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UPC DVR Reviews / Questions / Help

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  • #102
    BendiBus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭BendiBus


    rockal wrote:
    If I turn mine upside down, I can cook eggs! This thing is a mini furnace.

    :eek: What sort of wattage are we talking about this thing consuming when it's powered on (or off)? I'm a bit eco-conscious and an ESB bill watcher!


  • #103
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    http://www.thomson.net/NR/rdonlyres/69D2F77C-50DD-4A5B-BA54-4E0ABC4EF583/0/DCI6000.pdf
    Only states the max power consumption of 35W.


  • #104
    Rebska
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭Rebska


    Have those of you missing Nick Jr managed to get it back? Half the reason I want this thing is to record Wonder Pets!

    Already wasted a day waiting for installer - four phone calls between 11 and 5, all the time being assured the engineer would "definitely be there." At 6:25, I was told definitely not and offered an appointment six days later and that a team manager "should" call me back in a day or so to tell me if the installation charge would be waived. Still waiting on that call. :rolleyes:

    I'm beginning to wonder if it makes more sense to wait for the HD box.


  • #105
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,596 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Rebska wrote:
    I'm beginning to wonder if it makes more sense to wait for the HD box.


    HD box.....wonder if that means 'Hardly Deliverable' in NTL language!:p


  • #106
    DingDong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭DingDong


    Rebska wrote:
    Have those of you missing Nick Jr managed to get it back? Half the reason I want this thing is to record Wonder Pets!

    Already wasted a day waiting for installer - four phone calls between 11 and 5, all the time being assured the engineer would "definitely be there." At 6:25, I was told definitely not and offered an appointment six days later and that a team manager "should" call me back in a day or so to tell me if the installation charge would be waived. Still waiting on that call. :rolleyes:

    I'm beginning to wonder if it makes more sense to wait for the HD box.
    Nick Jr is working fine now. Sorry to hear about them messing up your appointment. Don't know what they are playing at.


  • #107
    DonegalKid
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭DonegalKid


    Hi,

    I recieved the UPC box this weekend and after 24 hours it was finally activated.

    One or 2 questions though and excuse me if these have already been asked - but I'm new to DVR tech and have no experience of the equivalent SKY box either.
    I was recording a film earlier and it seemed to work just fine - that is it was recording it and I can see it used some space. However when I try to replay the movie now, it's asking me to hit the green button and enter a pin, telling me the program is locked?!?! Is this some sort of copy protection ? Or am I just missing something completely obvious.

    Thanks,
    D


  • #108
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    The default pin on the box is 4 zeros. I think if you change the age on the parental control to 18 it should then stop asking for pin numbers.

    If you haven't already been here alreadyLinky for DVR manual


  • #109
    DonegalKid
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭DonegalKid


    Thank you for that. The installer who visited had only installed 1 unit previsously and failed to mention anything about Pin's!

    Thanks again


  • #110
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    No worries. The pdf is the only source of a manual atm. None are given out with the installation.(cause it's in dutch:rolleyes: )


  • #111
    batman2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 833 ✭✭✭batman2000


    Can someone, if they have the time post some pictures of the NTL PVR.....?


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  • #112
    Nev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭Nev


    I just got my DVR on saturday and have to say i am fairly happy with it. Listings come up quickly, the city channel is gone at last and the remote is much more responsive. Box is big but no massive no bigger than the sky box of course the old ntl pace box was nice but to be honest, it was pace entry level box and a heap of junk.

    Of course it is still ntl you have to deal with that is the problem since they were ment to install the box on wednesday and i sat at home from 9 am to 5 pm doing nothing, i rang every hour after 1(since he was meant to be here between 9 - 1). I was told hes on is way and that they sent him a message but sure enough he didnt come. Anyways it took him less then 5 minutes on saturday to come in hook it up and leave and it was working quite good i thought, unlike sky 2 wires dont have to go into the back.

    I do have a problem though i can set up the remote to work with my amp ? has anyone tried ?


  • #113
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    batman2000 wrote:
    Can someone, if they have the time post some pictures of the NTL PVR.....?

    Look at post #48

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055114158&page=3


  • #114
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    Nev wrote:
    I do have a problem though i can set up the remote to work with my amp ? has anyone tried ?

    The manual only gives codes for TVs VCRs and DVD player/recorders. I'd say it'll only do those tbh.


  • #115
    allen175
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭allen175


    ok, wow, i have been waiting for this for ages and wasn't sure when it was out!!

    a couple of questions, the pace box i have in my sitting room runs off a different account(in another house) to all the other boxes in my house, like it has all the movie and sports channels and the rest have the basic package. would i be able to keep the card that is in the box that has all the movies and stick it in the dvr box or would i have to have the box set up in the other house with the full acount and then bring it to my house??

    How big is the hard drive and what type is it, i.e. sata or ide??

    And, can u transfer recorded shows from the dvr to your computer??


  • #116
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    allen175 wrote:
    ok, wow, i have been waiting for this for ages and wasn't sure when it was out!!

    a couple of questions, the pace box i have in my sitting room runs off a different account(in another house) to all the other boxes in my house, like it has all the movie and sports channels and the rest have the basic package. would i be able to keep the card that is in the box that has all the movies and stick it in the dvr box or would i have to have the box set up in the other house with the full acount and then bring it to my house??

    How big is the hard drive and what type is it, i.e. sata or ide??

    And, can u transfer recorded shows from the dvr to your computer??

    No card and box are paired and will not work in any other stb. Just get the dvr installed in the house that's linked to the box you want upgraded. Try to explain that you want it put on a/c "a" but installed in house "b".....well you can guess the rest. They could just turn around and say no it's goes to the address matched on the boxes a/c. Nothing stopping you then bringing to another house

    160gb

    Output to other devices is via scart lead.


  • #117
    allen175
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭allen175


    well if i own the other house and pay the bill for it there is nothing stopping me from taking it!

    thanks for the speedy reply!!


  • #118
    quenching
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭quenching


    Just got one of the DVRs and all looks well, however I can't seem to figure what could be a real annoyance. When changing channels from one with proper widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio to one with the old 4:3 ratio the TV changes from wide to a 4:3 square in the midde of the screen. Now I know this is probabley correct but our Phillips 32" CRT has a picture setting called "SUPERZOOM" which stretches the 4:3 picture a bit at either side, chops a tiny bit off the top and bottom and zooms a bit, works very well for 4:3 pictures to fill the widescreen screen.

    Now with the old NTL digibox if the TV was set to SUPERSOOM it would stay there with all 4:3 channels switch to WIDESCREEN when the channel broadcast a wide picture.

    The new DVR switches the TV between wide and 4:3 with every channel change. This is REALLY annoying and no amount of changing the picture format in the setting menu makes any difference.

    Any suggestions welcome.


  • #119
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    allen175 wrote:
    well if i own the other house and pay the bill for it there is nothing stopping me from taking it!

    thanks for the speedy reply!!

    Yeah there's nothing saying the box has to stay where it was installed. Just to save your head being wrecked(just read some of the normal installation horror stories) on other threads and you soon know what I mean. Just let them go to house A, hook it up and when it's up and running take it to house B. If anything goes wrong with it and you need a service call\box replacement just bring it back to house A.

    Glad to help.;)


  • #120
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,224 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    quenching wrote:
    Just got one of the DVRs and all looks well, however I can't seem to figure what could be a real annoyance. When changing channels from one with proper widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio to one with the old 4:3 ratio the TV changes from wide to a 4:3 square in the midde of the screen. Now I know this is probabley correct but our Phillips 32" CRT has a picture setting called "SUPERZOOM" which stretches the 4:3 picture a bit at either side, chops a tiny bit off the top and bottom and zooms a bit, works very well for 4:3 pictures to fill the widescreen screen.

    Now with the old NTL digibox if the TV was set to SUPERSOOM it would stay there with all 4:3 channels switch to WIDESCREEN when the channel broadcast a wide picture.

    The new DVR switches the TV between wide and 4:3 with every channel change. This is REALLY annoying and no amount of changing the picture format in the setting menu makes any difference.

    Any suggestions welcome.

    there's been threads on here about this before and it seems to be a particular problem with Philips TVs - I had problems with the old Pace box and its still a bit tempramental with Sky+.

    try changing channel to one of the analog channels and setting it to Superzoom (called Superwide on my telly) then change back to the AV channel that the NTL box is connected to. It seems that if the telly isn't receiving the Widescreen flag, it reverts to whatever ratio it was last manually set to.


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  • #121
    belmulletman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭belmulletman


    there should be an option to turn off "scart control"... i'm not 100% would need to check when i got home, but that should also sort the problem...


  • #122
    belmulletman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭belmulletman


    SWEET!! any time frame of when the first and second versions of this will be implemented?


  • #123
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Woo hoo, ordered mine today. Down for installation monday week. Hopefully no hitches and I can start recording season 4 of Prison break on the 20th.


  • #124
    Eamo71
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 644 ✭✭✭Eamo71


    http://www.teleclick.ca/2007/09/upc-to-launch-slingbox-dvr-product-in-the-netherlands/

    Wonder will this be considered for here? Be pretty good.


  • #125
    DingDong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭DingDong


    Eamo71 wrote:
    http://www.teleclick.ca/2007/09/upc-to-launch-slingbox-dvr-product-in-the-netherlands/

    Wonder will this be considered for here? Be pretty good.
    That would be very cool. There is another box on the way from what I've heard to replace the dinky boxes (DC221kn). It will be another pace box but will do interactive stuff too.
    At a guess it would be the model in the link below. It will also be using the new EPG.

    http://www.pacemicro.com/corporate/products/productDetails.asp?nav=products&productID=DCABLE-DC621KU


  • #126
    whitelightrider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭whitelightrider


    Folks, is the DVR available to MMDS customers or is it just cable viewers?


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  • #127
    Eamo71
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 644 ✭✭✭Eamo71


    murpho999 wrote:
    It definitely works with DVD players and not just DVD recorders.

    Have you tried doing the search funnction where the box looks up the code for you?

    Yeah I figured it out. I have a model that upscales so it uses a HDMI cable. The other day I decided to plug in the SCART between tv and DVD player and try it again and sure enough the remote can now control most of the functions of the DVD player -- the key was connecting the two machines with the scart. obviously the HDMI doesn't make the connection the remote needs.Good feature though...


  • #128
    nilhg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,177 ✭✭✭nilhg


    whitelightrider wrote:
    Folks, is the DVR available to MMDS customers or is it just cable viewers?


    If anyone knows I'd be interested in the answer to this question.


  • #129
    gpjordanf1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭gpjordanf1


    nilhg wrote:
    If anyone knows I'd be interested in the answer to this question.
    Hi
    I'm in an MMDS area and have the DVR ordered for 3 weeks now, it was scheduled to be installed a week ago roughly but no-one showed up, rang them during the day and was told the appointment was still open, but by 6pm I knew I was waiting pointlessly. Anyway, rang them again and this time they told me that there was a problem with the MMDS areas, so would need a few days to sort it out, and were suspending MMDS DVR orders & installations until it was sorted.But they were not notifying poor saps like me sat at home waiting for no-one. I couldn't believe the differences in the story's in the space of half an hour.
    Anyway I'm scheduled in again for next Wednesday but I'm not holding my breath and in fact if it isn't installed by then, I will be canceling NTL and ordering Sky+ instead. I don't like dealing with liars.

    Hope this helps


  • #130
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    nilhg wrote:
    If anyone knows I'd be interested in the answer to this question.
    I recall reading earlier in the thread that it's not available to MMDS customers just yet. I'm too lazy to find it ;) I do recall someone ordering the DVR as an MMDS customer and it nearly went through until someone realised the mistake that had been made near install time.

    I'm sure they just want to iron any major bugs on cable first before putting their energies into MMDS as well. Here's hoping anyway.


  • #131
    guv999
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭guv999


    Received my DVR yesterday - it is broken already! The box froze whilst I was changing channels. I re-booted, but since then all the recording and any of the DVR functionality is not working. Called Tech Support and they advised an engineer will be out for a box swap Tuesday. :mad:
    That said, for the short time it was working it was really good ;)
    As long there are no prbs with the replacement box I reckon this is going to be very good, and as long as series link is inroduced should be compariable to Sky+


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  • #132
    bigi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭bigi


    anyone else getting a problem with the display on the front of the unit.
    Mine is completely gone. Everything else works perfectly but i have to say i liked the feature where it displayed what you were watching on the box.

    I'm reluctant to get a replacement (worried it might have more critical problems), and don't fancy waiting around for a technician to arrive..


  • #133
    rogue-entity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭rogue-entity


    I was wondering if anyone else noticed the display thing. I thought there was something wrong with my box, the display on the front no longer shows the time on standby.. or the name of the programme/channel when watching it. But the software is still the same.

    I've had a few odd issues today with the mini-guide not clearing off the screen when watching a channel.. but so far, its been a joy to use.


  • #134
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,496 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    I've noticed one small, but irritating, bug ...

    When you first switch it on and press the OK button immediately to get the Now/Next display it displays "No Information", and hesitates for a few seconds before it shows it. Press left or right-arrow to display Now/Next for another channel and the same thing happens, even if you return to a channel you've had the information up for previously.

    Only if you change the channel to a different one to the channel it was on when you switched it on does it start working properly, and buffer all the Now/Next information.

    Anyone else noticed this behaviour?


  • #135
    DingDong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭DingDong


    Alun wrote:
    I've noticed one small, but irritating, bug ...

    When you first switch it on and press the OK button immediately to get the Now/Next display it displays "No Information", and hesitates for a few seconds before it shows it. Press left or right-arrow to display Now/Next for another channel and the same thing happens, even if you return to a channel you've had the information up for previously.

    Only if you change the channel to a different one to the channel it was on when you switched it on does it start working properly, and buffer all the Now/Next information.

    Anyone else noticed this behaviour?
    Yeah happens to me too


  • #136
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,496 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    DingDong wrote:
    Yeah happens to me too
    To the UPC/ntl: people on here ... is there any chance that this, and some of the other bugs and annoyances that people have found could somehow be passed on to UPC and from there to those responsible for the development of these boxes in the hope that they can be fixed some time in a new release? There's no point whatsoever ringing UPC about it :)


  • #137
    DingDong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭DingDong


    Alun wrote:
    To the UPC/ntl: people on here ... is there any chance that this, and some of the other bugs and annoyances that people have found could somehow be passed on to UPC and from there to those responsible for the development of these boxes in the hope that they can be fixed some time in a new release? There's no point whatsoever ringing UPC about it :)
    They have already been passed on Alun


  • #138
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,496 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    DingDong wrote:
    They have already been passed on Alun
    Cheers!


  • #139
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,596 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Alun wrote:
    I've noticed one small, but irritating, bug ...

    When you first switch it on and press the OK button immediately to get the Now/Next display it displays "No Information", and hesitates for a few seconds before it shows it. Press left or right-arrow to display Now/Next for another channel and the same thing happens, even if you return to a channel you've had the information up for previously.

    Only if you change the channel to a different one to the channel it was on when you switched it on does it start working properly, and buffer all the Now/Next information.

    Anyone else noticed this behaviour?

    I have that too but I do wonder if it's really a bug. I think that maybe the system is still starting up and all the program info has to load.

    I discovered another issue last night.

    Had a progam on pause last night for about 5 minutes and then continued watching. When a commercial break came, I brought box back to live broadcast thinking I could rewind to the point where commercial ended and carry on watching. (Thought it would be quicker rewinding 1 min instead of going forward 4) But no, I could only rewind to the point where the live broadcast restarted and everything that was in the buffer was gone. On Sky+ this was never a problem.

    It appears that you can do nothing to save programs when paused except rewind/forward & play. This causes a problem. Imagine you have a program on pause due to a phone call and it turns out you have to leave. With Sky you could press record and it will save the whole program from the time you where watching it, thus everything before and after you paused it. With NTL it will only record from the live broadcast at the moment that you press record and everything that preceeds or comes after your pause point will be lost. Hope I am not confusing people with this but I find it a very annoying drawback and I hope UPC can do something about it.


    Also I find that if you are rewinding/going forward in the 3rd or 4th speed and press play that it will jump forward about 15 secs and not play at the point that you press play thus making it very awkward to get to an exact point.

    Anyone else have this?


  • #140
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,496 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    murpho999 wrote:
    I have that too but I do wonder if it's really a bug. I think that maybe the system is still starting up and all the program info has to load.
    I don't think so, you can sit there for several minutes with it behaving like that .. far longer than it takes for the entire EPG to load, plus changing the channel using the +/- keys or from the Now/Next screen immediately changes that behaviour. I haven't tried waiting for much longer than that though.

    One note though, it doesn't do it if the box has only been off for a short period (just tried it!). It certainly does do it when first switched on in the morning, but I can't remember if it does it when switched off for several hours during the day ... further investigation required!


  • #141
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,496 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    murpho999 wrote:
    Had a progam on pause last night for about 5 minutes and then continued watching. When a commercial break came, I brought box back to live broadcast thinking I could rewind to the point where commercial ended and carry on watching. (Thought it would be quicker rewinding 1 min instead of going forward 4) But no, I could only rewind to the point where the live broadcast restarted and everything that was in the buffer was gone. On Sky+ this was never a problem.
    Yep, that's the way it seems to work. As soon as you hit the UPC button, the buffer is reset and everything starts all over again. Annoying.
    It appears that you can do nothing to save programs when paused except rewind/forward & play. This causes a problem. Imagine you have a program on pause due to a phone call and it turns out you have to leave. With Sky you could press record and it will save the whole program from the time you where watching it, thus everything before and after you paused it. With NTL it will only record from the live broadcast at the moment that you press record and everything that preceeds or comes after your pause point will be lost. Hope I am not confusing people with this but I find it a very annoying drawback and I hope UPC can do something about it.
    Yes, that IS very annoying, especially as when you press Record in such a situation, the message that pops up lulls you into a false sense of security by asking if you want to record the program from <start time> to <end time> and then only records from that moment up to <end time> instead, and you only discover this when you go to view afterwards!
    Also I find that if you are rewinding/going forward in the 3rd or 4th speed and press play that it will jump forward about 15 secs and not play at the point that you press play thus making it very awkward to get to an exact point.
    Yes, it is a bit jerky, and difficult to get right. I think it's possibly due to the way the FF function works, i.e. it displays a few frames then jumps forward and repeat. Possibly when you hit Play, it's already jumped forward in it's buffer but hasn't updated the display yet, or something like that.

    I also have been experiencing some glitches with the Pause function that sometimes seems to jump back a couple of seconds when you hit the Pause key.


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  • #142
    Mikey23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 277 ✭✭Mikey23


    Anyone in possession of this piece of kit outside of Dublin yet?


  • #143
    gpjordanf1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭gpjordanf1


    Hi

    Got my DVR yesterday (eventually) and am very happy with it, I'm in mayo MMDS area.
    One small problem, i set up a few programmes to record over the following week, one also late last night, but when I checked it today, it had no programmes scheduled for recording?
    How would this have happened? Anything that had finished recording was stored and there to view?
    Would the box have re-booted over night? It was powered up all night also?

    Anyone have any ideas?


  • #144
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,596 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    gpjordanf1 wrote:
    Hi

    Got my DVR yesterday (eventually) and am very happy with it, I'm in mayo MMDS area.
    One small problem, i set up a few programmes to record over the following week, one also late last night, but when I checked it today, it had no programmes scheduled for recording?
    How would this have happened? Anything that had finished recording was stored and there to view?
    Would the box have re-booted over night? It was powered up all night also?

    Anyone have any ideas?

    I could be wrong but maybe you're looking for them in the wrong place.
    Your recorded programmes are stored in 'My Programmes' whilst your scheduled reminders/recordings are kept in 'My TV Agenda'.

    Hope this helps, apologies if you knew this already.


  • #145
    gpjordanf1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭gpjordanf1


    murpho999 wrote:
    I could be wrong but maybe you're looking for them in the wrong place.
    Your recorded programmes are stored in 'My Programmes' whilst your scheduled reminders/recordings are kept in 'My TV Agenda'.

    Hope this helps, apologies if you knew this already.


    No problem, knew this,

    But what I'm trying to say is everything it recorded was put in "My Programmes" and work fine,

    But overnight everything in "My TV Agenda" for the coming week has been deleted, so I had to set it up again, but this morning it had cleared the "My TV Agenda".

    Cant figure it out?


  • #146
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,496 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Had a bit of an unexplained glitch the other day too. I was watching a recorded episode of Murphy's Law on BBC1 whilst simultaneously recording the one showing at the time with about a 20 minute 'gap'. Perfectly OK thing to do, I've done it many times before. This time though, when I'd finished watching the recorded version, I went into My Programmes to watch the one I was still recording (also possible, and done many times before) and it showed no program information, 0% disk used, and when I tried to select it it said (something like) "You are no longer subscribed to the channel this recording was made from. Please delete it".:confused: Tried waiting until the recording was finished, same story, and I could do nothing but delete it. Weird.

    Also, the pause function ... the very first time you use it on a channel, it always (on my box, at least) jumps back 2 seconds. If you then hit play and pause again, it pauses at exactly the right spot. Hit the UPC button to resynch, and the whole thing starts over again. Very annoying.


  • #147
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    Just on the topic of stuff stored on the hard drive,I had a load of poker programs recorded from FTN. I went to watch some of them but since FTN changed to Virgin1 I don't have access to view them anymore,just as if it was something recorded from a channel I no longer pay for.
    So bottom line folks,if you wish to keep something,transfer it to DVD.


  • #148
    Mr Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭Mr Man


    Got my UPC DVR a few days ago. Much nicer UI than the old NTL box. Can people confirm the following for me:
    • Yellow button feature 1: Switch back to the previous channel no longer works and there isn't really an equivalent replacement
    • Yellow button feature 2: When browsing, pressing this used to bring you to the start of the channels (i.e. generally RTE1)
    • There is no way to set it to record a series

    Thanks


  • #149
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    Yellow button feature 1: Switch back to the previous channel no longer works and there isn't really an equivalent replacement

    The button below the down arrow marked "p<p" will do the same function for you.
    Yellow button feature 2: When browsing, pressing this used to bring you to the start of the channels (i.e. generally RTE1)

    Not with this UI, although just input a wrong channel number ie 1 and the box automatically returns itself to RTE1 after a few seconds.
    * There is no way to set it to record a series

    Not yet.no confirmation of when we'll get it.


  • #150
    Rosser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 591 ✭✭✭Rosser


    Alun wrote: »
    I've noticed one small, but irritating, bug ...

    When you first switch it on and press the OK button immediately to get the Now/Next display it displays "No Information", and hesitates for a few seconds before it shows it. Press left or right-arrow to display Now/Next for another channel and the same thing happens, even if you return to a channel you've had the information up for previously.

    Only if you change the channel to a different one to the channel it was on when you switched it on does it start working properly, and buffer all the Now/Next information.

    Anyone else noticed this behaviour?

    I have this problem too but now when I switch it on I hit the guide buton which seems to load the data in to the "now & next" display - shouldn't have to do it but it does solve the problem.


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  • #151
    Mr Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭Mr Man


    Cheers tax man


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