Paul Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 Have tried powering down reset. Connections at box and dish still screwed in tight. Have called Sky, and signal strength setting says " Not Locked" hence Engineer visit required at £65 ish. Its christmas Eve, so we are not likely to get anyone for the next few days. Its a 3yr old installation, so it might be better to invest in a new Sky Plus or HD install, than pay someone to diagnose/fix ours. Any suggestion that might restore our tv would be appreciated Lastly.... If we upgrade to a HD install and new bx, can we still use a NON HD scart based telly, until its time to replace TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 When we have had that in the past, I have found that putting the box into Standby mode, taking out the viewing card, switching power off & removal of all cables from the back of the box, followed by cable reattachment, plug back in, viewing card in, leaving it for 2 minutes and then out of standby mode to be a good solution. Best of luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 Cheers Pincher. Sadly its deeper than that. I took the Sky box apart, and measured the output. We havent got the 13-18v DC output to the Sky dish LNB. So the dish is effectively dead. Either the box has packed up, or The LNB has, and taken the sky box with it. So attempting to get Sky TV for christmas has been aborted. Can you upgrade to SKY HD, and retain a Non HD telly over a scart connection? ie future proof the box, not get full hd quality, but still be able to watch it? The TV is 3 years old, and the parents are not ready to replace it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 Not sure about the HD bit but have you tried an LNB Reset? No idea if it will work but it's got to be worth a go! Go to Services and press 4 Then press 0 1 Select (should take you to the installer menu) 1 for LNB setup Highlight LNB Power Supply and change from On to Off then to the 22KHz Command and change to off Down to Save Settings & hit Select You should then go back to Installer Setup Go into LNB Setup again and hit the red button to reset all settings and save again, then press the Sky buttin to exit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 Was worth a try but still as dead as tomorrows turkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 In that case - you're fcuked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pincher Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 If it's any consolation, my Sky+ HDD is dying a slow death - if I record one channel, watching another is virtually impossible as the screen jerks & pixellates and the sound stops & starts. Went to my sister-in-laws yesterday to swap drives (she has the Box but no Sky+ subscription). I undid my box, unscrewed the billion screws & earth on my one, opened hers up........ And there was no feckin' HDD in there! Funnily enough I couldn't get one in PC World this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 What kind of HD do you need mate? 2"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 No idea? One like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 It's a standard 3.5" IDE HDD then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Can you upgrade to SKY HD, and retain a Non HD telly over a scart connection? [/ QUOTE ] Answering my own question, but it would seem not. Parents are not ready to change a 3year old good telly, when HD content is only just starting to emerge. looks like we'll be getting an engineer visit, or cancelling Sky, and having a reinstall. What ever is the most cost effective option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 How much storage do you need sir? 100Gb? I think we have a bucket load of those at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 100Gb would be plenty I should imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 Paul, I have a spare (std) sky box you can borrow mate Give me a bell (I'm not back home until the 28th) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 Cheers for the offer and call Nick. Will let you know how the parents want to proceed. Merry Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 You can put an hd box on a non HD tv no problem at all, and HD looks awesome of scart too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Update on this. Sky are comming today to repair it out of warranty for a fixed fee of £65. Much better than the Callout + parts + labour = expensive we were expecting. They will replace whatever is needed, Box, LNB etc and will get 3 months warranty on all parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Ok mate will put the box back in the loft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Glad you got it sorted. In answer to your Sky HD question, yes, you can use the scart no problem you will just get SD picture quality but the picture is better than a std Sky\Sky + box. Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Sky box and LNB diagnosed as dead. Both replaced for the one off fee. Thanks Nick for the offer of spare box. Its appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Both dead Short caused them to fry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 No idea which item took the other out. No scortch marks so can rule out lightening strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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