Hotbird Channels

mmalaka

Friends,

there r some free hotbirds channels that worked perfectly at night, very good signal, and on the morning at about 11 or 12 o'clock I just get a black display with (bad signal) it stay like this for hours and then return back as usual

How I can solve this??

dobsdave

mmalaka wrote:

Friends,

there r some free hotbirds channels that worked perfectly at night, very good signal, and on the morning at about 11 or 12 o'clock I just get a black display with (bad signal) it stay like this for hours and then return back as usual

How I can solve this??

Maybe they dont broadcast at the time you're getting a blank screen?

mmalaka

No i am sure they broadcast at that time, these r 24 Hours cahnnels

yop

Them X rated channels are not for the breakfast

mmalaka

These r normal Free Channels, mainly Arabic Channels

Ulsterman 1690

How big is your dish and are you sure its aligned properly ?
you need 80cm minimum for Hotbird (90cm for really reliable reception)

dobsdave

mmalaka wrote:

These r normal Free Channels, mainly Arabic Channels

Let us know what channels they are and what time your screen goes blank, and someone can check for you.

I know when Art sports channels stop broadcasting, I just get a 'Bad or no signal'.

mmalaka

I got the same 'Bad or no signal' between 11 o'clock in the morning and 6 o'clock afternoon, the Dish size is 80 cm, the Channels r:
Dubai TV, Jordan, Oman, Qater

these channels is free and they r broadcasting 24 hours

Aquos76

Ulsterman 1690 wrote:

How big is your dish and are you sure its aligned properly ?
you need 80cm minimum for Hotbird (90cm for really reliable reception)

Actually, that depends on where you are. I get an excellent from hotbird on a 60cm dish here in Waterford City.

watty

On all channels, when it rains? Or just your favorite channels when it isn't raining.
Heavy rain makes some channels break up & freeze here in Limerick on 80cm. On a 95cm dish perfect in heavy rain.

There is a huge variation in signal strength as there are quite a few satellites at 13e, and even on one satellite, transponders may not have same power level.

Aquos76

Fair point Watty. I mainly only use hotbird for Art Sport and the TPS and Multivisions. On a 60cm dish I get over 75% signal on all of these channels. I can remember one night in particular last season though when we had a torrential down pour and I did lose Art for a short time, but on the same occasion I also lost alot of the channels on 28.2 also using a 60cm dish.