Sky Plus recording problems

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seggy45

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My Satellite Setup
thomson sky plus box, broadboand via tiscali
My Location
lancs
Hi,

I recently had to disconnect the dish input connections at the rear of my Thomson Sky + box. Having reconnected it I can't record from the planner and if I try it then it shows that channel as 'no signal being received'.
I can record direct (without going into the planner or tv guide).
I've checked the signal test and input 1 is fine but input 2 is not showing anything other than 'not locked' .
Please help!
 
seggy45 said:
Hi,

I recently had to disconnect the dish input connections at the rear of my Thomson Sky + box. Having reconnected it I can't record from the planner and if I try it then it shows that channel as 'no signal being received'.
I can record direct (without going into the planner or tv guide).
I've checked the signal test and input 1 is fine but input 2 is not showing anything other than 'not locked' .
Please help!
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Welcome,

First thing to do is upgrade software and reboot as follows:

>Turn off power
>Hold backup button on receiver in whilst applying power again
>Hold the button in until all lights on receiver light
>Wait 10 Minutes until box turns to s/by
>Wait 1 Minute, switch on
>You will see 'searching for listings', please wait
>Leave for further 2 minutes to see if signal lock on both ports.

If not then you may have further problems

Satman :)
 
Another thing to check first is that you have screwed the 2nd input in properly, and there is enough of inner core poking out the end of the f-connector, and that the connector is still on the cable properly.:)
 
And then swap over the connectors of input 1 and 2 and see if the same input is no signal
 
Thanks, tried all the above with no success, when i swapped the inputs over there was no signal on either input, I take it this isnt looking too good?
 
Maybe a poor termination on the LNb or faulty LNb :D
 
seggy45 said:
Hi,

I recently had to disconnect the dish input connections at the rear of my Thomson Sky + box.
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Presumably you completely powered down the box by removing the power lead.:cool: If you only left it in standby and then disconnected then this is the most likely source of your problem. More than likely a goosed lnb. However there may be hope if you have a look at the lnb it may be a quad output instead of dual output and one of the two remaining outputs may be OK, worth checking.
 
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