18-06-2005, 10:43
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Sky+ box
My sky+ box has a lower % free disk space than it should
With no recorded programmes the total free is something like 64%
Anyone know the quickest way to re-initialise the disk?
Will phone sky, but wanted to know if anyone had heard of this b4?
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18-06-2005, 10:46
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Re: Sky+ box
You should press services>system setup> then 0 then 1 then SELECT again.
Now you will have the engineer setup.
Try planner rebuild first (which SHOULDN'T loose anything)
If this doesn't work do a full system reset which will reformat your HDD.
The full reset will loose ALL recordings and things you have in your planner.
edit - it can take up to 3 - 4 mins for the full reset so don't panic if the box doesn't come back on immidiately.
edit (Again) - if you don't have planner rebuild in your installer menu you don't have the latest sky+ software...
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18-06-2005, 11:45
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Re: Sky+ box
Dilli is wondering if it worked?
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18-06-2005, 11:59
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Re: Sky+ box
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Originally Posted by dilligaf1701
Dilli is wondering if it worked?
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Caspar will perform the rebuild today, tia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Caspar
Caspar will perform the rebuild today, tia
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Nothing happend when I pressed 0 on the services->system setup menu
Persume, this means I dont have the latest software.... how do I get the latest release/s?
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18-06-2005, 12:00
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Re: Sky+ box
if i can make a suggestion do a google search for "digital spy forums",they have a great section there on sky+ boxes and there problems and how to fix them.
hope it helps
andy
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18-06-2005, 12:02
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Re: Sky+ box
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Originally Posted by Caspar
Caspar will perform the rebuild today, tia
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Nothing happend when I pressed 0 on the services->system setup menu
Persume, this means I dont have the latest software.... how do I get the latest release/s?
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you need to press 0 then 1 - then select before anything will happen....
To do a full software update. turn the power off - press and hold backup ON THE BOX NOT THE REMOTE. Plug back in and wait for all the lights to come on. You should get a message on screen telling you it's updating.
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18-06-2005, 15:43
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Re: Sky+ box
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Originally Posted by andy 1
if i can make a suggestion do a google search for "digital spy forums",they have a great section there on sky+ boxes and there problems and how to fix them.
hope it helps
andy
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or to save time http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/
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18-06-2005, 16:59
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Re: Sky+ box
Quote:
Originally Posted by dilligaf1701
You should press services>system setup> then 0 then 1 then SELECT again.
Now you will have the engineer setup.
Try planner rebuild first (which SHOULDN'T loose anything)
If this doesn't work do a full system reset which will reformat your HDD.
The full reset will loose ALL recordings and things you have in your planner.
edit - it can take up to 3 - 4 mins for the full reset so don't panic if the box doesn't come back on immidiately.
edit (Again) - if you don't have planner rebuild in your installer menu you don't have the latest sky+ software...
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Planner rebuild didn't work...but the full system reset did
thanks
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18-06-2005, 17:03
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Re: Sky+ box
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Originally Posted by Caspar
Planner rebuild didn't work...but the full system reset did
thanks
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No problem - glad you got it sorted.
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23-06-2005, 09:00
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Re: Sky+ box
I don't suppose you could expand on your error?
I got up this morning to find all my films that I was about to copy onto dvd unplayable as they had changed overnight to %0 used in the planner.
I tried deleteing them - but had to do a full reset to get the space back.
Have you seen this on your sky+ box?
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23-06-2005, 09:24
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Re: Sky+ box
I have, its a common problem, i recorded 2 episodes of Scrubs from SKy 1 last week and although it said it had recorded then the yellow bar at the top was tiny and you couldnt play them.
Upon deletion of the programs 6% of my hard disk space had dissapeared. A planner rebuild wont fix this frustrating error, onlu a full system reset will, but i'll be buggered if im going to do that because i will loose all my planned recordings.
This is a well known issue though.
What DarthYoda says is right though - goto DigitalSpy they have loads on it.
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23-06-2005, 09:26
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Re: Sky+ box
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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja
I have, its a common problem, i recorded 2 episodes of Scrubs from SKy 1 last week and although it said it had recorded then the yellow bar at the top was tiny and you couldnt play them.
Upon deletion of the programs 6% of my hard disk space had dissapeared. A planner rebuild wont fix this frustrating error, onlu a full system reset will, but i'll be buggered if im going to do that because i will loose all my planned recordings.
This is a well known issue though.
What DarthYoda says is right though - goto DigitalSpy they have loads on it.
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I have posted on digital spy
I'm trying to find out if it's a faulty box or a software problem.
It sure is a pain in the arse.
Cheers for that
Dilli
edit - I see you found my post on digital spy
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23-06-2005, 09:48
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Re: Sky+ box
Actually - im pretty sure its firmware.
Have a look at this thread here...
http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...light=firmware
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23-06-2005, 09:53
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Re: Sky+ box
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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja
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Looking now thanks
I have a pace v2 now - I was given a pace v1 when it was originally installed but it broke within a week.
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23-06-2005, 10:00
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Re: Sky+ box
To be honest it dosent really happen that much but its annoying having the missing disk space.
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