Tivo V6 remote

Bassmansam · 23 Jun 2017 at 21:19

We have only had the v6 box for 4 weeks and it is good apart from the remote which seems to stop working every other day. Usually holding the channel down button on the box and then the info button on the remote fixes it but the last few tomes that hasn't worked. Only powering it off seems to work, help anyone?

peahead · 24 Jun 2017 at 00:37

Have a read through this thread.

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5...ly-unresponsive-for-minutes-at-a/td-p/3309590

Seems a common issue and apparently the remote can use either bluetooth or RF depending if its been paired or not.

The old Tivo remotes work with the V6 also if you still have that.

signs · 24 Jun 2017 at 08:18

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Harmony-One-discontinued-manufacturer/dp/B0012RHQN4

would this work ?

peahead · 24 Jun 2017 at 09:42

Yes Harmony remotes will work with the V6 box as it uses the same RF as the older tivo boxes.

tom_nieto · 24 Jun 2017 at 11:10

How are you finding the V6 box? I need to ring virgin and try to get one - our previous generation TiVo is horribly slow!

Bassmansam · 24 Jun 2017 at 13:42

tom_nieto said:
How are you finding the V6 box? I need to ring virgin and try to get one - our previous generation TiVo is horribly slow!

Its very good, very smooth and snappy. My parents had the old virgin box and in my experience that was very slow and clunky. Just a shame this remote has intermittent issues.

Jamesyboyjim · 29 Jun 2017 at 12:16

My mate has two v6's and they are really fast, my standard TiVo is a snail in comparison. If you can get shot of your older TiVo box and get a v6 in cheaply its well worth doing.

TheMightyTen · 30 Jun 2017 at 13:39

Jamesyboyjim said:
My mate has two v6's and they are really fast, my standard TiVo is a snail in comparison. If you can get shot of your older TiVo box and get a v6 in cheaply its well worth doing.

It's actually worth keeping your old TiVo as well as getting v6 as the old TiVo when connected into your network can act as overflow storage and you're able to watch your old recordings.

pepp77 · 30 Jun 2017 at 13:54

Ignore

Jamesyboyjim · 4 Jul 2017 at 10:11

TheMightyTen said:
It's actually worth keeping your old TiVo as well as getting v6 as the old TiVo when connected into your network can act as overflow storage and you're able to watch your old recordings.

that's good to know, thanks mate

asim18 · 4 Jul 2017 at 14:46

Virgin Media is a truly unbelievable company. They seem to always release things with absolutely no testing whatsoever.

Same with their dodgy superhub that can BARELY connect to the internet, now a TV box whose remote doesn't even work.

honestly lolworthy company.

Cant believe they're allowed to go around completely unregulated. If they cant even get the basics right they should be fined minimum £500,000 for wasting everyone's time with nonsense issues. There's a massive difference between needing honest technical support and wasting everyone's time supporting broken products that are simply **** from the ground up.