07-03-2017, 06:44
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cf.geek
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Routerswitch off
When I go away on holiday I tend to switch my PC off at the mains together with the printer and the router. If I set my V6 Box to record all the programmes I want while I'm away via my V6 Box, is it ok to switch the router off. I know it won't get the EPG updates but will it catch up when I re-connect it when I get back?
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07-03-2017, 08:47
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Virgin Media Staff
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Re: Routerswitch off
Yes, it would catch up when you get back, but if a show changes it's broadcast time or any other variation in your Series Links, the V6 box won't receive them.
Ideally you should leave your router on.
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07-03-2017, 18:12
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Re: Routerswitch off
I leave my router on as I have several NAS drives, TVs, Blu-Rays, games consoles etc connected to it.
Its all password protected, never had any issues.
Also turning off stops those devices getting any updates.
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09-03-2017, 06:58
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cf.geek
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Re: Routerswitch off
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09-03-2017, 15:21
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nashville
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Re: Routerswitch off
I often wondered about leaving my router on when I am on holiday but always no more than two weeks. Good Information . Thanks
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10-03-2017, 08:41
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cf.geek
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Re: Routerswitch off
I was recently away for 6weeks, and did turn my router off when we left the country...Tivo was left in standby and I used the tv-anywhere app from abroad.
However... I've got a normal tivo and it's quite surprising to me that guide updates would even use the internet connection, I thought they just used the "TV" connection.
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10-03-2017, 09:37
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Re: Routerswitch off
The older TiVo boxes do use their own connection, as they have their own modem.
The V6 boxes don't - so they use the router connection.
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10-03-2017, 10:17
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Re: Routerswitch off
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
The older TiVo boxes do use their own connection, as they have their own modem.
The V6 boxes don't - so they use the router connection.
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No I get that ben, but how do the older V-HD boxes get their guide updates in that case?
What I mean was, I thought the Tivo boxes got their guide updates alongside the TV signals rather than the internet connection. And so therefore the V6 should be the same - using their TV signals rather than their WiFi connection.
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10-03-2017, 10:51
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Re: Routerswitch off
As Ben explained, TiVo uses its own internet connection for updates. It just comes down the same piece of co-ax as the TV signal.
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10-03-2017, 11:16
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Re: Routerswitch off
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Originally Posted by japitts
No I get that ben, but how do the older V-HD boxes get their guide updates in that case?
What I mean was, I thought the Tivo boxes got their guide updates alongside the TV signals rather than the internet connection. And so therefore the V6 should be the same - using their TV signals rather than their WiFi connection.
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Spiderplant could probably explain it better, but the V boxes use a different EPG method, but even they have a data connection back to VM (this allows for control of On Demand amongst other things).
The TiVo platform has always been designed to 'dial in' to a TiVo server to get EPG updates. The original TiVo boxes did this over a literal dial up connection - screechy modem and all.
The later boxes changed to be able to do this over an available broadband internet connection. As far as I know in the US this is always via an external network connection, the VM box was fairly unique in having a connection built in.
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10-03-2017, 11:20
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cf.mega poster
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Re: Routerswitch off
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Originally Posted by japitts
No I get that ben, but how do the older V-HD boxes get their guide updates in that case?
What I mean was, I thought the Tivo boxes got their guide updates alongside the TV signals rather than the internet connection. And so therefore the V6 should be the same - using their TV signals rather than their WiFi connection.
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The V/V-HD/V+ boxes get their guide data from the TV broadcast. Even though they have a built-in modem, they don't use it to get guide data.
The Cisco & Samsung TiVos get the guide data through their built-in modem. The V6 gets it via the SuperHub.
It's this way mainly for historical reasons. TiVos have always got guide data through an internet connection, so it was easiest to continue that way for VM TiVos. Guide data in the broadcast is a DVB/European thing, so a bit alien to Tivo.
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