Sky Planner Upgrade

Tesla · 15 Jan 2006 at 23:56

Sky are rolling out the big planner upgrade from tonight I believe.

Loads of channel number changes, lots of new options in the EPG. Your own mini-EPG with 50fav channels in. When an advert of a program you think looks good is on you can press blue and it adds it to your planner.

Planner is now accessed via green instead of 0.

It also apparently cures lots of bugs in the software, espescially with Sky+ systems.

Let me know if/when you get it.

Burbleflop · 16 Jan 2006 at 00:33

It is going to take me ages to get out of the habit of pressing 0 for the + planner. I guess I'll have to setup a button on my Harmony 885 to get me into the planner.

Changing channel numbers will drive me nuts!

Bigpops · 16 Jan 2006 at 01:12

Sounds interesting. It's about time they did something. I've had Sky+ for 15 months, and the only thing that's changed is the colour scheme, and me needing to put in my PIN everytime i watch something rated for adults in the daytime (which bugs me no end btw).

I hope the number changes aren't too drastic. I'm only just starting to remember them.

Tesla · 16 Jan 2006 at 08:43

All of the radio station numbers are changing to 4-digit and start with a 0.

martynsimo · 16 Jan 2006 at 09:39

do u recieve the upgrade vire the phone point??

Burbleflop · 16 Jan 2006 at 09:41

No, down the satellite.

-Ad- · 16 Jan 2006 at 09:47

Bigpops said:
Sounds interesting. It's about time they did something. I've had Sky+ for 15 months, and the only thing that's changed is the colour scheme, and me needing to put in my PIN everytime i watch something rated for adults in the daytime (which bugs me no end btw).

Same

Any idea how to fix that, as it appeared with our new sky+ box after about a week. Bloody annoying.

soundwave · 16 Jan 2006 at 10:03

adfinni said:
Same

Any idea how to fix that, as it appeared with our new sky+ box after about a week. Bloody annoying.

Isnt there an option in services to disable it??

I dont even know our Pin so I cant actually watch anything they decide to implement that option on

Neil

Ben · 16 Jan 2006 at 10:05

soundwave said:
I dont even know our Pin so I cant actually watch anything they decide to implement that option on

Neil

Default if I recall is the last 4 digits of your viewing card number.

soundwave · 16 Jan 2006 at 10:09

Ben said:
Default if I recall is the last 4 digits of your viewing card number.

Will give it a try thanks Ben

Gavin · 16 Jan 2006 at 12:48

nothing here yet...Sky+160

Tesla · 16 Jan 2006 at 12:56

Well technically Sky said that the update is coming "week commencing" 16/01/06.

Sky seem to like doing updates on Tuesdays so perhaps it will come through tonight. Different boxes get it at different times but in the past Sky+ seem to get it first. I have a Pace V1 Sky+ box. I did a forced update but am still on the old software for now.

-Ad- · 16 Jan 2006 at 15:33

soundwave said:
Isnt there an option in services to disable it??

I dont even know our Pin so I cant actually watch anything they decide to implement that option on

Neil

Ive fiddled around in the setup menu, turning pin settings on, then off again to see if that works. But alas, no joy. I'm not sure about fiddling around in the 'engineers' service menu. WHat do you think peeps ?

Ta

Tesla · 16 Jan 2006 at 16:35

adfinni said:
Ive fiddled around in the setup menu, turning pin settings on, then off again to see if that works. But alas, no joy. I'm not sure about fiddling around in the 'engineers' service menu. WHat do you think peeps ?

Ta

You cannot switch it off. It's because Sky are soon to release PPV 15+ movies during the day time. Protected by PIN of course. So this PIN protection in the Sky+ software is part of that too incase you record any naughty films or just scary ones.

Shimmyhill · 16 Jan 2006 at 21:46

Well i hope they fix live pause and rewind, stop faffing around with the menu's and make the Sky+ work

MuvverRussia · 17 Jan 2006 at 08:53

sky have had ppv 15s/18s in the day time for ages iirc? Swear I got snatch over sbo back in 2001/02 in the afternoon one day.

csmager · 18 Jan 2006 at 00:15

Tesla said:
You cannot switch it off. It's because Sky are soon to release PPV 15+ movies during the day time. Protected by PIN of course. So this PIN protection in the Sky+ software is part of that too incase you record any naughty films or just scary ones.

Apparently in the future (maybe in the latest software) you will be able to disable this. They had a lot of complaints about the current situation...

IceBus · 18 Jan 2006 at 02:37

Still no sign of the upgrade?

Burbleflop · 18 Jan 2006 at 07:24

Mine was upgraded some time during the night. I've one an annoyance already - when you're watching a channel and you press record, it records everything from when you switched to that channel, not from when you pressed the record button.

The 'R' indicator on the search bar is a bit flaky too - sometimes it is there when a program is recording, sometimes it isn't so I need to go into the planner to check that it is recording.

Ben · 18 Jan 2006 at 08:10

burbleflop said:
Mine was upgraded some time during the night. I've one an annoyance already - when you're watching a channel and you press record, it records everything from when you switched to that channel, not from when you pressed the record button.

That's always* been like that! It takes everything from up to what's stored for instant rewind! Often quite handy.

* Always being ever since my parents have had Sky+, which is about 18 months.