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sky box problem

  • 01-12-2007 8:46pm
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    lads my father is stuck without any tv to watch

    there was terrible weather in my area

    my sky is working perfect same for my mothers

    we're all hooked up to the same dish

    he's box turns on no bother but it says on the screen, no signal being received

    i plugged it out for a few minutes and pressed tv then sky button

    no luck whats so ever

    i smell smoke around the tv . im thinking its the box


    any advice


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    DannyD
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    {(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »
    lads my father is stuck without any tv to watch

    there was terrible weather in my area

    my sky is working perfect same for my mothers

    we're all hooked up to the same dish

    he's box turns on no bother but it says on the screen, no signal being received

    i plugged it out for a few minutes and pressed tv then sky button

    no luck whats so ever

    i smell smoke around the tv . im thinking its the box


    any advice
    Does the other box work in the 'non working' location?


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    DannyD wrote: »
    Does the other box work in the 'non working' location?

    never tried it

    because last time i plugged out my box it stopped working


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    christo82
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    Are all the boxes totally independant? ie seperate cable for each coming from the lnb?


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    christo82 wrote: »
    Are all the boxes totally independant? ie seperate cable for each coming from the lnb?

    yap

    all into a octo lnb


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    just checked my ftv box and thats not working now

    so iv 4 boxes and only 2 are working


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    forgot to mention

    i had the ftv box plugged out all day thats including during the bad weather

    so how come its only on stand by ie the button is red

    whats wrong

    it couldn't be the lnb, could it?


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    craichoe
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    {(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »
    forgot to mention

    i had the ftv box plugged out all day thats including during the bad weather

    so how come its only on stand by ie the button is red

    whats wrong

    it couldn't be the lnb, could it?

    The Dish could be slightly out of Alignment. Check the signal strength on the Working boxes, i'll wager its quite low.


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    craichoe wrote: »
    The Dish could be slightly out of Alignment. Check the signal strength on the Working boxes, i'll wager its quite low.

    you were right mate

    but is it possible to fix my ftv box


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