has your sky box started going into standby?

[cherokee]

yep ours does it as well.. its a pain in the backside..

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Ossywarrior

lolo wait till you have sky hd and nothing ever records due to "power interuption fault"

ring sky up and they want £75 to try and sort it and even though i bought my own sky hd box they still tie me in for 6 months

Switch your sky box of at the mains, take the card out and wipe the gold spot with a tissue, wait about a minute then plug the box back in again. Mine does that occasionally, but that clears it, well it does for me

[entwisi]

Originally Posted by cherokee

yep ours does it as well.. its a pain in the backside..

heh, so turn it off. As Neil said, its in teh settings menu. Look for "Auto power off".

[Neil]

Originally Posted by entwisi

heh, so turn it off. As Neil said, its in teh settings menu. Look for "Auto power off".

after you have turned it off phone Sky and ask them why they changed the software on YOUR box without THEM asking YOU for permission.

[entwisi]

probably teh T&Cs when you signed up for it said that they have teh right to do so if you wish to connect to 'their' service.

plus, I'm not really sure why you are so anti this? its the equivilant of system updates, fixing bugs, improving the system etc? Would you turn off all updates for your PC just because you don't like teh idea of Microsoft or anyone else doing stuff?

[pipinfort]

I can`t say i`ve noticed ours doing it but then again i always put it on standby overnight........................

[Neil]

Originally Posted by entwisi

Would you turn off all updates for your PC just because you don't like teh idea of Microsoft or anyone else doing stuff?

At least you have the choice with Windows and can remove ( most of ) them if they cause a problem or a feature you do not like.

[entwisi]

you have a choice with Sky, its just not the 'popular' thing to do. A bit like me not wanting to run Windows so I invested time and effort in an alternative, equally I could invest time and effort in a Dreambox.

its interesting that Humax now do Sat PVRS for freesat, I wonder if there is any legal way Sky could stop them offereing the ability to use a SKy card to receive encrypted channels? Or even if a monopoly commision would 'force' Sky to release their Intellectual property so that other manufacturers could offer alternative boxes with their own features.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by entwisi

equally I could invest time and effort in a Dreambox.

Not sure if the cards auto update themselves in a non Sky box.

Originally Posted by entwisi

I wonder if there is any legal way Sky could stop them offering the ability to use a SKY card to receive encrypted channels?

It wont come with the ability to decode NDS straight out of the box. The encryption algorithms are copyrighted so would need to be under license.

More change of you agreeing that bikes should be banned than NDS doing that

[entwisi]

Bikes under 500cc should be banned IMHO

death traps the lot of em!!!!

[Neil]

Originally Posted by entwisi

Bikes under 500cc should be banned IMHO

death traps the lot of em!!!!

All those with seatbelts, airbags, ABS, side protection bars should still be allowed on the road if limited to 25 mph

[entwisi]

best road safety improvement they could make would be a 9" spike on the steering wheel and no seatbelts.

That would focus people on their driving