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Old 25-01-2009, 23:13   #1
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has your sky box started going into standby?

mine's started doing it by itself, thought it was dodgy but a few people have said the same thing...is anyone elses doing it?
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Old 25-01-2009, 23:18   #2
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

I have a box but don't pay - so only see free channels.
I ripped out the phone connection to it years ago so that they don't know I am using it - yet I have had that message a few times lately
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Old 25-01-2009, 23:23   #3
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

part of the recent forced firmware upgrade that sky do to your box without asking added a feature to put the box into standby. You can turn it off in the settings menu
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Old 25-01-2009, 23:27   #4
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

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part of the recent forced firmware upgrade that sky do to your box without asking added a feature to put the box into standby. You can turn it off in the settings menu
How can that be? - upgrades happen down the phone line don't they? and mine has been inacessible to them for years
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Old 25-01-2009, 23:39   #5
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

nope they update your box from the satellite
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Old 25-01-2009, 23:47   #6
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

I get a msg on the tv screen saying sky is about to go into standby,very annoying as you have to press back button.
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Old 25-01-2009, 23:50   #7
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

Is this some pseudo attempt at energy conservation - ie, when the programmes you have scheduled to watch are about to end, they 'switch off' for you?
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Old 25-01-2009, 23:58   #8
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

you can turn the standby 'feature' off in the setting menu
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Old 26-01-2009, 00:03   #9
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

Save more - unplug the ..... thing
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Old 26-01-2009, 06:34   #10
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

i think its great, i'm now officially green without even trying

And to have a little box pop up when ive been watching the same channel for an hour or so is a minor inconvenience to the electric I'll save and me greenability lol
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Old 26-01-2009, 07:42   #11
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

But how much do you save? I wonder what difference it makes to power consumption?
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Old 26-01-2009, 09:10   #12
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

The fact that it can shut down all the decoding stream, spin down the HD and un power the video output stages must save a fair bit. In standby at worst its got to listen for a remote action to turn on and run a timer function to record anything in the planner. I think its a good idea IMHO although for the last 6 months or so I've always made the effort to switch it to standby before going to bed.
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Old 26-01-2009, 11:06   #13
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

Its been doing it on Sky+ for over two years now, I've had multi room for about six month and that has just doing it lately. when the Plus box started I thought it was going wonky until I saw the warning one night. The multi room box in the bedroom goes into standby if its switched of for any length of time
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Old 02-02-2009, 21:37   #14
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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
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Old 02-02-2009, 21:59   #15
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Re: has your sky box started going into standby?

Yep mine has started doing that but it was around the time they installed a new box (because the other one was going a bit wonky) and so I thought it was a feature of the new box.
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