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Hi JB, thanks for the reply. The cables I ran went to the sky+HD box, and into the same TV that it was originally installed into.
I checked the signal strength each time I used a different cable, and the signal strength and quality were both zero (on both inputs) even though the signal strength on the upstairs box is fine on both lines, so that suggest to me the dish alignment is fine as well.
I agree that everything points to a dodgy cable, but I cannot see how 4 different double flex cables can all be faulty. It was just a simple connection as well, I just took them through the open window for a check.
I suppose I could run the cables through to the upstairs box just to check they are working, but if they are I am at an absolute loss as to what could be wrong!!!
Sky coming out on Thursday so hopefully will be fixed then, but I cannot see anything I am missing.
Any more idea's would be appreciated
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Sunday 21 October 2012 8:25PM
Hi please help. I have sky multiroom with Sky+HD downstairs and a sky+ box upstairs. Recently The downstairs box stopped working. First message said no signal and when I checked the signal strength it said nothing on Input 1, but fine on input 2. I switched the box off at the wall, and when it came back on I had no signal in either.
I have checked the cable and it seems to be fine, and have refitted all 4 F connectors.
I have also ran a spare cable (3 different times with 3 different cables) from the dish to the TV and this is still showing no signal.
I have taken the HD box upstairs and checked it on the upstairs line and it works fine
I have also tried connecting the downstairs cable to the ports on my Octo LNB, that are working for the upstairs box but again it is no signal.
I can deduce the following
Box is fine as it works on the upstairs cables
LNB is fine as the ports work one box but not the other
Therefore it must be the cable, but it would be a strange co-incidence if 4 separate cables did not work?
I am at a loss. Can anyone help