sky plus box problem

Headshot

one of my sky plus boxes is acting up

basically it cant record or pause live tv but other wise it works perfectly

what could be wrong ?

im thinking the hard drive is gone, am i right ?

manutd

The hard drive is gone, i say. You could get a new one in or get a Sky+ HD Box, with the €15 sub or not.

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manutd wrote: »

The hard drive is gone, i say. You could get a new one in or get a Sky+ HD Box, with the €15 sub or not.

cheers for the advice mate

might as well sell it then, but I dont have an idea how much I could get for a faulty pace 3100 box

187845

Yeah - I'm having problems with my sky+ box too.
Basically I cannot record on one channel while watching a different one, if I try to do this, I get a message stating that no signal is being received and that I need to switch off power to the box at the wall for 1 minute.

The box does allow me to record off the channel that I am viewing, so I'm not sure if my hard drive is faulty....
I have tried a system reset but no joy....... does it mean that I need to buy a new box?

paultf

For Sky+ there is 2 cables at the back of the box: for viewing 1 channel and recording another channel at the same time.

If you can record I would guess the hard drive might be OK (I could be wrong).

Might be worth checking the 2 cables at the back. Unplug and reconnect.

(I am a novice when it comes to Sky stuff so maybe someone more experience might correct me.)

Forest Master

paultf wrote: »

If you can record I would guess the hard drive might be OK

Headshot wrote: »

it cant record

Read the post, Paul.

OP: I have a SKY+ box with a 160GB HD in it - I'll sell it to you if you want. Perfect working order, upgraded to SKY HD in November, so it's just lying there. €50. PM me if interested. Based in D13.

paultf

Forest Master wrote: »

Read the post, Paul.

OP: I have a SKY+ box with a 160GB HD in it - I'll sell it to you if you want. Perfect working order, upgraded to SKY HD in November, so it's just lying there. €50. PM me if interested. Based in D13.

Forest Master,

Maybe I marked my post incorrectly - I was replying to the previous post by 187845. I was answering 187845's post as the OP had given up on his sky box. 187845 hard drive might still be OK if he can record from one channel.

manufan16

187845 wrote: »

Yeah - I'm having problems with my sky+ box too.
Basically I cannot record on one channel while watching a different one, if I try to do this, I get a message stating that no signal is being received and that I need to switch off power to the box at the wall for 1 minute.

The box does allow me to record off the channel that I am viewing, so I'm not sure if my hard drive is faulty....
I have tried a system reset but no joy....... does it mean that I need to buy a new box?

I had this problem, it turned out there was a break in the cable outside.
try the second feed in the first connection at back of sky box- that will confirm if it is the box or if you have a problem with or the feed coming in.

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anybody know what hard drive goes into a pace 3100, link ?