All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Thomas: Not exactly sure what you mean by "through", however if you are meaning how do you receive the channels then have you selected Astra on the dish set up menu and pressed OK? and where LNB1 Freq (1) should be indicating 9750 and with LNB2 Freq (2) 10.600, making sure LNB power is set to on.
Then after ensuring both signal levels shown are above 50% (pref much higher) press (3) and in the drop down menu select "Scan mode FTA" - search.
By the way the channels will NOT appear in the same order as with a proper Freesat box as the Ross is simply a "free to view" box and not a Freesat device, hence no Freesat style EPG list, meaning you will have to move the channels around until you get them in the order you want.
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Vin Roberts: I realise you addressed the question to Briantist but if I could just reply, the only option you have when you cancel your subscription is to use the Sky+ box as an ordinary Sky "free to view" device, this of course will NOT allow the recording / playback side to operate, as Sky will disable it at the same time as your access to Sky dedicated programmes.
The only option you then have "if" you want to be able to record programme is to purchase a Freesat twin tuner PVR as Freesat devices are 100% compatible with Sky dishes, and with the PVR referred to requiring twin input feeds such as you will already have "if" you are referring to a Sky+ box when you mention recording.
If you do not wish the record anything then a standard Freesat box only requires one feed from the dish.
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Vin Roberts: Meant also to add, that you can easily find out what channels you will (or will not) be able to view when you cancel your subscription by simply removing your Sky card and running through them, a few exceptions exist like Sony TV (157) which although free is encrypted and requires the card inserted to view it.
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tom: Quite a number of reasons can exist as to why you have not had success with what you have done, these ranging from the dish not having been aligned properly to a possible short circuit in one of the "F" connectors that you have fitted onto the coax, the usual one being caused by a single strand of braiding wire having got accidentally wrapped around the inner core, and so I would unscrew each in turn just to check that this hasn't happened.
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A.Shanks: Could you confirm that you are referring to Freeview reception and not Freesat (satellite?) I only ask as on making a quick location check I can only see a dish being mounted on the East side of the properties, of course I fully appreciate that its possible that you might only have had the aerial fitted in recent times?
It would also be of assistance to know the model of the receiving device you are using.
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David: Well as I have previously mentioned, by all means try a test as variables always exist, but on the basis of whats seen indicated on the coverage map I wouldn't really recommend paying an over the top price for a box.
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scott: If your Sky box does not work at your girlfriends house but is perfectly OK at your own, then her dish / cable from is defective.
Next time you try it press "services - 4 - 6" on the Sky box and see if anything is indicated on the signal check screen, if any strength / quality indications seen are only about 50% or under then the dish requires slight re alignment, if though nothing at all is seen then the dish alignment / LNB / coax from will require to be checked out.
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Vin Roberts: Well the problem is, that if you end your contract with Sky and your box is a Sky+ version? then that's the end of your recording / play back facilities.
Of course I only say this on the assumption that you are indeed using a Sky+ box by you having referred to a recorder, but I fully appreciate that you could simply be referring to an external recorder coupled to the Sky box via a scart lead, and should that be the case then obviously if you purchased a much less costly standard Freesat (non recordable) box then your recorder could still be used with that in exactly the same way as is presently done with your Sky box.
I will say though, that the twin tuner Freesat PVR gives you the maximum flexibility of all by enabling you to record a programme on one channel whilst you are viewing a different programme on a second channel, or alternatively record two different channels at the same time plus on occasions (as exclusions apply) view a different programme from either being recorded. (i.e: programme would have to be on the same transponder / polarity as one being recorded)
As far as Freeview is concerned, Sutton Coldfield is indicated as providing good reception, and of course with that system you can also have twin tuner Freeview PVR which operates in a similar fashion to the Freesat types described, but though if you are the type that demands glitch free reception 24/7 all the year round then only Freesat can guarantee that for virtually 99.9% of the time.
Just a little point to note though, if you are using a normal Sky box and NOT a Sky+ type than your dishes LNB might only be a single output type, and so if a twin tuner Freesat PVR was used the LNB would require to be changed to a dual or quad type and an additional cable run from it as twin tuner Freesat devices require twin inputs, the blocks costing around £10.00 or so from numerous e-bay outlets.
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toni: When you say "unplugged all plugs", are you purely referring to the mains ones? or does this also refer to the coax connectors? as your problem just has to be caused by some simple mistake.
The only other thing that crossed my mind was "if" you were using a wallpaper stripper of the steam variety, then did you ensure that the inevitable drips of water from it were well clear of your equipment.
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Wednesday 15 August 2012 4:47PM
mags1: Because radio waves cannot pass through dense water laden clouds, you can simulate this effect by simply throwing a wet towel over your dish as the result of doing would be exactly the same, that is should anyone actually do such a thing!