I’ve recently been getting various failed messages recording on my Sky+ box.
Annoyingly, this is simply a shortcoming of the box’s ability to manage the hard disk drive that’s inside.
To that end (and before I forget again), I thought I’d better post the remote command to access the engineer’s menu which I found on an Overclockers blog this time round.
While watching the TV normally, press the following combination on the remote (don’t worry about what happens on screen as you do so):
Services
4
0
1
Select
Once in the menu, select Sky+ Planner Rebuild. The Sky+ Box will go off-line as the planner is rebuilt, you will have to turn it back on when the process is complete. It’s a hairy few moments, but solves the issues of failed recordings and reported low disk space.