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Discussion topic: Ireland: sky q box keeps crashing. Need to reboot to get channels and apps

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This message was authored by: AG59

Ireland: sky q box keeps crashing. Need to reboot to get channels and apps

For the past fortnight or so, certain apps haven't been working (Paramount+ yesterday), and the tv has been blank when I turned it on or flipped back from an app. We did get a text from Sky a while back apologising for some kind of update error that caused problems. Now it seems to be happening again. I've had to reboot twice tonight.

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Re: Ireland: sky q box keeps crashing. Need to reboot to get channels and apps

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@AG59 wrote:

For the past fortnight or so, certain apps haven't been working (Paramount+ yesterday), and the tv has been blank when I turned it on or flipped back from an app. We did get a text from Sky a while back apologising for some kind of update error that caused problems. Now it seems to be happening again. I've had to reboot twice tonight.


Hi @AG59 

Try a Reset Settings in the main 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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This message was authored by: AG59

Re: Ireland: sky q box keeps crashing. Need to reboot to get channels and apps

Cheers for replying so quickly, and for the instructions on how to do it. I'll give it try tomorrow - teenagers currently watching something, and if I interfere with that I'll end up buried in the garden...

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