Sky digibox switching off

[Zorba]

Anybody else having reports of digiboxes going into standby ? (auto standby feature turned off) I have had a few and it seems its the Pace DS430 thats only doing it.

 

[ralphmagno]

havent heard of it going off if the standby is turned off.
did you save the changes.
if so there may be a problem with the box or there was a big power flop were you are.
ralph

 

[Analoguesat]

Hmm - theres been a few reports of odd behaviour by 430's over on the DS forum in the last few days.

 

[Zorba]

Its from different customers. I have one customer with 4 digiboxes in her house and the 2 paces go to standby early evening. The other 2 ,Panasonics, do not. Another customer with same pace has same problem. My friend has 3 customers with same problem,started about a week ago.

 

[woborny]

a few calls today from people about it - even when i was at someones house who was saying their 430 has been playing up recently!!!!
- all had 430s...
thought it may be somehting to do with using new cards in boxes and not pairing them up, but has been doing it on a few paired cards also....

wonder if sly will roll back the software llike they did witht he sky+ software a few months ago...or is it a ploy to get people to call up a premium rate number.....

 

[Zorba]

Even with freesat card out it goes off. There is another older issue with the 430's about them losing channels stored in "other channels" which is a commonly used feature over here for storing stronger ITV's etc

 

[Lazarus]

My own DS430N is behaving entirely properly.

O/S 1.2S4FJ

EPG 3.7.6

FSFS White Card

 

[Lazarus]

Ah.

I note that "upgrades" are in the process of being rolled out to:

O/S 1.2S4FM

EPG 3.8.8

I await it nervously ..................

 

[trigger]

Similar Problem here too. Customer asked me to look at his box that turns itself off at different times. Its a 430 too, so at least I can tell him its not just him.

Cheers

 

[Lazarus]

Just had a panicky call from a fellow villager ...........

"My Sky Box won't change channel, turn off or owt else!

Rebooted it, checked function restored and checked firmware status: It had received an overnight "upgrade" to O/S 1.2S4FM EPG 3.8.8 (as above)

Don't know yet whether it will misbehave and turn itself off or not as it's on soak test right now.

But the box is a "Refurbished" Grundig of uncertain vintage, not a Pace DS430N.

So expect problems across the board as this new firmware continues to be rolled out )(-red

I suspect the reason why DS430Ns were highlighted earlier will be due to the roll-out schedule: As I recall from previous updates, they seem to be done in batches by Box Type/Model and by other undefined (to us!) parameters).

 

[Zorba]

Yeas but some digiboxes never recover from software issues,like the excellent Panasonic tds30and the red light problem(where you have to unplug it every time) from a software upgrade years ago. It was never fixed.

 

[MikeO]

I thought my PACE DS430N was on its way out cos for the last couple of weeks its also been switching to standby despite the function being switched off.
At least I know Im not alone now!

 

[Topper]

I think you all should perhaps read and take note of this thread as a possible culprit

http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/...nergy-light-bulbs-can-change-tv-channels.html

 

[PaulR]

If it was c a b l e box then satellite receivers should be safe as they don't use the RC codes that satellite receivers do.

 

[zambujal]

I've been having the same problem. I have three different boxes. the Sky+ box is fine as is the 2600 but the 430n switches off constantly and then you have to wait for it to reboot. at least I know that it is a general problem with the firmeware and not my box dying!!

 

[Zorba]

Well its been quite a while now and I dont know what to tell customers. Wait and see or buy a new digibox ?

 

[Peter Nash]

My Sky + box sometimes just does nothing and I have to unplug main and wait for it to start again.

 

[Zorba]

I assume these Pace DS430's are still switching off ?

 

[Lazarus]

I assume these Pace DS430's are still switching off ?

My DS430N was off this morning ............... rebooted and found I'd finally got 3.8.8.

Must have suspended the roll-out earlier in the year after the problems.

Let's hope it works fine now. They've had 7 months since all the adverse reports to sort it out.