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heady
05-02-2008, 12:09 AM
I was looking around DS the other day and found a forum post that describes something that I'd totally forgot about.

BBC have hidden a Test menu in the BBCi Channel (LCN 105). It works on most boxes.

Go to Channel 105
As soon as the text appears press Yellow
Change Channel (I normally change channel down to Teletext)
Change back to 105
As soon as the text appears press Green
The word Secret will appear in the top corner (where the clock normally appears)
A diagnostics screen and menu will then appear (from which you can change which region BBCi thinks you are in)
Once this page appears there are a few hidden options:

Press 3 3 5 8 2 Red Green Yellow Blue - wait for about 30 seconds and the BBC testcard will appear

or

Press 2 7 3 3 4 8 7 Red Green Yellow Blue - the credits for BBCi will appear.

.....

Heady->

Freeview
07-03-2008, 01:36 AM
Not often you see the testcard on the tv these days unless it is during the annual rbs tests on the bbc channels.

So carole & the clown haven't totally dissapeared then.

withywood
07-06-2008, 06:47 AM
dont work on pace dtva

mrjunes
16-06-2008, 12:05 AM
geez, the last time i seen something like that was when i was setting up the convergence on a old bush tv lol ;)

withywood
05-07-2008, 12:14 PM
its working now on my pace