Should my Sky+ box be making so much noise?

Question

Just had Sky+ installed and have noticed the box makes a serious amount of whirring and whining noises even when its on standby, why is this, is it normal, I just want to find out before I ring them and complain!?

Cheers.

Answer 1

My HD sky + box also has a bloody hum,

this is the third exchange i have had,guy

said most do it,as they HD Thompson's

seem to have this fault with the hard drive

making this noise,i Waite for another

manufacturer making them

Sky plus ordinary one,never had any

trouble.

Answer 2

My sky+ box is dead silent at all times.

Maybe you should have it checked out, is it old?

Answer 3

apparently it is the hard drive .

some times it will whine then others it will be quite but it is normall

Answer 4

SKY+ is always recording (so that you can rewind live tv). you may think about putting the box in a cabinet.