Thanks everyone for your answers. Nothing worked so I got on to sky techies. He talked me through every thing I had to do to re setup the box. It appears for whatever reason the box lost it's memory. I am back up and running now. Thanks again.
nonskokers, I wasn't boasting, I was informing him that it was Ok this far away, anyway I would hate to be in the Gambia, one of my nightmares. ne ne ne
That happened to me once as well micmak -downside I lost everything I had recorded.
Ive heard that December in the Gambia have the deadliest mozzies as they migrate there due to the heat.Wouldnt catch me going there on the 8th Dec -o no.