Re: [OT] Poor Sky Digital Reception

["Dave McLaughlin" <dave@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim,

I have the same problem with my Amstrad digibox. I have changed the LNB and
the cable with no change. I borrowed a digibox and that worked perfectly on
my setup so I suspect the Amstrad box itself. Which model do you have as
some have power supply issues and a suitable kit from CPC may cure the
problem. This is my next step.

Dave...
----- Original Message -----
From: Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:22 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Poor Sky Digital Reception


A short while ago someone, who *had* faultless Sky reception, was reporting
poor picture quality.

Did you get to the bottom of the problem, and what was the solution ? Was
it all the channels that were poor, or only a few ?

In the last two days BBC1 & 2 have become essentially unwatchable -
ITV1, Channel 4 & 5 are all ok, but other BBC channels are suffering
too. Signal strength is about 60%, Quality is about 40% - these are much
lower than when it was installed. There's no new buildings in the way, I
guess the trees have filled out a bit but everything was fine last year :-(

All internal connections have been checked - planning to look at the
external ones tonight and see if the dish has moved.

SWMBO returns tomorrow and I need to sort something out :-\

Cheers,

Tim H.


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