RE: sack of sh**e sky box

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a thought, maybe part of the LNB is dying or you have faulty
cables
from the dish.

Try the box on the other LNB feeds for the box that is working OK just to
prove the fault is on the box. If it is then maybe the tuners have died or
are dying :(

HTH

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Gordon
Sent: 27 January 2008 11:42
To: UKHA Group
Subject: [ukha_d] sack of sh**e sky box

Chaps, anyone here know much about sky box installation?



My HD box has been getting progressively worse for a few weeks now,
symptoms
have mainly been *really* bad picture breakup, - like where there's a very
poor signal. - Plus pops & squeaks on the audio, picture freezing,
& going
blocky etc...

It started on just a few channels, but has over time been evident on more
&
more of them (but oddly, not all). Also, some channels would be so bad that
box gave up & declared there was no signal being received...
The signal strength meter shows as good a signal as it ever has, and my
other HD box which is fed from the same quad LNB on the same dish is fine.



This morning it got to the point where 90% of the channels were unwatchable
due to either saying there was no signal, or being completely broken up
&
stuttering. Allied to this of course is that over the same period more
&
more recordings have been failing. This annoyed me sufficiently that I
thought I'd see if there was anything I could to improve it.



So I've done the "Full System Reset" from the installers menu...



Now the box isn't picking up any signal at all... :-(  the signal strength
screen shows no signal, "Not locked" etc...



I've checked the transponder & LNB settings, & they are the same as
my other
functioning box, so I can't see any settings that obviously need
tweaking....



Anyone know if there is anything else that needs to be reset following a
full system reset? - ob is box FUBAR?



Cheers.



Paul G.













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