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Old 26-11-2016, 11:17   #16
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Re: Please document any V6 issues here.

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That's a known error on the V6 when used with certain TVs. A software fix is in development, but in the meantime try going into the Video Output Formats settings menus and unticking 1080i.
Thanks SP, I'll do that right now.

Edit: Each time I untick 1080i, it's defaults back to it when I go back into the screen to check if it remains removed.

After unchecking the 1080i box, it gives me the options of continue, test formats or auto detect.

Continue does nothing but give out the error sound, test makes the V6 test all formats and auto detect restores the 1080i box tick!

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Old 26-11-2016, 13:55   #17
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Yes, it is. It works ok for my Smart TV & other devices though. Perhaps the V6 is more sensitive??



Thanks, I'll look into this



Don't talk so stupid. How on Earth can finding that the box isn't working be "looking for fault"?!

Idiotic statement.

Yesterday evening the picture started going on & off again, am I supposed to just shrug my shoulders and say c'est la vie?

It worked fine again, but it wasn't a 'connect to VM' that corrected it, it was a reboot this time.

If it happens again (after checking Robbos suggestion) I'll report it as a fault. Nobody else has reported any problems with their V6, so I will have to assume that its my particular box that's faulty.
If you go back through your posts on multiple threads, it would appear to most people I think that you were really pounding away at your Tivo, trying to find faults with it. I think your first Tivo must be well and truly knackered by now.

I accept that your 'on/off' issue may be a known issue, but many of the problems you have raised on Cable Forum are the result of the way you go about testing every single aspect of what the box will do. I fully expect that if you had a Sky Q box you would be highlighting similar issues every day.

I use my Tivo to record, play, search and add wishlists, and the only issue I have is the relative slowness of the box at times (although my existing Tivo is now on its way out after about 4 or 5 years of reliable usage). I am sure that if I gave it the kind of pounding you give your boxes, I would get additional problems as well. Do you ever get the time to actually watch any programmes all the way through? If you do, I don't know where you find it!

Just sayin'...
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Old 26-11-2016, 14:09   #18
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If you go back through your posts on multiple threads, it would appear to most people I think that you were really pounding away at your Tivo, trying to find faults with it. I think your first Tivo must be well and truly knackered by now.

I accept that your 'on/off' issue may be a known issue, but many of the problems you have raised on Cable Forum are the result of the way you go about testing every single aspect of what the box will do. I fully expect that if you had a Sky Q box you would be highlighting similar issues every day.

I use my Tivo to record, play, search and add wishlists, and the only issue I have is the relative slowness of the box at times (although my existing Tivo is now on its way out after about 4 or 5 years of reliable usage). I am sure that if I gave it the kind of pounding you give your boxes, I would get additional problems as well. Do you ever get the time to actually watch any programmes all the way through? If you do, I don't know where you find it!

Just sayin'...
I expect my equipment to work properly and seek to remedy matters if it doesn't.

How I use my box is irrelevant, it's akin to saying that someone shouldn't complain about a shower installation that begins to leak after 15 minutes because they shouldn't stay in the shower that long!

If you're happy to pay a price increase for an inferior box and/or not get any technical problems sorted out, that's your business.

Do you have any V6 problems to report? This is, after all, the purpose of this thread.
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Old 26-11-2016, 14:22   #19
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If you go back through your posts on multiple threads, it would appear to most people I think that you were really pounding away at your Tivo, trying to find faults with it. I think your first Tivo must be well and truly knackered by now.

I accept that your 'on/off' issue may be a known issue, but many of the problems you have raised on Cable Forum are the result of the way you go about testing every single aspect of what the box will do. I fully expect that if you had a Sky Q box you would be highlighting similar issues every day.

I use my Tivo to record, play, search and add wishlists, and the only issue I have is the relative slowness of the box at times (although my existing Tivo is now on its way out after about 4 or 5 years of reliable usage). I am sure that if I gave it the kind of pounding you give your boxes, I would get additional problems as well. Do you ever get the time to actually watch any programmes all the way through? If you do, I don't know where you find it!

Just sayin'...
Well I for one have been silently following Richard's posts for months, primarily because I also suffered from many of the same faults and bugs as well as many more that have not been reported. I think it is very unfortunate that Virgin Media and seemingly some of their vocal customers are so much in love with their little buggy box that they can turn a blind eye to so many problems, hence why most of the faults that existed the day it came out, still exist today even in V6 and why Virgin Media have a reputation for slow, buggy, clunky devices, whilst a growing list of competitor products continue to go from strength to strength.

As for knackering something out by pounding away, I think you must be thinking of something else

I congratulate Richard for standing up for what he believes in and not be shouted down and out by ridicule.
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Old 26-11-2016, 14:57   #20
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Well I for one have been silently following Richard's posts for months, primarily because I also suffered from many of the same faults and bugs as well as many more that have not been reported. I think it is very unfortunate that Virgin Media and seemingly some of their vocal customers are so much in love with their little buggy box that they can turn a blind eye to so many problems, hence why most of the faults that existed the day it came out, still exist today even in V6 and why Virgin Media have a reputation for slow, buggy, clunky devices, whilst a growing list of competitor products continue to go from strength to strength.

As for knackering something out by pounding away, I think you must be thinking of something else

I congratulate Richard for standing up for what he believes in and not be shouted down and out by ridicule.
Thank you.

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Old 26-11-2016, 19:20   #21
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Well I for one have been silently following Richard's posts for months, primarily because I also suffered from many of the same faults and bugs as well as many more that have not been reported. I think it is very unfortunate that Virgin Media and seemingly some of their vocal customers are so much in love with their little buggy box that they can turn a blind eye to so many problems, hence why most of the faults that existed the day it came out, still exist today even in V6 and why Virgin Media have a reputation for slow, buggy, clunky devices, whilst a growing list of competitor products continue to go from strength to strength.

As for knackering something out by pounding away, I think you must be thinking of something else

I congratulate Richard for standing up for what he believes in and not be shouted down and out by ridicule.
Well, that was not my intention. I admit I was having a bit of a laugh about Richard going to town on his box, but it was not meant unkindly, and to be fair he has raised one or two important issues.

He's still not getting anywhere near my Tivo, though (sorry, Richard)!!
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Re: Please document any V6 issues here.

It's never really worthwhile rushing to get the first model of anything. There's always load of bugs/errors to sort out, wait at least a year, let others road test it. In Tivo's case the error solving is still ongoing.
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It's never really worthwhile rushing to get the first model of anything. There's always load of bugs/errors to sort out, wait at least a year, let others road test it. In Tivo's case the error solving is still ongoing.
Yep that's my philosophy and has been for many years.
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Well, that was not my intention. I admit I was having a bit of a laugh about Richard going to town on his box, but it was not meant unkindly, and to be fair he has raised one or two important issues.

He's still not getting anywhere near my Tivo, though (sorry, Richard)!!
My mother can't wear watches ,they just keep breaking ,wind up ones and battery ones ,Richard can't have Tivo's ,it's the same
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That's a known error on the V6 when used with certain TVs. A software fix is in development, but in the meantime try going into the Video Output Formats settings menus and unticking 1080i.
Are you being serious? They never FULLY tested HD output? Really? Couldn't they afford to buy a few test telly's then...
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Are you being serious? They never FULLY tested HD output? Really? Couldn't they afford to buy a few test telly's then...
How do you think it became a known error?
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Of the 6 tuners how many are reserved for recordings/on demand and how many available for live TV Can you still have 3 tuners buffering live TV?
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It's exactly the same as TiVo as regards Live TV. All six tuners buffer and are used for recording. No tuner reserved for Live TV.
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How do you think it became a known error?
They pushed them out to the public and THEN the complaints started rolling in. It doesn't bode well, after all HDMI is a standard and has been for years.

If they can't catch simple output handshaking errors in internal testing...
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It's never really worthwhile rushing to get the first model of anything. There's always load of bugs/errors to sort out, wait at least a year, let others road test it. In Tivo's case the error solving is still ongoing.
I totally agree. But in Richard's case it sounds he was stuck between a rock and a hard place so he rationally chose the unknown issues of the V6 against his known issues with the Tivo.
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