"Vincent" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:37:59 +0100, Mike Henry
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The series link has always been like this on it.

Well in that case that my suggestion (not that helpful I admit) is that
you really ought to have complained to Sky about it when it was brand new
and under warranty, if it's always done that. Sounds as if it has never
worked :-(

I can't understand why anyone who is paying money to a supplier would
suffer with such an obvious fault for 3 years, when it could and should
have been dealt with by the supplier immediately?

The old Sky boxes (non-HD ones) have always been like this. The newer
ones cache the series link information so it's instantaneous. The old
ones have to wait for the data regarding that specific program to come
around on the data stream on that channel. It used to only take a
couple of seconds, but due to the increase in the number of channels
it now often times out before it finds the information.

All Sky boxes, even the latest 1TB one, has a Scart socket. Does the
OP not have a Scart socket on his TV? I assume it does as he stated
the picture and sound is "superb".

Failing that, you can get a Scart to RF converter from Maplin for £30
like this one:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/programmable...odulator-33050

That'll allow a Scart output to connect to the aerial socket of the
TV.

Vincent

Many thanks - very helpful. I did think the problem may have been getting
worse. I have 3 Scarts, 2 support RGB.

"Doctor D" wrote in message
o.uk...
My 3 year old Amstrad Sky+ box is always reluctant to add series link on
BBC1. Most other channels are instant, but BBC1 can take 5/6 attempts of
timing out before it adds it.

Is this normal, can anything be done about it?

Are you setting the recording when the programme is nearly a week away? I
find that series link is almost instantaneous when recording a programme
today or tomorrow, but takes much longer, and often times out, if the
programme is six or seven days away.
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Chris R

"Chris R" wrote in message
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"Doctor D" wrote in message
o.uk...
My 3 year old Amstrad Sky+ box is always reluctant to add series link on
BBC1. Most other channels are instant, but BBC1 can take 5/6 attempts of
timing out before it adds it.

Is this normal, can anything be done about it?

Are you setting the recording when the programme is nearly a week away? I
find that series link is almost instantaneous when recording a programme
today or tomorrow, but takes much longer, and often times out, if the
programme is six or seven days away.
--
Chris R

Yep exactly. That's what I have concluded with some experimenting since the
initial posting. Thanks.