Amstrad sky box

smudger1964

I have had my amstrad digibox for about 6 years and up till yesterday it worked fine.Now it wont turn on either by the remote or by pressing the button on the front it just stays on standby,I have tried unplugging and leaving it off but still no luck.Theres no prob with the sky dish as I have borrowed an old Grundig box and that works.

I havent phoned sky yet as I think they are going to want £60 or something like that to come out.

lee634

have you checked to see if there is an in-line fuse in the back, i'm pretty sure there isn't but it's worth a try, if there isn't then it sounds possibly like the psu inside has died, if thats the case then you'll need a replacement

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

If you want to stick to a standard digibox, you should be able to pick up a second hand box from ebay for £20-£30.

jackthenipper

if the box is stuck on the red standby light then you need to do what sky call a forced download, let me know!

0james0

Get Sky+, you'll love it and could get it pretty cheap/ free if you say you are thinking of leaving them to join virgin.

jackthenipper

You probably wont get a free sky+ this month as sky sre doing a special offer where sky Hd is £75 to all customers for the whole of October.

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jackthenipper wrote: »

if the box is stuck on the red standby light then you need to do what sky call a forced download, let me know!

If the receiver is stuck on standby, the OP will not be able to carry out a forced download, not that it would make any difference in this case.:rolleyes:

BexTech

Phone up and cancel, when they ask why, tell them there is no point in paying for a subscription if the box don't work, they will offer half price, push them further and they will offer a free fix, never personally known anyone have to pay.

jackthenipper

Inactive wrote: »

If the receiver is stuck on standby, the OP will not be able to carry out a forced download, not that it would make any difference in this case.:rolleyes:

Of course you can carry out a forced download, thats the whole point of it. It enables you to upate the software in the digibox & sometimes allows the box to go from the red light to green.

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jackthenipper wrote: »

Of course you can carry out a forced download, thats the whole point of it. It enables you to upate the software in the digibox & sometimes allows the box to go from the red light to green.

If the box is stuck in standby, a forced download will not function, in any case, unless the receiver has been unplugged for a long time, it will have received downloads automatically.

The receiver is 99% certain stuffed.

System

BexTech is right - told an elderly friend to stand up to them and push the point that a subscription to a service INCLUDES servicable equipment to get that service, and threaten cancellation if not supplied - engineer and newbox, next day, no charge.:beer: