f***in' upc remote control

gdavis · 29-10-2012 08:43AM #1

is it just me or are they the worst control ever?it never reads what u are pressing til its too late,i.e. u want say,number 407,press it on remote but it only registers the 7,then automatically goes to page 100 where craig f****ng doyle is saying how easy on demand on upc is,the annoying tit!As for the on demand,that just seems to turn itself on when it chooses and takes an eternity to get back to the tv grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad:

Ghandee · 29-10-2012 08:48AM

gdavis wrote: »

is it just me or are they the worst control ever?it never reads what u are pressing til its too late,i.e. u want say,number 407,press it on remote but it only registers the 7,then automatically goes to page 100 where craig f****ng doyle is saying how easy on demand on upc is,the annoying tit!As for the on demand,that just seems to turn itself on when it chooses and takes an eternity to get back to the tv grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad:

You need to seduce it first OP.

Alcohol,, flattering words, and a water based lube, that'll sort it.

Garzorico · 29-10-2012 08:48AM

Drives me bananas.

longshanks · 29-10-2012 08:53AM

Ghandee wrote: »

You need to seduce it first OP.

Alcohol,, flattering words, and a water based lube, that'll sort it.

The sky remote seduces you. It's a filthy little bitch, I love it.

iDave · 29-10-2012 08:54AM

same here the remote is awful. never recognises the buttons you press

mongol · 29-10-2012 09:08AM

I thought it was just me. Occassionally does work for almost three digits in a row so long as it's pointed at 31 to 34.5 degree to a mirror the opposite end of the room every second Tuesday. It will not work when pointed directly at the box from any distance. Remote must be held gangsta shooty styley. Unfortunately on demand is not available in my area yet according to the message meaning it's not available in Dublin city yet.

Swampy · 29-10-2012 09:10AM

Every fifth channel change it goes back to page 100. I hate it with a passion.

Sarn · 29-10-2012 09:10AM

That's why I hardly ever use it. Apparently some TVs interfere with how the remote works. In my case if my TV has just been turned on, the UPC remote takes about five minutes before it starts working properly, something to do with power save mode on my TV. :rolleyes:

gdavis · 29-10-2012 09:19AM

or then there are the times when it just freezes for no apparent reason and u think that maybe if u press the buttons as hard as u can while shouting obscenities at it it will somehow work,which,incidentally it doesnt,so u have to press the power button on it to knock it off and then wait for ever for it to rejig itself thus usually missing goal/cliffhanger ending/main part of movie etc. drives me f*ckin barmy

up for anything · 29-10-2012 09:20AM

I went through 5 of them in two years. :mad:

suicide_circus · 29-10-2012 09:41AM

Yep they are fairly crap alright

Shane-KornSpace · 29-10-2012 09:45AM

I told UPC i was cancelling.
He asked why.
"Because your hardware is shiite".
Offered me half price UPC.
"youd wanna be paying me for using those remotes!"

DainBramage · 29-10-2012 09:54AM

It is indeed a piece of ****. impossible to get out of some of the menus. also why does ****ing rte/tv3 player keep activating when u are trying to watch something?

kodoherty93 · 29-10-2012 09:57AM

I phoned up to complain about and they told me I would have to pay the shipping to ship it to limerick for them.

Like I have paid UPC for 5 years don't be greedy ***** and just replace the ****ty remote thats cheap ****ty because it's cheap.

Some of they're staff have serious attitude problems

mfceiling · 29-10-2012 10:00AM

Sky FTW....

face1990 · 29-10-2012 10:07AM

Mine gets confused at times and decides I must have pressed '5'. Always 5, never any other number. And that of course brings me back to the craig doyle channel (a phrase which sends shivers down my spine).

quickbeam · 29-10-2012 10:13AM

Wow, I always thought it was just me doing something wrong. Great to know it really is a crap remote.

Still prefer it to Sky, at least I can pause and record on ITV.

hipdoobloon · 29-10-2012 10:35AM

Agree with all the above comments that the remote is ****e but something that helps is by turning off the power saving option in the the tv menu as it stops the interference between the UPC remote / UPC digibox and the tv . Hope this helps

ted1 · 29-10-2012 10:39AM

It's caused.by IR interference which is as a result of the back lighting in the telly. Close the curtains and take a picture of your tv. The glow around the tv is the cause of this. A new remote won't solve your problem.
Move the Box as far away from the tv as possible. Block channel 100 in the settings.

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 29-10-2012 10:40AM

Fuppin hate UPC. Between that numpty craig "cardboard" doyle, the asthetically displeasing box and a stupid remote control that requires a battery change every week....I should have stuck with Sky.

Mimikyu · 29-10-2012 10:42AM

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lertsnim · 29-10-2012 10:43AM

quickbeam wrote: »

Still prefer it to Sky, at least I can pause and record on ITV.

Could do that on FTA satellite too if ITV bothered to show something decent

ted1 · 29-10-2012 10:44AM

It may be the frequency of the ir used or it has a lower power output which is designed to save batterys.

El Guapo! · 29-10-2012 11:02AM

Poxy tv provider. If I pull up the TV guide, it takes all fúckin night to see what's on. When I press the page down button it doesn't change the page, so in press it s couple more times in frustration and it shoots down about ten pages and then bang...........Craig fúckin Doyle again.
I only keep UPC around for their broadband. The TV service is tripe.

cloud493 · 29-10-2012 11:10AM

I'm a recent convert to UPC myself. It's bloody terrible :mad:

phasers · 29-10-2012 11:10AM

The remote is fcuking stupid, every time I'm using it I have to look at it to make sure it's not upside down.

The TV guide is hideously slow

The record function never works properly, if I have two programmes in a row set to record on any channel it won't record the second one

Craig Doyle is a prick

The remote is unresponsive at the best of times and Info TV makes me want to smash the box

Nazaca1 · 01-11-2012 06:34AM

Is there anyway to change it so that f****ng twat doyle doesnt show up everytime I press a fecking number he shows up

Ken. · 01-11-2012 07:08AM

Nazaca1 wrote: »

Is there anyway to change it so that f****ng twat doyle doesnt show up everytime I press a fecking number he shows up

Yes, go to guide,press the green button for settings,scroll down to lock/unlock. Then scroll to channel 100 and hit the yellow button. Enter your code,hit ok and never have to see that fückwit again.

Shanannigan · 01-11-2012 07:11AM

this is the way it goes for me usually (for example when going to Film 4): *press 3* *press 2* *skips straight back to upc bull**** "we're so awesome" channel* *throw remote across the room while spitting expletives*
nobody does tv like UPC, and I mean nobody... because it's ****e...

Shanannigan · 01-11-2012 07:15AM

also... the annoying, cheaply made trailers for the movies and stuff on the on demand channel... how irritating are they!?!?

Pride Fighter · 01-11-2012 07:18AM

Happens with me too.

I forgive them however because I have free ESPN and 30 MB broadband.

f***in' upc remote control

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