Has anyone had their set top box records a bunch of programs which
they didn't set up?

I understand it is possible via your mobile or a tablet applet to
record stuff when your not in, but has this ever occurred accidentally
to someone else's set top box and how would you prevent this happening.

Just had a punch of PBS stuff recorded, a channel i hadn't heard of
before now. Interesting stuff, but of course that's not the point.

Talk about the ghost in the machine....

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:48:36 +0000, FishFood wrote:

Has anyone had their set top box records a bunch of programs which
they didn't set up?

I understand it is possible via your mobile or a tablet applet to
record stuff when your not in, but has this ever occurred accidentally
to someone else's set top box and how would you prevent this happening.

Just had a punch of PBS stuff recorded, a channel i hadn't heard of
before now. Interesting stuff, but of course that's not the point.

Talk about the ghost in the machine....

I've had stuff which (what appeared to) randomly get added to the
planner that I didn't add.

In every case, this has been due to me series linking something that
changes its title.

One such example was a documentary which was on monthly, but about
different things each time. After the episode I wanted to watch there
was no mention of it in the planner for 3 weeks, until it appeared
again with a completely different name (the subject of the
documentary).

The remote record function requires the user to log in using the
username and password that they use for their Sky account online. So,
either it's what I described above, or someone has somehow used your
username and password for your Sky account (unlikely).

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Vincent

"Vincent" wrote in message
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On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:48:36 +0000, FishFood wrote:

Has anyone had their set top box records a bunch of programs which
they didn't set up?

I understand it is possible via your mobile or a tablet applet to
record stuff when your not in, but has this ever occurred accidentally
to someone else's set top box and how would you prevent this happening.

Just had a punch of PBS stuff recorded, a channel i hadn't heard of
before now. Interesting stuff, but of course that's not the point.

Talk about the ghost in the machine....

I've had stuff which (what appeared to) randomly get added to the
planner that I didn't add.

In every case, this has been due to me series linking something that
changes its title.

One such example was a documentary which was on monthly, but about
different things each time. After the episode I wanted to watch there
was no mention of it in the planner for 3 weeks, until it appeared
again with a completely different name (the subject of the
documentary).

The remote record function requires the user to log in using the
username and password that they use for their Sky account online. So,
either it's what I described above, or someone has somehow used your
username and password for your Sky account (unlikely).


I have had instances of a "ghost" taking control of the Sky box, scrolling
though the channels and changing the programme. I have never pinned down how
this happened, but we have both RF2 control of the box and a wireless
sender, and my guess is that a neighbour's remote is being broadcast and
picked up on our box.
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Chris R