More than one Vision box??

myruby · 21-05-2010, 18:46

Hi, has anyone any idea if it's possible to run more than one BT Vision Box in the house. I've got Sky downstairs and BT Vision in my bedroon and my daughter asked me if she can have a BT V Box in her room as well.
Any help much appreciated!

myruby.

alexdn32 · 21-05-2010, 20:21

Hello there , I have got 2 BT Vision boxes running in the same house . But whatever you record on one will appear on the other!! You also cannot both access the On Demand content at the same time as this will crash BOTH Boxes and both will need restarting .

Hope this helps

myruby · 22-05-2010, 01:54

Thankyou very much for your reply. I wondered if that was the case and that you couldn't use them to record independantly. I subscribe to the replay facility so I assume my daughter could watch missed programmes if she wanted to, obviously as long as I wasn't watching a different programme at the same time.

myruby.

ncmoody · 09-06-2010, 11:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexdn32

whatever you record on one will appear on the other!!

It appears on the menu, but is it actually recorded on both boxes or just on the one that the record was setup on?

intercept · 10-06-2010, 11:19

The actual recording will be on the disk of the most recently connected box and only be playable on that box. The Recordings menu only seems to be able to exist on one box at a time - the one that booted last. If the boxes are all left switched on then the recording capability will stay with one device, but if the boxes are switched off/on independently then chaos will ensue with new recordings being stored on whichever box was switched on last. The line from BT is that they only support 1 box, but if you can live with the limitations above then multi-box does seem to be possible.

ncmoody · 10-06-2010, 13:00

Thats interesting, I have read various pieces on various fora nad all seem to report assorted problems.
I wonder if anybody has actually tried it and has first hand info.

No disrespect Intercept, your explanation sounds plausable but I have also read that if you attempt to access the recorded programmes on the box they were not recorded on the box crashes and when you go to the other box it also crashes, or the recordings have disappeared

Looks like I need to get a second box from the old car boot sale and try it myself and repore back, unless someone has already done it.

n2000uk · 18-06-2010, 08:59

Please see
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1275335

21-05-2010, 18:46	#1
myruby Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	More than one Vision box?? Hi, has anyone any idea if it's possible to run more than one BT Vision Box in the house. I've got Sky downstairs and BT Vision in my bedroon and my daughter asked me if she can have a BT V Box in her room as well. Any help much appreciated! myruby.

21-05-2010, 20:21	#2
alexdn32 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Biggleswade Posts: 269	Hello there , I have got 2 BT Vision boxes running in the same house . But whatever you record on one will appear on the other!! You also cannot both access the On Demand content at the same time as this will crash BOTH Boxes and both will need restarting . Hope this helps

22-05-2010, 01:54	#3
myruby Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	Thankyou very much for your reply. I wondered if that was the case and that you couldn't use them to record independantly. I subscribe to the replay facility so I assume my daughter could watch missed programmes if she wanted to, obviously as long as I wasn't watching a different programme at the same time. myruby.

09-06-2010, 11:05	#4
ncmoody Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Worcester UK Posts: 12	Quote: Originally Posted by alexdn32 whatever you record on one will appear on the other!! It appears on the menu, but is it *actually* recorded on both boxes or just on the one that the record was setup on?

10-06-2010, 11:19	#5
intercept Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 311	The actual recording will be on the disk of the most recently connected box and only be playable on that box. The Recordings menu only seems to be able to exist on one box at a time - the one that booted last. If the boxes are all left switched on then the recording capability will stay with one device, but if the boxes are switched off/on independently then chaos will ensue with new recordings being stored on whichever box was switched on last. The line from BT is that they only support 1 box, but if you can live with the limitations above then multi-box does seem to be possible.

10-06-2010, 13:00	#6
ncmoody Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Worcester UK Posts: 12	Thats interesting, I have read various pieces on various fora nad all seem to report assorted problems. I wonder if anybody has actually tried it and has first hand info. No disrespect Intercept, your explanation sounds plausable but I have also read that if you attempt to access the recorded programmes on the box they were not recorded on the box crashes and when you go to the other box it also crashes, or the recordings have disappeared Looks like I need to get a second box from the old car boot sale and try it myself and repore back, unless someone has already done it.

18-06-2010, 08:59	#7
n2000uk Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 12	Please see http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1275335

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