Cainam
02-10-2009, 07:06 AM
I bought a SkyEye T-Link about 5 years ago, and it has been working perfectly since then, up until a month or so ago. I can probably count the number of failed channel changes before the last month on one hand, wheras in the past month I have had a dozen failures.
For instance when putting in 101, sometimes it will miss the first 1, put in the 0, and Sky assumes it wants a radio channel. But I never see it trying to send either of the 1's.
But it does not always happen. It certainly seems to happen most often for EastEnders, but then it will work fine an hour later recording something on Sky One (106).
I have tried the obvious things (like rebooting Tivo, rebooting the sky box, cehcking the code and speed (PACE 20017 medium)), but it still goes wrong.
While things HAVE changed before Christmas (e.g. I replaced the Sky box with a Sky+ one) the channel changes over Christmas were all perfect, so I do not think it is that. And I cannot think what else may have changed at my end in the past month.
I could understand it if it saw other infrared signals, and held off sending the later digits. But the fact that I never see the 1's being sent at all sometimes would seem to indicate a different problem.
Thinking about it, it is often the first thing being recorded each evening that fails, but I cannot remember if this is always the case. Any thoughts? Could it be the Sky+ box is in a "sleepy" mode at 7:30pm when trying to record EastEnders, but the fact I have a failed channel change wakes it up somehow so the next one works?
I am at a loss as to what to try next. Any advice gratefully received!
For instance when putting in 101, sometimes it will miss the first 1, put in the 0, and Sky assumes it wants a radio channel. But I never see it trying to send either of the 1's.
But it does not always happen. It certainly seems to happen most often for EastEnders, but then it will work fine an hour later recording something on Sky One (106).
I have tried the obvious things (like rebooting Tivo, rebooting the sky box, cehcking the code and speed (PACE 20017 medium)), but it still goes wrong.
While things HAVE changed before Christmas (e.g. I replaced the Sky box with a Sky+ one) the channel changes over Christmas were all perfect, so I do not think it is that. And I cannot think what else may have changed at my end in the past month.
I could understand it if it saw other infrared signals, and held off sending the later digits. But the fact that I never see the 1's being sent at all sometimes would seem to indicate a different problem.
Thinking about it, it is often the first thing being recorded each evening that fails, but I cannot remember if this is always the case. Any thoughts? Could it be the Sky+ box is in a "sleepy" mode at 7:30pm when trying to record EastEnders, but the fact I have a failed channel change wakes it up somehow so the next one works?
I am at a loss as to what to try next. Any advice gratefully received!