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Removing Dish leads from sky+ box
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Removing Dish leads from sky+ box
I am having a new carpet laid soon and I will need to have my Sky box removed for a short time. However in the back the dish leads look as though they have been secured by a spanner. Is there any way I can remove them.
I have a pace Sky+ box.
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Re: Removing Dish leads from sky+ box
I have yet to see am installer actually tighten them with anything but his fingers!
f they appear tight, a little wiggle normally sorts it, of course you can always get spanner/shifter/pliers out if needed - but give it a go...
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- 16-06-09, 11:33 AM #3
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Re: Removing Dish leads from sky+ box
..........and make sure the digibox is unplugged at the mains before you start disconnecting everything.
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- 17-06-09, 12:06 AM #4
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Re: Removing Dish leads from sky+ box
Can't agree more, altho its only 13 or 18 Volts coming out of a Sky box, its still hurts, especially at the top of a ladder!
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- 25-06-09, 09:00 AM #5
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Re: Removing Dish leads from sky+ box
There is no problem removing them when it is plugged in. It is actually proper procedure to remove the LNB feeds from a PVR3 Sky+ box 30seconds before turning off the power.
Just need to make sure your hands are dry
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- 25-06-09, 10:28 AM #6
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Re: Removing Dish leads from sky+ box
I have seen dozens of receivers damaged due to the LNB cavles being shorted when removing them, it is a pointless thing to do.
Why would unplugging the LNB cables when the receiver is on be a good thing???
- 28-06-09, 06:18 PM #7
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Re: Removing Dish leads from sky+ box
On no account touch ANY connections while the equipment is live!
Only yesterday I read a post from somebody who has wrecked his Thomson tuner by shorting out the LNB connection while reconnecting the cable.
http://www.avforums.com/forums/sky-h...onnection.html
Also, you can get a shock.
http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-h...nnect-lnb.htmlLast edited by Sam Radford; 28-06-09 at 06:40 PM.
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