Sky Remote

AdrianR

I have a Pace sky digibox, are they all made by pace? Wondering as the remote is missing and I've seen sky remotes on satellite.ie, I'm assuming they are compatable but I just want to make sure.

Owen

Yup, they're all compatible. Most electrical shops sell sky remotes with no reference to pace boxes, panasonics, grundigs, etc.

watty

Originally all made by Philips. You need special code sequence to make any of the three kinds of Sky remote (Sky, Sky+ or Sky Navigator) work with Sky+ or Sky ordinary box or vice versa.

But indeed the make & model of Sky receiver doesn't matter.

deaglan169

hi i bought a 2nd hand amstrad drx100 off ebay and a sky remote because the box didnt come with one now the remote wont work with the box do i have to reset or programme a code in?

Heinz

deaglan169 wrote:

hi i bought a 2nd hand amstrad drx100 off ebay and a sky remote because the box didnt come with one now the remote wont work with the box do i have to reset or programme a code in?

No. As above, standard Sky remotes are designed to operate any standard Sky digibox.

Try new batteries.

deaglan169

there is new batteries in it the small red led on the front flashes after a key press but it doesnt do anything i think possibly the ir detector is gone anyone know were i could buy a replacement

Heinz

deaglan169 wrote:

there is new batteries in it the small red led on the front flashes after a key press but it doesnt do anything i think possibly the ir detector is gone anyone know were i could buy a replacement

OK. Two more things before that sort of action may be necessary. Both courtesy of satcure's brilliant site (http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/digicode.htm#digibox):

Sky remote won't control Sky Digibox

(1) To perform a RESET press [TV] and then hold [select] and [red button] together for around two seconds (until the red light blinks twice). Now press 999 (red light blinks once for a long time and then twice quickly).

This changes the TV model code back to default 038 (and, on earlier revisions, clears the macro and deletes any Key Magic changes that you have made).

You can then enter the correct code for your TV set and then set the turn-on channel to the one you want.

(2) Another reason for digibox not responding to an ordinary remote is if the remote has been configured for Sky+ using select+blue then 2.

The normal 999 reset does not switch the remote back from sky+ to normal digibox operation (you have to use the select+blue then 0 method).

deaglan169

no did as you said did reset etc.. and no joy i think the ir detector is defo gone were would i get 1 any idea by the way thanks for replying with advice

parsi

Or it could be the transmitting led in the remote - try looking at the front of the remote through the viewfinder of a camcorder - when you press a button you should see the IR led flashing (its invisible usually)...