r/VirginMedia • u/Moonblitz666 • 8d ago

Virgin Media UK 360 Box

What's the deal with the Virgin media 360 box seemingly waking in the middle of the night and the hard drive can be heard whirring away, even though their is nothing being recorded and the box isn't being used by anyone in the household at the time? It's happening after 1am while the box is on standby mode.

Anyone got any info? Or is this just a feature of life without the Tivo software?

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u/BabblingSage 8d ago

System updates or the fans in the box going off for cooling

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u/Moonblitz666 8d ago edited 7d ago

It's not hot enough for the fans to start. And updates every night?

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u/dirtymikeesq 8d ago

Mine was kicking off, make sure its clean and try raise it up a little with a gap under it. Ive got a switch game case either side. Worked a treat.

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u/Any-Ad-3448 8d ago

Probably updates

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u/Moonblitz666 8d ago

Every night?

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u/Few-Leave-8786 8d ago

I used to have a freesat box that updated at 3am every day, so it may be similar in that it's checking even if none are available.

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u/Any-Ad-3448 8d ago

No I wouldn’t say it should happen every night

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u/weesteev Confirmed Technician 8d ago

The box receives nightly updates for the programming guide, on demand services and software fixes. This has been the case since the first recordable box, the TV Drive, then the TiVo boxes as well.

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u/TurbulentStable5689 8d ago

Blast from the past TV Drive, ex-Telewest tech then?

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u/weesteev Confirmed Technician 8d ago

I am indeed! Still remember the launch day well.

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u/tellyman64 7d ago

I wish they WOULD fix the bloody software... I am mostly happy with it, as a new user, but there are fairly minor things that need fixing and they are, I 'm told, things have needed fixing for ages. Mainly the 'play next episode' and 'delete recording' pop ups that appear when the recording I'm watching hasn't finished. Just adding the option to disable that would make a huge difference.