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Old 12-12-2016, 13:34   #2310
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)

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Originally Posted by mcgillca View Post
Can anyone with a V6 box let me know if the box will still respond to IR signals? I use Slingplayer to control my current Tivo remotely, but this uses IR.

I've seen info in this thread that it will respond to both IR and RF, but when I talked to Virgin, they told me that the V6 box does not have an IR sensor, so I'd have to keep my current Tivo to continue to use Slingplayer.

Colin
The rather bigger issue is if like me do you use the scart output to your Slingbox? if so the V6 does not have a scart socket so you would have to buy a HDMI splitter to get anything out of it.
Due to this reason I am keeping my TiVo but in the bedroom just to keep the Slingbox connected to that.
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