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BT/EE TV Box Pro - 1TB 4K Wireless Freeview TV Box Latest Model - (RTIW387)

1943mt — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:40:48 GMT

why doesn't my new TV box remote have a stop button and how do I stop a programme I am watching without one

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Andy_65 — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:53:59 GMT

Hi @1943mt

You have to press the back button, someone must've thought that was good idea!

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DarrenDev — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:29:29 GMT

If the remote had a back button and a stop button, what would they have done differently?

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Andy_65 — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 21:14:37 GMT

Surely it's about the end user and whether it's intuitive to use or not? I don't think the end user would say calling a button 'Back' is obviously the button for stopping recordings.

You've saved one button but it's not the best remote to use, exiting from the Recordings menu for example takes a minimum of two button presses because there's no Exit button.

Back to your original question. I'd expect a Stop button to stop a recording and to stop time lapse, Back stops a recording but doesn't stop time lapse, in fact nothing stops it apart from fast forwarding as far as I know, again not exactly user friendly or intuitive.

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DarrenDev — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:11:38 GMT

You can hold down the Back button - this makes it behave like an Exit button.

I'm not sure what the justification was for removing so many buttons from the new remote, but it's been like that a few years now and isn't going to change I'm afraid.

The old remotes will still work with the new boxes, but are IR-only (not bluetooth).

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bernardburrows1 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:18:14 GMT

they are rubbish boxes ,much better, and cheaper, on the market.

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Midnight_Voice — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:02:18 GMT

@bernardburrows1

I think a claim like that requires some substantiation 😢

Are you able to provide any?

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Garethrprice — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:51:10 GMT

@DarrenDev said “You can hold down the Back button - this makes it behave like an Exit button”

That’s got to be the first time I have ever seen that feature pointed out!

Unless it’s been recently added?

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Midnight_Voice — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:27:34 GMT

@Garethrprice @DarrenDev

See Gavin Lambourne’s reply here:-

https://community.bt.com/t5/EE-TV-YouView/new-pro-box-remote-has-no-close-or-exit-button-have-to-keep/m-p/2311259#M73369

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Garethrprice — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:39:34 GMT

@Midnight_Voice

Fair do’s 😛

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Grimble37 — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 19:23:02 GMT

How do these latest EE boxes compare to dtr 2100? Are they faster? Do they have more apps, are there things not as good?

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Profile closed — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 22:01:21 GMT

@Grimble37

Made by Sagemcom rather than Humax, definitely faster and support more apps and features than the older boxes.

Ultimately they are the current hardware and development is focussed on them, as there are hardware and software limitations on the older Humax boxes.

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Midnight_Voice — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:08:58 GMT

@Grimble37

As @Profile closed says, faster and better, and that’s where the action is now.

On the downside, the remote is short a few buttons, so you have to learn some unintuitive keypress actions to replace them. On the upside, the remote is Bluetooth, so doesn’t need line of sight, and pairs with its box, so you can run two of these side by side and not have the remote working the wrong one.

On the upside, you just pair the remote with the Box Pro while that is connected by HDMI to the TV, and it will suss out the make of TV and program itself for it. On the downside, if it doesn’t recognise your TV, you’re stuck - nothing you can do about it, except go back to an older IR remote, which does still work it.

There’s no SCART output or phono outs on the new box. Besides the HDMI, though, there’s an S/PDIF that might work,

Factory Reset has now been joined by a Keep Recordings option. No more scrabbling for Maintenance Mode.

I’m sure there is other good stuff I have missed - more simultaneous recordings, WiFi connection, HDR and Atmos (but no Dolby Vision), but this and the few other downsides don’t stop this being a big improvement over previous boxes.

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Grimble37 — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:24:05 GMT

When you say you can use an older IR remote do you mean you can use a dtr 2100 remote on the new EE box?

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Midnight_Voice — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:25:14 GMT

@Grimble37

Yes I do.

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Grimble37 — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:43:49 GMT

And all the buttons work? Been using these for about a decade, I'd probably prefer to carry on if I could especially as the new one sounds a bit of a pain.

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Profile closed — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 07:13:05 GMT

@Grimble37 wrote:
And all the buttons work? Been using these for about a decade, I'd probably prefer to carry on if I could especially as the new one sounds a bit of a pain.

Pretty much as far as I remember (I just use the latest one now), but part of the fun is testing! 😁

Just remember it is IR and needs the line of sight while the newer version is Bluetooth.

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Grimble37 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:27:19 GMT

Well, after many decades of pointing a remote at something I'm sure I'd probably still do that with a Bluetooth one! My main motivation is because my dtr is frustratingly a bit sluggish, also maybe the 4k will be better but my TV may not support that, I do like that it has 4 tuners as just last night I was unable to record a 3rd programme.

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Profile closed — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:36:58 GMT

@Grimble37

Yeah, muscle memory, I get you, I keep changing the channel rather than the volume as the buttons on the EE remote are the other side to the ones on my Apple TV 4K.

If you are plugging in an aerial it remains a very competent Freeview Play style box. Set it to 1080p output for normal viewing, iPlayer will still output HLG HDR if your TV is compatible.

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Grimble37 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:41:34 GMT

It sounds like you're saying to turn off 4k, surely I am misunderstanding?