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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: JamesV6CDX on 14 October 2007, 17:55:14
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There was a loud "Bang" from Maria's Sky Box this morning, and it blew the (3a) fuse. It's done this twice now.
Skybox Fubar?
Where's the best place to get another, if so?
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There was a loud "Bang" from Maria's Sky Box this morning, and it blew the (3a) fuse. It's done this twice now.
Skybox Fubar?
Where's the best place to get another, if so?
dump it, go MCE
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Whats MCE? ::)
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Whats MCE? ::)
Thats wat i was wondering too mike ::)
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computery thingie
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computery thingie
What computer thingy is that then :P
Found some questions on the subject here;
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?p=mce
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computery thingie
computery thingie, that still dont say what it is jaime ;D
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I'm really puzzled now ;D
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something to do with bits and bytes and little men in the box running around fast....
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I'm really puzzled now ;D
Look here it explains it:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/default.mspx
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something to do with bits and bytes and little men in the box running around fast....
Lol jaime ;D ;D
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There was a loud "Bang" from Maria's Sky Box this morning, and it blew the (3a) fuse. It's done this twice now.
Skybox Fubar?
Where's the best place to get another, if so?
Out of interest, what model was it ?.
Ken
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Check out this site:
http://www.satcure.co.uk/
They do replacement power supplies and there's lots of advice on the common maladies. Got a set of capacitors to replace all the ones of marginal quality in my sky box and it's a lot more stable now. Yours might be a bit too far gone mut could be an easy fix.
Kevin
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Check out this site:
http://www.satcure.co.uk/
They do replacement power supplies and there's lots of advice on the common maladies. Got a set of capacitors to replace all the ones of marginal quality in my sky box and it's a lot more stable now. Yours might be a bit too far gone mut could be an easy fix.
Kevin
pace sky digi box kevin
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Cheers Kev I'lll take a look later...
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Ah, yours wasn't an Amstrad was it ?. When I was fixing skyboxes, the common amstrad fault was the marginally rated caps they used in their PSU. They used to dry out after a while. There was a long list of faults, the repair to which was "change all caps in PSU" ! ;D ;D
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Say "It is broken send me a new one please?"
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Say "It is broken send me a new one please?"
Her Ladyship declined the insurance when taking it out
DOH!!
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Ah, yours wasn't an Amstrad was it ?. When I was fixing skyboxes, the common amstrad fault was the marginally rated caps they used in their PSU. They used to dry out after a while. There was a long list of faults, the repair to which was "change all caps in PSU" ! ;D ;D
No ken its made by pace thats what they use now....
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I think you'll find Ken was joking about that part...
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Say "It is broken send me a new one please?"
Problem there Martin......I believe that tho you pay for the service.....the box they initially give you with 12 months warranty.....is yours! So after 12 months, if it breaks, you have to pay for it to be repaired or buy another one.
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Well i have had sky now for 2 yrs, but when i lived in my last house back in cambridge i had sky for 10 yrs and that box was still working but my ex took it.......
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Say "It is broken send me a new one please?"
Problem there Martin......I believe that tho you pay for the service.....the box they initially give you with 12 months warranty.....is yours! So after 12 months, if it breaks, you have to pay for it to be repaired or buy another one.
Yep your right dave , it does become yours
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Sorry, I didn't have much experience with Pace boxes. Some Pace boxes had a single board for the elecronics, with the PSU on the same board as the tuner/decoder etc, which meant it was not a "swap the psu" repair. Not nice to work on. :P :P
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Say "It is broken send me a new one please?"
Problem there Martin......I believe that tho you pay for the service.....the box they initially give you with 12 months warranty.....is yours! So after 12 months, if it breaks, you have to pay for it to be repaired or buy another one.
You can always phone them up and say that the box they sent you has died, and when they start saying that you have to buy another box, you can mention that you are thinking of stopping Sky, as Virgin have sent you some special offers, and see if they bite.
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Say "It is broken send me a new one please?"
Problem there Martin......I believe that tho you pay for the service.....the box they initially give you with 12 months warranty.....is yours! So after 12 months, if it breaks, you have to pay for it to be repaired or buy another one.
You can always phone them up and say that the box they sent you has died, and when they start saying that you have to buy another box, you can mention that you are thinking of stopping Sky, as Virgin have sent you some special offers, and see if they bite.
Thanks ken that's sounds like a good idea, i will try and see if they give me a new box, but they did ring me a while back asking did i want insurance because i had it over a yr and i said no so i might not get a new box, and they tryed to persuade me but i still said no, i wish i said yes know
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there are some cheap ones about, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Samsung-DSR-9400-VIA-Viaccess-Satellite-Receiver_W0QQitemZ290170510867QQihZ019QQcategoryZ96970QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I must say I haven't tried Samsung, but they are probably as good as everyone else.
Ken
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Say "It is broken send me a new one please?"
Problem there Martin......I believe that tho you pay for the service.....the box they initially give you with 12 months warranty.....is yours! So after 12 months, if it breaks, you have to pay for it to be repaired or buy another one.
I thought pay TV stays with the company - I have a SECA CAM property of OnDigital
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Say "It is broken send me a new one please?"
Problem there Martin......I believe that tho you pay for the service.....the box they initially give you with 12 months warranty.....is yours! So after 12 months, if it breaks, you have to pay for it to be repaired or buy another one.
You can always phone them up and say that the box they sent you has died, and when they start saying that you have to buy another box, you can mention that you are thinking of stopping Sky, as Virgin have sent you some special offers, and see if they bite.
Mention that friends have recommended a Freeview PVR, where for just over £100 you can record TV programmes and not pay Sky money - they may give you a Sky PVR!
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Say "It is broken send me a new one please?"
Problem there Martin......I believe that tho you pay for the service.....the box they initially give you with 12 months warranty.....is yours! So after 12 months, if it breaks, you have to pay for it to be repaired or buy another one.
You can always phone them up and say that the box they sent you has died, and when they start saying that you have to buy another box, you can mention that you are thinking of stopping Sky, as Virgin have sent you some special offers, and see if they bite.
Mention that friends have recommended a Freeview PVR, where for just over £100 you can record TV programmes and not pay Sky money - they may give you a Sky PVR!
Its still a tenner a month......and the box ive got is rubbish...hence why im looking at MCE :y
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I had a feeling the Sky subscription cards were paired to the set top box? (i.e. you can't take your card round to your mate's and use it in his box). No idea what the pairing procedure involves but it might be an issue with 2nd hand boxes.
I reckon phone sky and tell them you're cancelling because your box is broken and see what they offer to keep you. ;)
Kevin
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Say "It is broken send me a new one please?"
Problem there Martin......I believe that tho you pay for the service.....the box they initially give you with 12 months warranty.....is yours! So after 12 months, if it breaks, you have to pay for it to be repaired or buy another one.
You can always phone them up and say that the box they sent you has died, and when they start saying that you have to buy another box, you can mention that you are thinking of stopping Sky, as Virgin have sent you some special offers, and see if they bite.
Mention that friends have recommended a Freeview PVR, where for just over £100 you can record TV programmes and not pay Sky money - they may give you a Sky PVR!
Its still a tenner a month......and the box ive got is rubbish...hence why im looking at MCE :y
That is a TitsUp TV PVR - you need a Freeview PVR
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Say "It is broken send me a new one please?"
Problem there Martin......I believe that tho you pay for the service.....the box they initially give you with 12 months warranty.....is yours! So after 12 months, if it breaks, you have to pay for it to be repaired or buy another one.
You can always phone them up and say that the box they sent you has died, and when they start saying that you have to buy another box, you can mention that you are thinking of stopping Sky, as Virgin have sent you some special offers, and see if they bite.
Mention that friends have recommended a Freeview PVR, where for just over £100 you can record TV programmes and not pay Sky money - they may give you a Sky PVR!
Its still a tenner a month......and the box ive got is rubbish...hence why im looking at MCE :y
That is a TitsUp TV PVR - you need a Freeview PVR
Yes, a proper one is call a MCE ;)
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I had a feeling the Sky subscription cards were paired to the set top box? (i.e. you can't take your card round to your mate's and use it in his box). No idea what the pairing procedure involves but it might be an issue with 2nd hand boxes.
I reckon phone sky and tell them you're cancelling because your box is broken and see what they offer to keep you. ;)
Kevin
I'm intreigued with this Kevin, we used to have issued cards that we could use in any box, that would pick up most channels, but they use a weird system of switching on/off cards via the sat signal. We could report a card as stolen/missing, and it would be de-activated within a day. An option if you have a spare PC with a big HD is a Skystar 2, a sat receiving card for a PC. You don't need to use Microsplat MCE to use it, in fact it is prob better if you use XP. I have 2 freeview Nebula card in my PC, and am currently recording 3 channels plus watching a forth. I have a Skystar card, but haven't got round to putting the dish up! (time, where does it go ?) Kevin's idea sounds good, if you can't blind them with science, baffle them with bullshit!!!
Ken