Sky box switching to standby
Sky box switching to standby
Does anyone know why my Sky box has suddenly started switching itself to standby automatically?? As far as I know I haven't done/touched/altered anything and this started day before yesterday....first of all I thought we'd had a power cut then it went off halfway through the evening; anotice flashed up saying 'Your Sky box is preparing to enter standby mode... (or similar) and I think 'press backup to return (or something)..... and it went off again last night....It's driving me MAD!!!
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Re: Sky box switching to standby
A quick Google found this thread http://tinyurl.com/65qr74
It seems it's a corrupt update and many people are affected.
You could try turning off the auto standby option but even that may not cure it.
Sid
It seems it's a corrupt update and many people are affected.
You could try turning off the auto standby option but even that may not cure it.
Sid
Re: Sky box switching to standby
Thanks Sid...yes have just had a look at that link....that thread was ongoing around June time so maybe it's the same thing again??!!! I wonder if Sky will do another update to 'correct' it......
I've now disabled auto standby so we'll see!!!
I've now disabled auto standby so we'll see!!!
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Re: Sky box switching to standby
Is anyone having trouble with sky+? Evertime we switch our box to standby, when we switch on again we can't get into the planner and recordings have failed. This has only been happening for a few days and reading the digitalspy forums it seems to be caused by a firmware update recently. We are now leaving our sky box on all the time which I don't like doing as last year in the heat it overheated and we had to replace the hard drive.
Re: Sky box switching to standby
Touch wood, it seems to have worked...so far at any rate!You could try turning off the auto standby option but even that may not cure it.
Sorry, can't help with the latest post.....
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Thanks for this,we have two sky boxes, its the one in the bedroom that is doing just as you say, blimey her in doors was saying we got a ghost, ha ha so help how do you find auto standby ???
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Hi Ken (fellow Yellowbelly I think??!!)
You can;t (delete one that is)
and I didn't know either but found it under 'services' button on the remote....go down to 'auto standby' and you can change the 'on; to 'off' there!!!
You can;t (delete one that is)
and I didn't know either but found it under 'services' button on the remote....go down to 'auto standby' and you can change the 'on; to 'off' there!!!
Life is as good as you make it, just keep my glass half full
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Yes thanks done the auto thingy,?? lets see if it works,? (fellow Yellowbelly I think??!!) no not really, did move to Wrangle in 79, then moved to lots of places around Boston, then in 1999 move over here, and still love it, money is becoming a little problem?? but??
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Goodoh. Glad you're sorted! I was near Boston for several years....used to edit the Boston News actually at one time! Lived between Sleaford and Grantham....good ole Lincs...at least I had some hills -- well, rolling ground anyway, lol
And I'm glad your money problems are only little ones!!!!!
And I'm glad your money problems are only little ones!!!!!
Life is as good as you make it, just keep my glass half full
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..but when you go back and look at the setting, it has changed back to ON. Anyone else have this problem?tjtops wrote:...go down to 'auto standby' and you can change the 'on; to 'off' there!!!
McT
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No....just looked again at mine and it's still set to 'off'......
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Re: Sky box switching to standby
It does appear that Sky are having problems with a recent update.
More info at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/25 ... _software/
Sid
More info at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/25 ... _software/
Sid
Re: Sky box switching to standby
This is part of the problem I reported earlier with my sky+ box 24 pages you can read about this on digitalspy forum.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/show ... p?t=934809.
So far sky have not sorted out the problem and I am having to leave my box on all the time. Fun will start when the good old spanish give us yet another power cut.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/show ... p?t=934809.
So far sky have not sorted out the problem and I am having to leave my box on all the time. Fun will start when the good old spanish give us yet another power cut.
Re: Sky box switching to standby
Keeping me things crossed, mine has stayed on auto off, so thanks once again to you lovely people on A.COM
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We are having problems with the bedroom TV which is linked to the downstairs sky box. After a couple of minutes it switches itself off. Does it on Spanish TV too, could it be linked or is it a TV fault?
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Re: Sky box switching to standby
Does the TV have a sleep timer facility which you may have activated inadvertently?
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double post!
Re: Sky box switching to standby
Would this be on the control box? will have a look.
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Re: Sky box switching to standby
Seems to have been the problem, thanks beachcomber.
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