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[Mr Skrunts]

[size=14]Fed up with the rather box locking.[/size] 

This time, blue screen out put on both Scart and HDMI (TV x2, 1 connected to each one)

Panel comes up tochange channel and lets you move arround the choice guide and eveninput numbers.  But wont change channels or display a screen.

Just gone into saved recordings and menu is ok and allows me to play a movie.


Time for yet another call to sky me thinks.

[Mr Skrunts]

FFS - Now I have to keep inputting my pin number just to watch a bloody film.   

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

[size=14]Fed up with the rather box locking.[/size] 

This time, blue screen out put on both Scart and HDMI (TV x2, 1 connected to each one)

Panel comes up tochange channel and lets you move arround the choice guide and eveninput numbers.  But wont change channels or display a screen.

Just gone into saved recordings and menu is ok and allows me to play a movie.


Time for yet another call to sky me thinks.

..........give them a bollocking Skruntie......that is .....if you can actually get through to them

[alunonhisown]

[size=14]Fed up with the rather box locking.[/size] 

This time, blue screen out put on both Scart and HDMI (TV x2, 1 connected to each one)

Panel comes up tochange channel and lets you move arround the choice guide and eveninput numbers.  But wont change channels or display a screen.

Just gone into saved recordings and menu is ok and allows me to play a movie.


Time for yet another call to sky me thinks.

..........give them a bollocking Skruntie......that is .....if you can actually get through to them

And, IF  you can understand a single word of the scottish accent.

[STMO999]

FFS - Now I have to keep inputting my pin number just to watch a bloody film.   

I have to do that quite a lot. Tried to take it off but it wont let me. Fat lot of good it is if I want to record a film and all I get is a blank screen with 'Enter PIN' on it.

[Mr Skrunts]

Powered the box down and reset and all was well as usual.

Decided to add my DVD recoeder to the setup to back some films up.

TV is a Toshiba CRT jobbie, has 3 scart inputs with Sky box being on Scart 1.

For setting up purposes I plugged the DVD Rec (DVR) into Scart 1 on the TV as I had to run the lead round the outside of the cabinet so plugged in Scart 1 on TV, then Linkd the other DVR scart to the Sjy Box and plugged the Scart to TV SCaert 2

Sodding Sky box wouldnt yune in and the wriring looked odd, so reran the scart lead into S1 on TV.  DVR to S2 on TV, and linked the SKY and DVR together.

Now there's no rather sound while watching Sky.
Plus the writing is pink on the DVR.

Should the SKY and DVR be linked together for copying,

Or do I take out one one the TV scarts  and just link the DVR and Sky one through the other



rather things, hate em when not in the mood for it.

[Mr Skrunts]

Just had a look at my new TV manual.  For that it says scarts fom both units to TV (Relevent sockets that is)  But mentions the link scart has to be fully wired, am assuning it means all 21 pins, so need to check.

Otherwise my wiring seems correct unless S2 on TV is not up to the job and may have to use S3 which comes up as EXT3 rather than EXTs or EXT1.  Not sure what the s stands for. :-/

[Mr Skrunts]

All sorted.  Scart 2 on TV not suitable.

Ah well, all sorted and starting to chill out.

Just want a .5 metre (or shorter) and 2 x 1 metre scart leads now.

[tunnie]

If you had a newer TV, i'd go HDMI to the TV, and scart directly from the box to your DVD RW

[Mr Skrunts]

If you had a newer TV, i'd go HDMI to the TV, and scart directly from the box to your DVD RW

I do but this isnt it.

The HDMI does actualy run to the flat screen as will the DVR when I find the other HDMI cable.


Not a problem now, got it all sorted.

Still pi$$ed off with the sky box though, shouldnt be locking up once a fortnight.

[bertiecbx550]

I say we strap explosives to Tunnie and blow Sky up!!!! 

[tunnie]

ours locks about once a month, usually its mother T's fault   

[tunnie]

I say we strap explosives to Tunnie and blow Sky up!!!! 

You will need a ton of TNT, Sky site is massive! Takes about 15 mins to walk from one end of the main site to other, 40 mins if you include outer buildings, then of course there is Scotland, Brick Lane, Chilworth, Southampton...

[Mr Skrunts]

ours locks about once a month, usually its mother T's fault   

But why are they locking up so often.  I wouldnt mind if was was playing about with the remote/settings etc, but the rather thing just locks.

Would they suffer if there were tiny power drops in the system.

I have noticed an odd glitchwith the lights on my illumited keyboard, something (Power wise) clicks in the house and the KB light flicks off/on.  But does not reset the PC or modem which seem very sensitive to even the tiniest power flicker at times.

[tunnie]

ours locks about once a month, usually its mother T's fault   

But why are they locking up so often.  I wouldnt mind if was was playing about with the remote/settings etc, but the rather thing just locks.

Would they suffer if there were tiny power drops in the system.

I have noticed an odd glitchwith the lights on my illumited keyboard, something (Power wise) clicks in the house and the KB light flicks off/on.  But does not reset the PC or modem which seem very sensitive to even the tiniest power flicker at times.

I'll ask around, i have a feeling its disk space. Got HD box down stairs, that as said crashes once a month or so, got a standard + box in my room, its been faultless for months, but always has 60% free, unlike the HD which is usually 10-20%