Sky all channels down?
 

Is it just me? I don't have anyone nearby to ask, but I have "technical
fault with this channel" error with every channel, from about an hour ago
(12pm GMT). Anyone else? I can't watch anything, even after resetting my
box, so I'm assuming that asteroids have struck the satellites.... well,
maybe not...




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Ian wrote:
Is it just me? I don't have anyone nearby to ask, but I have
"technical fault with this channel" error with every channel, from
about an hour ago (12pm GMT). Anyone else? I can't watch anything,
even after resetting my box, so I'm assuming that asteroids have
struck the satellites.... well, maybe not...


It is a clear day with sunny blue sky.




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"Ian" wrote in message
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Is it just me? I don't have anyone nearby to ask, but I have "technical
fault with this channel" error with every channel, from about an hour ago
(12pm GMT). Anyone else? I can't watch anything, even after resetting
my box, so I'm assuming that asteroids have struck the satellites....
well, maybe not...

Fine here, sorry.

Beck wrote:
"Ian" wrote in message
...
Is it just me? I don't have anyone nearby to ask, but I have
"technical fault with this channel" error with every channel, from
about an hour ago (12pm GMT). Anyone else? I can't watch
anything, even after resetting my box, so I'm assuming that
asteroids have struck the satellites.... well, maybe not...

Fine here, sorry.

This is where the fear starts for Ian then! I'm in Norwich. Can't see any
likely cause, all channels still unavailable. Bugger!




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In ,
Ian opined very noisily:
Beck wrote:
"Ian" wrote in message
...
Is it just me? I don't have anyone nearby to ask, but I have
"technical fault with this channel" error with every channel, from
about an hour ago (12pm GMT). Anyone else? I can't watch
anything, even after resetting my box, so I'm assuming that
asteroids have struck the satellites.... well, maybe not...

Fine here, sorry.

This is where the fear starts for Ian then! I'm in Norwich. Can't
see any likely cause, all channels still unavailable. Bugger!

Box / Cables / Dish
you will have to start eliminating
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Yddap wrote:
In ,
Ian opined very noisily:
Beck wrote:
"Ian" wrote in message
...
Is it just me? I don't have anyone nearby to ask, but I have
"technical fault with this channel" error with every channel, from
about an hour ago (12pm GMT). Anyone else? I can't watch
anything, even after resetting my box, so I'm assuming that
asteroids have struck the satellites.... well, maybe not...

Fine here, sorry.

This is where the fear starts for Ian then! I'm in Norwich. Can't
see any likely cause, all channels still unavailable. Bugger!

Box / Cables / Dish
you will have to start eliminating

Yeah, I know. Getting my ladders out in a minute and looking for any
neighbours with hedge clippers around.... but peed off at the moment, even
though I joke.




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Sorry, it was unusually naive of me to suspect a system wide failure. I did
a much longer reset with power pulled out of the box and eventually got my
service back. Sorry for being a bit of an idiot.

Thanks to the responders.

Ian.




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Ian wrote:
Sorry, it was unusually naive of me to suspect a system wide failure. I did
a much longer reset with power pulled out of the box and eventually got my
service back. Sorry for being a bit of an idiot.

Thanks to the responders.

Ian.




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Nothing wrong with being an Idiot - I treat myself to one of those days
every now and then!

In ,
Ian opined very noisily:
Sorry, it was unusually naive of me to suspect a system wide failure.
I did a much longer reset with power pulled out of the box and
eventually got my service back. Sorry for being a bit of an idiot.

Thanks to the responders.

Ian.




Join the Club , The Momentary Idiots Club
;-)
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Yddap
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Yddap wrote:
In ,
Ian opined very noisily:
Sorry, it was unusually naive of me to suspect a system wide failure.
I did a much longer reset with power pulled out of the box and
eventually got my service back. Sorry for being a bit of an idiot.

Thanks to the responders.

Ian.




Join the Club , The Momentary Idiots Club
;-)

This is a two year old Panasonic and I tend to have it on all the time,
rarely in standby. Every now and then, if I channel hop enough, it craps
out and resets itself, to channel 998 and all that. Tregarding the
"technical fault on this channel", i see that once in a blue moon on the odd
single channel, but I never had it syetem wide before, which is probably why
I didn't think outside the box enough today. Digibox reliability seems to
be an issue across platforms, as I know of some awful Freeview boxes out
there. And at least we Sky users don't have to suffer a random and
sometimes awful software design. But I feel they are all built on the
cheap, or to a price.... and just don't have the solidity that they ought
to. When my installer arrived, I remember feeling happy that he turned up
with a Panny and not an Amstrad, say, but in reality, as I say, this box is
not turning out to be bullet proof.




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