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<blockquote data-quote="KennyB" data-source="post: 882825" data-attributes="member: 401919"><p>Recently purchased a Skybox F5S, and apart from an initial fault with the 12 volt adapter which is hopefully being replaced by the seller all is well, apart from:-</p><p></p><p>1. Clock.</p><p>As others have reported the clock runs slow, in my case just over 5 minutes every 24 hours.</p><p>I've set up 2 daily “channel” timers(12 hours apart) for 2 minute duration to wake up the box and correct the time, then all “record” timers are set to start 3 minutes before scheduled time, hopefully so as not to miss the start of programs.</p><p></p><p>2. HDD recording.</p><p>I started by connecting up a HDD for recording but noticed that the drive never powers down in standby, the 5 volts stays at the USB ports.</p><p>I would expect the USB ports to power down in standby. With a HDD attached the quoted 1 watt in standby must be being exceeded.</p><p>Now use a 32GB Integral Courier USB pen drive instead.</p><p></p><p>I also have an issue recording HD channels, I'll start another thread for that.</p><p></p><p>Having no previous experience of a Skybox is 2. above the norm for these boxes?</p><p></p><p>Apart from the above, for the price it's an excellent box with a decent remote.</p><p>But who on earth thought it a good idea to have white lettering on a light blue background!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]64340[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KennyB, post: 882825, member: 401919"] Recently purchased a Skybox F5S, and apart from an initial fault with the 12 volt adapter which is hopefully being replaced by the seller all is well, apart from:- 1. Clock. As others have reported the clock runs slow, in my case just over 5 minutes every 24 hours. I've set up 2 daily “channel” timers(12 hours apart) for 2 minute duration to wake up the box and correct the time, then all “record” timers are set to start 3 minutes before scheduled time, hopefully so as not to miss the start of programs. 2. HDD recording. I started by connecting up a HDD for recording but noticed that the drive never powers down in standby, the 5 volts stays at the USB ports. I would expect the USB ports to power down in standby. With a HDD attached the quoted 1 watt in standby must be being exceeded. Now use a 32GB Integral Courier USB pen drive instead. I also have an issue recording HD channels, I'll start another thread for that. Having no previous experience of a Skybox is 2. above the norm for these boxes? Apart from the above, for the price it's an excellent box with a decent remote. But who on earth thought it a good idea to have white lettering on a light blue background! [ATTACH=full]64340[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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