RE: [OT] Netgem freeview lockups and Tivo

["Crick, Steve (UK)" <steve.crick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not sure if this helps, but Netgem have been beta testing a
software update.

It seems to include a fix for the stand-by problem. I don't use my BT
Netgem box with my TiVo so I don't suffer from this problem, and I have
not tested this update as it is not available for the BT box.

Details at http://forum.netgem.com/viewtopic.php?t=2207

Steve



Headlines of update:

This will be an optional upgrade, though we encourage everyone to
download it.

Digital Terrestrial

Spurious tuner errors fix
Better reception in bad conditions
General stability improvements (no more slowdowns, even when the  is not
set to stand-by mode)
No more green flashes in 16/9 mode
Improved TopupTV CAM support

USB
Improved USB storage support (faster, more stable)
Improved configuration for the supported USB WiFi devices (including
support of spaces inside ESSID name and WEP keys)

Multimedia
Support for OGG Vorbis format added
Better management of playlists (mute TV sound, stop sound when exiting,
display cover.jpg if present, screen saver launched after a few
minutes).
Better support for ICE protocol (for Internet radios in particular)

Network
Ethernet connections fixes
Better support of FTP protocol

Interactive Services
No limit in the number of characters sent by email
MP3 support fixed when reading an email
Many browser fixes (crashes, iframe support, z-index, inlined objects,
etc.)

INFO + OK ('select') reloads a web page

-----Original Message-----
From: John McManus [mailto:jpm.egroup1@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 November 2004 12:08
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Netgem freeview lockups and Tivo

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I have the BT version of the NetGem box... I really like it, if only the
B?"$"( thing would not lock up.  Talked to the support team &
they said
put it into standby... that seemed to do the trick, but then sometimes
it would 'miss' the 'change channel' from Tivo which woke it from
standby & would not be on the correct channel for the recording.

So the solution?  Dug out an old timeswitch that was used in the pre HA
days for controlling a table lamp.  Set it so that it is "on"
from 0305
to 0300 each day (i.e. "off" for 5 minutes).  Also set the NetGem
to
'record' for a couple of minutes at 0308 each day (wakes it from
standby, sets a channel).
This "solution" has been up and stable for 8 weeks now.

This really is a kludge... but it works OK.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 November 2004 09:57
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Netgem freeview lockups and Tivo


> I've searched forums and seen suggestions that Panasonic boxes are
fairly
> stable,  but nothing definitive.  I'd like to hear experiences of
others

I have an old Pioneer OnDigital box which suffers the occasional
lock-up.

Also a new Panasonic TU30? Box which is nice and fast.  Has never
locked up
yet.

M.