EPG changes

wonder what will be using the Interactive Card Slot

http://skydigital.mediabullet.co.uk/...?page=newepg04

Sky Digi Online has received some exclusive information on some major
changes expected to take place on the Sky EPG next week. From Tuesday 2nd
March 2004 the latest software-3.2 will be released and downloaded to Pace
digiboxes. Please click on the links below to see further information on the
changes (including images) taking place in March

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Take your problem else where, as it don't belong here ;oP

No, I've read the article.The info box will only appear the first time you
switch the box on after plugging it in. It doesn't appear if you bring the box
out of standby. They cannot keep this message on the screen at any other time.
That would be illegal, and a company like Sky will be well aware of this, and
wouldn't risk the controversy if they tried something funny.

ADC

ADC wrote:

No, I've read the article.The info box will only appear the first time you
switch the box on after plugging it in. It doesn't appear if you bring the box
out of standby. They cannot keep this message on the screen at any other time.
That would be illegal, and a company like Sky will be well aware of this, and
wouldn't risk the controversy if they tried something funny.

ADC

Besides which, it's not exactly difficult to knock up a dial tone
simulator
Assuming it doesn't try to actually dial out that is...

The "second location picture format" setting looks interesting, but how
can the hardware implement this?
Does it actually have a second video path to the rf modulator, or is it
just a case of toggling the scart pins, rather than manipulating the
image, as it does now...

"ADC" wrote in message
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No, I've read the article.The info box will only appear the first time you
switch the box on after plugging it in. It doesn't appear if you bring the
box
out of standby. They cannot keep this message on the screen at any other
time.
That would be illegal, and a company like Sky will be well aware of this,
and
wouldn't risk the controversy if they tried something funny.

ADC

In what way would it be illegal?

Cheers

Nick

Sima wrote:
wonder what will be using the Interactive Card Slot


http://skydigital.mediabullet.co.uk/...?page=newepg04

Sky Digi Online has received some exclusive information on
some major
changes expected to take place on the Sky EPG next week.
From Tuesday
2nd March 2004 the latest software-3.2 will be released
and
downloaded to Pace digiboxes. Please click on the links
below to see
further information on the changes (including images)
taking place in
March

They all seem utterly boring and basically crap.

How about improving the search facility so you can type in a
name of a programme instead of just the first letter. How
about being able to have information on a programme when you
press the 'i' button as you flick through the programmes
instead of it only being available on the current programme.

Does anyone even use the interactive features, i've had Sky
for years and cant remember using it once.

"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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In , ahahaha
(ADC) wrote:

No, I've read the article.The info box will only appear the first time
you
switch the box on after plugging it in.

And it will appear after every powercut, and every digibox crash/reboot,
until someone is present to press "backup". Thus ruining up to a days'
worth unattended recordings. A normal "autoview" recording in the PP
will resume after a powercut I think, if you had a VCR that waited for
the scart signal.

It doesn't appear if you bring the box
out of standby. They cannot keep this message on the screen at any other
time.

It has not stopped them before. They did it for the low battery warning
until they changed the software. They did it for the people who had
series 1 FTV cards on ITV with a message that kept reappearing. And they
do it with red dots that keep reappearing. This is one more thing to
spoil unattended recordings.

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Kill all Sky's red dots on TiVo! http://www.ljay.org.uk/tivoweb/

It's bad enough that it goes to ch 998 after a power cut or reset. But this
is Sky were talking about, so nothing surprises me.

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Carl

Mike Henry wrote:
In ,
ahahaha (ADC) wrote:

No, I've read the article.The info box will only appear the first
time you switch the box on after plugging it in.

And it will appear after every powercut, and every digibox
crash/reboot,
until someone is present to press "backup". Thus ruining up to a days'
worth unattended recordings. A normal "autoview" recording in the PP
will resume after a powercut I think, if you had a VCR that waited for
the scart signal.

Maybe the '9V battery trick' might have a use after all ?

Sima wrote:
wonder what will be using the Interactive Card Slot

http://skydigital.mediabullet.co.uk/...?page=newepg04

Sky Digi Online has received some exclusive information on some major
changes expected to take place on the Sky EPG next week. From Tuesday 2nd
March 2004 the latest software-3.2 will be released and downloaded to Pace
digiboxes. Please click on the links below to see further information on the
changes (including images) taking place in March


Where is the Dog's and Red Dot, on and off option we all want!!!

Reagrds
Glenn...

"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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****ing hell:
http://skydigital.mediabullet.co.uk/...page=newepg04e
"From now on, when the digibox is switched on at the mains, a message
will be displayed if the telephone line is not connected.

The banner can be removed by pressing â?~back upâ?T, but will continue to
appear whenever the box is powered up (it will not appear if the box is
brought out of standby).

In order to ensure that the message never appears, a telephone line
needs to be connected."


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Kill all Sky's red dots on TiVo! http://www.ljay.org.uk/tivoweb/

What will happen if you power it up & it is connected to a phone line but the
phone line's in use?
Perhaps i'll keep it connected to a 9v battery.
Mike.



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