Sky remote's gone all wanky

[Shadytree]

Any ideas why our Sky remote doesn't seem to work after firing up the box until it appears to have warmed up?
Very delayed inputs or nothing. Then after about 5 minutes it flies through the menus as normal.
(yes, I've checked the batteries)

[JustinP1]

Is it the remote, or the whole unit?

Are you booting the box from cold, or from standby?

[Plotloss]

If its coming up from being off at the wall then the box needs time to boot up (like a computer - which is essentially what it is)

If its happening from coming out of standby you have a more difficult to locate problem.

[IainT]

had the same problem with our original Sky+ box - it was very slow to respond to the remote. Eventually it degraded further (random switch-off's, no signal received messgaes and other crapness).

Box replaced, second one better for a month or so then began to fail.

Replaced with HD and it's been fine for 6 months. I suspect a subtle plan to get people so sock of the normal boxes we move to HD ones!

[wiggy001]

Not as bad as the OP's but I must admit, my box doesn't seem to be as responsive until it's been running for a while (from standby). There is either no response to some remote command or the response is delayed. After a few minutes all is fine.

I'm using a Logitech remote though, not the Sky one, and an HD Sky box

[Shadytree]

Plotloss said:

If its coming up from being off at the wall then the box needs time to boot up (like a computer - which is essentially what it is)

If its happening from coming out of standby you have a more difficult to locate problem.

Box is on standby, so no logical reason why the remote takes the extra time.

[Plotloss]

Then it is in all likelyhood, fked.

HTH