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sammydarlo's avatar
sammydarlo
On our wavelength
5 hours ago

V6 to 360

Ok so VM told us our box was unable to get software updates anymore and would we like to change to 360 "services"

We were told we would get a new box (and to dispose of the old one in an environmentally friendly way), but all they sent was a new different remote, so we waited for the 5 days incase a new box was forthcoming but then found out it was simply a software upgrade to the virgin360 software. Yes we were told any recordings would be lost, fair enough.

Anyway, we have a HDMI cable linked to our living room that goes to our bedroom tv so we can watch VM channels in the bedroom after going to bed on an evening. We have a "magic eye" set up that allowed us to change channels from the bedroom via the magic eye on our living room V6 box and extra remote in the bedroom which works with the magic eye to change channels on the V6 box.

Now to the problem. Since we installed the "new" 360 "app"  we cannot use a spare 360 remote to chnage channels from the bedroom, as i have searched on here in the forums and it appears to be a step BACKWARD from VM in NOT SUPPORTING MORE THAN ONE REMOTE TO THE NEW "SOFTWARE CONTROLLING THE 360 app!!!"

If i had known that before "upgrading,- (maybe that would be better called A DOWNGRADE!)   we would have remained with the Tivo software as everything was working as we wanted it too- NOW IT DOESNT!

The only way round it is to retune the bedroom 360 control each evening when we go to bed and retune the living room 360 controller  next day which is going to be a bit of a pain in the arse to be honest!

Why why why do VM have to make a pigs ear of  everything they do when its classed (by them) as an improvement/upgrade?? they did the same with logging into your account (even to pay your bill!!!) and forced you to add an additional email rather than let you use the tried and tested ORIGINAL NTLWORLD EMAIL AND PASSWORD we had used for years without problems!

Seriously I am thinking of leaving VM, especially with their constant APRIL PRICE INCREASES ABOVE AND BEYOND INFLATION RATES!

We have been with VM eversince they took over NTL who always gave excellent service, but VM have fast become a farce and this latest con in getting people to change from TIVO TO 360 IS NOTHING SHORT OF A CON.

IF VM OFFER YOU THE CHOICE DON'T DO IT! STICK WITH YOUR V6 AND TIVO SOFTWARE or change to SKY! and this was on top of the problems in the box actually installing the soft ware (I had to reboot the box several times to get it to install properly and then the remote refused to scroll down to the OK continue button and we were stuck at the top of the page unable to scroll down to the ok button) and recognising the remote in the first place, and i followed all the instructions to the letter! EVEN NOW the new 360 remote will not work the volume on the tv/box and we have to use the old V6 remote to turn  the volume up or down! and these are only the problems we have discovered since we "upgraded" the soft ware this evening!

AS THE SAYING GOES, IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT!

 

Perhaps VM would like to comment and PERHAPS ALLOW THE USE OF MORE THAN ONE REMOTE ON THE BOX SO WE CAN CHANGE CHANNELS FROM MORE THAN ONE ROOM- I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO CHANGE CHANNELS IN THE LIVING ROOM BECAUSE THE "GOOD OLD SENSIBLE WAY" IS BLOCKED BY A FLAMING NONE- UPGRADE AND BACKWARD SOFTWARE NOT ALLOWING MORE THAN ONE REMOTE! heck even the old TIVO SOFTWARE ALLOWED THIS and VM claim it to be old fashioned and not up to modern standards! (rubbish - it was better than this new poop they have pawned out onto us!)

 

 

3 Replies

  • Mr_K's avatar
    Mr_K
    Knows their stuff

    You've discovered what many others have found out, the 360 is a downgrade for the customer, but an upgrade for VM.  Its a saving for VM as they can use ther own inferior cheaper software, rather than paying for Tivo.

    VM of course dont want you to have one box giving a feed to 2 rooms. They want you to pay for 2 boxes This is also a part of the 360 'upgrade' to their profits. 

    • sammydarlo's avatar
      sammydarlo
      On our wavelength

      I have seen suggestions that the ONEFORALL urc7125 remote will do the job, BUT i havnt heard if it works as 'well as' the VM remote or whether it is just an alternative to buying a second VM 360 remote (which i have stupidly already done, expecting the remotes to work as they did on the tivo system just with a different frequencey) rather than VM's one remote  to one V6 box system. In other words as an extra controller to the VM one and which doesn't need retuning to use from room to room and retuning the original one back in the other room everytime? 

       

  • delboy8's avatar
    delboy8
    On our wavelength

    The 360 Is definitely a downgrade from the V6. I "upgraded" 3 years ago & had so many problems with it. It took 3 weeks of arguing with VM to get a new V6 box because they can't reverse the upgrade. They said the V6 was no longer available but on 1 of my many calls where I was passed from person to person, I had asked for retentions but I passed through to sales as it was a Sunday & they had already gone home, I was told if I payed extra I could have a V6. I was fuming when I spoke to retentions the next day & told them if they couldn't supply a V6 cancel the contract. It was agreed an engineer would come the next day to install a V6 even though I said I could install it myself. It was a afternoon appoint & at 8.00pm they had no idea where the engineers was. Luckily I spoke to someone who knew the value of customer service & he arranged for a new V6 to be sent by courier which I received a couple of days later & I installed happiness since. The person that arranged for a engineer, called a few days later & asked why I had a box sent rather than the engineer. I told him the engineer never turned up. Gave me £25.00 for the engineer not turning up, because that what they would charge if your not in. We then agreed an amount for all the inconvenience caused. 

    I started getting messages on the home page of the tv to upgrade. I contacted VM & told them in no uncertain terms they should not upgrade me & they have put it on my file that there is to be no upgrade without asking me first.

    Hope this helps you.