My Sky box has a "no signal message" - what do I do?
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV If you are getting the message "no signal" this would indicate that there is a problem with the signal from your dish into your box. Even without a card inserted into a Sky Digibox, if there is a signal, you will always get Sky Guide and the free channels.
Try powering off your box, remove the card, check carefully the cables, especially the connection to the dish, reapply the power and then when asked to insert your card you should then be able to see (for example) Sky News on 501 and the BBC News channel on 503.
Once you can see any channel, reinsert your card. This should, after about one minute, give you the channels you expect, such as 103, 104 and 105.
There are three ways you can attempt to reset your box. Please see
What can my do when my Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' ?.
If you continue to get "No signal", you dish may have been misaligned, or there may be a fault with the cables and connectors, or a problem with the Digibox. You can see the signal strength by pressing SERVICES, then 4-SYSTEM SETUP and 6-SIGNAL STRENGTH.
jo: Please try the three options on the What can I do when my Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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6:21 PM
hi i have had multi room fitted yesarday it worked fine but today i have got up and i can not change any channel in my frount room and in other rooms it says no signal wat is going on
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maryjane: Sounds like some form of fault - try What can I do when my Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice please, but you should probably just call the Sky engineer back to be honest.
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10:25 AM
I have a sky box which I only receive the free channels from. I've moved address which has a sky dish for everyone to use. I've plugged in my box yet it's saying no signal. Can you please help me sort out this problem.
Thank you
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Teresa Ward: You will probably need to speak to whoever manages the communal system to ensure that your satellite connection to your address is working.
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10:49 PM
My sky hd box showing no signal how do i see box signal strengh with sky hd , it is not on services as sky sd is?
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drew : Press [SERVICES] then press [RIGHT] for "SETTINGS", then press [RIGHT] until it says "SIGNAL".
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6:51 PM
My Sky Freeview has stopped working for no reason. Had lost channels in the past couple of weeks leading upto it. The lost channels displayed 'No Satellite Signal is being received' notice, now all of them have this.
Please help!
Cherly
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Cherly: Have you done all three things listed on What can I do when my Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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8:47 AM
On 6th June 2011 my Freesat BBC HD, both channels, suddenly stopped working with "no signal", but every other channel is fine, including ITV HD and C4 HD.Furthermore, I have exactly the same problem on two different dishes and two entirely separate receivers. I can only conclude that something changed at the transmitting end.
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