All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
dbz: No! as its a completely different system albeit that they connection plug might look the same.
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chris k: If you can reach the dish then "carefully" (so as not to move it) brush off any snow that has gathered on the surface of the reflector as well as the LNB, the part that faces the dish.
That said, snow or thundery type rain showers will always affect satellite reception, although people who use larger dishes will not get affected quite so quickly as those with standard issue types.
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be: The issue of snow being on the dish or the alignment of same has no connection with the green light not coming on, as this indicates a problem with either the box or remote control.
As far as the box is concerned, remove the mains supply and then reconnect again after about 30 seconds or so, then once (hopefully!) it starts to respond to the remote control let it go through the usual searching for listings procedure.
On the subject of the remote control, try taking the batteries out and then reinserting them again, or better still trying a new set.
If none of these measures has any effect then that can suggest that the box has possibly developed a fault on its internal power supply, this being the usual cause of this type of problem.
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MARGARET LAWSON SMITH: Pleased to see that it worked for you!, but as far as your query on the card is concerned, its usually located inside a drop down flap situated on the lower right hand side of the box, although its not really necessary to remove it for what you were doing, nor most other things if it comes to it!
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Jon Norris: Yes, as far as the latter part of your comment thats exactly it! although if it was HD capable then it would require to be coupled into your TV via an HDMI lead, as HD signals cannot pass through a scart cable.
Just out of interest what model of Freeview box are you using? I would have specifically asked this but was unaware that you were using a box for reception and not a TV.
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nick: If you are referring to the TV in the different room then press "services" then 4 - 1 on the Sky box and make sure that 4:3 is selected on the the "second location picture format" bar, also if the TV being used is a wide screen type then check to make sure that its "picture ratio" options (or whatever they call it on your TV) is either set on 4:3 or auto.
That said though, sometimes its very difficult (or nearly impossible) to correct this sort of thing via an RF link.
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Sapphire: If you were experiencing problems in say "light" rainy conditions before the actual snow started then this indicates that either water has gained access to the "F" connector plug on the dishes LNB, or alternatively that the dish is slightly out of alignment, and slight misalignment of the dish will always result in a signal being lost at a much earlier stage than on one that's perfectly aligned.
Although irrespective of whether it is or not, snow on the surface of the LNB and / or the dish bowl will always block reception.
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Jon Norris: It depends on whether or not your receiver (a PVR recorder?) its one of the RTI 90 series? because the fact of a device having an HDMI connection facility does not necessarily mean that its an HD capable box but just one with a high quality connection, and if you click on the undermentioned link it illustrates the various hard drive sizes of Sagem HD models within the RTI 90 range.
Freeview HD+
This second link is to a selection of Humax Freeview HD PVR's a little more pricey but top quality devices with excellent tuners, the HDR-FOX T2 grade "A" model being a particularly good price, although obviously there are lower cost HD devices made by Bush and such likes around and which also give reasonably good results, although I personally find it difficult to recommend them on the grounds of reliability.
Search results - HUMAX UK Direct Sales Website
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Sal: It purely depends on where your brother or your Mum can see the snow on the dish? as if their Sky is still working then it cannot be on any of the two critical positions that I mentioned and especially where it concerns the "front" of the LNB, the round part that faces the dish, as it only takes a very light coating of snow on this to block reception.
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Friday 18 January 2013 12:12AM
Dave Timm: Well on going back over your various postings made and having noted all you have said / tried I still feel that your problem is being caused by a defective tuner or circuitry associated with, as the EPG listings that you see does not from one source such as applies in Sky boxes etc but is made up from the programme channels contained on each of the multiplexes received by the box, and with these programme channels taking up their appropriate positions in the list, duplicates of any programme channels picked up from another transmitter within range generally being stored up the 800 ranges.
However because a Freeview EPG operates in this way then if everything vanishes it really has to be the TV or box at fault, although I would be interested to know the result if you scrubbed everything stored and then "manually" tuned in BBC on mux Ch47, then after storing same enter Ch44 (ITV) and carry out a manual scan on it, once again storing the result, then finally the same again but using Ch51 (ITV3 etc).
After these three have been stored check the EPG, which as would be expected should only show programme channels associated with the three muxes scanned, then switch the TV completely off for a few minutes before powering up again, if the EPG has again vanished then this is another pointer towards a tuner defect, but though if by any chance they have not vanished then just continue with the "manual" tuning exercise and add the two remaining muxes, these being Ch52 (11 Pick tv etc) and Ch51 (15 Film 4 etc) remembering to store the results after the completion of the scan on each mux, then once again as before carry out the switch off test.
My reason for requesting this type of test is because memory chips used in tuners can lose part of their storage capacity, and if a set picks up more channels than it can store then it generally loses the lot when unpowered, but if your TV does not lose them when they are manually tuned in (which eliminates duplicates being picked up) then this can indicate the possibility that your tuner has developed the problem referred to.
As far as purchasing something else is concerned, then if your TV is not wall mounted and you are quite satisfied with the picture then just purchasing a Freeview box would be a less costly way out of your problem, but if you decided that its time for a new TV then you wouldn't go far wrong looking in the direction of the Panasonic ranges, as these type of TV's use superior tuners to that fitted in many other sets, plus they have an excellent wide angle displays that enables viewing at the extreme sides of the screen to a greater extent than most of its rivals.
That said, I admit to being a person that judges TV's on their circuitry as well as general reliability and performance, anything in the category of gimmicky frills and fancies being very much at the bottom of the list.