I tried to watch Battlestar Galactica on Sky HD tonight while it was 
recording.  As I tuned in late I rewound into the buffer but found it 
extremely jerky, sound almost absent but with a few momentary bursts. 
Further investigation showed that all recordings of HD programmes did 
the same, whether in the planner or using the pause/rewind buffer. 
Actual transmissions were OK, so were SD recordings but the menu screens 
seemed sluggish.

I though "this will need a reboot but I don't want to lose the recording 
in progress so I'll use multistart to see a later showing".  However as 
the programme started there was a loud click and the box was off loosing 
the recording anyway.  All was well after rebooting.  Is something 
wearing out already?
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Peter Pratten
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Peter Pratten wrote:
> 
> I tried to watch Battlestar Galactica on Sky HD tonight while it was
> recording.  As I tuned in late I rewound into the buffer but found it
> extremely jerky, sound almost absent but with a few momentary bursts.
> Further investigation showed that all recordings of HD programmes did
> the same, whether in the planner or using the pause/rewind buffer.
> Actual transmissions were OK, so were SD recordings but the menu screens
> seemed sluggish.
> 
> I though "this will need a reboot but I don't want to lose the recording
> in progress so I'll use multistart to see a later showing".  However as
> the programme started there was a loud click and the box was off loosing
> the recording anyway.  All was well after rebooting.  Is something
> wearing out already?
> --
> Peter Pratten
> Please reply in group only

sometimes that reboot can be enough with sky+ boxes. If you have been
using it a long time you may find it better to clean off and format
the hard drive sometime soon. If you're lucky this could be a
temporary glitch.

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Paul  (We won't die of devotion)  
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In article , Paul Heslop 
 writes
>sometimes that reboot can be enough with sky+ boxes. If you have been 
>using it a long time you may find it better to clean off and format the 
>hard drive sometime soon. If you're lucky this could be a temporary 
>glitch.

I had had it full but it is about 30% free now, mostly seen but left in 
case I want to re-see it.  I keep a copy of the HD test card on it, 
apart from that I suppose I could  clear it.

I was wondering about defragmentation.  There is no such command; does 
the start-up routine, that takes two and a half minutes on an HD box, 
actually do it?
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Peter Pratten
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Peter Pratten wrote:
> 
> In article , Paul Heslop
>  writes
> >sometimes that reboot can be enough with sky+ boxes. If you have been
> >using it a long time you may find it better to clean off and format the
> >hard drive sometime soon. If you're lucky this could be a temporary
> >glitch.
> 
> I had had it full but it is about 30% free now, mostly seen but left in
> case I want to re-see it.  I keep a copy of the HD test card on it,
> apart from that I suppose I could  clear it.
> 
> I was wondering about defragmentation.  There is no such command; does
> the start-up routine, that takes two and a half minutes on an HD box,
> actually do it?
> --
> Peter Pratten
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Now this is the thing, I think it is called housekeeping, but if I am
wrong then you would lose your stuff off the drive. I was hoping
someone more up on this stuff would have chimed in by now. ah, right,
I have found a page where it tells you how, it is at the bottom of the
page, last item

http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/skyplus.html

-- 
Paul  (We won't die of devotion)  
-------------------------------------------------------   
Stop and Look 
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

In article , Paul Heslop 
 writes
>Now this is the thing, I think it is called housekeeping, but if I am 
>wrong then you would lose your stuff off the drive. I was hoping 
>someone more up on this stuff would have chimed in by now. ah, right, I 
>have found a page where it tells you how, it is at the bottom of the 
>page, last item
>
>http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/skyplus.html
>
Thanks for link.  The last time I used that function the box failed 
dismally and required two manual reboots to get it to work again.
-- 
Peter Pratten
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Peter Pratten wrote:
> 
> In article , Paul Heslop
>  writes
> >Now this is the thing, I think it is called housekeeping, but if I am
> >wrong then you would lose your stuff off the drive. I was hoping
> >someone more up on this stuff would have chimed in by now. ah, right, I
> >have found a page where it tells you how, it is at the bottom of the
> >page, last item
> >
> >http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/skyplus.html
> >
> Thanks for link.  The last time I used that function the box failed
> dismally and required two manual reboots to get it to work again.
> --
> Peter Pratten
> Please reply in group only

yeah, that's why I was wary :O)

-- 
Paul  (We won't die of devotion)  
-------------------------------------------------------   
Stop and Look 
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

> I though "this will need a reboot but I don't want to lose the recording 
> in progress so I'll use multistart to see a later showing".  However as 
> the programme started there was a loud click and the box was off loosing 
> the recording anyway.

My Sky HD box does this about once every two weeks, very annoying. 
Housekeeping etc do not really help. It will start getting sluggish when 
watchng a recording, then image freezes but sound continues, then CLICK and 
reboot. I just checked with a friend who also has SkyHD, happens to him as 
well, so my bet would be a software glitch of some sort.

Peter

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>> I though "this will need a reboot but I don't want to lose the recording 
>> in progress so I'll use multistart to see a later showing".  However as 
>> the programme started there was a loud click and the box was off loosing 
>> the recording anyway.
>
> My Sky HD box does this about once every two weeks, very annoying. 
> Housekeeping etc do not really help. It will start getting sluggish when 
> watchng a recording, then image freezes but sound continues, then CLICK 
> and reboot. I just checked with a friend who also has SkyHD, happens to 
> him as well, so my bet would be a software glitch of some sort.
>
> Peter
>

I'm sure I read here or somewhere else recently that these boxes are a bit 
notorious for powers supply problems.  Could this be the cause of the 
problems?   Take a look here  http://www.satcure.com/accs/page12.htm#thomson

Chas