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[mrchannell]

We are new to Virgin, and have had V6 boxes installed.  Where can I get the manual to tell me what the lights mean.

Thanks

[dannylau · Accepted solution]

I don't think there is a manual yet as Virgin have not even confirmed a release date (shh it's a secret)

But if it's anything like the old box it will be (left to right) power, connection to network (heart light) remote (light blinks when you use remote)  then Tuner tuner tuner tuner tuner tuner then download firmware update (blue light)

[mrchannell]

Thank you, but like the hub3 it only has the one light (bar) which changes colours and flashes for various reasons unknown to me

Also has some kind of display which sometimes shows the virgin logo (red) and sometimes a Wifi logo (red) but not sure what they mean when on or flashing.  Mostly they are off ?????

Engineers who installed it never knew how it works, we discovered that it has no built in modem - and uses Wifi to the Hub 3 (sometimes!*!*!).

Second engineer today (2 days day after installation) and we have now connected them to my Wired (Ethernet) network to get them to share, seems the Wifi is not fully playing.

Also....  just been informed by a Virgin agent that we are on a trial (Hmmmm).

Thanks again.

[BinghamBloke]

So it's the lights on the SH3 you want to know about rather than the V6?
The lights do mainly stay off on the SH3 and only flash when used so for instance when pressing the WPS button or after rebooting the hub.
There will be a manual somewhere online I guess.

[Graham_A · Accepted solution]

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mrchannell wrote:

We are new to Virgin, and have had V6 boxes installed.  Where can I get the manual to tell me what the lights mean.

Thanks

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The Virgin TV V6 lights are explained on this faq page: Virgin TV V6 faqs

[mrchannell]

It is the lights on the new Tivo box.. engineer said they are V6 boxes.

We have a manual for the hub3.

Second engineer today made 11 calls trying to get WiFi sorted. In the end used my cabled network.

[Ernie_C · Accepted solution]

Wow, 11 calls and no fix for wifi connections?

I, personally, would suggest separating the 2.4GHz and 5GHz wifi bands on the Hub 3.0 and having separate SSIDs for both bands. I suspect this would give the V6 a better chance of connecting to the Hub 3.0 wifi.

[mrchannell]

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Graham_A wrote:

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The Virgin TV V6 lights are explained on this faq page: Virgin TV V6 faqs

Fantastic.  Thank you Graham.

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[mrchannell]

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Ernie_C wrote:

Wow, 11 calls and no fix for wifi connections?

I, personally, would suggest separating the 2.4GHz and 5GHz wifi bands on the Hub 3.0 and having separate SSIDs for both bands. I suspect this would give the V6 a better chance of connecting to the Hub 3.0 wifi.

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Ernie

That makes logical sense to me.  If both boxes are on the same SSID but different bands then they will never see each other.  This would also explain why they dropped in and out 'as they switched band'

Much like wireless printers on a wifi net, they must be on the same Channel, they will not pair across a bridge even if the SSID is the same.

Good spot.

Thank you.

[Ernie_C]

Let us know if this helps things.

You are fortunate to be able to connect wired but many other customers will have V6 and hub in different locations.