Can’t Play Recordings on Second Box
When I try to play a recording on the second box I get the following message; “Virgin TV1 is offline, or not connecting. Turn it on to watch your recordings”.
I have tried various combinations of rebooting the boxes, and I can play recordings on box 2 after just rebooting box 1 (using the 0/1 switch on the back of the box). This works even if I don’t turn box 1 on using the remote. But after an hour or two it becomes impossible to play recordings on box 2, and when I try I get the message quoted above.
It’s been like this for ages. Can anyone help?
The main box needs to set to fast start or active start so the mini box can wake it up to watch recordings, if it's set to eco start it's like having the box turned off as far as the mini box is concerned.
Active start is the best compromise between economy and usability, ethernet cable is always the preferred connection but if you have a strong wifi signal it should be OK, 2.4ghz connection will give the strongest signal.