topic Re: Can’t pause TV programs in TV

Can’t pause TV programs

Louisec48 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:05:08 GMT

Does anyone know why the pause function when watching TV programs works sometimes but not others? The other night the news wouldn’t pause but it did tonight. Thanks

Re: Can’t pause TV programs

Peter_W — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:56:23 GMT

Welcome to the Community, @Louisec48 😊

The ability to pause should be the same regardless of programme, but there' a chance you could run into issues if the storage on your TV box was getting near to full.

This is unlikely on a 1TB hard drive, though.

As a first port of call, I'd recommend doing a full reset on your TV box via the method listed here:

How to reset your EE TV Box | TV and Sport Help | EE

The option where you can keep recordings will be best for now.

Peter

Re: Can’t pause TV programs

zulu17 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:43:01 GMT

There will be some programming when pausing is not permitted , eg when adverts are playing on some content. Normally you would get a message to say that pausing or skipping is not allowed displayed. Some scenarios where the broadcast programme data or schedule data (epg) are inconsistent with each other might cause issues … ie if the schedule s were being modified due to a late running or postponed sports events.