RE: SKY box - grr!

["Timothy Morris" <timothy.morris@xxxxxxx>]

Or you could just change your wife for one which is more HA friendly.
Mark Harrison seems to know where to find them :)

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Chasmer [mailto:robert.chasmer@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 09 October 2002 15:25
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SKY box - grr!
> 
> Tony BUTLER [mailto:roaming@xxxxxxx] wrote:
> > When I press the "TV" button on the remote, it switches
off the RGB
> > output on my sky digibox - anyone know how to defeat this
effect?
> > It's _very_ annoying :-(
> 
> I guess it all goes back to the days when you needed to press TV,
followed
> by 3 to watch ITV.  When your watching sky (e.g. in SKY mode)
the
scart
> switching is on, and it outputs say RGB.  If you press the TV
button
the
> scart switching turns off and the RGB output also stops.  Sky
pretends
is
> not there (like when you turn SKY off), but also allows you to
control
> some
> more TV features with the SKY remote.  Pressing the SKY button
lets
SKY
> take
> back control of the remote and switches the Scarts on the TV.
> 
> The only time I ever use the TV button, is to RESET the Widescreen
> switching.  If you press 'TV' followed by 'SKY' the scart
switching
goes
> on
> and off, and resizes the ratio for me.  Other than that I only
use the
> Power
> button to turn sky off.
> 
> Generally I'd use my pronto, as this controls my AMP etc.  If you
wife
> doesn't like the pronto, issue her with both the SKY remote, and
TV
> remote.
> Tell her the 'TV button' on the SKY remote is dangerous!!
> 
> 
> Rob
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