Skybox f5s doesn't seem to turn on. No signal to tv

[Dom58]

Hi everyone


I'm new to this. I got myself a skybox f5s but it doesn't seem to turn on. It has four dash lines on the box and the green light is on but my lg tv says no signal. any ideas ?image.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpg

[Hadron]

First thing I would do is try using the scart or composite output to connect to your TV.

The box may be outputting a video format that the HDMI cannot recognise.

[digicon]

I thought that the V-Format button on the remote control was for scenarios like this, Keep pressing it until the TV recognizes a Video Input signal i found the first one would be 576i

[P&D]

shouldn't the box have a channel number on the front where the 4 dash's are ??
have you tried it on a different tv ??
Another stupid question.....have you loaded a channel list on the box ????

[yasminandrio]

shouldn't the box have a channel number on the front where the 4 dash's are ??
have you tried it on a different tv ??
Another stupid question.....have you loaded a channel list on the box ????

mate have you had one of these boxes from new. If you buy one direct it won't have channel list you plug it in and it goes to menu screen, I thought with all you recommendation to everyone who asks about the box, that they should up there budget and get a better one that you have already had one and had a problem with it. By the looks of it you haven't had one as your would have know that! But who am I to judge!! Anyway a very good beginners box is the F5s IMHO

[yasminandrio]

When on menu it looks like that. Mate I have a lg tv make sure u have your hdmi cable plug in and the choose the correct input press input at top of remote hdmi should be in black choose one of those the grey out ones will come up with no signal. If that don't work try component or scart as stated before. Please let us no when sorted as a few people are trying to help u

[Dom58]

The box is from eBay and it worked yesterday along with the channel list. I have tried holding down the v format button but no joy. I wasn't sure if my remote was working so I have got
one today from eBay and the light is flashing on the remote but not sure if I have to program the remote or something. Om
at a loss tbh
also I've tried the scart and that's not working either

[P&D]

mate have you had one of these boxes from new. If you buy one direct it won't have channel list you plug it in and it goes to menu screen, I thought with all you recommendation to everyone who asks about the box, that they should up there budget and get a better one that you have already had one and had a problem with it. By the looks of it you haven't had one as your would have know that! But who am I to judge!! Anyway a very good beginners box is the F5s IMHO

No mate not had one after the F3 i moved on...as you say to a better box
i had enough of the cheap s**t they where to much hassle

I cannot see the difference between the openbox F3 F5 or any other budget box...they are all cheap throw away boxes

Lesson learnt...thats what where all hear for init

[yasminandrio]

Pull the power out of back of box and then see if it loads up as it should do. I just think you have not got ur cables in properly or you have pressed radio on remote something as silly as that. But no signal on ur tv is that you have not got the correct input/source for box connected

[Dom58]

Pulled the plug out and came straight back with the dashes instead of numbers and the no signal screen. I have pressed pretty much every button on the remote to see if it will change

[yasminandrio]

The f3 and f5 are the same really. He's got a f5s, some people don't want to fork out 200 quid on a box which takes a lot of work and many hours messing about with. If you follow simple instruction with these boxes you can't go wrong, maybe that's where you had your problems pal.

[yasminandrio]

So box doesn't load up, so mate you need to recover the box, follow instruction in the sticky above

[Dom58]

If I recover the box will i lose my channels and my 'free 12month gift'

[yasminandrio]

Can't talk about that here

[P&D]

The f3 and f5 are the same really. He's got a f5s, some people don't want to fork out 200 quid on a box which takes a lot of work and many hours messing about with. If you follow simple instruction with these boxes you can't go wrong, maybe that's where you had your problems pal.

Yeah most prob could't workout what to do with the F3 to get it working .... so i bought the Vu much easier box to work with