T-Box Time

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r2b2

586 posts

Ultimate Geek

#157457 2-Dec-2014 10:02

Hi everyone

Just a heads-up that if you have a TBox you might want to check the time it's currently reporting. After finding a whole bunch of recordings that started 7-8 minutes in (my padding is 3 minutes) I happened to notice that the clock was running 4-5 minutes fast.

A reboot fixed the issue and put the clock back to the expected time but I wonder how it managed to get out of sync - would have thought the boxes would be running NTP or something to keep them in sync all the time.

Anyone from Vodafone able to comment about whether this is a known issue?

Paparangi

166 posts

Master Geek

#1186890 2-Dec-2014 10:54

Happens all the time on mine too. Often results in missing the end of a recording 😞

PeteJ

1 post

Wannabe Geek

#1186918 2-Dec-2014 11:35

Hi @r2b2

This is a known issue that has been raised to the STB vendor. They are currently working on a fix to this. The fix in the mean time is to power cycle the box.

Cheers,

r2b2

586 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1189405 5-Dec-2014 15:27

PeteJ: This is a known issue that has been raised to the STB vendor. They are currently working on a fix to this. The fix in the mean time is to power cycle the box. Cheers,

Thanks PeteJ - does the time randomly drift or is there a known interval over which it drifts? (i.e. should I be considering restarting the box every x days to make sure it stays in sync?)

Seems a little ironic that a STB box can't keep time given its purpose :)

540trickzter

160 posts

Master Geek

#1189913 6-Dec-2014 15:33

Yeah, happens to ours aswell. Has anyone else also noticed it's gotten quite slow aswell? Started probably 3-4 months ago...