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Thommo14's avatar
Thommo14
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10 months ago

V6 box won’t start

I experienced a broadband outage earlier and my V6 box restarted and performed an update. Now, it’s endlessly going through the restarting process and is stuck there. 

I have three lights flashing on the box (one being the power button).

I am aware there is an issue with the Clear and Reset function, but I did not manually invoke this.

I suspect all my years of recordings will be lost now. Great. 

I absolutely regret taking out a new contract with Virgin Media. 

6 Replies

  • newapollo's avatar
    newapollo
    Very Insightful Person

    Hi Thommo14 

    Try the following, it's worked for some forum members.

    Turn off the V6 at switch;  then on the V6 box  hold down both the power button and the + button at the same time.

    Then turn on the V6 again whilst keeping hold of those buttons for a further 30 seconds.

    The box should reboot, the power button will turn blue, and it should  reset and boot up normally

    • Thommo14's avatar
      Thommo14
      Dialled in

      Thanks for the suggestion, newappolo.

      Not sure if I’m doing those steps correctly because I can’t get a blue light to come on. When I do the first step you suggested, the box starts up and is stuck there. 

    • Thommo14's avatar
      Thommo14
      Dialled in

      Gave this another try and it worked!

      The box is still acting a bit flaky. Not sure if that’s because it did a factory, but at least I have TV. Many thanks for your helpful suggestion. 

      I am furious that the V6 did a factory reset and I lost years of recordings because of it. Same thing happened months ago with the Hub 3 I have. Rather worrying that Virgin Media’s reliability is getting worse. 

      • Daniel_Et's avatar
        Daniel_Et
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        Hi Thommo14, thank you for your posts.

        We're glad to hear the suggestion provided by newapollo worked, but we're sorry to hear about the poor experience you've had and that you feel this way about us 😔

        When you state that the V6 box is still acting "a bit flaky", are you able to expand on this?

        Please pop back to us at your earliest convenience.

        Regards,
        Daniel