Geeks I need your help

Lum

One of the best features on it is actually the simplest, it's labelled "Series Link". While you're on the planner, press that and you can tell it to record the entire series. You'll then never miss an episode of the show as it will automatically record them as soon as they are broadcast.

Guardsman

tonyh66 wrote: »

unfortunately, im already with plusnet and have no chance of fttc, i live in the middle of nowhere 4 miles from the exchange, im lucky to have broadband LOL

It does not matter how far you are from the street cabinet it's the distance from the street/road cabinet that will determine what speed you will get.
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/guide/fibre-broadband.html

tonyh66

Guardsman wrote: »

It does not matter how far you are from the street cabinet it's the distance from the street/road cabinet that will determine what speed you will get.
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/guide/fibre-broadband.html

just checked with BT openreach and my exchange isn't in the rollout plans for fibre......

Sharon87

In response to someone saying turn it off at the mains, don't. It takes forever to power back on again, and if you have things set to record and you forget to turn it back on, then obviously it wont record!

Always put it in standby when not using it though, uses a lot less power.

Also if you're watching TV on a channel you can rewind it up for half an hour I believe.

karenw

Thanks peeps, sounds like i've been missing out for years. My mate has the equivalent on virgin, she says you can choose a song on a music channel as long as it's already played - does anyone know if you can do that on sky plus?

NowRetired

Always put it in standby when not using it though, uses a lot less power.

I have a plug in power monitor and my Sky+ box uses 3 watts less power in standby mode so not all that much.

Probably less than £1 a year difference.

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NowRetired wrote: »

I have a plug in power monitor and my Sky+ box uses 3 watts less power in standby mode so not all that much.

Probably less than £1 a year difference.

There are moves afoot to remedy this, the latest Sky software includes the ability to put the Sky+HD in "deep standby" mode when not in use. This upgrade is being rolled out as we speak.

Sharon87 wrote: »

Also if you're watching TV on a channel you can rewind it up for half an hour I believe.

It's up to sixty minutes.

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tonyh66 wrote: »

can you schedule when the on demand downloads take place? I have a rubbish broadband connection and would want to download between 12 and 8am.

In order to do this you could create a download queue at Midnight (or whenever you want) and the digibox will continue downloading overnight until complete. You wouldn't be able to set the actual time of each download though.