All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Chris: No! because its purely intended as a Freeview "local" channel, as indeed is rather indicated by its name.
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Joel : If both inputs 1 and 2 on the box are indicating "NOT LOCKED" then this points to the problem being with either the the dish, such as having been moved out of alignment, or the coax leads from the LNB having been damaged.
You should make a visual check for any signs of damage to the coax , but if none is seen then its almost certain that your dish will have to be realigned.
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Christy Godfrey: "Initialising" generally indicates that the hard drive requires resetting, and is something which can take up to 5 minutes (or more) on some devices, if though you have already waited longer than this you should try disconnecting the box from the mains for about 30 seconds or so before reconnecting same then waiting on the result of this action..
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Christy Godfrey : In addition to that said, should the aforementioned fail to resolve the problem with the "initialising" warning being seen for over 15 minutes or so, then this can unfortunately be an indication that the hard drive has failed and with your only option then being to try reformatting the hard drive, that is should it respond to that command!, the unfortunate but unavoidable downside of this action being the deletion of everything stored in it.
By the way, which model of Goodman's are you referring to?
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Marjorie Wann: An easy way to find out what you will, or will not, be able to view by cancelling your subscription is by removing your viewing card and running through the programme list, a point to note being, that if you have Sky+ or Sky+HD you will be unable to access the recording / playback side of your box as Sky will disable this along with your ability to view programmes dedicated to Sky packages.
By the way, even after cancelling your subscription you will still require the card to be inserted to view Sony TV (157), as even although its a free channel its encrypted.
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Christy Godfrey: Thanks for the update on the model number in question, unfortunately though a model not exactly unheard of for requiring frequent reboots to restore operation.
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Christy Godfrey : I somewhat suspected that this might apply!! which unfortunately does not really leave you with anything further to try "if" you have already tried the "disconnecting the box from the mains" procedure?, as that already mentioned has covered the only limited options that are available to you when attempting to overcome hard drive failure.
However, and although unlikely, but only other possible cause of the problem would be if a defect occurred in the power supply feed to the hard drive, as other than that there isn't any.
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RAY CARHART: If the TV you were viewing is the one connected into the Sky boxes RF outlet socket? then go into the TV's tuning menu and select "analogue" followed by carrying out an auto-tune to recover the Sky boxes RF output signal.
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RAY CARHART : Further to that said, "if" the TV in question is fitted with a scart socket then select AV input on the TV whilst its scart input is coupled into the Sky boxes scart output and this will allow you to alter the settings on both devices without the RF coupling being involved.
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Friday 30 May 2014 5:34PM
dixon: What type (model) of satellite box are you referring to, Sky or Freesat?, and if the former is it a Sky+ or Sky+HD model?
However, a "no satellite signal" warning can be caused by a number of reasons, such as the dish having been moved (or knocked) slightly out of alignment, a faulty connection (short circuit) on one of the coax "F" connectors or water having entered same on the one connected into the dish, a faulty LNB being another possible reason.