Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ntl set top boxes

On Friday 21 March 2008 11:00:39 Tim wrote:
> On Friday 21 March 2008 10:48:46 Rob Malpass wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Anybody know anything about stange ntl Pace set top box behaviour? I've
> > googled around and already got a "technician" out (tomorrow would you
> > believe!) but the stb is behaving very oddly - makes me think some sort
> > of reset (beyond the obvious power cycling) might be the answer.
> >
> > The box has 3 yellow leds (top, middle, bottom) on the right of the
> > display and the 4 character display itself. Behaviour is as follows:
> >
> > Power on then...
> >
> > Bottom LED on - nothing on display
> > Bottom LED off - still nothing on display
> > Top LED on - nothing on display
> > "PACE" displayed and no LEDs on
> > Nothing on display and No LEDs
> >
> > The entire sequence takes about 10 seconds. Repeat sequence for about
> > 12 hours until either a) it works perfectly or b) it locks on one channel
> > and refuses to accept any commands (either from remote control or the
> > buttons on the front of the box itself) requiring a power cycle and I'm
> > back to square one.
> >
> > As I say, I have an engineer coming out tomorrow so no great problem (and
> > broadband is fine and no local problems according to their customer
> > services) but I thought I'd ask in case we have some knowledge on here.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Rob
>
> Don't have a Pace boy anymore, was upgraded to a Samsung box (Pace boxes
> are only good for 2mb broadband apparently). You could always ask over
> here:
>
> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/
>
> There are a few Virgin (NTL\C&W\Nynex\Blue Yonders) bods on the forum, must
> admit though I have not been on the forum for a long time so can't say how
> good it is now.
>
> Tim


You could also check this gys web site out, has some useful info on STB

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/index.html

Tim