STB changing channels on its own

[SLM]

Originally Posted by Chris_1013

STILL HAPPENING! What a load of crap!

8PM E4+1 (145) on a Samsung box. Freezes after about a second or two then switches to Front Row.

Can anyone suggest anything I can do other than waiting forever for NTL to MAYBE fix this?

Sorry to get irrate. I know this is no one on this boards fault, it's just ****ing me off majorly when it's screwing up stuff I'm trying to record.

2 things...have you reported this to ntl and asked for an engineer visit if not (sorry for being to the point but) stop moaning, but if you have get them back and demand them to get it sorted there and then.

After years of the box freezing on interactive, having to un plug the box when the internet service screws up, taking upto 40 seconds to change channels, the constant resseting to channel 7 and (lately) all the BBC channels displaying press red at random i think i've sorted the problem!

Phoned up and cancelled my tv services in favour of a rock steady freeview service. They are (supposedly) dropping off a sacm and picking up the stb on the 20'th October. I should also add that the internet service is being repriced at £9.99 a month for the next twelve months without us even asking about the prices and we were never passed to retentions when we mentioned all our problems (despite others claiming it)?

Oh well ... another ex c&w customer signing off!

[invisibleboy]

you get sky one(ish) on freeview soon

you wont get a rock steddy stb as there is no such thing on any platform

Originally Posted by invisibleboy

you get sky one(ish) on freeview soon

Got a link, or any further info about that?

you wont get a rock steddy stb as there is no such thing on any platform

True, but some are better than others

Originally Posted by invisibleboy

you get sky one(ish) on freeview soon

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds23850.html

Really?

[invisibleboy]

Originally Posted by Chris T

Got a link, or any further info about that?

it was on digital spy here http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds24574.html
its the new sky three replacing the travel channel its been romoured for about a year but sky were unsure how to best get on freeview and not affect their core buisness E4 twisted there arm finally it was due to roll out in the next year or so they have just brought it forward. it basicly shows how scared sky are of freeview

Originally Posted by Chris T

True, but some are better than others

oh and we all know that bitterly freeview is best at least you have a choice

Originally Posted by invisibleboy

you wont get a rock steddy stb as there is no such thing on any platform

Maybe i should have said rock steadier. Both my freeview boxes (Goodmans GD3 & Sagem TD58) can hold the 7 day epg, can switch channels, neither suffer from loss of synch concerning sound and the picture quality is (i'll say it again) rock steady. If you equate pace stb's and freeview ones, then (imo) there is reason to call modern freeview boxes rock steady.

[invisibleboy]

Originally Posted by Shabba on hell

Maybe i should have said rock steadier. Both my freeview boxes (Goodmans GD3 & Sagem TD58) can hold the 7 day epg, can switch channels, neither suffer from loss of synch concerning sound and the picture quality is (i'll say it again) rock steady. If you equate pace stb's and freeview ones, then (imo) there is reason to call modern freeview boxes rock steady.

we have an old on digital phillips box in our office still works fine havent had it crash or gone through the old rebooting because i cant change do anything with it once in the 6-7 years i have had it if it wasnt for sky one and living TV (for my wife i might add) i wouldnt bother with cable

Originally Posted by invisibleboy

if it wasnt for sky one and living TV (for my wife i might add) i wouldnt bother with cable

Living tv is only watched for one program - most haunted live? It now shows that program on ftn (on freeview). I will miss sky for the sci-fi stuff it premieres but since the introduction of torrents, i don't think i'll miss it that much

[Begize]

Originally Posted by jaykay

No, its not just you. Most mornings I get up and its magically changed to channel 7. I also have some problems with it being slow to change channel, and the 'receive' light on the STB locking on for a few seconds.

Ahh. Fair enough.

This morning it's now skipping channels when you change. Pressing up from 1 took me to 8 when normally it's 2. Changing back to 1 again and it's correct....

I think once we're back from holiday I'll get on the phone and moan!

[invisibleboy]

Originally Posted by Shabba on hell

Living tv is only watched for one program - most haunted live? It now shows that program on ftn (on freeview). I will miss sky for the sci-fi stuff it premieres but since the introduction of torrents, i don't think i'll miss it that much

yeah but its not the same Ntl for all its faults is better value for money than top up tv and is the most hunted live acctually shown live (shock derek is leaveing how are all the camp scouse ghosts called edward or mary going to talk to the living) and the horror channel is comming eventually

[IanUK]

I'm getting the channel 7 overnight change now, every night since the new channels briefly appeared -I never suffered with it before, what a crap service NTL is, can they get anything right ?

I guess thats overnight recording out the window then - what exactly does work correctly

[littld]

I got my Pace box replaced with a Samsung in the hope that it would stop channels from freezing. It worked. then on Monday this week an upgrade took place which replaced the pink menus with blue ones. Since then it has taken to randomly changing channels. I rang Ntl who think it aright be a universal remote or my lightbulbs! I think there must be someone at rtl who is sabotaging things (maybe they work for Sky). I refuse to believe that there one so many issues by accident. It's gettinga regular conversation at home now- ''Dad, can we get Sky?''

[Wally Weebles]

I've got a pace that likes to change channels for approx 20 secs at 12.10 am every single booming night!

[scoobydoo[uk]]

What the heck is going on.. My Samsung box has started to change channels now on its own accord.

I put the box on standby last night, woke up this morning and it had changed from channel 1 to channel 3, and go into interactive.

Is it the boxes that are faulty or a problem at NTL's end??