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I think that people who want to claim against Paypal for a SKIPPA they've received are in a tricky position, though I still think that they have a case for not receiving what they paid for, but I have no idea how Paypal would approach that.

I received my skippa in the first batch and PayPal accepted my claim.

I'm sitting on the fence. I received my skippa and just received notice from PayPal they've decided in my favour. I might pay for the icetv while i will search for an alternate using the fta.

The other thing I'm debating with myself is how convenient it is and the Sunday paper I think is $2.80 a week and I only bought it for the guide.   I don't like that it relies on ice and you can't program manual recordings.

Response from PayPal

We have concluded our investigation into your case and have decided in your
favour.

You have indicated that a partial refund of $417.00 AUD would be
satisfactory.
We were able to recover $417.00 AUD, and this amount has been credited to
you. Please allow 5 business days for this adjustment to be posted.

If you are due any additional funds, we will make our best effort to
recover the balance from the seller.


If the seller's account has insufficient funds to complete the refund owed
to you, please be assured that we will take appropriate action against the
seller's account, which may include limitation of the seller's account
privileges.

Yes thanks tim found it in firmware section although no mention if recordings are affected. I'm going to assume it doesn't. I am just recording at the moment as I can't watch anything ATM.

Not sure if this is the right place to post.

My clock display does not update.  When I turn on the box it will change.  I haven't been able to change it manually, will this be affecting my recordings? I do not want to have to leave the unit on 24/7 as it is really noisy and runs hot.

Has anyone who actually received a Skippa and lodged a claim with Paypal heard anything?

I am still waiting for a resolution, they have sent an email to the supplier with a response of 22 Oct as we know it will be dead air.  Hopefully it will be worth the wait... reading some of the other posts!!

Has anyone had any success in making a claim with paypal for those who received the unit???

Update: paypal refund in my paypal account... Woo hoo
This is what I just received from PayPal.

We have concluded our investigation into your case and have decided in your
favour.

You have indicated that a partial refund of $417.00 AUD would be
satisfactory.
We were able to recover $417.00 AUD, and this amount has been credited to
you. Please allow 5 business days for this adjustment to be posted.

If you are due any additional funds, we will make our best effort to
recover the balance from the seller.


If the seller's account has insufficient funds to complete the refund owed
to you, please be assured that we will take appropriate action against the
seller's account, which may include limitation of the seller's account
privileges.

Downloaded and installed Kodi 15.1

Warkus, your instructions are perfect and so easy to follow.  Thanks for taking the time to post. 

As for the rubber feet not sure this is the solution.  I went and picked up the unit (carefully) and it feels like the hard drive is running and it is really hot.  It is in a well ventilated spot no crap around it.  Again my Toppy never ran hot even when it ran.  Is this something I have to put up with or can be resolved?  I wonder if it's worth a new thread on it's own to gauge if it's a one off?

Bec

You need to put rubber feet under it...

Thanks for the suggestion will invest.

As for watching recordings on your laptop...I posted this on whirlpool, it will work for you too on your laptop...

Thanks, Whirlpool was my next visit.

A remote control that has glow in the dark buttons and a sleeker design.  Maybe it's my small hands.

To be quieter in standby mode.  It is driving me nuts that it sounds like it is constantly running.  My Toppy was silent in standby.

Otherwise happy so far....

[Thoughts:]

So I've had my Skippa nearly 2 weeks, only watched one show.  I previously had a Topfield MP5000 which only needed a new hard drive after 8 years and 2 remotes.  So I needed to upgrade and the Skippa was appealing.

Thoughts:
I love the size, so neat an tidy.

I think the EPG will take some adjusting compared to what I was used to one channel showing at a time as opposed to time slots.

It was so easy to set up.

The remote control is like a clone of the Foxtel remote and I wished it was a bit more modern in it's look and feel.  I have a Samsung SmartTV and the remotes are light, small.

It would be nice if the remote buttons glowed.

I have only watched one show and found the skip function a bit hit and miss but after reading another thread found you can't skip the promos.  Didn't realize at the time of watching. The skip function probably kicked in after 5 secs of the first ad.... caught me a couple of times reaching for the remote to skip manually thinking it wasn't working.

Love the APP, I use that instead of the EPG.

Questions:

Does anyone find that when Skippa is on standby it sounds like it is constantly running?  My Toppy was silent in standby.  It is driving me nuts especially as it is in my bedroom.  My husband actually turned it off during the day and I missed a recording.

Do failed recordings reschedule themselves?

Can I log/remote into the Skippa to watch any recordings via my laptop?  I know my SmartTV has picked it up but just curious about watching via wifi on the laptop in another room.[/li]