31-08-2025 07:54 AM
I've recently moved house and switched my provider for my broadband and TV services over to EE. I took Full Fibre gigabit broadband, with the Smart hub pro and a Smart WiFi extender. The broadband speed is pretty good at ~900Mbps although the Hub configuration options are woeful. I have no 3rd part kit at all just the 2 EE boxes which to be fair give me coverage almost over the entire house, I'll need a 2nd WiFi extender for my office. I've took the Full works TV package with a TV Box Pro and 2 x TV Box Mini's. The TV Box Pro is connected via a cat7 cable directly to my TV Box Pro, my 1st TV Box Mini is connected to my Smart WiFi extender via WiFi (2nd box is going in another room once decorated so I haven't set that up yet). Herein lies my main problem, both boxes can watch any app, Netflix, Prime, Paramount+, Discovery+, Now in HD and 4K perfectly, no buffering, no image quality drops, nothing. When I watch any "live" TV via the guide, I get about 2-3 mins then the stream freezes and I get the "Error Code IPC6023" pop up, I've followed all the instructions on the BT site for the error (power off / on etc) I've even reset box the TV boxes, the Smart Hub and Smart WiFi but still the same problem. Switching channels fixes the problem for another 2-3 mins. Support have done the usual, reboot it, close the ticket but still the problem persists. I've been waiting to get rid of Virgin and move to EE but the whole experience so far has been nothing short of horrendous. This current problem is one of a multitude which doesn't fill me with confidence and leaves me wondering if I should cancel everything and move back to Virgin. How can the support team not be aware of how their technology works and have basic run books for common problems like this. Anyway, this ended up being a rant towards the end but any help getting this last issue resolved, would be much appreciated, thanks in advance.
Chris
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01-09-2025 09:29 AM
I've just had it confirmed that your fault is caused by the known issue. There is a fix being rolled out by Openreach to the affected switches - yours is currently scheduled for upgrade on September 24th. Unfortunately there's no known workaround, other than to change channel every 4 minutes 20 seconds. It specifically only affects the Smart Hub 4, so you could temporarily switch to an older hub in the meantime, if you'd prefer.
31-08-2025 10:12 AM
Unfortunately we are aware of an issue specifically affecting the Smart Hub 4 at the moment, which can cause the exact issue you're describing. The team are investigating it as a top priority - I'll try to find out tomorrow what the progress is, and whether there are any known workarounds.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
31-08-2025 10:43 AM
Thank you, I have a ticket open for Openreach to investigate the configuration of my connection, which I'm told does not look to be correct. Hopefully it'll be resolved soon, I'm not in my wife's good books at the moment 😬.
01-09-2025 09:29 AM
I've just had it confirmed that your fault is caused by the known issue. There is a fix being rolled out by Openreach to the affected switches - yours is currently scheduled for upgrade on September 24th. Unfortunately there's no known workaround, other than to change channel every 4 minutes 20 seconds. It specifically only affects the Smart Hub 4, so you could temporarily switch to an older hub in the meantime, if you'd prefer.
02-09-2025 07:09 AM
@DarrenDev Thank you for this, very much appreciated. I'm sure the few weeks of disruption will be worth it in the end, anything to get away from Virgin.
02-09-2025 07:11 AM
No problem. Thanks for your understanding.
04-09-2025 12:39 PM
Hi, Darren I’m having the exact same issue as Chris, the only difference is that the live tv channels aren’t working at all, all the apps are working fine I have the smart hub plus a tv box pro and two mini boxes and none are getting live tv I’m also getting the error code IPC6023 any help would be great appreciated.
Rich
04-09-2025 07:20 PM
Your issue isn't the same I'm afraid @Pezza101, so it will need further investigation. The best way to do this would be to give the helpdesk a call - they can take you through all the known issues, and raise a fault if needed.
https://ee.co.uk/help/contact-ee/technical-support/ee-tv
05-09-2025 09:33 AM
Hi Darren thanks for the reply, I’ve got an engineer coming out today.
I’m not sure so thought I’d ask but can you tell what the problem is or see if there’s any faults also is there anything in paticular I should ask the engineer, besides telling him what the issues are?
Rich
06-09-2025 10:09 AM
Hi there @Pezza101
Did the engineer get this sorted for you yesterday? They should have been able to let you know what the fault may be.
Leanne 🙂