky one and e4 regularly freeze and even BBC was doing it 2nite. It probably happens more but i dont watch enought TV to see.

One thing is for sure, my cable modem signal levels are hanging on by the skin of their teeth since we got the new software upgrade....

The software on your stb cannot possibly change the levels arriving at the cable modem within your house, something else has changed the levels to both your STB and modem.
Call CS, and get someone out.

[Tristan]

Picture freezing is a tell-tale sign of signal level problems. There may have been a new connection in your street, or maybe some ingress from somewhere nearby, that's started recently. Give NTL a call and get them to send an engineer out.

Incidentely, there's no way that the STB software update could affect your cable modem -- they use completley different technologies (in Langley areas anyway).

EDIT: Dammit, just too quick for me!

Originally Posted by Tristan

Picture freezing is a tell-tale sign of signal level problems. There may have been a new connection in your street, or maybe some ingress from somewhere nearby, that's started recently. Give NTL a call and get them to send an engineer out.

Incidentely, there's no way that the STB software update could affect your cable modem -- they use completley different technologies (in Langley areas anyway).

EDIT: Dammit, just too quick for me!

In yer face four balls :pp

[justcallmejoe]

any thought on the new VG channel

[robert boy]

that is the vg channel ????

[bigitup_j]

what the hell... VG channel?

explain for me please!

Originally Posted by bigitup_j

what the hell... VG channel?

explain for me please!

Trollish behaviour, stirring it up over a thread he started the other day. He has been banned and that thread has been removed.

[ntlrocks]

Thank you PEM....and Dragon..but PEM beat me to it, lol...such good mods on these forums:pp

[bigitup_j]

i see...
thanks!

*cough*MR2*cough*

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by justcallmejoe

any thought on the new VG channel

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...&postcount=628
Joes rep is fantastically accurate (on and offline!)

[KenK]

Originally Posted by Tristan

Has nobody considered the fact that maybe, just maybe, the 12:10/1:10 thing might have something to do with the old software still? Maybe there was a workaround in place to minimise the effect, and this workaround causes funny things to happen on the new software. Once all the forced downloads have gone out and everyone has the new software, NTL will be able to turn it off, and it will all be okay.

That's what I reckon, anyway.

Unfortunately, it seemed that it was all okay immediately after LCR3 arrived, and it seems like it has only started happening in the last couple of weeks. Maybe they already have turned off the old software in this area, and that's why it is happening it now?

[Nor]

The tech who was out at my house the other day said that he's replacing 10 boxes a day because they can't cope with the new EPG. My 4000 box has just about given up the ghost and I'll be after a new one as its sooooooooooooooooooo slow.

[IanGuy]

My box seems to make the blank outs at around 11, then 11:30 then 12pm.

Don't know why it's different times to you, I have CR3 4001-2A box in Cardiff. SNR level 33.6db at the time.

[Nor]

I think return power is an important figure.

Mines high at 56 apparantly.

[Prof-x]

Sorry for breaking any previous discussions but something has to be done about this new EPG thing. Its so slow and is full of errors.

I mentioned my dislikes earlier in the thread. After a few more days it has :

- Moving/browsing anything im sure is even slower
- Crashed more times that i can remember
- Crashed on loading the diary, i mean come on!
- It takes ages to start up
- The biggest pain has to be not being able to browse more than 5 channels before it flicks off. If i change channels the EPG comes up, ok. Well i use my arrows to browse i click through about five channels and the EPG GOES OFF! I have to wait a while for the STB to settle down before i can browse again without cut offs. I wish we had the function where the browse button is indeed the browse button and we press it and the EPG stays on until we press it again. And theres also the

- Lack of page up and page down, argh
- NO first channel button
- Double skip! on browsing the programs on the EPG

The only good things being, nicer colours and nice channel guide (although its annoyingly slow!), a confirm/cancel on the reminders and the program channel re-ordering.


I really do hope they sort these issues out im quite shocked at how long this software has been in the making just to release it in a state like this. Sorry to the developers but its just not up to sratch for modern day interface and functionality.

[dragon]

if you press the TV button the miniguide should show untill you press the TV button again