Posts by villiers210

  • Audio problem

    This is kinda difficult to explain - please bear with me 😁

    I have two z7+ boxes (with subs from 2 separate suppliers) and got this problem on both. On some foreign channels, sometimes there is audio, sometimes there isnt. Initially I thought it could be a sub supplier problem.

    However, when there is no sound, if I wait til the advert break comes on, and go up a channel then back down again - hey presto, I got sound. For some weird reason, this will ONLY work during an advert break.

    Any ideas please? Its driving me crazy.

  • Very Low Speed With VPN (PIA)

    Dont know if this may help somebody. My internet speed is around 72mbps, but when I tried with VPN (I tried several) I was only getting 18 or 19.

    I tried loads of different settings on the VPN, all of which didnt help. As a last resort (after hours of messing) I rebooted the router and boom - speeds through VPN now in excess of 45mbps.

    Must confess I was always sceptical of this "unplug wait 30 seconds and reconnect" advice, but it's worked for me.

  • Manual Recording

    Thanks for the reply. After investing in 2 boxes (z7+ and z7+ 5g) upgrading to a z8 isnt an optional on my budget I'm afraid. I do hope that serious consideration is given to this request - I know I'm not the only one that needs this feature.

    Would also be an almighty shame that apart from this, these boxes are awesome.

    Thanks again!

  • Manual Recording

    Sam, what I mean is recording a future programme but NOT through the epg. In other words by setting the date, channel and time to start and stop recording.

    The reason I need this is that I watch several Polish channels, and none of the providers issue an epg for those channels.

    Thanks

  • Manual Recording

    Hi ' I have asked this question previously, and I know others have too but cant find an answer anywhere.

    I have 2 boxes , a z7+ and also a z7+5g. Basically, I know manual recording is not available yet, but is it going to be introduced via an update? If so, any idea on timescale?

    This is a "must" for me and would just like to know if it is on its way.

    Thank you

  • Buffering issues

    Don't know if this is of use to anyone, but after trying all the suggestions listed here, this finally worked for me. I have a z7+ which started buffering really badly, mainly on HD channels but also on a few SD channels all of a sudden a few days ago. Im getting 34mbps as reported by "speedtest" app that I installed on the box. Now a mate of mine has exactly the same box, and uses the same provider as me without any problem whatsoever.

    So after trying all the suggestions without success, I stopped to think what the difference was between my box and his, and the only difference is that I run a VPN. So I tried selecting different servers for the VPN but still no luck. Then I turned off the VPN and hey presto - Buffering has gone and I got a 100% rock steady picture on all channels.

    After playing around for hours, I also found that if I use any VPN server on protocol TCP its absolutely fine, the problem only arises when it is switched to protocol UDP.

    Hope this might help someone.

  • Please help with z7+ problems

    Please help!!! I have 2 issues

    1/ Even though my provider provides catchup, when I try to access it I just get message "Can't play this video, please try again later".

    2/ When I download a film, it downloads it to the z7+. I would rather it downloaded to my connected 1tb HDD, but can't find anywhere to change settings. I would be very grateful if someone can help. Thanks