Here we go, the list of problems I have with my Tivo box....
Sound
When the box is recording three programs, often but not always, when I try and watch one of the recorded programs, there's no sound. Switch back to watching TV and random channels have no sound either, I have to restart the box which gets the sound back on recorded programs as well as the TV channels.
Freezing
Just recently when I have been watching a recorded channel, fast forward through the ads and the recording starts showing the buffering ring, then goes black, the whole thing freezes, no TV, no recordings, restart the box.
Fast forwarding
Using the small black button above the blue button on the remote to skip forward 30seconds, on non HD channels, push it 8 times (4 mins) and it skips the ads, on HD channels it goes 10 minuets into the program, which is really annoying as you get to see what happens, so you know who has done it, been fired etc before you watch the program itself.
On demand
It's impossible to watch iPlayer, ITV hub etc because I can’t watch any program without it starting to buffer at some point, then telling me that the connection to on demand services has been lost (C130 error code) I have to restart the box, and go back to on demand, which can take anything up to 10 minuets, so an hour long program can take anything up to 90 minuets to watch, this also happens if I buy a film, try and watch Netflix...
Pixilation
Even before the last set of problems with the service last week, my picture has been pixelating, during the recent problems it got so bad that you couldn't watch the TV, while I had a text saying the issues had been resolved, my picture is still pixelating, although not as bad.
I’ve called the “help” line a few times over the last 18 months or so and always get told to call back, or check the connections, or its an area fault, or restart the box, or reset the box and loose all the settings and recordings, which isn’t something I want to as I’d lose all the recordings and have to go through and set up all the series links again.
Most of these are not recent issues, the sound one has been going on for about 18 months, but comes and goes. The Fast Forwarding issue has been on the box for about a year, it’s irritating more than anything else, on demand has always been a problem, especially Netflix. And the pixelation comes and goes, but over the last couple of months has been worse.
Any suggestions, fixes would be welcome...
