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sky plus box gone bang
« on: 24 July 2010, 17:04:37 »
Come home today....sky plus has no power, box is warm to the touch, no lights, and no responses  :(

Opened it up, no sign of anything wrong, internal fuse is fine.

Looks like its time to weigh up options.....

Oh, and I dont have extended warranty cover.
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #1 on: 24 July 2010, 18:06:19 »
hmmmm

looks like £50 to fix the box
or £70 for a new sky+ off ebay
or £100 for a new sky+ (with unused hd) off sky...

or....

Freesat + HD for £200 and bin sky......

Humax was always the box to have, is that still the case?  or better alternatives now?

and anyone know how to get old sky progs off the harddrive?
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #2 on: 24 July 2010, 18:10:19 »
I have a HUMAX .....  very very pleased with it  :y :y :y
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #3 on: 24 July 2010, 18:11:27 »
Could just be the power supply gone bang ... easy to replace and cheap to get on ebay ... as for your programs check here  :y :y

http://www.skycopyplus.co.uk/
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #4 on: 24 July 2010, 18:13:26 »
cheers, like that copy program  :y

Decisons decisions decisions

think we can live without sky, dont watch an awful lot on it, and its accessible from other sources anyway.
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #6 on: 24 July 2010, 18:18:59 »
Investigate the Humax HDR
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #7 on: 24 July 2010, 18:42:57 »
As Shrek says it's probably the power supply.  I've changed it on both on my boxes - easily done. 

The price varies on eBay but some suppliers ask you to return the U/S part before sending out the replacement.

Alternatively Sky will replace the box with a 'refurbished' one for £60 odd.

For Freesat, Humax is the one.
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #8 on: 24 July 2010, 19:02:49 »
just scanning the Humax detail...

Can it play video from a usb memory stick?
and if so, is it only previously archived files, or any mpeg2 file?
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #9 on: 24 July 2010, 19:10:48 »
You used to be able to get PSU repair kits for sat boxes which I imagine would be a hell of a lot cheaper than a replacement.
How good is your soldering?
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #10 on: 24 July 2010, 19:12:24 »
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You used to be able to get PSU repair kits for sat boxes which I imagine would be a hell of a lot cheaper than a replacement.
How good is your soldering?


aye, about £15 gets a no solder one....IF thats the issue, would appear you normally get symptoms, not just a power loss.
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #11 on: 24 July 2010, 19:12:28 »
As said if you have sky out of warranty they will repair any fault for £60 with further 3 months warranty from date of repair.

I take it you don't have an HD tv, as upgrading to sky+HD gives a far bigger hard drive.

Although it sounds like others know how to repair the box.
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #12 on: 24 July 2010, 19:16:31 »
Yup, standard WS CRT telly.

No HD cabability
a sky+ box from sky would be a refurb at £60
or new hd box free if you upgrade for 10 a month, or £100 otherwise

we dont watch that much, pay under £25 a month now, and could live without it.

Freesat looking appealing at the mo.

Want at least twin tuner PVR functionality, channel selection freeview or sat would be adequate, we have other freeview tellys if there was some overlap we wanted.

or risk £15 on a repair kit. Knowing my luck I would be adding £15 to the final cost of a new solution  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #13 on: 24 July 2010, 19:17:19 »
ohh, and how does Humax iplayer work?  via ethernet?
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Re: sky plus box gone bang
« Reply #14 on: 24 July 2010, 19:17:53 »
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You used to be able to get PSU repair kits for sat boxes which I imagine would be a hell of a lot cheaper than a replacement.
How good is your soldering?


aye, about £15 gets a no solder one....IF thats the issue, would appear you normally get symptoms, not just a power loss.
Wonder how that works?
Last one I did was replacement caps, couple of resistors and the chopper chip.
Was many moons ago though.
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