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Boo
Posted: 09 May 2008 05:12 AM   [ Ignore ]
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Ok, can anybody help me?
When I switched on my TV today, it’s stuck on subtitled programming. I can’t work out how to turn it off!
I’ve tried going into the ‘change display and audio settings’ menu on our VBox, but it just freezes and refuses to do anything, even go back to the previous menu.
I know there must be something simple to do, but I’ve lost the manual…

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Boo
Posted: 09 May 2008 05:14 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Aaand just after I post this, my googling turns up a solution.
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And it was a pretty obvious solution, too.
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Oh well.

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Posted: 09 May 2008 05:59 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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*ignores Boo*

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Posted: 09 May 2008 06:15 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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*Quietly mocks Boo and her lack of television appartus knowledge*

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Posted: 09 May 2008 07:37 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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Boo - 09 May 2008 05:14 AM

And it was a pretty obvious solution, too.

Turn it off then on again at the plug?

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Posted: 09 May 2008 07:39 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]
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You sound like my dad.  LOL

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Posted: 09 May 2008 07:41 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]
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David B. - 09 May 2008 07:37 AM

Boo - 09 May 2008 05:14 AM
And it was a pretty obvious solution, too.

Turn it off then on again at the plug?

Remember, it may be a Scottish television set.  So probably she wasn’t using the right cuss-words.

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Posted: 09 May 2008 02:26 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]
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What’s a vbox?

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Boo
Posted: 09 May 2008 02:36 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]
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Nope, it wasn’t turning it off and on again.
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In case anyone wants to know (I’m guessing you don’t care), it was just pressing the ‘guide’ button, and then the blue one.

Ex Associate, a VBox is a cable set-top box distributed by Virgin, that comes with Virgin Media TV.

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Tah
Posted: 09 May 2008 02:42 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]
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Boo, try the ‘Guide’ button.  Then you’ll probably have to hit another one.  More than likely the blue one.

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Posted: 12 May 2008 05:53 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]
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Tah knows how to program Boo’s Vbox!Does Matt know???

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Posted: 12 May 2008 05:59 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]
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Boo - 09 May 2008 02:36 PM

Ex Associate, a VBox is a cable set-top box distributed by Virgin, that comes with Virgin Media TV.

Transfrmr - 12 May 2008 05:53 PM

Tah knows how to program Boo’s Vbox!Does Matt know???

Somehow I don’t think we’re talking about the same thing, Transfrmr. wink

More than that I won’t say because it will probably get me in trouble (and perforated by many sporks - or at least many times by a few sporks). cheese

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