upc HD box - delay on start-up

Gotham Knight

For the past few days I've noticed when I switch my upc HD box on from standby it takes about 30 seconds to start up. For a while the display is blank, then it says 'Loading', and eventually it decides to give me a picture.

I know this is one of the less annoying issues with the box but it always used to start up immediately. Of course I've tried the usual unplugging, turning around three times and clicking my heels together, but this didn't help.

Has anyone else experienced this long delay? I haven't bothered calling upc as my experience is they normally can't explain or fix things over the phone.

surf board

Gotham Knight wrote: »

For the past few days I've noticed when I switch my upc HD box on from standby it takes about 30 seconds to start up. For a while the display is blank, then it says 'Loading', and eventually it decides to give me a picture.

I know this is one of the less annoying issues with the box but it always used to start up immediately. Of course I've tried the usual unplugging, turning around three times and clicking my heels together, but this didn't help.

Has anyone else experienced this long delay? I haven't bothered calling upc as my experience is they normally can't explain or fix things over the phone.

Is your box on a power saving mode when in standby? You can check or change by going into Menu- Settings- Power saving. Turn it off & set power consumption to high if you want the box to start up quicker.

Gotham Knight

It was on a low power mode in standby alright. I've switched it to high and it seems to start up quickly again now. I know I was browsing through various menu options recently and I probably changed it to low consumption as it looked like a 'green' thing to do.

Thanks for your help surf board. Much appreciated!

djimi

I wasnt aware of this. My UPC box(es) always take a long time to start up. As did my Sky box. I just assumed this is normal.