Unlocking a digibox - help!?

I worked in the Middle east and purchased a digibox
GALAXI SAT 500 IRD (made by Samsung) to receive Bloomberg available on Intelsat-12 45E In the begining I was receiving Bloomberg by subscription plus a number of european free channels.
Then Bloomberg went free and I received it along with other free chanels for 2 years without any subscription.
Since returning to London I have tested it on fully workinfg SKY antenna. I can get in the menu and change parameters. The receiver has at the back a Module plugged in --labelled-- Restricted Access. It says the same thing with Module pulled out.
It does not matter what channel I put in the manu; it keeps saying E45 searching for that channel (which I have put in) on E 45.
Can anyone please please guide me How to UNLOCK E45 satelite. So that Imay be able to receive channels from any satelitte or even Sky free channels.
Many thanks.

zak
December 2009

wow i had the same problem after trying the this mine worked :-) thanks.

Jay
March 2007

Press and hold the power button in the front middle for 10 seconds , as you release pull out the power cable at the back,leave out for 10 seconds it may take one or two attempts...
Mine worked after holding the middle button for 3 seconds but their helpdesk people suggested 10 seconds...The unit then went back to the set up search sequence.It worked for me

Steve B
March 2007

Just do one last thing mate, when it is showing green light, pull off its power cable from the back and re-inser it after 3 seconds and it should work.

ash
February 2007

Thanks for your reply. I rang the Asda helpline and they said to just bring it back so I will!

Cheers

Mummy
January 2007

Sorry I meant Asda/WallMart. NOT Argos

t
January 2007

As you have the receipt, take it back to Argos and get a new one or your money back.

T
January 2007

In answer to my own question - I have found the receipt and now know it is a cg5660-m durabrand box. I've Googled that and found variuos people talking about it.

I've tried their suggestions for when it is frozen in standby mode but they don't work (unplug aerial and press menu). The box is still frozen and non-responsive but it isn't in standby mode but in lock with a green light.

Thanks!

Mumy (again)
January 2007