Virgin TV360

slightly off topic but does anyone know if the virgin media tv unit tv360 has a Bluetooth remote? I’m trying VM for 12 months but I always have the boxes hidden away

Why would you think that is off topic. Oh well.

On the Red Friday deal, Virgin are offering 360 TV with a 43 ' TV. Does anyone know the model you'd get please.

Little tip for future thread searches related to 360 remotes playing up.

Confusingly the remote of one of our 360 Mini's stopped controlling TV functions,like Volume,Input,TV ON/Off and going into the 360 settings to set back up TV control on the remote could not find the right codes for the TV saying the TV might be too old. I knew this couldn't be the case because I had an identical TV's' functions being controlled by the 360 remote of the Main 360 BOX in another room without issue.

So I figured a remote reset might solve things. Googled and it said Press and Hold the 'TV' button and 'Rewind Button to Reset Remote and the 'TV' button and '0' button to re pair the remote to the 360 box.

This did nothing (*)

So I figured I can force a reset by pulling a remote battery for a minute.

This did nothing.

Some more googling later and I learned that the remote can still work on 3 batteries!! So pulling only one battery is not enough to reset it!! You need to pull at least 2!!

So I go to do that and I realise that one of the deep inset batteries was actually the wrong way round the whole time which is probably where all the problems started. ie. One of the batteries inserted wrong way round on the first battery change a few months ago.

Problem was, removing 2 batteries for reset and then re-installing all batteries correctly still didn't seem to reset the remote nor resolve my issues and allow any of the codes the remote tried to test on my TV to work. Still getting the TV probably too Old message.

(*) So it turns out when they tell you to press and hold the 'TV' and << or 0 button on the remote to Reset or re Pair the remote, they don't mean the TV Power button on the Top Left of the remote, they mean the 'TV' button beside the Cursor Pad to the right of the main 'Home' button. DOH !!! LOL. Once I realised my silly mistake, I was able to reset the remote and re Pair it in seconds and than going back into the 360 settings to set the remote to control TV Volume and functions and selecting Panasonic, it found the correct codes straight away for the 14 year old 42 Plasma TV (DIE ALREADY SO I HAVE AN EXCUSE TO REPLACE WITH AN OLED GODDAMMIT!!!) LOL.

Going back a few weeks and they had I May Destroy You on RTE2 two episodes labelled wrong. I think it was 7 was numbered as 6 and 6 as 7 so I skipped ahead an episode. Annoying.

Also noticed lately News at 12.30 down as 5.30 - maybe they started the Xmas drinks early.

Yes you get access to Sky Movies On Demand. If you want this in HD you will need to pay for Sky Movies HD pack otherwise they will be only SD.

Post #1058 above ?

Had sky q with 2 mini boxes. Never managed to have a problem free service. Mini always disconnecting, or not connecting at all. A totally frustrating service. Always had to try and reconnect. Totally useless.

Going back to VM with just one incoming connection. I'd advise anyone considering going to Sky for multiroom to think again. Engineers can't even get the finger out and sort the connection issues.

Connected wirelessly in our case and no option of connection via cable was offered as a solution.

Am afraid that the current solutions offered by most providers fall far short of expectations in this day and age.

No longer have the box and cant recall if it does.

The Mini Boxes had to connect to the main Q box... One engineer had a solution of placing an extender of sorts in the dining room, which sat between the living room where the main box was, and the kitchen, where one of the mini boxes where. The house is not huge, so I couldn't think of why the connection was so rubbish.

Avoid the damn thing if you want to keep your sanity.

It looks like we’re not getting the extra Eurosport channels on VM for this Winter Olympics. We did get them for the 2018 Winter Olympics but not the Tokyo Summer Olympics last year. I don’t know why we’re not getting them as by rights we should be getting them.

As oft quoted by the poor chaps and ladies who have to run the spiel for VM - it's all about "broadcasting rights".

More like "our irish cousins should be grateful that they pay a premium for sub-par services"

Hi I'm currently getting a unit built for the TV, unfortunately it is a distance away from the Virgin Media box and I need to get an extension cable from the VM wall box to the 360 set top box and the cable isn't long enough. Does any one know the specs of this cable so I can source a longer one or it it a propriety VM one?

Anyone else's Program Guide gotten really slow lately?

Any sign of VM carrying BBC3 again - now that it's back as a broadcast channel and apparently available on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media in the UK?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl95

https://twitter.com/bbcthree/status/1488895637139689475

I just got VM 360 tv (I have been broadband only for years). I connected up using a splitter in the attic and using an existing cable that was installed a few years ago from attic to the tv room downstairs.

Problem is only some of the channells are working, for a lot of the channells I get a message saying 'check your cables, etc'. A few of the channells work and then throw up the error and then display again, repeats every 10 or 20 seconds. Other channells are working fine.

Any ideas what could be causing this? i thought if it was a dodgy cable or connections then I would not get any signal, all or nothing, but I seem to have a few channells?

Thanks

Just to close out on this in case anyone else has a similar problem in the future. I replaced all the connectors, signal improved but still had problems with not getting all channels and sometimes losing signal. I ended up having to replace the cable itself, it looks like there was a break somewhere in it but I could not find it. Anyhow, all good now that cable has been replaced.

Virgin sent out an email today hinting that Virgin 100 is rebranding as Virgin More, some kind of catch up channel or first run previews. I’m hoping it’s a UHD channel for select shows. The email directs you to https://www.virginmedia.ie/more/ to learn “more”.

The Virgin Media More website as been updated with more information https://www.virginmedia.ie/more/

Also VM Sport Extra 1 & 2 HD have been renamed VM Extra 1 & 2 (no HD) and moved to the end of the EPG. I presume they are still in HD?

Has this also happened on Horizon and D4A boxes?

I wouldn’t be surprised if Virgin Media Sport disappears as Virgin Media More arrives. I’ve also noticed that not every programme on the Virgin Media channels is available via Replay TV anymore. Tipping Point, Judge Judy, Who Want’s to be a Millionare?, The Pact and films are no longer available to watch via Replay TV.

Virgin Media Sport Possibly closing 2AM April 9 2022 but then off course the EPG might be wrong.

7/8 day listings - I think so not sure mackersdublin.