RE: Sky Digital

[Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark,

Just checked the Pace Digibox in the customer centre at work and that is
working OK but my box at home is a Panasonic.

I will see how it is tonight.

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 July 2000 09:11
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Sky Digital
>
>
> New version Keith...
> http://www.diginews.org/news/jul00006.htm
>
>
> 18/07/2000
>
> Pace Owners Now With New EPG Software
>
> At a minimum Pace owners should now have received a new
> software drop which
> introduces:
>
> New Box Office Ordering System
> Digital Subtitling
> A-Z EPG Listings
> Our information section will contain further details on how
> the New Box
> Office Ordering System functions as well as the A-Z listings
> on the EPG.
>
> Digital Subtitles
> As mentioned above, this update also introduced the Digital Subtitling
> feature.  Whilst Digital Subtitles are very nice on the eye
> and seem to work
> well, Sky have seemed to make them difficult to switch on and
> off.   In
> order for this feature to be enabled viewers must enter the
> System Setup
> menu under the Services Button.  From here the 'Subtitled'
> option must be
> set to 'ON' under the 'Languages and Subtitled' option.
>
> What's annoying about this is that from that moment on,
> everything is shown
> with subtitles.  The only way (that digiNEWS has found) to remove the
> subtitles again is to go back to the 'Languages and
> Subtitles' option and
> set 'Subtitles' back to 'OFF'.
>
> Another change included in this software drop that some users have
> experience (and certainly the digiNEWS Pace Digibox has
> demonstrated this)
> is that the Signal Meter bars now show an increase in Signal
> Strength and
> Quality.  digiNEWS would suggest that readers dont' read too
> much into this.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Doxey" <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>
> To: "'UKHA Discussion'" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 8:40 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Sky Digital
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Have Sky done a software upgrade overnight?
>
> We left our Digibox on 160 BBC Choice last night and this
> morning it was on
> 998 the info channel.
>
> What is really wierd is that direct selection of channels no
> longer works.
> Pressing any of the 0-9 buttons on the handset pops up the
> litle blue box
> with the first digit but after less than a second it
> disappears again. The
> only way to get channels is from the TV guide or by the
> channel up/down
> buttons.
>
> I tried a power reset and re-downloading the software but it
> is still the
> same. Anyone else having a problem?
>
> Keith
>
>
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