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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: Top Cat on May 31, 2012, 04:59:13 pm
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How comez Sky make there boxes out of the same gear that VW use for the diverter valve. :fighting:
I am not exaggerating i must be on my 12 one now :fighting: and it looks like i will need another. The piece of crap wont let me watch anything other than my fish tank whilst recording. :indifferent:
right i'm going in (ringing sky ) someone hold my feet incase i dont make it back. :scared:
The first 10 minutes of the conversation will be. Mr Cunningham can you see a lead coming out of the back of your box. :rolleye:
Follow it until you see a small white thing entering the wall. :rolleye:
Now this bit is important, flick the switch before you remove the small white thing. :rolleye:
Ok, now count to 10 ( no cheating ) and plug back in. :rolleye:
Yep i can confirm it is broke again. :rolleye:
unfortunately sir, you never took out one of our warranty offers that we send you every waking minute of your life. :rolleye:
Awaits for Skys ( murdoch's mucker ) to enter this thread all upset that i dare say sky boxes are pap. :popcornsoda: :jumping: :jumping: :jumping:
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:popcornsoda:
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Ask marley to fix it, he'll do it, you won't have a clue! ;0
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Ask marley to fix it, he'll do it, you won't have a clue! ;0
I cant even get sky's phone number up. :laugh:
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Awaits for Skys ( murdoch's mucker ) to enter this thread all upset that i dare say sky boxes are pap. :popcornsoda: :jumping: :jumping: :jumping:
There may be trouble ahead :popcornsoda: :grin:
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.... Cue, 'Mr Brakes'
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.... Cue, 'Mr Brakes'
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He will make a quick visit but he can't stop...........
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Update : the Scottish girl that i normally get through to has moved to India it seems. :jumpmove: I am in the middle of a reboot. :grin:
She is going to ring me back. :popcornsoda:
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Ok update 2: box has rebooted and it is still broken. :laugh:
Awaits the return phone call. :booty:
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How comez Sky make there boxes out of the same gear that VW use for the diverter valve. :fighting:
I am not exaggerating i must be on my 12 one now :fighting: and it looks like i will need another. The piece of crap wont let me watch anything other than my fish tank whilst recording. :indifferent:
right i'm going in (ringing sky ) someone hold my feet incase i dont make it back. :scared:
The first 10 minutes of the conversation will be. Mr Cunningham can you see a lead coming out of the back of your box. :rolleye:
Follow it until you see a small white thing entering the wall. :rolleye:
Now this bit is important, flick the switch before you remove the small white thing. :rolleye:
Ok, now count to 10 ( no cheating ) and plug back in. :rolleye:
Yep i can confirm it is broke again. :rolleye:
unfortunately sir, you never took out one of our warranty offers that we send you every waking minute of your life. :rolleye:
Awaits for Skys ( murdoch's mucker ) to enter this thread all upset that i dare say sky boxes are pap. :popcornsoda: :jumping: :jumping: :jumping:
Oh dear. virgin are offering a good deal. Cherrio :signLOL:
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New build Steve, or i would. :wink:
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New build Steve, or i would. :wink:
they normally don't worry about that, just dig your driveway up without consulting normally..
Sounds like your dish and cabling have issues and is why your going through boxes quicker then I can slam down a Quarter pounder at Maccy D's.
Ask for your dish and sat cables are changed along with your Sky hd box and that will sort the issues.
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Surely if there was a problem with the dish and cable it wouldn't work at all no matter how many boxes they replace. ??? This new box has lasted a good 8 months. :rolleye:
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Surely if there was a problem with the dish and cable it wouldn't work at all no matter how many boxes they replace. ??? This new box has lasted a good 8 months. :rolleye:
Arh see that's something I know can cause you all sorts of issues and as a customer you won't. The Dish , cables and main 240 volt cable are the most important aspect of the life of a Set top box. 15 years I've been doing this TC. If your unlucky enough to get a sub contractor visit, he will look for the easy way out by just swooping boxes which won't cure the long term issue. If your going though now 13 boxes, these will go wrong but unless someone that knows how to cure a repeating visit occurring, then this MUST be done.
If its not, then I predict another Sky boxes are poo thread in a couple of months ...
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My Amstrad HD box is still going strong after 2 years of use. :happy2:
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My Amstrad HD box is still going strong after 2 years of use. :happy2:
They normally are. I've still got 2 pvr sky plus boxes, both 8 years old, and 2 pvr 4 1st gen hd boxes from 2008 when I moved here, and still on my originals .
People automatically think the boxes are at fault, but the initial installation can be cocked up, purely as one example, a bend radius in the CT63 sat cables being too bent or the engineer hitting the cables by accident with his hammer.
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Ok update 2: box has rebooted and it is still broken. :laugh:
Awaits the return phone call. :booty:
Update ?? :popcornsoda:
Or have Sky haven't bothered to ring back...?
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I've had the same Sky Digital box since 1998! Never went wrong yet , touch wood. (Think its a Pace one)
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I feel your pain! We have 3 hd boxes, multiroom and we are forever rebooting it as recordings keep failing and channels blue screening! This applies for 2 out of the 3 and the third now and again cuts off, absolutely useless and am toying with going to virgin. What's the script with hd and multiroom on virgin does anyone know? Don't think we have the cable in place that's the only thing can this be overcome or not?
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I feel your pain! We have 3 hd boxes, multiroom and we are forever rebooting it as recordings keep failing and channels blue screening! This applies for 2 out of the 3 and the third now and again cuts off, absolutely useless and am toying with going to virgin. What's the script with hd and multiroom on virgin does anyone know? Don't think we have the cable in place that's the only thing can this be overcome or not?
If you have a cable point out on the pavement, then VM will run the cable to your house as part of the install. They will work with you to find the best route - no digging up of driveways
If you go for the Premiere collection or higher then you will get a TIVO (pretty much the best STB available in the UK) plus a standard HD STB for a second room, 23 HD channels, 60mb broadband (not some rubbish upto gimmic you get down a phone line) once the broadband upgrade is complete across the country and every channel you receive on the main box is also available on the second box HD included.
However you won't get Sky Atlantic at all, or Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports 4 or Sky Sports F1 in HD as Sky won't let VM have them - OFCOM had to force Sky to give VM Sky Sport 1 & 2 in HD (only available in the VIP collection)
VM don't have anything like Sky Go at present
My old STB died after 18 months, and was replaced as part of the service - you only rent the boxes, you don't buy them
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Ok update 2: box has rebooted and it is still broken. :laugh:
Awaits the return phone call. :booty:
Update ?? :popcornsoda:
Or have Sky haven't bothered to ring back...?
Correct they never bothered or forgot to ring back. Bloody dish and cable have caused the nice lady to forget. :wink:
Suppose i shall have to go through the whole process again in the morning. :booty:
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Having had virgin for the past few years, i had to change to sky when we moved house, it is so poop compared. Sky is expensive, broadband slow, no movies on demand, customer services are terrible, I would switch back in an instant if I had the choice.
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Ok update 2: box has rebooted and it is still broken. :laugh:
Awaits the return phone call. :booty:
Update ?? :popcornsoda:
Or have Sky haven't bothered to ring back...?
Correct they never bothered or forgot to ring back. Bloody dish and cable have caused the nice lady to forget. :wink:
Suppose i shall have to go through the whole process again in the morning. :booty:
Ask for cancelations dept TC. In will be one in England for starters. tell them exactly what's happened, if you've had 13 boxes now, they will arrange someone like myself to put it right and give the engineer the correct allotted time to fix. they will arrange compensation for your viewing issues.
you shouldn't have to threaten to quit, but this day and age you have to before they will jump.
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Ok update 2: box has rebooted and it is still broken. :laugh:
Awaits the return phone call. :booty:
Update ?? :popcornsoda:
Or have Sky haven't bothered to ring back...?
Correct they never bothered or forgot to ring back. Bloody dish and cable have caused the nice lady to forget. :wink:
Suppose i shall have to go through the whole process again in the morning. :booty:
Ask for cancelations dept TC. In will be one in England for starters. tell them exactly what's happened, if you've had 13 boxes now, they will arrange someone like myself to put it right and give the engineer the correct allotted time to fix. they will arrange compensation for your viewing issues.
you shouldn't have to threaten to quit, but this day and age you have to before they will jump.
I threatened to quit when they wanted to charge me £149+£15 p+p for the 1TB box, i got it for free in the end, just paid £15 for p+p :happy2: