Help with Goodmans sat 4 free please

gbaker

I have recently installed a Goodmans sat4free HD box by using the spare ports on my sky satellite dish, it worked perfectly, all the stations tuned in and saved

I plugged the box out before going to bed, plugged it back in the next morning and all the stations are gone, it doesn't even have a signal strength percentage but its strange because the other sky box's in the house are working fine so its obviously nothing to do with the satellite being out of position and surely the stations just don't go upon plugging the box out??

Any help on this would me much appreciated.

Booms

When you say all the stations are gone, presumably you mean that you can see the channels, but there is just a blank screen?

Check the satellite cable going into the box, that the connector isn't damaged or shorted.

If this doesn't clear the fault, then try the box using a good cable from your (presumably) working other box, and see if the box works. If so, the problem is more than likely your spare cable or its connection to your dish, or the actual lnb output that the cable is connected to.

if it still doesn't work on your good cable, bring box back and get it replaced.

gbaker

thanks for the reply,

Yes i can see the channels with just a blank screen

Connector is fine and not damaged, i have already tried with other working cable to existing box and it worked but yet again when i plug the box out and plug it back in there is no signal strenght and everything is gone...

Gagetman

It will take 30 seconds or more for the receiver to boot up, I presume you are allowing for this?

dt2015

i purchased one of these some time ago and got a t.v. installations guy to put it in.the only problem is some of the tv channels are gone such as true movies and i dont have the manual to reset the channels on the box.ANY ONE WITH ANY HELP OR IDEAS ALL HELP AND/OR ADVICE GRATEFULLY APPRECIATED

swoofer

can you say exact model of box and then its easier to get manual.

Thurston?

dt2015 wrote: »

i purchased one of these some time ago and got a t.v. installations guy to put it in.the only problem is some of the tv channels are gone such as true movies and i dont have the manual to reset the channels on the box.

Can you go Menu > Settings > Other? What options show up under 'Other'?

winston_1

gbaker wrote: »

so its obviously nothing to do with the satellite being out of position

Obviously, and as the satellite(s) are 23,000 miles away there would not be much you could do if they were.

Have you tried re installing the receiver?

muffler

winston_1 wrote: »

Obviously, and as the satellite(s) are 23,000 miles away there would not be much you could do if they were.

Have you tried re installing the receiver?

Why are you quoting a 4 year old post? :rolleyes:

I would have expected better from you as that falls short of the very high standards you try to uphold with your persistent "put down" comments

winston_1

muffler wrote: »

Why are you quoting a 4 year old post? :rolleyes:

I would have expected better from you as that falls short of the very high standards you try to uphold with your persistent "put down" comments

Well three posts before mine have replied within the last day. It is easiy not to notice the date of even earlier posts. Did you send the same message to the other three?

The Cush

winston_1 wrote: »

Well three posts before mine have replied within the last day. It is easiy not to notice the date of even earlier posts. Did you send the same message to the other three?

The 2 posts before yours were replying to a post made the night before.

icdg

We don't drag up old threads. Especially not to start a petty argument