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Does anyone at BT VISION know what they are doing?
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I have been trying like wsg on another thread to try to get the new software form my bt vision box I have phoned several times I have e mailed I have been given all kinds of suggestions to upgrade to new software none of which worked all I can get it factory reset which just gives me what I already have NOT THE NEW SOFTWARE AND NEW MENU what more do I have to do to get a sensible answer I know of a guy further up my street who has the new software and he does not know when he got or or how it arrived
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Why are you in such a rush to get the new software?
I would LOVE to have the old fast 'basic' menu system back instead of the slow, bloated, reduced picture definition 'modern' ui it is now.
Using the service is an absolute chore now.
As already asked -
Why are you in such a rush to get this new platform, HDMI?
But stewM answered your question in post #2, but it appears you choose to ignore his answer -
And that BT page showing the various ways to get the new look is for Vision users whose boxes failed to upload the already targeted software at the first download attempt.
So theres only one thing required to get this new platform - patience.
You'll be even less happy when you see the dog's breakfast you're losing your recordings for,
that bad is it
No. It isn't actually.
Many users don't like it. Yet many users do. Opinion is split on the matter. But it most certainly is different.
The GUI is 'clunky' and one has to be patient with it.
You are recommended to perform a hard reset at least once a week to prevent problems occurring.
Its a totally new menu system which needs to be learned how to use again.
Your box will now work independently from an internet connection.
And (even though its not supported) one can now use Multiroom.And you can now download multiple HD films.
Its not perfect by any means. But it most certainly isn't the piece of trash some would have you believe.
I thought if you tried to do multiroom, the two boxes would eventually cause conflicts with each other?
Just about everything stops if you lose the internet even for a second or two - the box often fails to re-train and requires a re-boot.
The Sony BD player has no trouble (eg running iPlayer in HD at 6.5Mbps even after the BT Vbox has failed to re-train) The old software (on the same box) managed to download 8 HD films in series in one queue - with the new software it has failed to download any after about 50 attempts.
"Random" re-boots seem to occur at just after 3pm, 6pm 9pm etc. - or soon after an HD download is attempted.
"Try again" has never ever re-started a download.
PS when I tried MultiRoom (Companion mode) the second box became a slave and you effectively only had one recorder.
I don't have any of those problems, sorry. But I haven't tried companion mode. And it does now independently work from an internet connection. Including the EPG too.
Who ever thought it up needs to be taken outside , put up against the wall and shot
I was thinking about going over to sky and I think this has just been the deal breaker
Does it boot up without an internet connection? I left BT over 2 years ago and still kept the box, which has been languishing in the loft, i know that i can do software downloads for it via my current broadband provider as ive already done so. But still wont boot up.
Sorry, spookyLX? My EPG isn't like that. Its black writing on a light grey background. And the programme description at the top is white writing on a medium blue tone background. And the channel logo is displayed in the EPG too.
Does yours look like this? -
http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/btvisionbasics.html
(Picture at the bottom).
Your box is still a brick, sorry, as one has to have an active Vision black box account to get the BT Vision 2.0 update. But to answer your question yes, they will now boot up without an internet connection.
yes but that picture is clearer , I have to get quite close to be able to read anything , and it is slow and clunky and a mare to navigate