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UPC Horizon Set Top Box trial

clint123

Folk's.

I was onto UPC today to get a better deal on my package,
the bloke I was speaking to mentioned a new UPC Horizon set top box due out later this year . anybody know anything about it ?

I done a google search, couldnt really find much,,
but what I did find,,,

You can sync your ipad/phone etc to it, and play music from your phone/ipad on your tv. and photos etc
Its going to hold thousands of hours of recording's.
there seems to be some app store on it, so you can go and buy apps to play etc.

if anybody has more info, would be very grateful, as this new box seems to be taking on SKY ...maybe a UPC V SKY price war on the way

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ted1

DylanII wrote: »

Everything is working perfectly for me now.

My HD stations are working.
M xBox is working.
The box no longer disconnects from the TV.
Everything is playing from my network.

The only issue I have now is that I cant pause or fast forward anything coming from my network.

Complementary Box? Does that mean no more multi-room charges?

I imagine complementary box but attached to a monthly subscription just like getting new phone

Selik

jassha wrote: »

Might sound trivial but does anyone find the on screen font size very small and hard to read or is it just old age creeping up on me.

Yes, me too. It needs to be a little bigger definitely and I'll be mentioning it in my feedback.

jassha

Might sound trivial but does anyone find the on screen font size very small and hard to read or is it just old age creeping up on me.

iDann

Does anyone know if the batteries go in the end of the remote were the Horizon logo is? I'm afraid ill end up pulling it apart if I try.

zacseph

Hey All,
Apologies if this was already answered but haven't noticed it yet...
My current set up has the cable box in the living room downstairs but the modem up in a third floor bedroom where one of my housemates needs to be connected to the modem via Ethernet cable as he needs a reliable connection for work.
Getting the Horizon trial box soon but a tad worried about what I've heard re: everything having to go through this box.
Anyone know if the existing modem will still work when plugged into the cable line, so we could keep our setup?

Cheers XD

DylanII

Everything is working perfectly for me now.

My HD stations are working.
M xBox is working.
The box no longer disconnects from the TV.
Everything is playing from my network.

The only issue I have now is that I cant pause or fast forward anything coming from my network.

bob11 wrote: »

I see from some info on the UPC Swiss site that they are planning a new multi-room box for later in the year, This will obviously work in conjunction with the Horizon box to view content from it ... Interesting idea ..

I see that the Ipod / ipad remote to control the horizon box has also been launched in the swiss market :

Use google chrome to translate automatically ..

https://itunes.apple.com/ch/app/horizon-tv-remote/id532085851?mt=8

http://community.upc-cablecom.ch/posts/5a9c9b5a1f?page=16

In the second half of 2013

- Simplified TV Guide navigation (eg Select future right days)
- Separate favorites list
- New options when deleting recordings
- Extension of the home network functionality
- Optimization of the box stability when playing home network content
- Easier access to radio stations
- Android App
- Complementary box for other TVs in the home

Complementary Box? Does that mean no more multi-room charges?

nakano3153

bob11 wrote: »

The new remote has an RF connection to the horizon unit as well as IR for tv control, see here for further details:
"The new remote control is included among other keys for direct access to menu items, a full keyboard and a wireless connection to the Horizon unit (without required visual contact with the operator)"

http://community.upc-cablecom.ch/posts/9fefeb42f6

Thanks, Alles klar!

bob11

I see from some info on the UPC Swiss site that they are planning a new multi-room box for later in the year, This will obviously work in conjunction with the Horizon box to view content from it ... Interesting idea ..

I see that the Ipod / ipad remote to control the horizon box has also been launched in the swiss market :

Use google chrome to translate automatically ..

https://itunes.apple.com/ch/app/horizon-tv-remote/id532085851?mt=8

http://community.upc-cablecom.ch/posts/5a9c9b5a1f?page=16

In the second half of 2013

- Simplified TV Guide navigation (eg Select future right days)
- Separate favorites list
- New options when deleting recordings
- Extension of the home network functionality
- Optimization of the box stability when playing home network content
- Easier access to radio stations
- Android App
- Complementary box for other TVs in the home

nakano3153

zg3409 wrote: »

Read the thread. It seems with the new remote that some commands are infra red while most of the buttons are via some sort of radio possibly bluetooth. Some of the buttons on the non keyboard side are RF. Any RF button cannot be simulated by the universal remote as it cannot send or learn RF commands. You can confirm which buttons are RF by looking at the emitter on the remote using a camera phone. A camera in a phone can see infra red, while your eye cannot.

Thanks, that what I was afraid of. I did read through most of the thread last night, but must have missed where this was cleared up.

bob11

nakano3153 wrote: »

Self-installed the box this morning, no problems at all. The UI still needs a lot of work - for some of the most-used basic operations, it now takes multiple clicks instead of one.
I'm having difficulties mapping the remote to my Harmony universal remote - I want to add a couple that are not in the Logitech map for the box. But the harmony doesn't pick up any IR signal at all ... obviously there's an IR emitter in there for the TV, but are commands for the Samsung box via RF?

The new remote has an RF connection to the horizon unit as well as IR for tv control, see here for further details:
"The new remote control is included among other keys for direct access to menu items, a full keyboard and a wireless connection to the Horizon unit (without required visual contact with the operator)"

http://community.upc-cablecom.ch/posts/9fefeb42f6

zg3409

nakano3153 wrote: »

Self-installed the box this morning, no problems at all. The UI still needs a lot of work - for some of the most-used basic operations, it now takes multiple clicks instead of one.
I'm having difficulties mapping the remote to my Harmony universal remote - I want to add a couple that are not in the Logitech map for the box. But the harmony doesn't pick up any IR signal at all ... obviously there's an IR emitter in there for the TV, but are commands for the Samsung box via RF?

Read the thread. It seems with the new remote that some commands are infra red while most of the buttons are via some sort of radio possibly bluetooth. Some of the buttons on the non keyboard side are RF. Any RF button cannot be simulated by the universal remote as it cannot send or learn RF commands. You can confirm which buttons are RF by looking at the emitter on the remote using a camera phone. A camera in a phone can see infra red, while your eye cannot.

mollser

Do not like the browse function for channels. It just has now and next (like a generic fta satellite box), the old boxes you could scroll right through to midnight. Also you have to scroll to see the next programme.

The in screen video is nice, but far more functional to see now-next instantly and then be able to scroll to the remaining evenings programs as before. Can't believe the ui designer team omitted this, very basic stuff.

nakano3153

Self-installed the box this morning, no problems at all. The UI still needs a lot of work - for some of the most-used basic operations, it now takes multiple clicks instead of one.
I'm having difficulties mapping the remote to my Harmony universal remote - I want to add a couple that are not in the Logitech map for the box. But the harmony doesn't pick up any IR signal at all ... obviously there's an IR emitter in there for the TV, but are commands for the Samsung box via RF?

SlavD

Thanks Bob and Derek - my port forwarding works now.

one thing to note - the new router blocks the connections from inside the network on public IP, so to test the port forwarding you have to use remote host.

hope it helps someone with debugging....

Evilbart

Since getting the horizon box my ipad drops wifi every time it goes into sleep mode which is annoying as I don't get a push notifications until I unwake my ipad and it automatically reconnects to the horizon box,never had this problem with my old router

Anyone else experiencing this and any solutions,would it have something to do with the horizon box being set to a different security wep,wpa etc

derek4567

SlavD wrote: »

did anyone managed to setup port forwarding on the new box? I got my IP set and it's outside DHCP range, but forwarding still doesn't work...

also all youtube videos in builtin youtube apps display video unavailable when I try to play it.

thanks for help.

The YouTube it applie app and not android their working on it

bob11

SlavD wrote: »

did anyone managed to setup port forwarding on the new box? I got my IP set and it's outside DHCP range, but forwarding still doesn't work...

also all youtube videos in builtin youtube apps display video unavailable when I try to play it.

thanks for help.

There is some discussion on port forwarding here :http://community.upc-cablecom.ch/posts/195151c973, use google chrome to automatically translate..

Including an example of a working case :

http://boing86.ch/nasconfig/

Hope it helps ..

Bob

SlavD

did anyone managed to setup port forwarding on the new box? I got my IP set and it's outside DHCP range, but forwarding still doesn't work...

also all youtube videos in builtin youtube apps display video unavailable when I try to play it.

thanks for help.

FreudianSlippers

I am getting my box Monday. €83/month for 100mb and Anytime World. Doesn't seem that they have carried over my €10 loyal customer discount though. Might ring again Monday to ask them why.

I have to ring apparently as well to ensure the box is not doing broadband and my modem is... Seems odd, I guess they're just going to walk me through something on the menu.

surf board

ted1 wrote: »

Snow via HDMI doesn't sound right.

Yeh, it was odd. Like high def snow

Old hd box is still working ok but have no bb still. when I rang to order they said I had to return old hd box & Cisco modem & netgear router, yet when horizon box arrived, courier said no, hold onto it.a call later to upc and they said hold onto old equipment in case I decide not to stick with horizon.

derek4567

Polar101 wrote: »

Yeah there is a HDMI cable included. Can also be connected with Scart, but not sure who would want that.

It comes with a hdmi cable it for better picture put it has a scart out let on the back of the box

Polar101

hada wrote: »

Having the horizon box delivered next week.

Quick q: does the box come with a HDMI cable or how is it connected to TV? Have a spare cable, but wondering as a matter of interest!

Yeah there is a HDMI cable included. Can also be connected with Scart, but not sure who would want that.

derek4567

I got a Samsung tv and Samsung galaxy 3 phone and the new horizon box and it Samsung as well just waiting on the android app this summer u can record 4 channels at once it great stuff and fast on and of start up

hada

Having the horizon box delivered next week.

Quick q: does the box come with a HDMI cable or how is it connected to TV? Have a spare cable, but wondering as a matter of interest!

Professey Chin

Self install this morning keeping my old cisco router working instead. Took about 20 minutes in total. Still trying to get used to the interface but working well overall. Now to find it on the logitech harmony software

Fresh Pots

Would anyone be nice enough to post up a quick video of it in action?

thelonglad

I got the new equipment yesterday and I'm very impressed.
The interface is slick and very usable. The new smartphone features are very handy.
It's a massive step up from the old UPC gear and I'd even put it ahead of sky.

Polar101

Did the self-install now, everything seems to be working fine. Broadband speed has gone up to 50, and didn't have any problems connecting my PC and PS3.

The only problem is that I'm missing Sky Sports as was expected from the order confirmation I got.

forzacalcio

Glad its working for you, I dont mind issues or waiting around but when two cowboys come in taking the piss and without a box in hand its joke!

wush06

Just had mine installed have to say so far no problems. The lads that done it couldn't be more helpful in the end it was right lads you can go now and let me play with it. Also 160MB download on wired connection sweet.