Briefly! Have had problems with Sky- have now got a new viewing card- problem still persists (i.e. cant get all channels but only intermittent problem- it's ok for a short while - max of one hour- if I unplug from mains.

 

Spoken to Sky several times (always different people) & they now want to send an engineer at cost to me of £65!! If a new box is needed they can give me a reconditioned one at no charge but only has 90 day warranty. The box was installed 15/5/2006 so not exactly 'old'.

 

Any suggestions? Better to get a local engineer out or ditch SKY & go cable?

Can't you borrow a box off someone to be sure it's your box? LNB is a piece of piss to swap if that's the problem... If you're not bothered about sky+ etc, there must be thousands of old boxes knocking around - although sky installers always try to take them! I reckon someone on here will have their old box for a few quid - I'd let you have mine but I've set it up running freesat.

 

Rich

EUREKA! Reset box saturday night & has worked perfectly since. Am keeping everything crossed though!

 

Thanks to all those who have contributed.

Since my last post box failed totally. I prevaricated for week or so ( considered Virgin etc). Sky initially said for £65 they'd give me a recon box with 3 month warranty!!- no way jose!!

 

Rang customer services who were keen to keep me. Gave me brand-new Sky+ box for £15. When engineeer turns up he fits Sky+ HD box & tells me they are no longer suppling just Sky+ boxes. RESULT.

I work for sky, and yes they have scraped the sky+

 

You can now only buy a HD box.