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What can I do when my Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fau

What can I do when my Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'?

What can I do when my Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or &
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How to Reset a Sky Digibox when 'No Signal' appears.

Reset method 1 - Delete and Rescan

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Check cables and connectors are in good order.
  4. Wait for at least 30 seconds.
  5. With the card still out of the machine, plug the Digibox back into the mains.
  6. Ignore all the messages, and wait for around a minute.
  7. Try 101 for BBC One, 102 for BBC Two and 103 for ITV-1.
  8. Insert viewing card, wait a few seconds.
  9. 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.
  1. 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".



  2. Then press [1] to go to the RF output menu.
  3. Press [DOWN] three times to highlight the line 22Khz Command and then press [RIGHT] to change the value to [OFF].
  4. Press [DOWN] and [SELECT] to select Save New Settings.
  5. Press [SKY].
  6. Again press [SERVICES], [4], [0], [1], [SELECT]; then [1] again for the LNB Menu. (SERVICES 0 0 1 SELECT for Sky HD).
  7. Now press the [RED] button (reset all settings), then [DOWN] until you can select Save New Settings again.
  8. Press [SKY].


Reset Method 3 - Upgrade the system software

If there are still problems:

  1. Turn the Digibox off at the mains again and remove the viewing card.
  2. Whilst holding down the BACKUP key on the Digibox - NOT ON THE REMOTE - turn the mains power on.
  3. Keep hold of BACKUP until the screen displays a "UPGRADING SYSTEM SOFTWARE" message – this will be white text on a black screen. On some boxes this can appear as a half screen.

  4. Wait 10 to 20 minutes for the software to download and install. The box will restart when the process is complete.
  5. Ignore all the messages, and wait for around a minute.
  6. Try 101 for BBC One, 102 for BBC Two and 103 for ITV-1.
  7. Insert viewing card, wait a few seconds.
  8. Check 104 for Channel 4 and 105 for five.


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Comments
Friday, 10 June 2011
Briantist
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8:15 AM

Nick H: I'm really pleased to hear that you have found a suitable solution to the trees problem.

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Jan C
10:28 AM

Hiya I have a sky plus box but I don't subscribe to sky. it won't record any of the free view channels, so I'm taking it that you have to subscribe to sky to be able to record. Do you know if there's a card I can buy that will enable me to do this? thanks for your time.

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max
8:24 PM

hi I have sky box but using only freeview channels (I don't have card). I lost bbc1, bbc2, channel4 and some other channels. Rest of the freewiev channel is without changes. I done second method but still don't have this channels. could you tell me what else I can do.

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Sunday, 12 June 2011
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Carl
7:02 PM

Hi Jan C

You DO need a subscription card for the recording! You could buy a freeSat PVR box, Humax do one as well as others, They offer HD and recording without the need for a card.
Regards,
Carl

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jb38
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7:31 PM

max: Irrespective of the other channels lost, if you had also previously carried out reset No1 method (as shown above) and the BBC channels are still missing then this might indicate a fault with the box.

You should carry out a signal check on the box by pressing > services > 4 > 6 and you should expect to see both signal and quality indications filling about 3/4 of the scale.

I would try another shot at reset No1 again though.

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Monday, 13 June 2011
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Roger
2:02 PM

I have aquired a Sharp Aquos TV LC-22DV200E and cannot get either Sky, Currys or Sharp to give me a code for my sky remote that works. Sky say it is Sharps problem, Sharps says it is a Sky problem, Currys dont want to know.

I have tried 0121,0093,064,065,0846,0815,0037,1421,999 none of which work.

Help

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jb38
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9:52 PM

Roger: Here is a few more Sharp TV codes that you could try out. 0064 0332 0554 0221 1221 0519 0880.

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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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Wyn Davies
8:38 PM

The updating system sign has been on for over an hour what can I do next please

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Thursday, 16 June 2011
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justin
1:39 PM

i have sky cable but recently the last few days the history channel has gone of and the listings is it just my box or is ir cross the whole network ???

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mark
11:05 PM

One day my tv was working fine, the next day it said no signal and i can't get it to work. have been up on roof to check aerial but makes no difference? Any suggestions? many thanks

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