The Secret Installer Menu On Sky+HD Box

The hidden installer menu on a Sky+ HD box provides access to advanced settings and diagnostic tools not typically available in the standard menu.

This secret menu is primarily intended for engineers and advanced users, as incorrect changes may impact the box’s performance.

Use it cautiously to troubleshoot signal issues, reset system settings, or enhance compatibility with different setups.

This hidden menu allows users to reset the LNB, change RF output settings, force a software update, and adjust other system configurations.

There are a few options that you may need to change on your Sky+HD box, such as setting up your Sky+HD box for “Single Cable feed mode” or to perform a full system reset, which you access via this hidden menu.

What can it do in this Sky “installer menu”

The Sky installer menu offers the following options :

  • LNB Setup – options to change LNB settings (DO NOT CHANGE) or place the box into “Single Cable feed mode”
  • Default transponder – don’t change this setting. Tells the Sky box where to download it data from during the boot up process.
  • Telephone Settings – no longer required with the use of inetrnet router connections
  • RF Outlets – allows you to choose which channel the Sky box will output its analogue PAL signal on, for use with a “Sky Magic Eye” system to resend the signal to other rooms via an RF cable.
  • Manual tuning – does the same as Add Channels in the System Setup menu
  • New installation – don’t select this unless you are a Sky installer. Simply activates a viewing card.
  • Sky+ planner rebuild – allows Sky+ to rebuild list of recordings after a major box crash. A bit like a Hard Drive “Defrag”.
  • Full system reset – factory reset, which includes a format of the Hard Drive (loses recordings)

 

This video shows you how to access this hidden installer menu on Sky+HD boxes.

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How to access the Sky Installer Menu

On the Sky remote control press:

1- Press ‘Services’

2- Press 0,0,1

3- Press ‘select’

This will reveal the hidden installer menu.