Skybox f5 with no astra satellite stored?

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I've just purchased one of these off ebay for ?55. (is it any good?)

But the satellites already stored on it seem to be Asian ones.

Anyone know how i can get it to use the Astra 28E satellite?

Thanks.

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I've just purchased one of these off ebay for ?55. (is it any good?)

But the satellites already stored on it seem to be Asian ones.

Anyone know how i can get it to use the Astra 28E satellite?


Thanks.

You can enter one manually or just stick a channel list on.

First I would check if your box is a clone or original.

Look at the back of the remote control there should be a gold QC sticker and if you remove the battery cover it should have SKYBOX moulded into the plastic at the top of the battery hollows.

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You can enter one manually or just stick a channel list on.

First I would check if your box is a clone or original.

Look at the back of the remote control there should be a gold QC sticker and if you remove the battery cover it should have SKYBOX moulded into the plastic at the top of the battery hollows.

There's no gold QC sticker but there's a green QC sticker in there. Also there is no SKYBOX moulded into any plastic on the remote.
Are they any other ways of checking whether it is definitely a clone? And what is the difference between a cloned box and a non cloned box?

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all sorted, no cloned box here thankfully.