F5s locking up

[genam]

Just began having trouble with one of my F5s's.....boots up OK and begins showing a channel but after 20-30s the remote is no longer recognised and then about 10-15s later the picture completely freezes whilst displaying the channel info box.

I managed to get it to stay active long enough to get it into menu mode and reloaded the firmware 22-1-14 but made no difference...factory reset didn't work either.

Any ideas??

[genam]

OK...box is toast for anything satellite or HDMI related....works fine as a SCART output media player but as soon as the SAT cable is connected it freezes and now the HDMI port isn't working at all.

I reckon sending it back is a waste of time but very much a case of once bitten twice shy...its replacement won't be a SKYBOX...just as well its a cheap box.

[mtv1]

ok its the feed you either have crossed poles or a break in the sat cable check all connections to the box take off the f type connectors cut back the cable at least 1 inch make sure the outer wires not touching the pole inner wire will be sweet seen it numerous times

[jambo862]

Hi, just wondering if the OP ever found a fix for this. My box is doing this too and I just can't get it fixed.

Thanks

Jambo862

[genam]

Nope.....tried everything I could from the USB etc...don't have a way of hooking up to the serial port to see if I can redo the firmware that way.

[jambo862]

Nope.....tried everything I could from the USB etc...don't have a way of hooking up to the serial port to see if I can redo the firmware that way.

I've tried that as well, tried replacing to a different psu, tried the serial port, tried booting it without the LNB, and get the same result everytime.

Guess I need to by a different box

[sailsy]

Same here was working fine for a while!

I think it's something to do with satellite feed because box ok till you connect it to it!

But sayjng that worked a good few hours before it started playing up?

Do you reckon could be lnb it was later on in evening when all the house hold were watching there box's?

It's ok when satellite feed is disconnected!

[mtv1]

no its the coax cable poles are crossed or a break in the line

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/RG-59.jpg/400px-RG-59.jpg

causes the box to loop

if not that its the lnb get your local sly fiyyer should get one handy

most retailers charge too much foe them