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lilacglitter24's avatar
7 days ago

V6 box unable to watch live tv

So we had internet issues which were fixed on Friday after 2 weeks of having no internet. The hub was moved from upstairs to the living room.

We have 2 V6 boxes, the one in the living room works perfectly fine but the one upstairs comes up with a message and my mum is unable to watch live tv but can watch catch up or anything that has been recorded. 

The V6 box works perfectly fine downstairs, would it need an engineer to come out again ? 

8 Replies

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta

    Check the splitter by swapping the cables. If the downstairs box fails, then there's your answer.

  • I have switched it off and left it for 10 minutes then switched it back on and put in the white coaxial cable and still the 16%. 

    When we swapped it down stairs it works perfectly fine and you can watch live tv. 

     

    • Akua_A's avatar
      Akua_A
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      Hi lilacglitter24 

      Welcome back to our forums. Sorry to hear you're experiencing issues with your TV box. We want to best help from here. To best look into this, we are sending you a private message. Please keep an eye out for an envelope at the top right corner of your Forum page. Let me know if you have any issues locating this.

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    • newapollo's avatar
      newapollo
      Very Insightful Person

      When we swapped it down stairs it works perfectly fine and you can watch live tv. 

      To complete the box testing, did the 'downstairs' box work when plugged in upstairs?

      Double check the upstairs coaxial cabling. It's possible that it's worked lose or hasn't been reconnected when you removed the hub from that location, or that the small cable adapter either hasn't been attached at both ends, or it's bent.

      Also since you removed the hub from upstairs the white coaxial should attach between the wall box and the splitter (unless you've removed the splitter), and then the smaller white cable adapter between the splitter and the V6.  (The pictures below apply to both the V6 and 360)

       

  • newapollo's avatar
    newapollo
    Very Insightful Person

    What is the error code and error message (for example S101 - which means the TV box can't load the channel information) showing on the TV screen for the upstairs V6 box?

    If you enter the error code into the following page then the online help should walk you through what needs to be done to fix the issue.

    https://www.virginmedia.com/help/check/tv-error-codes/

    Even though you've moved the hub from upstairs to the living room, the upstairs V6 box still needs connecting to the VM coaxial cable that's upstairs so your mum can watch live TV. (That's the first thing I'd check)

    • lilacglitter24's avatar
      lilacglitter24
      Tuning in

      Thanks for the reply it’s error code S101 as the hub wasn’t connected to the internet for 2 weeks so needed it updated so it could show the channel information.  It is connected to the VM coaxial code but this is what it’s showing and has been since Friday. 

       

      • japitts's avatar
        japitts
        Very Insightful Person

        The co-ax cable provides live broadcast TV. The internet connection provides streaming, onDemand & various updates.

        I concur with the suggestion to swap the 2 boxes around. See if the problem follows the box or remains with the internal cabling.