Goddamn Sky+HD!!!
03 February 2009, 10:19 PM
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Goddamn Sky+HD!!!
Right i am the first to defend Sky and all its bits n bobs cus i work for them. BUT tonight my Sky+HD box has crossed the line.
Recorded BattleStar Galactica so i could watch it 15minutes after it started thus being able to fast forward thru the adverts. Went to watch it only to find the sound kept dropping out then all of a sudden the sound just dies completely. what a piece of ****e!!!
I think this is the worst week of the year for me as its only Tuesday.
Recorded BattleStar Galactica so i could watch it 15minutes after it started thus being able to fast forward thru the adverts. Went to watch it only to find the sound kept dropping out then all of a sudden the sound just dies completely.
what a piece of ****e!!!I think this is the worst week of the year for me as its only Tuesday.
03 February 2009, 10:25 PM
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i'm gonna use my instinct and not blame it on the HDD but actually blame the fact there is too many gays on TV thus diseasing my HD box.
03 February 2009, 10:27 PM
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03 February 2009, 10:30 PM
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Yes. The LNB requires a fair bit of 'juice', and when you're recording two channels, espcially in HD or gayly time skipping through an HD recording, the PSU can run out of poof, I mean puff. Something to do with the standard capacitors not being able to 'keep it up'. The line voltages that is...OK, I'm out, but you get the drift....
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03 February 2009, 10:33 PM
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03 February 2009, 11:10 PM
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04 February 2009, 12:10 AM
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What is it with Sky boxes and crappy PSUs?
I have two normal non-HD boxes on the shelf gathering dust...both with dodgy PSUs (and whatever else the unstable power supply has possibly blown, thus my hesitance at faffing about any further with trying to repair them).
I have two normal non-HD boxes on the shelf gathering dust...both with dodgy PSUs (and whatever else the unstable power supply has possibly blown, thus my hesitance at faffing about any further with trying to repair them).
04 February 2009, 08:55 AM
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Wasn't just you. I was watching it on HD at the time and the sound was really bad from time to time, just dropped out too. It was the same on 106 too. This was Sky's broadcast causing the problem not your kit I guess.
04 February 2009, 11:40 AM
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Was having probs with my HD box untill I put in a new 1TB disk. Seemed to have cured most ills ....... untill last night when the sound went **** up when recording Galatica for me and that ghost thing on living for the g/f.
Turned it off for about a min then back on and all was ok
Turned it off for about a min then back on and all was ok
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Right i am the first to defend Sky and all its bits n bobs cus i work for them. BUT tonight my Sky+HD box has crossed the line.
Recorded BattleStar Galactica so i could watch it 15minutes after it started thus being able to fast forward thru the adverts. Went to watch it only to find the sound kept dropping out then all of a sudden the sound just dies completely. what a piece of ****e!!!
I think this is the worst week of the year for me as its only Tuesday.
Recorded BattleStar Galactica so i could watch it 15minutes after it started thus being able to fast forward thru the adverts. Went to watch it only to find the sound kept dropping out then all of a sudden the sound just dies completely.
what a piece of ****e!!!I think this is the worst week of the year for me as its only Tuesday.
Best get on the phone
Tier 1 :- Are you sure your HD box is plugged in
Tier 2 :- Are you sure your HD box is plugged in
Do you have a TV
Tier 3 :- Are you sure your HD box is plugged in
Do you have a TV
Its fcuked mate we'll send someone round to fix it that'll be £60
04 February 2009, 04:17 PM
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I cold boot my HD box once a week and never have any recording prob's. I also fitted one of these:
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The reason parts such as the PSU fail is because the box producers are always try to make them as cheap as poss, they build so many boxes and then look at what parts can be bought cheaper, if you can save 1 pence on a part then 1 pence a few million times is a big saving.
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The reason parts such as the PSU fail is because the box producers are always try to make them as cheap as poss, they build so many boxes and then look at what parts can be bought cheaper, if you can save 1 pence on a part then 1 pence a few million times is a big saving.
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