Sky problems?

entwisi said:
I have a spare box you can borrow if you want to pick it up, It has a free to air card in it( you can't use yours as they are paired to teh box).
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Just seen this Ian, cheers mate!
That's a top gesture, it's ok though as we are out most of the weekend but many thanks anyway !
This is what makes me proud to be part of Accyweb,genuine,nice people who will help each other ! ( goes all warm and mushy inside !)
Thanks guys !:)
 
Tin Monkey said:
Glad your box has been ok, but just do a search on Google. You'll see the amount of problems people have been having with the SkyHD boxes.

I'll still be getting one next month when Sky reduce the prices. :)
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I must have been lucky TM as I said I've only had that one little problem, even so the pictur is brill, and the hard drive is bigger as well I can record about 160 hr, have about 6 pages full and its still showing 50% free
 
Just a little aside. Went to my friend's house the other week who lives just outside Hebden Bridge. She was having terrible problems with her Sky reception breaking up. After trying all the usual methods, had to send for an Engineer. He could not sort it at all and said he would have to go back to his base and consult with his other engineers on her problem.

Just as he was leaving the house, he noticed the cable which runs down the wall .. the cable was damaged. Who was the culprit ? The overlarge dog next door had chewed through the cable .. :eek::D. 'Course she presented them with the bill.

Never know .. you may have an over zealous animal nearby which has developed a new taste for aerial cables LOL.
 
First thing I did was have a look at the cable, just to check it and the dish were still there, given that manhole covers are fair game round here I wouldn't have been suprised to see it gone !:eek:
 
katex said:
Just as he was leaving the house, he noticed the cable which runs down the wall .. the cable was damaged. Who was the culprit ? The overlarge dog next door had chewed through the cable .. :eek::D. 'Course she presented them with the bill.
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At first thought's it sounds like a poor original installation that.
 
Some of the installers Sky use are a waste of space.
When I first got Sky at my last address, I couldn't get some of the channels I was paying for. When I complained they sent out a second ariel installer who put it on the chimney stack instead of the wall.
 
I had problems with sky once!, the picture kept going off, then it never came on at all....put on the welcome channel (the one that comes on saying go red be green)and that wasnt on either. Apparently if that channel dont come on, it s ya thingy (dont know the name:rolleyes: on your dish,the bit that sticks out and your ariel goes in it). it means its knackered!!.....luckily a neighbour had a spare one, so me fella went up his ladders and replaced it.....guess what?....it worked!!!:D
 
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Some of the installers Sky use are a waste of space.
When I first got Sky at my last address, I couldn't get some of the channels I was paying for. When I complained they sent out a second ariel installer who put it on the chimney stack instead of the wall.
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Was the second fitter a contractor? Sky employed fitters will only fit dishes up to a certain height. They certainly wouldn't go on the roof.
 
panther said:
I had problems with sky once!, the picture kept going off, then it never came on at all....put on the welcome channel (the one that comes on saying go red be green)and that wasnt on either. Apparently if that channel dont come on, it s ya thingy (dont know the name:rolleyes: on your dish,the bit that sticks out and your ariel goes in it). it means its knackered!!.....luckily a neighbour had a spare one, so me fella went up his ladders and replaced it.....guess what?....it worked!!!:D
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That will be the LNB (Low Noise Block-downconverter). You can actually reset this if you go into the engineer's menu on your Sky box.

The channel you speak of doesn't come on if there's no signal, so it won't work whatever the issue if something is wrong with your reception. It doesn't mean that the LNB is shot at. That is only one of the possible problems.
 
Tin Monkey said:
That will be the LNB (Low Noise Block-downconverter). You can actually reset this if you go into the engineer's menu on your Sky box.

The channel you speak of doesn't come on if there's no signal, so it won't work whatever the issue if something is wrong with your reception. It doesn't mean that the LNB is shot at. That is only one of the possible problems.
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well in my case it was, has soon has a new one was put on the channels came on:p..............;)
 
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