Share:

How to Reset your Cable Box

cable box

Resetting or rebooting your cable box is also referred to as power cycling the equipment. 

  1. Locate the set top box (cable box) and where it is plugged into electricity.
  2. Only remove the power cord from electricity.
  3. Leave unplugged for one whole minute.
  4. While it is unplugged verify that all the other connections are secure to the Set Top Box.
  5. Plug power cord back into electricity.
  6. The Set Top Box will take on average about 4-5 minutes for it to come back on fully.
  7. While The Set Top Box is rebooting and loading info back into it, stay below channel 72 for the first 20 minutes.
Filed Under:

Search the Blog

Top Stories

Recent Stories

Topics

Questions? Comments?

Contact the Marketing Team.

Contact Us
Kelsey

Kelsey

Kelsey Thompson is the Production Coordinator for the MaxxSouth Sports and Marketing departments for MaxxSouth Broadband. She handles the scheduling, contacting, and day-to-day operations for MSS, and the social media pages for the Marketing department. Kelsey has been with MaxxSouth Broadband for over five years, and started out as a production specialist working on the crew for MSS. Kelsey is married and has a five-year-old daughter named Tanner. In her free time, she loves to do anything outdoors with her family and their two dogs Bowser and Dixie.