rik1471

Has anybody ever experienced this problem. When flicking through Sky Digital channels it goes to the interactive menu by itself, then when you exit it is on channel 999.

???


Just p1ssing me off.

Rik

scoobylover

yeah mine does exactly the same thing. also freezes sometimes when i change channels

MrDBM

mine too, although mine likes to skip to sky news... also seems to lock up now and again..!

GEJL

I found that for the first few weeks/month I had it, it used to crash quite a bit. But it settled down eventually, presumably after getting a couple of s/w upgrades through the satellite?

Or have you had these for some time...?

scoobylover

i've had mine since digital first came out, i started with problems within a month. Problems include the screen being unwatchable when its raining or windy. Also cannot connect to the interactive side of things, 3 and a half years ago they told me it would be sorted in 48 hours, its still not sorted.

Scott W

I've got all the above, and sometimes mid program I jump to BBC1.

ChrisB

Our Pace box has a habit of when flicking through Sky Sports ie 401, 402 etc jumping to QVC on 630 just as you got to SS 3.

Allan

iTrader: (1)

Rik, what box you got ?
My pace box has got so bad now that it wont be long until I bin it.
Will be looking for some quality next, probably a Panasonic, anybody had any problems with these ?
Allan

Huxley

Try doing a Backup of the software seems to cure ours for a while

Remove power hold down the backup button the put power back on keeping you finger on the button until the Black and white screen comes up with some text.

usual disclamer applies i you **** it up don't blame me!

Huxley

ex esa installer!

dsmith

Mine (pace) does exactly the same. Done the old s/w upgrade thing recently but made no difference.

It is a right royal pain in the ****

Deano

Shaun27

My Panasonic does it too and you're not the only one it p155e5 off I can tell you..... I thought it was the box but it can't be if the same thing is happening to so many people, and with different box manufacturers.....

Huxley

I think you will find that all the main boards are the same and they are all made by Pace but rebadged, look at the back of the units they are all the same and it was the same in the old Sky days with Pace,Grundig,Panasonic.etc

Huxley

Shaun27

So what's the difference between the different brand name boxes then??? I know my Panasonic is noticeably faster than other people's Pace boxes I've used.....

Huxley

Core software i think they used to use different version numbers on the old ones, so I would assume they do the same now?


Huxley

scoobylover

i've got a pace box and my mother-in-law has a sony and the sony does exactly the same thing.

GEJL

Never thought I'd say this, but my Amstrad doesn't do this

sgould

How do you do a s/w upgrade. I guess I phone sky, but what should I say as the usual reply is reboot the box and it will be OK. Like all help desks, they are far from helpful.

mega_stream

Turn it off at the wall, turn it on while holding down the update button on the front.....comes on and displays its updating, do not turn off.

Takes a while, after the update, you'll be please to know absolute bu99er all has changed and the box is still a pile a poo

Oh, mine keeps going into weird mode and switches to channel999 aswell.

sgould

My Pace Digibox has no update button on the front, how else can I perform this waste of time upgrade....Please I have loads of time to waste.

rik1471

Good, I thought I was alone.

Still pi55es me off though.

I don't even like channel 999!!!

ukhuskynox

My pace box also does this,pile of pooh !

[Edited by ukhuskynox - 4/12/2002 11:11:05 AM]