What can I do when my Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fau
How to Reset a Sky Digibox when 'No Signal' appears.
Reset method 1 - Delete and Rescan
- Turn the power off at the mains socket. Either do this by pulling the plug from the socket, or using a power switch if there is one.
- Remove the viewing card from the machine. Using a dry cloth or kitchen roll, clean the gold connector on the reverse of the card. Do not use any cleaning products.
- Check cables and connectors are in good order.
- Wait for at least 30 seconds.
- With the card still out of the machine, plug the Digibox back into the mains.
- Ignore all the messages, and wait for around a minute.
- Try 101 for BBC One, 102 for BBC Two and 103 for ITV-1.
- Insert viewing card, wait a few seconds.
- Check 104 for Channel 4 and 105 for five.
Reset Method 2 - Reset the LNB
If the above method does not work, the LNB may have a fault.- Press the [SERVICES] button and then press [4] [0] [1] then [SELECT]
On Sky HD, press the [SERVICES] button and then press [0] [0] [1] then [SELECT]
Press the buttons in the sequence above exactly - do not atttempt to use [UP] or [DOWN]. Note that when you press the second 0 and 1 nothing happens on the screen until you press the final [SELECT]. This is a "hidden menu". - Then press [1] to go to the RF output menu.
- Press [DOWN] three times to highlight the line 22Khz Command and then press [RIGHT] to change the value to [OFF].
- Press [DOWN] and [SELECT] to select Save New Settings.
- Press [SKY].
- Again press [SERVICES], [4], [0], [1], [SELECT]; then [1] again for the LNB Menu. (SERVICES 0 0 1 SELECT for Sky HD).
- Now press the [RED] button (reset all settings), then [DOWN] until you can select Save New Settings again.
- Press [SKY].
Reset Method 3 - Upgrade the system software
If there are still problems:- Turn the Digibox off at the mains again and remove the viewing card.
- Whilst holding down the BACKUP key on the Digibox - NOT ON THE REMOTE - turn the mains power on.
- Keep hold of BACKUP until the screen displays a "UPGRADING SYSTEM SOFTWARE" message ââ¬â this will be white text on a black screen. On some boxes this can appear as a half screen.
- Wait 10 to 20 minutes for the software to download and install. The box will restart when the process is complete.
- Ignore all the messages, and wait for around a minute.
- Try 101 for BBC One, 102 for BBC Two and 103 for ITV-1.
- Insert viewing card, wait a few seconds.
- Check 104 for Channel 4 and 105 for five.
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Thursday, 19 April 2012
margaret price: Look for ITV1 in the 800s (i.e. from programme number 800). If you have Channel 4 and Channel 5 then you would be expected to have ITV1 as well because they are in the same group.
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margaret price: My apologies, I was thinking of Freeview rather than Sky. I can't help with getting your Sky box to show ITV1. Hopefully someone who can will be along soon.
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Monday, 23 April 2012
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Pat Slattery6:05 PM
I brought my Sky box to Lithuania and fitted a 1.2mtr dish, the signal strength is 80-100% and I recieve many Sky channels perfectly,( e.g.CBS reallity etc, all News Ch. except BBC, free film Cha. radio stations etc. but If I select any BBC CH.,(1-2-3-4 Parl.etc). ITV 1-2-3-4, CH4, CH5,it shows "No Satallite signal being received", can anyone please help?, thank you.
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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Julie Burford1:34 PM
Hi wonder if you can please help
We currently have sky plus downstairs and 2 freesat boxes in the kids bedrooms upstairs, always had a really good signal with no problems.
However today both rooms with the freesat boxes tvs are saying no signal but main telly with skyplus is fine
Any ideas please
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Monday, 30 April 2012
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Guy5:47 PM
I Have a quite old probably at least 8 to 10 year old grundig digibox i have the no satelite signal is being received have tried the various things to do on here with no luck in the signal test is blank,signal quality is blank and lock indicator not locked any ideas as it was ok earlier
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jb387:40 PM
Guy: Considering the age of the box its a wonder that its power unit is still working, or of course maybe its not! as the symptom you report is usually displayed when power supply to the tuner drops under a certain level.
That said, have you tried resetting the box? this achieved by removing the mains plug and leaving it about 30 seconds or so before reconnecting it to the mains supply again, then once it starts responding to the remote control letting it go through its lengthy "searching for listings" procedure.
If this procedure fails to resolve the issue then another thing it could also be is that your dish has been moved a fraction out of line by recent high wind, and with no-one no matter how experienced they may be being able to detect this without the aid of a meter as it only takes the slightest of movements to knock out the signal.
If you can access the dish try giving it a slight nudge (tap) one way or the other in its horizontal plane.
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Wednesday, 2 May 2012
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Graham Richardson10:36 PM
For the past week I am unable to get BBC radio channels.
The first staion I can get is 350 and only up to 378. When I key in 0102 for radio 2 instead of 0 appearing I get a speaker icon.
Have called Sky but they say they have never heard of this one, they offered to send someone out but as I am in Europe I had to bluff them off.
any ideas please?
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Thursday, 3 May 2012
Friday, 4 May 2012
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Donna Pesticcio8:40 AM
Cardiff
I have built in freeview in my television, I have bought 3 different digital areials which say they are compatible for digital freeview, none of them have got a signal, i live next to a railway line would this effect it? also can uyou suggest an aerial
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Donna's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mark Fletcher11:16 PM
Halifax
Donna Pesticcio,Cardiff.(Caerdydd).
If you leave a full postcode preferably to ascertain the possibilities of freeview coverage in your locality,hopefully we should be of even more valued assistance to you !
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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