Sky Plus box

[MattW]

Anyone know much about Sky plus boxes?

Have recently acquired an older type Thompson white sky plus box. However, it doesn't seem to want to power up! It's sat there with the red glow from the power button - which appears to be standby mode. You can tell that something is happening - as you can hear/feel the HD trying to do something.

I haven't got the remote for it - but I wouldn't have thought that mattered, as surely I should be able to power it up from the front Push button.

Any ideas?