Not turning on

Peg10 — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:49:06 GMT

3 times now the Sky Q box unresponsive. Unplug wait then plug back in and wait again and fingers crossed works. Once it showed the tv guide, selected a program then the screen went blue.

Re: Not turning on

oldfella — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:02:22 GMT

@Peg10 wrote:

3 times now the Sky Q box unresponsive. Unplug wait then plug back in and wait again and fingers crossed works. Once it showed the tv guide, selected a program then the screen went blue.

Hi @Peg10

Have you tried pressing the Standby button (Amber led) on the front of the Q box.
If this turns the Q box on
With the Q box on with green led try completly resetting your Bluetooth remote.
Press and hold 7 & 9 together on the remote until it’s led flashes four times.
Then make sure that you are pointing your remote at the Q box and press 1 & 3 together until the led flashes and follow onscreen instructions to re- pair to TV.

Failing this,

Try a Reset Settings in the Q box hidden menu.
To enter hidden menu press Home and navigate down to Settings but do not select Settings.
With Settings highlighted press 0 0 1 Select.
Only Carry out the first Reset (Reset Settings) as the other two will wipe all recordings.
After the Reset you will have to re pair your Bluetooth remote If you use one.
If you cannot switch the Q box on with the remote after the Reset press the Standby button (Amber led) on the front of the box.
To re pair the remote press 1 & 3 together on the remote and follow onscreen instructions to re pair.

Make sure that you are pointing the remote at the Q box when you press 1 & 3 together.

Resetting the settings will also reset:

Audio visual settings, such as picture resolution and HDMI control
Settings changed within the hidden engineer menu, include LNB type. If on a communal dish you need to reset the LNB to SCR in the hidden menu. After changing the LNB type you need to reboot the Q box.

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