I have had the Amstrad 1tb Sky HD box for about a month now, and it is noticibly noisier than my old Thomson Sky HD box.
It isn't the fan (as other people have been complaining about), but rather the hard drive constantly whirling away. It stops occasionally, but then "boots up" again.
It does it whether it is recording or not, and when in standby or on. I've tried turning off instant rewind but makes no difference.
I don't think it is downloading anything from "Anytime" as it does it day and night. the only time I get it to shut up is when I press and hold stand-by for 5 seconds, putting it into "off" mode. But this means it won't record any programmes until I boot it up again.
Very very annoying!
It isn't the fan (as other people have been complaining about), but rather the hard drive constantly whirling away. It stops occasionally, but then "boots up" again.
It does it whether it is recording or not, and when in standby or on. I've tried turning off instant rewind but makes no difference.
I don't think it is downloading anything from "Anytime" as it does it day and night. the only time I get it to shut up is when I press and hold stand-by for 5 seconds, putting it into "off" mode. But this means it won't record any programmes until I boot it up again.
Very very annoying!