mikeybabes2
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Really hoping someone can help, as this is really annoying me.
I have an LG PX990 Plasma and an Amstrad 1TB Sky box. I have had them for over a year and no problems whatsoever.
I have recently added a projecter and AV receiver to the mix which I cabled up on Saturday, and all my hair is about to fall out with the stress of it all !
I wanted to be able to put the Sky signal to either the projector or the TV, without unplugging anything, and to this end I have used the video switcher for built into the Yamaha RX-A2010 amp. It has two HDMI outputs, and loads of inputs, so the idea was to put the Sky HD box, Blu Ray Player & PS3 into the amp, and and be able to send them to both the TV and projector.
So I ended up with the following connections to the Sky box:
HDMI going to AV Amp
Optical Cable to AV Amp (needed for digital sound apparently)
Two cables from dish in
RF Antenna In
2 x RF outputs connected to two RF cables going to elsewhere in the house
Mains
So I connected it all just like this, and guess what - It all just worked
for a while..... (about 4 hours)
That evening, I got three HDCP (Display is not HDCP compliant) errors on the box. I turned the systems on and off a few times and the systems would work for a while.
This morning it worked for a while and then the picture/audio kept going to snow for a few seconds, before switching back. This afternoon I got no picture/audio at all.
In the end, suspecting a flaky HDMI cable I went out this afternoon and bought a new HDMI cable from ASDA ( a decent one). When I exchanged the cable I got no picture at all, although I got the sound for about 3 seconds when switching to the Sky input on the AV amp, which then cut off.
I then thought it would be a good idea just to connect the Sky box directly to the TV for a now, and worry about the rest later. (I had just finished putting together a home theatre, and was a bit tired and grumpy by now )
However, when I connected the sky box directly to the TV via HDMI I still got no signal. I restarted a few times to no avail. I swapped out about three different HDMI cables, and the four different HDMI sockets on the TV. I tested these cable with a PS3 & Blu Ray player and all worked so now I was pretty sure it was the sky box.
At first I thought the box was toasted, but then I connected the Sky Box to the TV via a composite cable, the picture was there and the box was working perfectly. Just no picture /sound over HDMI.
I then rang Sky. It took a while to make myself understood, but eventually I was asked to force reboot the box and update the software (by holding down the backup key until I got all lights.). I duly did this and Bingo, all was back to normal !
Bear in mind, however, that this was with the TV and SKy Box directly connected. When I rewired it to the amp, it didn't work again. A couple of seconds of audio then nothing after switching to the input.
I now decided to plug it back into the tv directly and leave it like that for now. But there was no HDMI output again, and this time I couldn't get it back.
I rang Sky again, but this time got someone who was obviously reading things out from a list and really didn't know what it was they were reading out.
One thing I noticed was that the box was quite hot, and the HDMI port seemed hot too, and although the Sky person told me this wasn't unusual, I have no confidence in that particular persons 'expertise'.
When I do the force software update, I do get the Sky + screen coming up on the HDMI output, and the screen asking me to wait ten minutes, but when the box reboots the HDMI output is gone again. So the port isn't totally blown.
What I am worried about is there anything that has caused this to happen. It seems remarkably odd that this all started shortly after getting new gear, but I am pretty literate with electronics and am 99.9% confident that I wired it all up correctly.
If I got a new box, would this all start again ? I am pretty tempted to cancel Sky and get a Freesat system, and this may just be what nudges me to it.
Any advice gratefully received.
Mike
I have an LG PX990 Plasma and an Amstrad 1TB Sky box. I have had them for over a year and no problems whatsoever.
I have recently added a projecter and AV receiver to the mix which I cabled up on Saturday, and all my hair is about to fall out with the stress of it all !
I wanted to be able to put the Sky signal to either the projector or the TV, without unplugging anything, and to this end I have used the video switcher for built into the Yamaha RX-A2010 amp. It has two HDMI outputs, and loads of inputs, so the idea was to put the Sky HD box, Blu Ray Player & PS3 into the amp, and and be able to send them to both the TV and projector.
So I ended up with the following connections to the Sky box:
HDMI going to AV Amp
Optical Cable to AV Amp (needed for digital sound apparently)
Two cables from dish in
RF Antenna In
2 x RF outputs connected to two RF cables going to elsewhere in the house
Mains
So I connected it all just like this, and guess what - It all just worked
for a while..... (about 4 hours)
That evening, I got three HDCP (Display is not HDCP compliant) errors on the box. I turned the systems on and off a few times and the systems would work for a while.
This morning it worked for a while and then the picture/audio kept going to snow for a few seconds, before switching back. This afternoon I got no picture/audio at all.
In the end, suspecting a flaky HDMI cable I went out this afternoon and bought a new HDMI cable from ASDA ( a decent one). When I exchanged the cable I got no picture at all, although I got the sound for about 3 seconds when switching to the Sky input on the AV amp, which then cut off.
I then thought it would be a good idea just to connect the Sky box directly to the TV for a now, and worry about the rest later. (I had just finished putting together a home theatre, and was a bit tired and grumpy by now )
However, when I connected the sky box directly to the TV via HDMI I still got no signal. I restarted a few times to no avail. I swapped out about three different HDMI cables, and the four different HDMI sockets on the TV. I tested these cable with a PS3 & Blu Ray player and all worked so now I was pretty sure it was the sky box.
At first I thought the box was toasted, but then I connected the Sky Box to the TV via a composite cable, the picture was there and the box was working perfectly. Just no picture /sound over HDMI.
I then rang Sky. It took a while to make myself understood, but eventually I was asked to force reboot the box and update the software (by holding down the backup key until I got all lights.). I duly did this and Bingo, all was back to normal !
Bear in mind, however, that this was with the TV and SKy Box directly connected. When I rewired it to the amp, it didn't work again. A couple of seconds of audio then nothing after switching to the input.
I now decided to plug it back into the tv directly and leave it like that for now. But there was no HDMI output again, and this time I couldn't get it back.
I rang Sky again, but this time got someone who was obviously reading things out from a list and really didn't know what it was they were reading out.
One thing I noticed was that the box was quite hot, and the HDMI port seemed hot too, and although the Sky person told me this wasn't unusual, I have no confidence in that particular persons 'expertise'.
When I do the force software update, I do get the Sky + screen coming up on the HDMI output, and the screen asking me to wait ten minutes, but when the box reboots the HDMI output is gone again. So the port isn't totally blown.
What I am worried about is there anything that has caused this to happen. It seems remarkably odd that this all started shortly after getting new gear, but I am pretty literate with electronics and am 99.9% confident that I wired it all up correctly.
If I got a new box, would this all start again ? I am pretty tempted to cancel Sky and get a Freesat system, and this may just be what nudges me to it.
Any advice gratefully received.
Mike
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