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Wednesday, 27 March 2013
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caroline8:31 PM
Felixstowe
we live in Felixstowe and for quite some time, we have no signal at all.
last week we only had freeview for one day only,
we keep retuning and nothing happens.
the cables are fine and not loose.
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Steve P9:02 PM
Wrexham
Carooline - I used to live at 111 Cornwall Road!
Have you asked your neighbours if they have the same problem?
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caroline: Confirm that your receiver is tuned to the correct transmitter. As Einstein said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
I looked on Streeview and all the aerials I saw face Sudbury. They are horizontal and pointing west.
The Felixstowe relay transmitter is in the Ranelagh Car Park, aerials pointing to this are vertical.
Refer to this page:
http://www.dtg.org.uk/ind…html
Sudbury broadcasts all channels (shown on the above page), i.e. PSBs+COMs. Felixstowe broadcasts PSBs only.
Bring up the signal strength screen on the following and check they are tuned correctly:
PSB1 | BBC One | Sudbury=C44 | Felixstowe=C45
PSB2 | ITV | Sudbury=C41 | Felixstowe=C51
PSB3 | BBC One HD | Sudbury=C47 | Felixstowe=C53
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Thursday, 28 March 2013
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Steve P5:49 PM
Wrexham
As Einstein said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
He also said "God doesn't play with dice." - denying quantum theory.
He was wrong.
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tom smith9:25 PM
Thanks Alan Peachy, that is the problem ok wonder Sky couldnt tell me that, tom (DUBLIN,IRELAND)
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Saturday, 30 March 2013
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adrian11:34 AM
Hi,
I have a sky+ hd box.
on 1 of the signal input strength and quality bars, I get a constant good signal and quality.
on the second input the strength and quality fluctuates and on occasions signal is lost all together, mainly on the channel 5 programs.
Has anyone got an idea what my problem could be?
I have checked coax and f-connectors and they are in good order!
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jb3811:51 AM
adrian: If you can receive Ch5 on the LNB1 input OK but not if you swap the two inputs over then that input feed from the dish is defective, this either being caused by a bad connection on one of the "F" connectors or the very common problem of water having entered the LNB's "F" connector.
Have you tried swapping the inputs over? or are you just reporting what you see on the signal strength bars?
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adrian12:01 PM
Yes have tried swapping inputs, my problem mainly occurs in the evenings.
Was wondering whether it could be a skew angle problem as signal quality on second input only 50% while the other is close to 100%
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jb381:04 PM
adrian: Provided that the problem moved from LNB2 over to LNB1 when you swapped the inputs over? and that it did NOT stay on the boxes LNB2 as this could indicate a problem on the boxes LNB2 tuner, but though your tests should really be carried out on the boxes LNB1 input as LNB2 is basically used for recording purposes, and so if Ch5 is perfectly OK when on LNB1's input then the skew setting is perfectly OK.
Maybe you could confirm if this is the case or not, that being Ch5 being OK on LNB1 input?
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jb383:30 PM
adrian: Just to clarify on a point regarding the signal checks made, when dealing with Sky boxes these indications do NOT represent the channel that the box was maybe sitting on when you went into the check menu, as the levels seen are taken from the default transponder used for the EPG listings, and so any deficiency that might be seen in the levels can even be worse on some channels that use other transponders, this being why its not really advisable to have less than a 55% indication of either strength or quality.
It should also be noted that if the quality is less than the strength then that generally indicates that the dishes alignment requires slight adjustment, this usually always being in the horizontal plane
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