NTL / UPC / Virgin Media Broadband (1 Viewer)

[pete]

Re: NTL Broadband

ours was down at 8am this morning. back now.

 

[quaidox]

Re: NTL Broadband

you can test the speed here as well, this is where the ntl support person will ask you to test the speed at:
http://www.upc.nl/internet/snel_internet/speedtest/

 

[GO]

Re: NTL Broadband

Mines floating about the 10 mark according to that.

Musta been 20 for about a month.

 

[quaidox]

Re: NTL Broadband

hopefully it will go up in the next few days. if not, they are throttling ya!

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Re: NTL Broadband

Anyone else have cable with these morons?

All the movie channels are child-locked out til 7pm or some bollocks.
You need a PIN just to see the channels you're paying for.

Infuriating so it is.
Is there any way around it?

 

[rettucs]

Re: NTL Broadband

Anyone else have cable with these morons?

All the movie channels are child-locked out til 7pm or some bollocks.
You need a PIN just to see the channels you're paying for.

Infuriating so it is.
Is there any way around it?

not NTL, but I have the same thing with Sky Digital. The channels are child-locked til 8pm.

The PIN for Sky is the last 4 digits on the back of the viewing card. I'm sure NTL must have something similar.

 

[pete]

Re: NTL Broadband

can't you disable that in the setup menu?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Re: NTL Broadband

not NTL, but I have the same thing with Sky Digital. The channels are child-locked til 8pm.

The PIN for Sky is the last 4 digits on the back of the viewing card. I'm sure NTL must have something similar.

I know the PIN. I just don't want to enter it every single time I click on a channel.
To scroll through 10 channels and see what's on them would require me to press 70 (fucking 70!) buttons. I am simply unwilling to live like that.

can't you disable that in the setup menu?

I will give that a go, thanks.
Although NTL themselves have said it's all Sky's fault.

 

[Umfufu]

Re: NTL Broadband

We have NTL/Chorus/UPC but don't have the movies channels.
However, if you press

menu->settings->pin settings->parental control

the first option that comes up is Parental Lock.

 

[Umfufu]

Re: NTL Broadband

On another issue.
After a recent 'software update" the volume control on the UPC remote no longer works on the tv.

This happen anyone else?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Re: NTL Broadband

We have NTL/Chorus/UPC but don't have the movies channels.
However, if you press

menu->settings->pin settings->parental control

the first option that comes up is Parental Lock.

Extra grog rations that man!

 

[Umfufu]

Re: NTL Broadband

Hooray, I'm useful!

To answer my own question, here's how to program (or re-program, in my case) your UPC remote so it controls your tv too.
A list of codes is included from page 35.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Re: NTL Broadband

We have NTL/Chorus/UPC but don't have the movies channels.
However, if you press

menu->settings->pin settings->parental control

the first option that comes up is Parental Lock.

Doesn't work.

Balls.

 

[Umfufu]

Re: NTL Broadband

That's still happening when Parental Control is set to OFF?
That's fucked.


Btw, here's the link I meant to include in my last post.

http://www.upc.ie/pdf/DVRManual.pdf

 

[quaidox]

Re: NTL Broadband

the volume controls on my upc remote don't control the volume on the tv (sony bravia). this is meant to be normal behaviour, but has anyone found a way around this??

 

[GO]

Re: NTL Broadband

Grow another hand Quaidox?

 

[ernesto]

Re: NTL Broadband

Grow another hand Quaidox?

that shit is hott

 

[quaidox]

Re: NTL Broadband

Grow another hand Quaidox?

thanks gary, never thought of that

 

[Umfufu]

Re: NTL Broadband

the volume controls on my upc remote don't control the volume on the tv (sony bravia). this is meant to be normal behaviour, but has anyone found a way around this??

Not alone have I found a way around this, I even posted the answer in this very thread!

 

[quaidox]

Re: NTL Broadband

Not alone have I found a way around this, I even posted the answer in this very thread!

thanks umfufu, that worked!!