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Sky Amstrad DRX890 HD Box

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I had two Samsung boxes installed on Sunday morning and neither of them worked - the remote would not operate them - so having to wait to tomorrow to get a replacement. After weeks of trial, we've begun a phased rollout of the enhanced electronic programme guide (EPG). The first boxes to be updated will be the latest Sky+HD boxes (890 model) and the Sky+HD 1TB (895 model). The rest of the boxes (780, Samsung & Pace) will be updated later in the year. In 1985, the popular Amstrad PCW range was introduced, which were principally word processors, complete with printer, running the LocoScript word processing program. They were also capable of running the CP/M operating system. The Amsoft division of Amstrad was set up to provide in-house software and consumables. PCW8256 ( Z80, 3.5MHz, 256 KB RAM, single 180 KB 3" floppy drive, dot-matrix printer, green screen) Technical Fault 5 - One of two recordings failed - Error when two recordings at same time resulted in the failure of one. Possibly due to fragmented hard drive or loss of signal for the channel. Empty deleted folder and perform a planner rebuild to improve hard drive health.

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The new Sky+ HD 2TB PVR comes with Wi-Fi built in, and while Sky has taken its sweet time about getting round to including this feature we're thankful it's finally here. PC1512 ( Intel 8086, 8MHz, 512 KB RAM, enhanced CGA graphics up to 640x200x16) - Marketed in the United States as the PC5120 A system reset is only recommended when you have exhausted all other options such as multiple software updates.

Press and hold the Standby button on your Sky remote until the red light indicating ‘Off” comes on, and wait five seconds before pressing the Sky button on your remote.

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This would be a box and subscription upgrade, loaning you the Sky Q equipment which would replace your existing box and hub. There are different options with Sky Q, such as Sky Q Multiscreen and a choice of 1TB or 2TB, so it's down to your preferences. You can find out more about Sky Q to see prices, equipment and service benefits.When a connection has been successfully made the wireless LED light on the front of the box while go from flashing amber to solid amber. Features In addition to BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and Demand 5, there's content from Sky One, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living, Sky Arts and Sky Sports. And 4od is promised for 2013. Usability For those of you with only the one satellite cable coming into your property i.e. communal satellite, you will need to enable 'single feed mode'. This is done as follows: If your Sky internet router has a WPS button on it then connecting your new box couldn't be simpler - just press and hold the button on your router for two seconds and then press the WPS button on your Sky+HD box and the two will pair up. The SKY+ HD boxes are essentially a mini PC in-a-box with an internal hard drive, a TV output, input via a small control panel or remote control, and a network card in the form of an ethernet connector or built-in or attachable wifi device.

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PC1640 (Intel 8086, 8MHz, 640 KB RAM, MDA/ Hercules/CGA/ EGA colour graphics) - Marketed in the United States as the PC6400 If your Sky digital box has become unresponsive to the remote control commands, turn off the mains of the digital box and the television. Ensure there are no lights in the digital box panel before you switch on the mains again. As you do so, a red light will appear indicating that the box is in standby mode. Let the box remain in the standby mode for about 5 minutes and then switch on the television and press Sky on the remote. The digital box light should turn green and your Sky welcome channel should appear.

The above are the only boxes Sky now actively supplies and below is a list of boxes in circulation which When it comes to sheer usability, Sky has this game nailed with the Sky+ HD 2TB. The main menu navigation is clean and simple, sub-menus are clear, and the EPG is snap to navigate. Amstrad (also known as AMSTrad) was founded in 1968 by Alan Sugar at the age of 21, the name of the original company being AMS Trading (Amstrad) Limited, derived from its founder's initials (Alan Michael Sugar). Amstrad entered the market in the field of consumer electronics. During the 1970s they were at the forefront of low-priced hi-fi, TV and car stereo cassette technologies. Lower prices were achieved by injection moulding plastic hi-fi turntable covers, undercutting competitors who used the vacuum forming process. Some boxes can hang when ECO mode is enabled forcing them to go to sleep overnight. The problem is that the box cannot be 'woken up' forcing a power off and on to recover or in some cases a software update is needed. If your box is one of the ones affected by this problem it's probably worth disabling ECO mode and seeing if that helps. I know that my 2TB box hangs with ECO mode enabled so I have my boxes set to Active. To change the mode go to Services > Options > Sky+Setup > Standby Mode and set to ACTIVE or NONE. The DLNA server component still works following the end of your Sky TV subscription so Sky apps can still access your Sky boxes, but with limited functionality.

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The Sky+HD box has firmware that boots the box and loads the operating system. The EPG, planner and recordings are stored on the hard drive. When the hard drive contains corrupted data the Sky box has no built-in recovery software to resolve the corruption like Microsoft Windows or Linux does so it just says that the box is in "diskless mode". The "corruption" that made your box enter diskless mode is not necessarily a hardware corruption but could be a software corruption that occurred during the automated system software update. Some of us have figured out that forcing a software update can sometimes resolve the corruption but in most cases it requires a system reset. A system reset completely wipes your hard drive and reinstalls the system software and allows the hard drive itself to mark any areas as bad. Of course you lose your planner and recordings in the process. You could take resolution a step further by removing your hard drive from the Sky box, inserting it into a caddy and connecting it to a computer running hard drive diagnostics and repair software. Or, you could extend your box's life by inserting a new hard drive and performing a system reset to format it and use it as your new storage device. The Sky software supports up to 2TB hard drives. Cant fault it the Samsung is in no dout better than the Amstrad, I don't care if people say that the Amstrad is quiet my top 3 I want from a box are picture quality sd & hd, response ie EPG, 100% recordings. The box needs to be quiet but its not the top 3 maybe 4-5 On the plus side, the HDMI supports Dolby Digital audio as well as stereo with Pro Logic, so the optical S/PDIF isn't quite as vital as it is on the standard Sky+. The I/O port doesn't do anything yet, but is designed to work with a range of peripherals such as the venerable Sky Gnome wireless audio extender, using a dongle that will imitate both the analogue stereo audio outputs and RS-232 serial data port of the larger Sky boxes. Sky's also hoping that other innovative uses will be found. Technical Fault 7 - Hard drive error - The hard drive failed to respond or reported a problem during recording. Empty deleted folder and perform a planner rebuild to improve hard drive health.Two scary words for any SKY+ user are "Diskless mode". This is where your SKY box can no longer read the contents of its hard drive. Something has happened to the data on the drive such as corruption caused by a power failure when it was writing to the disk. You could try updating the software but chances are that won't fix your problem. The IT gurus among you could remove the hard drive and connect it to a PC and point a tool such as Spinrite at it, but again there are no guarantees although I have heard of limited success with using a hard drive repair tool like Spinrite followed by a system refresh. Sometimes your Sky box will just crash. The general symptom is a frozen picture on the screen and no response to the controls, whether via the remote or facia, or a channel or recording is playing but the system won't respond to any commands. If you were playing a recording from your planner the blue circle lights may still be animated on the front facia and pressing the remote results in LED flashes on the front of the box but there is no response on screen. There is only one course of action with a system crash: power the box off then on again. Turn the power off to the Sky box for at least 30 seconds then power it on again. It may take ten to twenty minutes before your box will respond as normal without informing you that it is initialising or being generally slow to respond. If you get a message that says, No Satellite Signal is Being Received – Error 25 or Error 29 you can try resetting your digital box. I had Sky HD installed last Saturday. I upgraded my existing Sky+ box (80GB Pace). The install was bang on time, easy enough with a semi-friendly engineer. He came in with the box and I ask what brand it was, to which he replied Amstrad. I explained I'd been looking around the net as to people's opinions on the best box. He said he can generally see little difference between them and that with Sky owning Amstrad this would be the norm. Of course, I was skeptical about this since I've been reading here quite a lot and Pace seems to be regarded as the best all round. I don't blame him, he probably didn't want to make things more difficult. The plus side of this is that Sky will come out and replace faulty equipment if you are under contract. If you have a Sky Protect plan, Sky will send an engineer to replace or fix any faulty equipment within 2 days. This covers all types of Sky Q box, including the Sky Q Mini.

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