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Discussion topic: Box drops connection to TV

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This message was authored by JohnGSmith This message was authored by: JohnGSmith

Box drops connection to TV

Every time I go to put my TV on through Sky it keeps losing connection from when I turn my TV off and when I turn it on. I have to unplug my Sky box and reboot it every time I turn the TV on.

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This message was authored by Chodley This message was authored by: Chodley

Re: Box drops connection to TV

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it's possibly defaulting to the wrong hdmi input when you turn the TV on directly, and when you reboot the sky box, it's sending a wakeup signal on the cable and the TV then switches to that source. What happens if you just put the Sky box into standby and back on again (or manually change source on the TV remote)?

This message was authored by Clare+Bates This message was authored by: Clare+Bates

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That's exactly what's mines just started doing. It always came up as source sky q and then started coming up as dvd player and now it doesn't come up as a source at all unless I unplug my sky q box and plug back in. I don't know why this has started doing this but very annoying at having to unplug for it to recognise the source input. 

This message was authored by Chodley This message was authored by: Chodley

Re: Box drops connection to TV

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You can just change the source on the TV

This message was authored by Clare+Bates This message was authored by: Clare+Bates

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It's not showing in the source to select it unless I unplug the sky Q box every time I turn the TV on and plug back in then it becomes visible and automatically goes on to SKy Q. 

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This message was authored by JohnGSmith This message was authored by: JohnGSmith

Re: Box drops connection to TV

That's exactly what's happening.. they changed the settings but no improvement.. I think the box is the issue.

This message was authored by Chodley This message was authored by: Chodley

Re: Box drops connection to TV

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What happens if you just cycle to the HDMI input that you know it's on?


That text label that appears for the source is a part of the HDMI-CEC protocol which is also what allows the box to turn on the TV so it sounds like either the box has crashed or something is making that protocol fail. If the box is still working, I'd expect you to be able to choose the right input and see a picture.

This message was authored by PandJ2020 This message was authored by: PandJ2020

Re: Box drops connection to TV

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Hitting the Sky button sends a CEC signal - worth trying...

I am just another Sky customer and my views are my own
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