F5 Skybox

[murtarmy]

Hi, this is my first time on here. Can anyone at all help me out. My Skybox is loading the channels, and when it gets to L100, instead of my channels and picture appearing on my tv the box starts to reload again. It's been doing this all evening, I even plugged everything out, left it for an hour and tried again but it just keeps reloading channels without anything coming on to my tv screen. I don't know what to do here???

[P&D]

Recover Dead Skybox/Openbox Flash Using Serial RS232 Null modem Cable

[murtarmy]

Recover Dead Skybox/Openbox Flash Using Serial RS232 Null modem Cable

Thanks for your help, is this cable hard to get or would most electrical shops supply them?

[andy91]

Thanks for your help, is this cable hard to get or would most electrical shops supply them?

If you only have a laptop you need this one

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And if you have a desktop pc this is better

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Andy

[wroenaldinho]

has the coax been used previously or have you stripped it back. this happened to me and the cable was shorting and it kept reloading until I put ends on properly.

[Hadron]

Try booting the box with the LNB cable unplugged.

As wroenaldinho says, it could be a problem with the coax cable.

Also, if you have another power unit with the same voltage & polarity (& the same or greater current (Amps) rating), then try that.