My box keeps dropping Channels 1-10 and 80-90, why?

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  • David Smith1David Smith1 Member Posts: 21
    edited 28 September 2012, 9:29AM

    Same issues here with my Humax YouView DTR T1000. Every few days we lose some channels, and this causes the scheduled recordings to come up as failed recordings. I have to delete the failed recordings then retune and then I get the missing channels back. I next reboot and finally some time later the scheduled recordings come back.
    This happens every few days.

    Brighton & Hove
    BN2
    South East region

    BTW I'm another David Smith.

    I think we may have cracked it.......the problem only exists if your name is David Smith or you know a David Smith.
  • David Smith1David Smith1 Member Posts: 21
    edited 28 September 2012, 9:31AM
    Let's have an update YouView!
  • studantonstudanton Member Posts: 29
    edited 28 September 2012, 9:34AM

    Same issues here with my Humax YouView DTR T1000. Every few days we lose some channels, and this causes the scheduled recordings to come up as failed recordings. I have to delete the failed recordings then retune and then I get the missing channels back. I next reboot and finally some time later the scheduled recordings come back.
    This happens every few days.

    Brighton & Hove
    BN2
    South East region

    BTW I'm another David Smith.

    Just told my mate David that our friendship is now over!
  • MattManMattMan Member Posts: 277
    edited 22 June 2016, 4:22PM

    Same issues here with my Humax YouView DTR T1000. Every few days we lose some channels, and this causes the scheduled recordings to come up as failed recordings. I have to delete the failed recordings then retune and then I get the missing channels back. I next reboot and finally some time later the scheduled recordings come back.
    This happens every few days.

    Brighton & Hove
    BN2
    South East region

    BTW I'm another David Smith.

    David being that you have put down Brighton did you go to Tideway school
  • Jesse1Jesse1 Member Posts: 275
    edited 5 November 2015, 11:30AM
    Hi MattMan, and Rotty. Thanks for posting. We’re looking into your query and will get back to you with a response as soon as possible.
  • studantonstudanton Member Posts: 29
    edited 29 September 2012, 11:14AM
    Right, It has just happened to me again.
    Switched box on - all recordings there as planned, no errors.
    Guide all channels present.
    THEN
    Selected Dave from Guide
    Forwarded to Thurs 4th Oct to set up Red Dwarf X to record series, worked fine!
    Switched to MyView to check recordings and saw lots of failed messages
    Switched to guide usual channels 1 to 10 80 to 90 missing.
    Does this help Jesse, Piers, Gary?
  • PiersPiers Member Posts: 561 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited 23 February 2017, 2:13PM
    Thanks again for all the information posted here. Our engineers are working closely with Humax to track down the problem, and we've been travelling around the country to collect information and samples from the transmitters in many of the areas that have been mentioned here. As TalkTalk are also trialing their YouView box, we're speaking to them to establish if it affects their customers too, but we've not had any reports so far.

    Apologies. We know that this is very frustrating for everyone, and I will post an update here as soon as we have any news.
  • Joe PrenticeJoe Prentice Member Posts: 21
    edited 29 September 2012, 8:24PM
    Just happened again 20:05 29/9/12 whilst scrolling through the guide. Scheduled recordings showing as failed. Went from 114 stations to 76.... 13 radio and 63 tv. Lost channels 1 to 10 and 50,51,52, and 54. Location is WR2. last loss was on the 20/9/12.
  • David Smith1David Smith1 Member Posts: 21
    edited 30 September 2012, 5:06PM
    Just happened again 16:55 30/9/12 whilst scrolling through the guide. "Dave" was playing in the mini-guide screen. Scheduled recordings showing as failed. Went from 114 stations to 76.... 13 radio and 63 tv. Lost channels 1 to 10 and 50,51,52, and 54. Location is NR28. last loss was on the 21/9/12.
  • David Smith1David Smith1 Member Posts: 21
    edited 30 September 2012, 9:17PM

    Just happened again 16:55 30/9/12 whilst scrolling through the guide. "Dave" was playing in the mini-guide screen. Scheduled recordings showing as failed. Went from 114 stations to 76.... 13 radio and 63 tv. Lost channels 1 to 10 and 50,51,52, and 54. Location is NR28. last loss was on the 21/9/12.

    Also, the "i" button is no longer bringing up any programme info!
  • studantonstudanton Member Posts: 29
    edited 30 September 2012, 11:22PM

    Just happened again 16:55 30/9/12 whilst scrolling through the guide. "Dave" was playing in the mini-guide screen. Scheduled recordings showing as failed. Went from 114 stations to 76.... 13 radio and 63 tv. Lost channels 1 to 10 and 50,51,52, and 54. Location is NR28. last loss was on the 21/9/12.

    Yes I noticed that myself the other day when this happened.
  • Andrew Henderson2Andrew Henderson2 Member Posts: 6
    edited 2 October 2012, 7:59PM

    Just happened again 16:55 30/9/12 whilst scrolling through the guide. "Dave" was playing in the mini-guide screen. Scheduled recordings showing as failed. Went from 114 stations to 76.... 13 radio and 63 tv. Lost channels 1 to 10 and 50,51,52, and 54. Location is NR28. last loss was on the 21/9/12.

    I'm getting the same, this is shocking
  • SintvSintv Member Posts: 10
    edited 2 October 2012, 8:08PM
    Jesse1 said:

    Hi, thank you to Rotty, JK-47 and Tricky for supplying your post codes to help resolve this issue.

    In order to fully investigate this problem, could Phil Morris, MattMan, studanton, David Smith, email us at [email protected] with the subject as Missing Channels and the following information:

    1. The city, town or village where your box is
    2. If possible - the TV regions that you select at the end of the channel scan. (If you're able to receive one region you won't get any options after the scan, just say "1 region only")

    Thanks

    Im in Cowdenbeath KY4 8DP. I lose the BBC channels and the HD ones. Just as I want to watch STVHD for the Man U match..retuning now
  • Andrew Henderson2Andrew Henderson2 Member Posts: 6
    edited 2 October 2012, 8:15PM
    Guys,

    I'm getting so frustrated with this bug in your system. I have the same issue as everyone here. Once every 2 or 3 days channels 1-10 disappear, the most popular channels, that we record on most frequently fail. Then we have to retune, 3 days later it does it again. What is being done to fix please ??
  • MattManMattMan Member Posts: 277
    edited 17 July 2017, 11:31AM
    Hi Anyone that get this problem could you try just powering the box off and then on as I was asked by Youview to test if the channels come back without a retune, as yet I have not had the problem happen to me again as yet.
  • studantonstudanton Member Posts: 29
    edited 2 October 2012, 8:40PM
    Sorry I have tried the classic switch off and let it reboot routine and it simply does not work.
  • studantonstudanton Member Posts: 29
    edited 2 October 2012, 8:42PM
    Is there any chance on an update on this?
  • Graeme MackayGraeme Mackay Member Posts: 38
    edited 2 October 2012, 10:07PM
    We need a fix folks - you can't leave this issue unresolved for such a long time and keep customers hanging.

    Have tried the maintenance mode reset, and still the problem exists.

    When can we expect a fix?
  • Joe PrenticeJoe Prentice Member Posts: 21
    edited 3 October 2012, 8:55AM
    Yet again 2/10/12 whilst scrolling through the guide. Scheduled recordings showing as failed. Went from 114 stations to 76.... 13 radio and 63 tv. Lost channels 1 to 10 and 50,51,52, and 54. Location is WR2. last loss was on the 29/9/12 This is happening too often now. The box is is now totally undependable to use for recordings. Come on support how about a reply? Last thing YouView need is this issue during it's launch and in midst of it's TV commercial campaign.
  • MattManMattMan Member Posts: 277
    edited 17 July 2017, 11:31AM
    I too had this happen again on 2/10/12, I was scrolling the channels getting to high numbers and looking at the connect-TV channels they did not work as it said that I did not have the right device. Then a message bar appeared at the top of the screen saying that the channel number / listing had changed and I need to do a re-scan. I then changed channel to 1 and it did not work the first low number was 10. Youview you need to gives us an update or you are going to lose customers and remember this is a public fourm and people with google before buying the box.
  • PiersPiers Member Posts: 561 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited 23 February 2017, 2:13PM
    Hi everyone. We are sorry that many of you are experiencing this issue, and we're still working closely with Humax to solve it. It affects some customers who receive TV signals from multiple regions.

    We have now captured data from several regions and this will be used to track down the problem. Our engineers, and YouView customers have confirmed that the problem only affects Humax boxes, and as soon as we have any information from them about a fix we'll let you know. I'll post a daily update here.

    Please be assured that this is our top priority. Thank you for your continued patience, and for providing information to help us via this forum.
  • studantonstudanton Member Posts: 29
    edited 3 October 2012, 4:01PM
    Maybe the solution is to replace the Humax boxes with ones from a more reliable source?
  • David Smith1David Smith1 Member Posts: 21
    edited 3 October 2012, 11:17AM
    Hi everyone, in light of Piers last comment.

    Would a in-line signal filter solve the problem?? These filters block all transmissions on frequencies outside your main transmitters output. ie your aerial receives frequencies from two transmitters, you therefore choose to block the frequencies from the second transmitter. Max £20 cost.

    Would this be a solution Piers?
  • gomezgomez Member Posts: 2,073 ✭✭
    edited 3 October 2012, 11:20AM
    Given the imminent arrival of the 4G blight spending any money on an RF filter now would be a waste of money.
  • David Smith1David Smith1 Member Posts: 21
    edited 3 October 2012, 11:23AM
    gomez said:

    Given the imminent arrival of the 4G blight spending any money on an RF filter now would be a waste of money.

    I wasn't thinking of us spending money. This is YouViews problem.

    However they choose to solve it should only be at their expense.
  • David Smith1David Smith1 Member Posts: 21
    edited 3 October 2012, 11:30AM
    I work in the trade & will be fitting a filter which blocks frequencies other than those from my main transmitter.

    I will let you know if this affects the issue.
  • MattManMattMan Member Posts: 277
    edited 17 July 2017, 11:31AM
    Piers quoted 'It affects some customers who receive TV signals from multiple regions.'
    What about customers that do not get the TV singal from mulitple regions why are we getting this problem.
  • RottyRotty Member Posts: 107
    edited 17 January 2017, 7:15PM
    A filter would only work if the channels affecting the box are outside of the channel group you want to receive. For some of us, we have channels interspersed within the same group as the transmitter we want to receive. So it couldn't be a fix for everyone, but MAY cure it for some, if in fact it transpires that is the cause.

    But surely it makes more sense to proceed as YouView are, to fix the root cause not just to suppress the symptoms?
  • Joe PrenticeJoe Prentice Member Posts: 21
    edited 17 February 2017, 1:01PM
    Yet again 3/10/12. Scheduled recordings showing as failed. Went from 114 stations to 76.... 13 radio and 63 tv. Lost channels 1 to 10 and 50,51,52, and 54, single region. Location is WR2. last loss was on the 2/10/12 This is happening way, way too often now. If I had paid for the box it would be on the way back to the shop for full refund' as it no longer provides the service it advertises. No point in saying use the On Demand services in place of failed recordings. As not all programmes are available On Demand and most of those which are available are time limited. Has anyone informed Lord Sugar yet? As he's singing it's praises on Twitter, not sure he will take it well if this is becoming a major issue without his knowledge.
  • studantonstudanton Member Posts: 29
    edited 3 October 2012, 4:14PM
    OK so I have just tweeted Lord Sugar with a link to this topic. I am getting upset now as i have dumped Sky in favour of YouView
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