chirpy Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 hi,I video recorded a film which was about 2hrs 30 minutes from Itv and a few minutes before the crunch ending a yellow message ccame on the screen stating "your sky box is about to go into standby" and a ninute later screen went blue!DARN IT!!Any reason for this and solution please?sky box used with uk address but no problems like this in several years I have lived here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sid Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 If the box issued a warning it would suggest that it's not the typical electronic failure but rather some sort of auto standby? I haven't got a Skybox now but I seem to remember that there was an auto-standby function? Have you recorded programmes of this length sucessfully recently?EDIT http://www.avforums.com/forums/sky-sky/495178-auto-standby-sky-box.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJay Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Now that's frustrating, had it happening a couple or so years ago after Sky did an update that put the box on auto standby if the channel hadn't been changed for a while. It could be that, so try going to the Services Menu then scroll down to 5 Autostandby, if it reads as on, then arrow right to turn it off & then down to save your setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 The official line way back in March 2007."The new feature monitors whether people are using their Sky+ or Sky HD box overnight between 11.00pm and 4.00am. If the box has not been used for a period of two hours after 11.00pm, an ‘Auto Standby’ warning will pop up on screen for three minutes. If there is no further use the box will go into standby mode automatically"What plonker thought that one up I wonder. I'll bet 99% of customers turned it off instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 My sky box records whilst in standby mode.regards colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 You mean if you put it into standby it wakes up to do a scheduled recording which I think is normal for a Sky+ box but the OP said "I video recorded a film" which to me suggests a non Sky + box recording to VHS tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 It does not wake up but stays in standby and records, you can also put it into standby whilst recording and the recording continues.The OP also said" amessage came up saying your sky box is about to go into standby"regards colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sid Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I read the original post as meaning that he had been manually recording a programme which lasted longer than the standby period. If there has been no activity on the remote or box buttons it then switches into standby.We could do with knowing whether auto-standby was in fact active on the service menu, but the fact that there was a warning message surely means it's "feature" rather than a failure. I notice that the OP hasn't been back to tell us. Thanks.Absolutely brilliant feature; loads of films/golf etc last longer than two and a half hours. Just disable it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I had JayJay's problem a couple of years back and ultimately swapped my PACE box for an Amstad one which didn't automatically turn this "feature" back on even after I disabled it! The problem arises, as it did for Ab, when a programme over-runs and the box turns off before the thing's actually ended even if have it on Autoview. Similarly, if you're recording two or three programmes in a row and just expect the thing to remain on the same channel, it turns off after the first one, which doesn't happen if you leave the box on all the time. More4 on Thursdays has three detective dramas in a row, for example and you can put just the first on the auto view list, then leave your recorder (DVD /hard-drive/VHS, no matter which) to record all three automatically.I know longer use my PACE box obviously, but it would be interesting to know if this was happening again to others. And to hear from Ab again, as you say, Sid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sam Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 No problem with the Pace box. Once the 'stand-by' mode option is switched off, it stays switched off.Humax boxes also feature a similar feature where the box switches to stand-by mode at midnight. Again, easily disarmed in the menu options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 [quote user="Salty Sam"]No problem with the Pace box..[/quote]Then I don't think it's a repeat of the old problem when disabling the option only worked for a day or two then it enabled itself again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biarritz Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/618958/ShowPost.aspxThis has been here before and may assist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biarritz Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/618958/ShowPost.aspxThis has been here before and may assist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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