VF TV on Fibre X (cable ) network, how is it these days

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#209014 9-Mar-2017 11:40

Calling out to VF Fibre X customers that have VF TV ( T-Box) how are those boxes performing these days? Has Vodafone ironed out the bugs with it.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#1733588 9-Mar-2017 11:47

Mine have always worked fine, guess im the exception. But I find less use for it these days - we dont do much live pause, the content from sky is pretty average at best. I don't believe it's really worth it anymore.

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#1734890 11-Mar-2017 17:15

Seems to be okay for me. I just watch TV and record and watch shows. Sometimes the picture can show some pixellation but that could be a signal issue.

It's really slow though - takes a few seconds to respond to menu command or even channel change. There is a firmware pending message on the screen but for the life of me I don't know how to activate it. I have restarted the box a few times and nothing happens. Maybe I should leave what's working okay alone?

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#1734928 11-Mar-2017 18:17

That banner on the guide is talking about The Vodafone TV app for mobiles, not Set top box.

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#1734950 11-Mar-2017 18:46

Well if I go to the Vodafone website it says the latest software release is v3.5.2 and mine is 3.13 so there is an update pending but I have no idea how to update my recorder.

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#1734961 11-Mar-2017 19:14

3.5.2 is old. Your version is correct :) what is the link where you saw this and I will have it updated.

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#1734963 11-Mar-2017 19:23

ZollyMonsta: 3.5.2 is old. Your version is correct :) what is the link where you saw this and I will have it updated.

http://community.vodafone.co.nz/t5/Vodafone-TV-SKY/Vodafone-TV-software-v3-5-2-and-Vodafone-TV-App/td-p/144879

But the release I am running seems very slow and channel change takes ages. But it does have the paired device option

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#1735041 11-Mar-2017 21:28

lchiu7:

ZollyMonsta: 3.5.2 is old. Your version is correct :) what is the link where you saw this and I will have it updated.

http://community.vodafone.co.nz/t5/Vodafone-TV-SKY/Vodafone-TV-software-v3-5-2-and-Vodafone-TV-App/td-p/144879

But the release I am running seems very slow and channel change takes ages. But it does have the paired device option

Change the channel faster by using 3 numbers - Eg enter 001 instead of 1, 011 instead of 11, pad it to 3 numbers. When you don't use 3 numbers it waits a few seconds to see if you're going to use more numbers

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#1742941 17-Mar-2017 19:36

Yabanize:

lchiu7:

ZollyMonsta: 3.5.2 is old. Your version is correct :) what is the link where you saw this and I will have it updated.

http://community.vodafone.co.nz/t5/Vodafone-TV-SKY/Vodafone-TV-software-v3-5-2-and-Vodafone-TV-App/td-p/144879

But the release I am running seems very slow and channel change takes ages. But it does have the paired device option

Change the channel faster by using 3 numbers - Eg enter 001 instead of 1, 011 instead of 11, pad it to 3 numbers. When you don't use 3 numbers it waits a few seconds to see if you're going to use more numbers

That works pretty well. I had no idea. Thanks

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#1743003 17-Mar-2017 20:53

still.... its a bit sluggish and still sometimes locks up.

This according to my mother who has one and when I go around there I certainly feel fustrated when using it.