Leave the cable box alone and don t touch any buttons on the remote until it s finished loading.
New optimum cable box says err.
During the reset process the digital cable box will display hold followed by turn on.
There are two ways to reset your scientific atlanta cable box.
Unplug the power cord from your digital cable box.
Wait 5 seconds and plug it back in.
Allow the cable box 5 10 minutes to fully reset.
I called tech support as the box keeps telling me e err e i unplugged it and waited for it to reboot same thing.
Got a new samsung cable box to replace the aatlantic scientific box that was acting up.
Wait five seconds then plug it back in.
Wait about 30 seconds then plug it back in and allow the box to go through the reboot process which should take about three minutes.
Reset your digital cable box scientific atlanta digital cable box hd or sd.
If you can t reach your power cord reset your cable box this way.
I followef the instruction.
As your cable box restarts the lights on the display will blink or it will say boot you may also see a loading bar or icon on your tv screen while the box restarts.
When you see turn and on alternating on the front panel of the cable box turn it back on.
During the reset process the digital cable box will display hold followed by turn on.
To reset your cable box simply unplug it from the wall outlet.
Got to where it was preparing service and later said there was a problem and weare.
It wont turn on.
Turn the cable box power on.
When your cable box displays the time or a channel number the reboot is complete and you are now ready to watch tv.
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