Sky box auto shutdown nonsence

On 16 Dec, 17:10, "Adrian" wrote:
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:41:25 -0000, "Adrian" wrote:

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On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:26:43 -0000, "Light of Aria"
wrote:

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On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:25:47 -0000, "John Russell"
wrote:

And do you address the point about Sky adding a technical fault
to users'
hardware without consent?

Too many users wouldn't know how to upgrade the software if told
to do it manually. Equally users wouldn't like to find that they
start to get faults
which others have already found and SKY have fixed. So SKY fix
them and load
the new software in the background. It's no different from having
your PC set up to autoload updates.

I wish there was some way of getting rid of the RED DOT that
appears in the top right corner at times . No matter how often
you press backup it keeps coming back

I found the best way to get rid of the Sky RED DOT and Sky DOG ****
was to unsubscribe to Sky. Since I cancelled my monthly donation to
Sky, this has resolved both technical faults to our satisfaction.

But I don't have a sub to Sky and it's not a Sky Red Dot anyway .It
can be the one on the BBC News or the other night there was one on
another FTA channel.Can't remember what it was but it was extremely
persistent. Might have been one of the ITV channels .

Look at the menus, it's not that difficult.

I have and tried them all that seem relevant .That was the first thing
I did .
Could you be helpful and give a clue if there is actually an answer .

Services,4,1, On-Screen Icon Timeout ON

Yes, but it still comes back - usually after changing channels, or ad
breaks. I don't want it coming back.

The only 'solution' is to add other channels, such as with this
website:
http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html

Light of Aria wrote:

Perhaps, then, they might have thought of such a "feature" 10 years ago,
instead of wasting a decade of power X by the user base.

It was not as if "Energy Star" and energy conservation wasn't around in
the 1990s.

The real scandal is why there isn't a power switch on the Sky box to
turn off not just the RF modulator but the full transformer.

This isn't about energy saving. This is "green washing".

Never has a truer word been spoken.

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On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:01:17 +0000,
(Ekul Namsob) wrote:

Light of Aria wrote:

Who the **** do Sky think they are shutting down devices in peoples'
homes without so much as a formal letter of notice or the basic
courtesy of asking for consent? (Rhetorical question).

snip

I can imagine across the country in gyms, restaurants, offices, and
schools, many others are struggling with this newly created technical
fault.

Under what circumstances does the box shut itself down?

It's fairly well spoken about .Apprently it happened with a recent
update .It happened to me and I couldn't figure out why until I
happened to see something on Dig Spy about it . If the box isn't used
for a while after 2300 Hrs it issues a warning and then goes in to
stand-by if you don't do anything .

I wonder quite how many gyms, restaurants, offices and schools will be
concerned with something that happens after 2300 hrs. Certainly, my
daughter's school teachers don't appear to do much work after half past
three and my gym shuts at ten pm.

Cheers,
Luke


--
Red Rose Ramblings, the diary of an Essex boy in
exile in Lancashire http://www.shrimper.org.uk

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:47:47 +0000,
(Ekul Namsob) wrote:

wrote:

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:01:17 +0000,
(Ekul Namsob) wrote:

Light of Aria wrote:

Who the **** do Sky think they are shutting down devices in peoples'
homes without so much as a formal letter of notice or the basic
courtesy of asking for consent? (Rhetorical question).

snip

I can imagine across the country in gyms, restaurants, offices, and
schools, many others are struggling with this newly created technical
fault.

Under what circumstances does the box shut itself down?

It's fairly well spoken about .Apprently it happened with a recent
update .It happened to me and I couldn't figure out why until I
happened to see something on Dig Spy about it . If the box isn't used
for a while after 2300 Hrs it issues a warning and then goes in to
stand-by if you don't do anything .

I wonder quite how many gyms, restaurants, offices and schools will be
concerned with something that happens after 2300 hrs. Certainly, my
daughter's school teachers don't appear to do much work after half past
three and my gym shuts at ten pm.

It will bugger up any attempts to e.g. record a daily serial while
away on holiday or where the satellite receiver is used as a radio
feed.

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:03:14 +0000, Charles Ellson put finger to
keyboard and typed:


It will bugger up any attempts to e.g. record a daily serial while
away on holiday or where the satellite receiver is used as a radio
feed.

Indeed. But, as the OP pointed out, it only takes a couple of minutes
to find how to alter the settings to stop this happening. It's really
only a problem, therefore, the first time it happens without you being
aware that it's going to.

Mark
--
"There must be a place, under the sun, where hearts of olden
glory grow young"
http://mark.goodge.co.uk - my pointless blog
http://www.good-stuff.co.uk - my less pointless stuff

It will bugger up any attempts to e.g. record a daily serial while
away on holiday or where the satellite receiver is used as a radio
feed.

This is auto-standby, not auto-shutdown, which the SKY can't do anyway. As
others have said, it is greenwash. You don't need your SKY to be on to make
scheduled recordings. If people think that it's little wonder so many people
leave the SKY on all the time.

John Russell wrote:
It will bugger up any attempts to e.g. record a daily serial while
away on holiday or where the satellite receiver is used as a radio
feed.

This is auto-standby, not auto-shutdown, which the SKY can't do
anyway. As others have said, it is greenwash. You don't need your SKY
to be on to make scheduled recordings. If people think that it's
little wonder so many people leave the SKY on all the time.

You _do_ need it to be on to make scheduled recordings of _radio_.

Adrian wrote:

John Russell wrote:
It will bugger up any attempts to e.g. record a daily serial while
away on holiday or where the satellite receiver is used as a radio
feed.

This is auto-standby, not auto-shutdown, which the SKY can't do
anyway. As others have said, it is greenwash. You don't need your SKY
to be on to make scheduled recordings. If people think that it's
little wonder so many people leave the SKY on all the time.

You _do_ need it to be on to make scheduled recordings of _radio_.

You might but mine (a Thomson Sky+ HD) will happily make scheduled radio
recordings while in standby. (Or should I say, "If you don't know the
facts, don't bother posting"?)

Cheers,
Luke


--
Red Rose Ramblings, the diary of an Essex boy in
exile in Lancashire http://www.shrimper.org.uk

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:34:08 -0000, "Adrian" wrote:

John Russell wrote:
It will bugger up any attempts to e.g. record a daily serial while
away on holiday or where the satellite receiver is used as a radio
feed.

This is auto-standby, not auto-shutdown, which the SKY can't do
anyway. As others have said, it is greenwash. You don't need your SKY
to be on to make scheduled recordings. If people think that it's
little wonder so many people leave the SKY on all the time.

You _do_ need it to be on to make scheduled recordings of _radio_.

I'm sure ,in response to a thread in DS,that I tried recording
something then putting my Dodgybox in to standby and the recording (
TV Programme) failed at that point onwards .

Ekul Namsob wrote:
Adrian wrote:

John Russell wrote:
It will bugger up any attempts to e.g. record a daily serial while
away on holiday or where the satellite receiver is used as a radio
feed.

This is auto-standby, not auto-shutdown, which the SKY can't do
anyway. As others have said, it is greenwash. You don't need your
SKY to be on to make scheduled recordings. If people think that it's
little wonder so many people leave the SKY on all the time.

You _do_ need it to be on to make scheduled recordings of _radio_.

You might but mine (a Thomson Sky+ HD) will happily make scheduled
radio recordings while in standby. (Or should I say, "If you don't
know the facts, don't bother posting"?)

Cheers,
Luke

How do you do that when the EPG doesn't have radio programmes?