Sky On Demand - slow download?
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Got my little Sky on demand connector box last week, connected it up to our Sky+HD box and duly recorded the first episode of Hostages from 4OD becasue we'd missed it....
Anyway this 45 minute non-hd programme took well over an hour to download (file size was shown as 654MB) - is this normal or do I have a problem with some piece of equipment?
We're using Sky wireless broadband via a Sky hub...
Cheers
CofB
Anyway this 45 minute non-hd programme took well over an hour to download (file size was shown as 654MB) - is this normal or do I have a problem with some piece of equipment?
We're using Sky wireless broadband via a Sky hub...
Cheers
CofB
My parents are having the same problem - all other wireless devices in the house run fine, it's just the Sky kit that is sluggish.
I've not done any fault finding just yet (the first step will be to run a cable between Sky box and router and check the wired download speed) but, after a quick Google over the weekend, it appears that this may be a fairly common problem.
FWIW, I'm with Sky Broadband and I use a wired connection between HD box and router and it's less than 3 seconds between the 'Starting Download' and 'Available to View' messages..
I've not done any fault finding just yet (the first step will be to run a cable between Sky box and router and check the wired download speed) but, after a quick Google over the weekend, it appears that this may be a fairly common problem.
FWIW, I'm with Sky Broadband and I use a wired connection between HD box and router and it's less than 3 seconds between the 'Starting Download' and 'Available to View' messages..
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/tp-link-av200-200mbps-po...
We had exactly the same issue, the above solved the problem.
Sky are also sending out free wireless boosters at the mo.
We had exactly the same issue, the above solved the problem.
Sky are also sending out free wireless boosters at the mo.
Bit of a Unit said:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/tp-link-av200-200mbps-po...
We had exactly the same issue, the above solved the problem.
Exactly what I plan to try with my folks, if it transpires the Sky WiFi adapter is shonky (as suspected)..We had exactly the same issue, the above solved the problem.
Hi
Has anyone had any issues with their wireless box?
I only asked, because this evening I was like a kid on Christmas day when mine arrived.
I have Sky upstairs and downstairs (box is downstairs, magic eye or whatever it's called). I've just dived upstairs to watch TV and I can't seem to change any channels, volume etc?
If I go downstairs it works no problem, but not upstairs. All I did was plug the bloody thing in!
Has anyone had any issues with their wireless box?
I only asked, because this evening I was like a kid on Christmas day when mine arrived.
I have Sky upstairs and downstairs (box is downstairs, magic eye or whatever it's called). I've just dived upstairs to watch TV and I can't seem to change any channels, volume etc?
If I go downstairs it works no problem, but not upstairs. All I did was plug the bloody thing in!
What box did you buy? If it's an on demand wireless connector then it only allows a Sky+HD box to connect to the internet wirelessly. It doesn't have anything to do with the TV, volume or otherwise.
If your TV link has stopped working check the connections. Is the light on the TV link lit up?
If your TV link has stopped working check the connections. Is the light on the TV link lit up?
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