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Old 09-02-2011, 18:07
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It seems the BBC 1 South East keep sending whatever signal to make the red dot/dog come back on.

Or is it just me?

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Seems Not http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1435155

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Old 09-02-2011, 19:00
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It is the same on BBC 2 England, BBC 3 & 4

Also on HD BBC Channels.

I could watch it in timeslip but then I will get the subtitle bug

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Old 09-02-2011, 19:11
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It is the same on BBC 2 England, BBC 3 & 4

Also on HD BBC Channels.

I could watch it in timeslip but then I will get the subtitle bug

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Does it go away if you press the Green button like it does on Freevuiw
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Old 09-02-2011, 20:14
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Does it go away if you press the Green button like it does on Freeview
Indeed it does! - Thanks for the tip.

Is this going to be a permanent change to the red button dog?

If so I don't like it and always found it a pain on Freeview having to press the green rather than auto timeout.

Not good for some Plasma TV's also.

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Old 09-02-2011, 20:29
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I just had it happen on BBCHD green worked, it dont go away automatically on freevuiw like it used to on freesat
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Old 09-02-2011, 20:38
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I have asked the question if they have been playing on the BBC Red Dog Blog.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcintern...service_a.html

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Old 10-02-2011, 07:07
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I noticed this red button message yesterday whilst using the HDR with BBC channels. The "press red" top right is there continuously and if I press "exit" - yes it goes away but returns after 5 seconds.
Sometimes I get "iplayer" with a red dot as I am connected to the internet.
Why the change?
I too have posted on the Red Button blog mentioned above.
I looked at freeview with my 9200T and the red dot message goes away after pressing green or after a certain time as it used to do on freesat.
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Old 10-02-2011, 09:48
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I could watch it in timeslip but then I will get the subtitle bug

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Pressing OK twice gets rid off the subtitles
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Old 10-02-2011, 10:53
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Thank goodness the press red dog doesnt seem to appear on any recordings.
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Old 10-02-2011, 10:57
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Thank goodness the press red dog doesnt seem to appear on any recordings.
Well, there would be no point as it wouldn't work!

I agree, though. There should be an option to completely disable the feature if you do not wish to use it,

Fortunately I hardly ever watch live so it doesn't really affect me.
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Old 10-02-2011, 11:37
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I agree, though. There should be an option to completely disable the feature if you do not wish to use it,
There is on the humax boxes

Menu > system > diagnostics > press ok > Red green yellow blue green yellow blue > scroll down to 'MHEG Test' and disable it.
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Old 10-02-2011, 11:50
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There is on the humax boxes

Menu > system > diagnostics > press ok > Red green yellow blue green yellow blue > scroll down to 'MHEG Test' and disable it.
Thanks.

I'm going to do that now as last time I chanced upon a programme that I started to watch live the red button thing was driving me nuts for several minutes because I so rarely watch live I'd forgotten how to temporarily turn it off.
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Old 10-02-2011, 13:57
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There is on the humax boxes

Menu > system > diagnostics > press ok > Red green yellow blue green yellow blue > scroll down to 'MHEG Test' and disable it.
Won't that disable all interactive services - not just the "press red" message?
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Old 10-02-2011, 14:17
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Won't that disable all interactive services - not just the "press red" message?
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yep! as Jepson says it useful to disable it temporarily to avoid the distraction it causes when it's behaving erratically as demonstrated recently.
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Old 10-02-2011, 19:44
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According to the BBC Blog they have changed the timeout values back....

On the non-timing out press red icons, we've recently released a tool on Freesat that enables us to swap and change them easily. The original configuration was set for the icons to time out after 10800 seconds (also known as three hours) and you're right, that's just a bit long for most situations. We've tweaked the configuration to make it just a few hours shorter! The icons should now time out after 30 seconds or less.
My box is not on so I don't know if it is fixed.

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