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Changes regarding the R016 rollout:
After evaluating the feedback received from customers about the 3 different R016 homepage layouts, Sky has now decided NOT to progress with the full rollout of these homepage designs.
As the only publicly facing changes introduced in R016 are related to the homepage design, R016 will NOT be rolled out to any further customers.
Customers who have already received the R016 update will have their software rolled back to R015 from Thursday 6th April 2017.
New Look Homepage
The Sky+HD Homepage has been updated as a result of feedback received from customers about the previous design.
The main navigational tiles on the homepage such as TVGuide and Planner have now been increased to their original size. Because of this the “Increase Homepage Font Size” option has been removed from Accessibility as the font will now be the larger size permanently.
The size of the Mini-TV on the homepage has now been reduced to the same size as the navigational tiles, the current channel name and number will also no longer be displayed beneath the Mini-TV.
The Kids and Sports tiles will no longer be displayed on the homepage at the same time. By default, the Kids tile will be displayed on the homepage, however this can be changed to Sports by going to: SERVICES > OPTIONS > CUSTOMISE > PERSONALISE HOMEPAGE
The layout of the Top Picks Mosaic has also been updated. There are currently 3 different layouts for the mosaic on R016, and during the early stages of the software rollout different customers may see a different layout to others. The feedback received from customers on the 3 layouts will be used to determine the layout which is applied to all boxes.
On Layout 1 the "More Top Picks", "Suggestions" and "New Series" options can be accessed by selecting the single large Top Pick tile at the bottom of the homepage.
On Layout 2 & 3 the "More Top Picks", "Suggestions" and "New Series" options can be found by selecting the blue “Top Picks” tile in the bottom left of the homepage. Content which Sky wishes to promote will be displayed to the right of the blue Top Picks tile, across either 1 or 3 tiles. Selecting these promotional tiles will take you to the content being promoted.
Supported on:
DRX890 & DRX895 Sky+HD Boxes
Requires:
Compatible Sky+HD Box
