sky box engineer tricks

[sorsat]

Power supply start up caps have dried out , you may be able to get it repaired or just bin it and pick one up off flea bay? Cheap as chips

[harrynog]

sky box reset

Hi all, just registered , i have lost my signal on sky+ box ,sky seem to do this every couple of years because i wont upgrade to hd (another ten quid a month) i did purchase a disc last time and accsssed secret codes and fixed problem. cant find disc and am anxious to watch my footie tonight can anybody help, box is an amstrad thanks

[digital maniac]

system reset

thanks for your help. it got my thompson unit back up and running again after a complete failure and no signal!
could not find system reset so did the stage 3 which worked a treat.
now i am going to buy a better box!!

[storm95]

sky reset

trying to reset an old sky box pre sky plus
any help

[EAMO 2]

trying to reset an old sky box pre sky plus
any help

Read tutorial on page 1 of this thread, follow procedure & post
back here with DETAIL if procedure is not successful. Plenty of help on here but you are expected to make some little effort first

[Feral Space Monkey]

Thanx for all the tips. I took my box apart to try and retrieve the recordings using the COPY + software, but unfortunately it the particularly complicated 500gb Amstrad box has had a software update to the dreaded DARWIN version and Copy + doesn't currently support this Anyway, I've had to forego all the months of recordings and bite the bullet, with a full system reset. Never mind, at least I can record and pause TV once more. Thanks again, F.S.M.

[3y3k0n]

Thank you for The post.

Thankyou very much for the useful and informative post. Do you know by any chance what the concealed cam interface is for at the back of the sky boxes?

[EAMO 2]

Thankyou very much for the useful and informative post. Do you know by any chance what the concealed cam interface is for at the back of the sky boxes?

Never looked at it, don't use S*y boxes really, but would hazard
a guess if you try accessing "concealed cam interface" response
would be ACCESS DENIED

[lawler83]

can you help? recently bought a secondhand sky+ HD bod (ex west mids area) we live in Yorks... our sky card (with subscription) wont work in the new box.. is there any way round this?

[Manic01]

can you help? recently bought a secondhand sky+ HD bod (ex west mids area) we live in Yorks... our sky card (with subscription) wont work in the new box.. is there any way round this?

Phone sky to get it paired to receiver. It's free to do.

[DEK2000]

sky/sky+ box, use these tips to enter secret menu to reset/defrag

Any tips would be gratefully received thank you.

[oldgit71]

I have just cancelled Sky and they have removed my ability to record and replay recorded programs on my Sky+ box. Is there a way to override their programming or has this been done on the viewing card?

[Manic01]

?10 per month req to use rec function.

[oldgit71]

Thanks, trying to avoid using sky at any cost so trying to get round the problem in different ways as I now have a useless Sky+ box
.

[Manic01]

If you have an older version sky card, blue house if it had sky+ activated on it.
It will still let you use rec facility.