Originally Posted by paul1962:
“No idea but out of interest why would you want to bypass it.
It only takes a few seconds.”
I suspect he has a poor signal on the freesat transponder (Same transponder as channel 407). Without a good freesat signal he will not get very far.
I would suggest taking it to a friends to do the installation step there. That will then give him a service while he sorts out his dish.
