Sky box problem
19 March 2009, 09:34 PM
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Sky box problem
As above my none sky plus box appears to have packed in. I got a message saying no satellite signal, then after a while it just went off onto standby. Fortunately i had an old sky-box in the shed that the previous owners of the house had left and all is working now. The broken box is an Amstrad, and is about 2 years old, is there any way i can fix it or is it fubared?
19 March 2009, 09:46 PM
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Sounds similar to what happened to my Sky+ box a few weeks ago - although I was still able to access the menus. I went through the procedure on the sky website at Sky.com - Sky Help Centre>Product Help - from "Disconnect the dish input feeds" downwards - which seemed to do the trick.
19 March 2009, 10:22 PM
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I did unplug it when i rang Sky(in India) and went through a procedure including turning it off at the mains, but it didn't make any difference.
19 March 2009, 10:28 PM
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20 March 2009, 10:42 AM
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It's proberly knackered mate, could of been the lnb but you say the other box is fine.
Standard amstrad boxes we're notorious fir packing up on the 13 month
Standard amstrad boxes we're notorious fir packing up on the 13 month
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20 March 2009, 11:19 AM
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Well so far so good with the Grundig, out of the shed. 
I spoke to my parents and they also have an old box I can have if this one packs in too. And before anyone calls me a tight **** I would have upgraded, but I don't intend to stay in the house for much longer so don't want another contract
I spoke to my parents and they also have an old box I can have if this one packs in too. And before anyone calls me a tight **** I would have upgraded, but I don't intend to stay in the house for much longer so don't want another contract
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20 March 2009, 12:31 PM
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Our Sky box did exactly the same, 3 phone calls to Sky running through every proceedure, finally an engineer was called out, replaced the LNB, then finally admitted the box must be faulty. Replaced and it's been fine since (Thompson 
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