You'll be able to stream recordings from your hard disc, and control the Sky Guide Planner. For now, it's a satisfyingly high-performance HD satellite receiver, at least on a par with Sky's top-of-the-line 1TB PVR when it comes to channel changes and browsing the Sky Guide, if not faster. For serious failures where you cannot get to the menu system to perform a system reset then you can perform one via the facia buttons as follows: The Sky+HD box has firmware that boots the box and loads the operating system. The EPG, planner and recordings are stored on the hard drive. When the hard drive contains corrupted data the Sky box has no built-in recovery software to resolve the corruption like Microsoft Windows or Linux does so it just says that the box is in "diskless mode". The "corruption" that made your box enter diskless mode is not necessarily a hardware corruption but could be a software corruption that occurred during the automated system software update. Some of us have figured out that forcing a software update can sometimes resolve the corruption but in most cases it requires a system reset. A system reset completely wipes your hard drive and reinstalls the system software and allows the hard drive itself to mark any areas as bad. Of course you lose your planner and recordings in the process. You could take resolution a step further by removing your hard drive from the Sky box, inserting it into a caddy and connecting it to a computer running hard drive diagnostics and repair software. Or, you could extend your box's life by inserting a new hard drive and performing a system reset to format it and use it as your new storage device. The Sky software supports up to 2TB hard drives.

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PCW9512 (Z80, 3.5MHz, 512 KB RAM, single or dual 720 KB 3" floppy drives, daisywheel printer, "paper white" screen) The update will be complete when you can perform a search or add a program to your planner without being informed that your box is initialising. The signal should be at least 50% if the weather is good and about 40% if the weather is bad. If you’ve got no signal strength try the following steps: For those of you with only the one satellite cable coming into your property i.e. communal satellite, you will need to enable 'single feed mode'. This is done as follows:The most fundamental change from earlier Sky propositions is the revamped and engorged on-demand offerings. due to a problem with the Seagate ST277R hard disk shipped with the PC2386 model, these had to be recalled and fitted with Western Digital controllers. Amstrad later successfully sued Seagate, but following bad press over the hard disk problems, Amstrad lost its lead in the European PC market. [3] 1990s [ edit ] Amstrad GX4000 video game console (1990) The average Sky user will never see this message as most TVs and displays can handle HDCP. However if you do see it and your set-up was previously working, then a change has taken place within your set-up. It could be a legit change such as your SKY box or TV (or other display device) has received a firmware update that has caused a compatibility issue. Or it could be that a fault has occured such as a break in your video-out cable or a loose connection. If however you are trying a new set-up or are routing your video-out connection through multiple devices or into a recording device then you may have triggered the HDCP anti-piracy mechanism.

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While on the phone the contractor was told that this was a increasingly common complaint with the Samsung - so when the come tomorrow I don't think I will mind whether it is Amstrad or Samsung, as long as it works and the picture is okay. If you get a message that says, No Satellite Signal is Being Received – Error 25 or Error 29 you can try resetting your digital box. The Keep option prevents you from accidentally deleting a recording that you want to keep or from stopping the automated housekeeping software from deleting programs that you want to keep. What it cannot do however is prevent Sky from deleting a program from your recordings because the program in question has an expiry date or because Sky has a legal obligation to remove it. Do remember that recordings cannot be transferred from one Sky box to another, regardless of whether you're upgrading or keeping the same model. Replacement Sky Q 1TB, Sky Q 2TB & Sky Q Mini Boxes When a connection has been successfully made the wireless LED light on the front of the box while go from flashing amber to solid amber. FeaturesIn my experience the most common problem is bad weather or a faulty connection due to age. If you do find a cause that is not diagnosable from the above list then do let me know.

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So you're just settling down to watch a brand new episode of Game of Thrones and the worst happens:your Sky Box finally gives up the ghost. But don't worry, we'll show you how to get yourself a brand new replacement, a repair or a second-hand model. I am an existing Sky customer, how do I get a replacement box?

Damage to the cables. Call an engineer if the cables are dislodged from the metal housing or the nozzle is bent or broken. This would be a box and subscription upgrade, loaning you the Sky Q equipment which would replace your existing box and hub. There are different options with Sky Q, such as Sky Q Multiscreen and a choice of 1TB or 2TB, so it's down to your preferences. You can find out more about Sky Q to see prices, equipment and service benefits.

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Amstrad DMP3000, DMP3160, DMP3250di 9-pin dot matrix printer (different printing speed), the special model 3250 di (dual interface) having both serial and parallel ports Continue pressing the buttons and within 60 seconds the blue/green circle lights on the box will light upYour box can fail to receive a signal for a variety of reasons. Working from the dish to the box the failure reasons include bad weather, dish movement, obstruction such as tree in full-bloom or man-made structure between your dish and the satellites, faulty LNB, water ingress where the cable connects to the LNB, damaged cable, moisture on the F-connector at the box end, frayed wires or bent centre wire at box end, software failure or box hardware failure. I think, with a lot of things like this, the overal impression of the box or kit in question is going to be down to a lot of things including first impressions (mine was very poor), the quality of your signal and the broadcast (?), the display and seating distances? I am still convinced that some displays are going to struggle with SD because they are designed with HD in mind and the resolutions don't match up well. My Sharp only just manages 1080i, but was designed with SD in mind so the majority of SD pictures are crystal clear at my current settings and seating distances. On the plus side, the HDMI supports Dolby Digital audio as well as stereo with Pro Logic, so the optical S/PDIF isn't quite as vital as it is on the standard Sky+. The I/O port doesn't do anything yet, but is designed to work with a range of peripherals such as the venerable Sky Gnome wireless audio extender, using a dongle that will imitate both the analogue stereo audio outputs and RS-232 serial data port of the larger Sky boxes. Sky's also hoping that other innovative uses will be found. Just thought I give my review of these two boxes (Amstrad & Samsung) as I have had both. I had an Amstrad fitted on the 19th Dec and my thirst thoughts were that its quiet, goodish HD, no failed recordings, 70 signal strength etc. However i was not that convinced it was that sharp on SD. So after a month of playing with the settings i still thought that the SD could be better. So phoned Sky asked them if I could have new box (Samsung or Pace) and agreed to replace it. I had a Samsung fitted on 15th Jan and here's my thoughts The above are the only boxes Sky now actively supplies and below is a list of boxes in circulation which