Boris1553552671 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Apparently a MySky update in the last couple of days means Dolby audio is now available over HDMI (new option in the audio settings). No improvement to audio as such, but 1 less cable may please a few people A new power save feature also. Quote pinched from Geekzone, hope that's OK boss The 2.4.1.3 release for the MySKY HDi has: - green power management (disk spindown on inactivity) - AC3 over HDMI The parameters for the green power management are: - Off (default): no disk spindown - Low: either between 11pm and 5am or 10am and 5pm the disk will spin down after 90 minutes inactivity - Med: between 11pm and 6pm the disk will spin down after 120 minutes inactivity - High: at any time the disk will spin down after 180 minutes inactivity Inactivity is measured as no use of the remote. Cheers, B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycenius Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Cheers Ears - about time on the disc thing - it's been absolutely driving me crazy the last few Weeks with the noise when my system is off!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffy Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 High: at any time the disk will spin down after 180 minutes inactivity :eek: my HTPC PVR spin drives down after 5 mins of non-activity, somebody call Al Gore - let save the planet one PVR at a time are these Sky HDi system always time shifting or something? that would explain why the drive is spinning so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycenius Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Griffy;104149 wrote: :eek: my HTPC PVR spin drives down after 5 mins of non-activity, somebody call Al Gore - let save the planet one PVR at a time Yeah Classic! are these Sky HDi system always time shifting or something? that would explain why the drive is spinning so much The drive spins at full speed constantly Griffy - so who knows what it's doing - only way to stop it is remove power... It's really really annoying and makes Standby a bit of a joke... Not to mention it is massively shortening the life of the hard drive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuzzo1553552685 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Yes, power management well overdue. Did a test of all my appliances recently, MySky HDi burns about 30W (PF 51) both in use and standby. Will try to get a reading on the new options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox1553552678 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 mycenius;104152 wrote: Not to mention it is massively shortening the life of the hard drive... I'm already on my second unit for exactly that reason - HD failure. I wonder if Sky are getting a few of these, hence management? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycenius Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Paradox;104165 wrote: I'm already on my second unit for exactly that reason - HD failure. I wonder if Sky are getting a few of these, hence management? That would be typical reactionary Management! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixon76 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 The latest ads do explicitly state if there are any failures they'll replace the unit. Wonder why they've started saying that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuzzo1553552685 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 My readings show MySkyHDi uses about 23W in the "green power" mode as opposed to 30W in operation and standby. Better than nothing but hardly much saving considering the conservative way these new modes are activated. Why not have the option to go into low power mode on standby at least? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonto Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 nixon76;104203 wrote: The latest ads do explicitly state if there are any failures they'll replace the unit. Wonder why they've started saying that..... Probably just an added "Plus" to renting the unit as opposed to owning it- all though IF you owned it it would fall under warrenty and CGA for a while anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycenius Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Tonto;104228 wrote: The latest ads do explicitly state if there are any failures they'll replace the unit. Wonder why they've started saying that..... Probably just an added "Plus" to renting the unit as opposed to owning it- all though IF you owned it it would fall under warrenty and CGA for a while anyway. As I understand it there are a fairly regular stream of unit failures - when I swapped my units out twice early this year I had 2 different techs and both confirmed they were regularly having to swap out HDi units... I've have also heard further anecdotal evidence separately from the IT/Technology industry that there is a reasonable bit of unit replacement going on... (exactly what a 'reasonable bit' is though I don't know). The biggest pain with swap outs is if you have a pile of unwatched recordings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellapl1 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 If they were concerned about replacements the spin down would be turned on by default after the firmware upgrade, most users are not going to know that it is now in the setup menu waiting for you to turn it on. Interesting to hear that it is still using 23w in standby with the drive off, that is terribly inefficient. I'm not surprised though, as I had noticed it is still warm even after the drive has been off for hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellapl1 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 mycenius;104235 wrote: The biggest pain with swap outs is if you have a pile of unwatched recordings... Yes. Sky needs to hurry up and allow us to use external drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycenius Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 bellapl1;104395 wrote: If they were concerned about replacements the spin down would be turned on by default after the firmware upgrade, most users are not going to know that it is now in the setup menu waiting for you to turn it on. Not necessarily... You are implying far too much logic and assuming some type of long-term planning beyond 6-12 month frame... Interesting to hear that it is still using 23w in standby with the drive off, that is terribly inefficient. I'm not surprised though, as I had noticed it is still warm even after the drive has been off for hours. I think its just a terribly inefficient implementation - it tries to do an awful lot with a relatively cheap device - so just is a bottomless hole of power consumption! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamsta Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 OK - dumb-a$$ techno-luddite question: Tried looking at this on the weekend and couldn't find the power options on the set-up menu anywhere (& yes, I had a good look). Our MySkyHDi box isn't plugged into the phone line at present. Is that required to get the firmware upgrade? As far as I knew it was for Pay-Per-View bookings only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuzzo1553552685 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 It's in Setup--Recording settings--Energy saving level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycenius Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Nope - its at the bottom of the recorder set up page (2nd to last in the main menu list IIRC). It's a one line entry set to No by default... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuzzo1553552685 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 mycenius;104478 wrote: Nope - its at the bottom of the recorder set up page (2nd to last in the main menu list IIRC). It's a one line entry set to No by default... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycenius Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Yeah sorry mate - didn't see your post - by the time I actually came here to reply it didn't initially show your post nor show the page 2 link until after I posted my reply and suddenly a page 2 appeared with your post at the top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuzzo1553552685 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycenius Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 ...either that or I'm just a plonker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellapl1 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 It's hidden in the recording setup menu, the firmware should come via satellite and not require a phone line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycenius Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 bellapl1;104527 wrote: It's hidden in the recording setup menu, the firmware should come via satellite and not require a phone line. Mate! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellapl1 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I noticed today that the drive spun down 30 secs after I put it in standby. I have energy saving set to high. So it looks like the 180 mins is only if it's not in standby, and I guess at the 180 min mark you lose your ability to rewind live TV until you press a button and it starts recording again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycenius Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 bellapl1;104897 wrote: ...you lose your ability to rewind live TV until you press a button and it starts recording again. Plus a few seconds probably for the drive to spin up and the memory to start buffering the signal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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