Sky+ handset stopped working
07 October 2009, 10:00 PM
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Sky+ handset stopped working
Anyone come across this before and fixed it?
I've already called Sky and as there are no red lights coming on on the handset they are sending me a new one and assume mine is dead. Worth opening it up and having a poke about?
I've already called Sky and as there are no red lights coming on on the handset they are sending me a new one and assume mine is dead. Worth opening it up and having a poke about?
(and no it wasn't batteries)
07 October 2009, 10:27 PM
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mine broke last week, fantastically a few days previous i got a lovely letter saying both my sky boxes were out of warranty and did i want to pay stupid money to extend it.
07 October 2009, 10:33 PM
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I took the batteries out for over 10 minutes which is supposed to reset it. Didn't think it would work (and Sky engineer didn't tell me to try this) as no lights on mine at all but it did and it also did not wipe the tv code from it so still working as it was before it died.
07 October 2009, 10:33 PM
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Just out of curiosity can you elaborate how you fixed yours? Ours broke recently, and fortunately we received a new unit under warranty. Still, it would be nice to fix the old unit if its an easy fix (and no its not batteries).
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07 October 2009, 10:35 PM
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Funny as I broke mine somehow on Sunday morning. The battery cover got jammes on so I thought I'd try and bend the remote to release it. But snapped the whole bloody thing in half!!!
We pay that SKY repair plan and called them Sunday but we are still waiting for another remote?
Steve
We pay that SKY repair plan and called them Sunday but we are still waiting for another remote?
Steve
08 October 2009, 09:58 AM
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Ours died after 2 years, with two small children (+ us so called adults) i think it did well all things consdiered.
ordered a new one from here, cheapest and reccommended to me. eBay UK Shop - BuyMe24BuyMe: CABLE, SKY PLUS REMOTE, JEWELLERY BY AMFD
I would not bother with the non gen replacements, got one from Tesco for around a tenner, its range is ****e and it keeps loosing its programming on a regular basis.
ordered a new one from here, cheapest and reccommended to me. eBay UK Shop - BuyMe24BuyMe: CABLE, SKY PLUS REMOTE, JEWELLERY BY AMFD
I would not bother with the non gen replacements, got one from Tesco for around a tenner, its range is ****e and it keeps loosing its programming on a regular basis.
08 October 2009, 10:05 AM
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Sometimes the Sky box will lock out and makes it look as though the handset is TU. If you unplug the Sky box from the mains and then rconnect it will usually reboot itself and work again.
Les
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08 October 2009, 09:18 PM
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This happened to a 6 month old Thompson Sky+ box I had on a Multi-room contract, in the end after proving it wasn't the remote (it worked fine on the Sky+ HD box) and having anopther remote sent out after speaking to the Sky people on the phone, the unit had to replaced by a PACE.
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