mines doing the same, the amber light, one flash of all three smaller lights, then the small green light flashin about 10 times... It then loops through it all again, and again.
tried what i have been told but still not working

tony, May 2009

unplug the box for 20sec. press and hold standby button on the box while plugging it back in. As soon as the amber light flashes let go and press up,down,left and right arrow keys in sequence 3 times. The amber light will stay on and the green light will start flashing. In approx 60 sec the box will turn on by itself.

f_bernardo, May 2009

Just fixed ours, had same problem as you. Turned off box, turned on holding down stand by button. When lights flashed pressed menu and ok and up, down, left and right a few times (not really sure what I did but just pressed madly!) left it for about 45 secs and the solid red light came on. Turned it on and it was fixed with all recordings fixed. Good luck

Ali, May 2009

I had same problem and have just returned mine to Tesco. They dont have the 160gb in stock, have had to pay extra for the 250gb box. The box is ugly and black and square, not like the rounded edge silver flash unit I took back, hey ho! but need a recordable freeview, and dont want to use SKY!!
Looking in new manual it does give some instructions on rebooting the system when your DTR fails to respond, the 2 scenarios which maybe worth having ago with are as follows:
scenario A - continuously flashing red LED. The following sequence may restore the box to factory settings without losing any saved programmes.
Turn off your box at the mains or unplug,
Wait 5 seconds,
Turn the box back on at the mains or plug in WHILE pressing and holding the front panel power on button for 10 seconds. (all LED lights should come on for 3 seconds).
Wait 45 seconds for the box to complete the reset. See if this works!
IF NOT TRY
Scenario B - Which will lose all saved recordings.
Do the same procedure as above, but instead of pressing power on on the front panel press the menu button on the front panel for 10 seconds.
Hope this may help.

JLeddy, May 2009

Answers - mend, repair, fix

http://www.howtomendit.com/answers.php?id=235651

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., May 2009

still cant get mine to work either have tried everything, still stays on red, and then just keeps going through the sequence again, im beginning to give up!!

Sarah, May 2009