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Old 16-01-2017, 23:39   #46
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Re: Please document any V6 issues here.

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Nope, just tried to watch one of the programmes that it failed to record via On Demand. In return I get a black screen and silence with none of the buttons doing anything.

Now waiting for another reboot to complete (which will mess up my evening recordings too).

I think you are wise to wait until these problems are sorted out Max.
I always wait when new products first come out Richard, especially things like STB's or anything high tech, there always seems to be problems with software glitches etc, it does seem ridiculous that they have released this box and people like yourself are having to contend with rebooting etc, just not good enough imo, I hope you get things sorted though..
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Old 17-01-2017, 00:14   #47
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Nope, just tried to watch one of the programmes that it failed to record via On Demand. In return I get a black screen and silence with none of the buttons doing anything.

Now waiting for another reboot to complete (which will mess up my evening recordings too).

I think you are wise to wait until these problems are sorted out Max.
Wouldn't a temporary fix not be to stop putting your boxes into standby? I leave mine on all the time and have no problems.
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Old 17-01-2017, 00:31   #48
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Wouldn't a temporary fix not be to stop putting your boxes into standby? I leave mine on all the time and have no problems.
Wouldn't a better answer be to have actually THOROUGHLY tested before rushing it out before Christmas.

The reply to an earlier posting about "workaround is to disable 1080i" simply beggars belief.
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Old 17-01-2017, 09:00   #49
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Wouldn't a better answer be to have actually THOROUGHLY tested before rushing it out before Christmas.
Well, then you and others would have been complaining about the delay in introducing the new box.

This is a very competitive industry and timing is crucial. Sky have already introduced their Q box, with all its initial faults.

Personally, I am delighted to have received my two V6s, which have made my life a lot easier and improved the quality of my viewing. I really appreciate the increased speed of the box, the connectivity between the two boxes I now have and of course, the six tuners on each box.

Anyone reading these forums would have gone for the early adopter option well aware that updates would be required for issues with the V6 that still needed to be put right. Those who did not want to take that risk, like Mad Max, shouldn't have ordered the box at this stage. Max took the right decision for him, so he's not as mad as all that, is he?

As for the perpetual critics and moaners, I am afraid that they will never be satisfied, no matter what Virgin do.
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Old 17-01-2017, 09:07   #50
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Wouldn't a better answer be to have actually THOROUGHLY tested before rushing it out before Christmas.

The reply to an earlier posting about "workaround is to disable 1080i" simply beggars belief.
All things are thoroughly tested be it Virgin , Sky or other suppliers but that will never get rid of all the bugs as even now you can get the occasional bug years after a box is released nationwide.
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All things are thoroughly tested be it Virgin , Sky or other suppliers but that will never get rid of all the bugs as even now you can get the occasional bug years after a box is released nationwide.
I can't disagree that the software and hardware is thoroughly tested, but testing just identifies issues. Now whether these issues gets fixed or not before release to the public is another matter. Quite often a fixed release date trumps the desire to fix an issue.
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A Dodgy V6 is better than a good Tivo
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Re: Please document any V6 issues here.

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Well, then you and others would have been complaining about the delay in introducing the new box.

This is a very competitive industry and timing is crucial. Sky have already introduced their Q box, with all its initial faults.

Personally, I am delighted to have received my two V6s, which have made my life a lot easier and improved the quality of my viewing. I really appreciate the increased speed of the box, the connectivity between the two boxes I now have and of course, the six tuners on each box.

Anyone reading these forums would have gone for the early adopter option well aware that updates would be required for issues with the V6 that still needed to be put right. Those who did not want to take that risk, like Mad Max, shouldn't have ordered the box at this stage. Max took the right decision for him, so he's not as mad as all that, is he?

As for the perpetual critics and moaners, I am afraid that they will never be satisfied, no matter what Virgin do.
Exactly Old Boy, VM are damned if they do, damned if they don't!

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You nailed it in nine words!
Especially as SCART lovers just need to fork out £20 for a converter on Amazon.
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Re: Please document any V6 issues here.

I've found that it freezes momentarily for maybe 0.5 of a second then carries on. First noticed this in iPlayer then watching a recorded programme. In iPlayer the timing of this was almost predictable. I came out of iPlayer and reloaded it and it was ok.
While watching a programme from My programmes it happend a few times then was OK.
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Re: Please document any V6 issues here.

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Exactly Old Boy, VM are damned if they do, damned if they don't!


You nailed it in nine words!
Especially as SCART lovers just need to fork out £20 for a converter on Amazon.
£13 on Ebay so
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Wouldn't a better answer be to have actually THOROUGHLY tested before rushing it out before Christmas.

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The same arguments happened with Tivo. OB sums up the sensible choice of every TV subscriber:

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Well, then you and others would have been complaining about the delay in introducing the new box.

Anyone reading these forums would have gone for the early adopter option well aware that updates would be required for issues with the V6 that still needed to be put right. Those who did not want to take that risk, like Mad Max, shouldn't have ordered the box at this stage. Max took the right decision for him, so he's not as mad as all that, is he?

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I had both Tivo and V6 from the get-go and have had zero problems with both.


Interesting that a Sky TV user is the one doing most of the moaning.


Its interesting that Richard has had problems with both Tivo and the V6. I'm not saying this is the case, but does the problem come from elsewhere, i.e. VM's network to his premises or ancillary equipment connected? With such problems, it's worth looking at all aspects. HDMI handshakes often cause problems.
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Re: Please document any V6 issues here.

Changed from sky to virgin last Friday.

Downstairs V6 box has had green background and green tinge on live to and recordings 4 of the 5 days I have switched on since then.

This can be resolved by re-booting the box, however concerned this should not happen virtually every day.

Spoke to CS who knew of the problem on previous TiVo boxes but thought it was resolved.

Engineer coming Sunday am to have a look (although Sod's law says it will be ok then) - visit is mainly to sort out my missing phone line.

I also found this evening I am unable to watch a recording downstairs from the upstairs box - this was quite an important feature for me, which appears not to work for some reason?
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Old 19-01-2017, 08:35   #58
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Changed from sky to virgin last Friday.

Downstairs V6 box has had green background and green tinge on live to and recordings 4 of the 5 days I have switched on since then.

This can be resolved by re-booting the box, however concerned this should not happen virtually every day.

Spoke to CS who knew of the problem on previous TiVo boxes but thought it was resolved.

Engineer coming Sunday am to have a look (although Sod's law says it will be ok then) - visit is mainly to sort out my missing phone line.

I also found this evening I am unable to watch a recording downstairs from the upstairs box - this was quite an important feature for me, which appears not to work for some reason?
I had the same problem with not being able to watch my recordings on the alternative box. Turned out the router was set on the 2.4 rather than 5 setting. CS sorted this out for me from their end and it works now.
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Re: Please document any V6 issues here.

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I had the same problem with not being able to watch my recordings on the alternative box. Turned out the router was set on the 2.4 rather than 5 setting. CS sorted this out for me from their end and it works now.
There is no reason it shouldn't work on the 2.4ghz setting. In fact I've had it working while connected to 2.4ghz.
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There is no reason it shouldn't work on the 2.4ghz setting. In fact I've had it working while connected to 2.4ghz.

Certainly, it can work on 2.4 - on two occasions before my router was altered, I managed to get into my other box. However it was unreliable. Now I'm on 5G, the problem I had before has disappeared.
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