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ARGH any advice?

devils_vixen
devils_vixen Posts: 930 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Ok Sky+ installed last thursday. A right pain in the **** now! Twice in the last hour has this crashed, screen went black light is green then after a min goes to standby then after 10mins goes back on! Any advice? Was recording a film earlier and thanks to this flipping thing it was only part recorded!
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  • thelawns
    thelawns Posts: 56 Forumite
    Is the box getting too hot? It has been a warm day today.

    If so, then a call to sky is in order for a replacement box! ;)
  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    If today was warm, god help it in July! :D
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • devils_vixen
    devils_vixen Posts: 930 Forumite
    No box isn't too hot. Wasn't that hot up here! Your all making me jealous now!:mad: :p
  • thelawns
    thelawns Posts: 56 Forumite
    devils_vixen wrote: »
    No box isn't too hot. Wasn't that hot up here! Your all making me jealous now!:mad: :p

    Lol, it was like summer here in the midlands! :rotfl:
  • devils_vixen
    devils_vixen Posts: 930 Forumite
    thelawns wrote: »
    Lol, it was like summer here in the midlands! :rotfl:


    No need to rub salt into the wounds :rotfl:
  • devils_vixen
    devils_vixen Posts: 930 Forumite
    Right have phoned sky and an engineer is coming out on Friday. So are there any boxes that I should avoid/request?
  • ccsurvival
    ccsurvival Posts: 39 Forumite
    Its pot luck really with boxes.. .thee real problems begin whan it breaks down a week after you have thrown away the extend your warranty letter
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    devils_vixen wrote: »
    Right have phoned sky and an engineer is coming out on Friday. So are there any boxes that I should avoid/request?


    Avoid Amstrad if you can.;)
  • damo24
    damo24 Posts: 299 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    The Pace boxes were much better, after 3 Amstrads eventually got a Pace which lasted for 4 1/2 years. The problem is Sky now own Amstrad so the chances are you will be stuck with one of those.
  • devils_vixen
    devils_vixen Posts: 930 Forumite
    Replaced with a Thomson

    Must be starting at the bottom and working my way up:confused:

    I remember the days when you could choose what box you wanted online!
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