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Business iQ (BiQ) Self Help Troubleshooting Guide 

 

Printed: 5 July 2021 

© FOXTEL Management Pty Ltd 2020

 

1.  Blank TV Screen – One Box 

1. 

Is the TV powered on (e.g. an LED illuminated on its front panel)? 

  Yes – Continue below.

 

  No – TV is not powered. Power on TV or seek help from property 

maintenance team to power TV on. Issue resolved.

 

2. 

Press the Power key on the Foxtel remote control to bring the TV & box out of 

standby mode. Is TV out of standby mode? 

  Yes – Continue below

 

  No – Go to 

Remote does not Bring TV Out of Standby

 

3. 

Is the box Welcome screen displayed on the TV? 

  Yes – Continue below.   

  No – Go to 

TV not Displaying Output from Box

. 

4. 

Press Exit on the Foxtel remote control to display live channels (i.e. FTA & 

Foxtel). Is there a red “No Signal” message (as in image below), which moves 

around the TV screen? 

 

  Yes – Go to 

Red “No Signal” Which Moves Around TV Screen – One Box.

 

  No – Continue below.  

5. 

Note the channel number (default is typically 500 – Fox Sports News) and then 

channel surf through the channel line-up by pressing the CH up key on the 

Foxtel remote control either back to this channel or until a red “No Signal” 

message is displayed. Do any of the channels display a red “No Signal” 

message (i.e. do not display video)? 

  Yes – Go to 

Red “No Signal” Which Moves Around TV Screen – One Box

. 

  No – All channels have signal as expected. Issue resolved. 

2.  Red “No Signal” Which Moves Around TV Screen – One 

Box 

1. 

Is white ‘E’ message displayed on the TV (e.g. E016 or E017 as in image 

below)?  

 

  Yes – Go to 

Entitlement (“E”) Error on TV Screen.

 

  No – Continue below. 

2. 

Is a red “No Signal” message (as in image below) displayed for all Foxtel 

channels (numbers 100+)?  

 

  Yes – Go to 

Loss of All FTA and/or Foxtel Channels – One Box.

 

  No – Continue below. 

3. 

At this step the assumption is a red “No Signal” message is displayed for FTA 

channels (any from numbers 1-99). Does property have a vuStreamer (Foxtel’s 

IPTV headed)? 

Summary of Contents for BiQ

Page 1: ...FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LIMITED Business iQ BiQ Self Help Troubleshooting Guide FBIQ 005 Last Updated 5 07 2021 8 53 00 PM Revision 1 4...

Page 2: ...Issue e g video from box is too big small for TV 12 15 Video Break up One Box 13 16 Hospitality TV does not Power Up to Box Welcome Screen HDMI port 13 17 Cannot Cast 14 18 Re Boot Box 15 19 Power Cy...

Page 3: ...oves Around TV Screen One Box No Continue below 5 Note the channel number default is typically 500 Fox Sports News and then channel surf through the channel line up by pressing the CH up key on the Fo...

Page 4: ...resolved 3 Loss of All FTA and or Foxtel Channels One Box 1 Does property have a vuStreamer Foxtel s IPTV headed Yes Go to Loss of Channels One IPTV vuStreamer Box No Continue below 2 Check signal ca...

Page 5: ...omatically receive its viewing entitlements If after 2 hours the E message still appears or the matter is urgent continue below Otherwise the issue is resolved No Continue below 3 Press Menu Home remo...

Page 6: ...e to input reported by TV The TV should now display the output of the box Issue resolved 2 Completely remove each end of the HDMI cable from both the box and the TV see image below Then refit it 3 Doe...

Page 7: ...er cable if fitted from both the box and the plastic prism attached to the TV see image below Important 4 Pointing the remote control at the LED of the box i e not the TV does the LED now flash on the...

Page 8: ...h on the box which each remote control Power key press Yes Continue below No IR hardware appears to be faulty If there is another IR extender cable available onsite try replacing the IR extender cable...

Page 9: ...for Several Channels in TV Guide No Go to Box Down in EzVu 11 Box Down in EzVu 1 Press the Power key on remote control to bring the TV and box out of standby Is the Welcome screen displayed Yes Follow...

Page 10: ...server and thus cannot access the internet Continue below 5 Power cycle box by removing power cable for 10 secs and then re applying it Does the box boot to the Welcome screen it may take up to 10 min...

Page 11: ...nfigured to allow any outbound traffic on ports 22 80 123 443 8443 and 8453 plus 53 67 and or 123 if DNS Domain Name System DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and or NTP Network Time Protocol re...

Page 12: ...ue below No Problem appears to be with internet access for the box A box requires a minimum download bandwidth of 256Kbps to boot It may take up to 10 mins to boot at the minimum bandwidth The more ba...

Page 13: ...Continue below 4 If another HDMI cable is available replace the current cable with the new one Note The box and TV communicate over the HDMI cable using protocol called EDID to auto negotiate the vid...

Page 14: ...o the box Wifi network Yes Continue below No Go to Escalate to Foxtel Commercial 3 Open casting tv page in the Web browser on the mobile device 4 Is the casting tv page open and prompting for a PIN si...

Page 15: ...TV Does the content display on the TV screen Yes Chromecast is operating correctly Continue below No Go to Escalate to Foxtel Commercial and inform Foxtel that YouTube can cast and the name of the ap...

Page 16: ...minutes Are you physically in front of the vuStreamer Yes Go to Power Cycle vuStreamer No Go to Re Boot vuStreamer Remotely from EzVu 22 Power Cycle vuStreamer 1 Switch off the power switch on the vu...

Page 17: ...ogin to EzVu 2 For the property s location select Rooms from the EzVu menu find the box number or room number in the list 6 Does the box requiring PIN reset have a Status of Up as in image below Yes C...

Page 18: ...g an EzVu Account 1 Login to EzVu e g perform steps in How to Login to EzVu with the logon credentials of a Primary Admin or Co Admin user 2 For the property s location select Config Users from the Ez...

Page 19: ...upport from the EzVu menu 3 Click View under Front Desk Portal User Guide A PDF document shall be downloaded with full instructions of how to use EzVu 29 Box Requests a Premises ID or a PIN 1 Box has...

Page 20: ...ming the Remote Control 33 Programming the Remote Control 1 Is the remote reset to factory default Yes Continue below No Go to Resetting the Remote Control to Factory Default 2 The Foxtel remote contr...

Page 21: ...ing Guide Printed 5 July 2021 FOXTEL Management Pty Ltd 2020 21 Setup Method 1 Popular Brands Was the remote control successfully programmed using method 1 Yes Go to Remote Control Test No Continue be...

Page 22: ...Business iQ BiQ Self Help Troubleshooting Guide Printed 5 July 2021 FOXTEL Management Pty Ltd 2020 22...

Page 23: ...o a TV other than Samsung by first performing Setup Method 2 Direct Code Entry in step 3 to program the remote for any TV that is not in the vicinity and then follow the procedure below Samsung UA75RU...

Page 24: ...the Foxtel remote control s SETUP key bring the TV in out of standby Yes Continue below No Repeat step 5 above 9 The procedure below is only required for the 1st generation Foxtel remote without Foxte...

Page 25: ...e TV models may turn off too quickly to display the Welcome screen If this is the case the TV may be brought out of standby in isolation from the box e g by using the power button on the TV or pressin...

Page 26: ...t been detected Check Ethernet cable connections to vuStreamer as per vuStreamer Cable Connections Request property s IT manager run the Unix show interface command for each of the two assigned GbE po...

Page 27: ...reen can be seen the vuStreamer should also have connectivity Go to Escalate to Foxtel Commercial for Foxtel to check configuration for the specific tuner card The property s IT manager shall need inv...

Page 28: ...cannot tune to a signal Check input signals connection as per vuStreamer Cable Connections If connections are secure go to Escalate to Foxtel Commercial for Foxtel to check cabling and levels The inp...

Page 29: ...e allocated to Foxtel Business iQ devices Are all devices in this range Note The MAC addresses for the vuStreamer and SBBs can be found on the label affixed to these devices Alternatively a comprehens...

Page 30: ...more 1Mbps If the Set Back Box is out of standby and displaying live TV its shall also request the video audio multicast stream associated with the TV station one between 239 0 0 2 10000 and 239 0 3...

Page 31: ...T or non urgent matter Yes Email issue details to business iq foxtel com au and a Foxtel Business iQ support specialist shall be in contact within a business day to investigate the issue To assist ple...

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