Sky and Dodgy Signal

Prisoner6409

I have Sky(the basic, not + or HD). Lately I have been getting messages when tuning into channels like "No Satalite Signal" or "There is a Technical Fault With This Channel Try Later" and one other. The numbers of the messages were 25, 28 and 30. I can get a lot of channels fine so I am getting a signal. Anyway I rang Sky and it seems the LNB may be out of alignment and they want to charge me €100 for somebody to come out to fix it. I am wondering how hard it is to do this. Is it like an ordinary aerial where you move the LNB to get the best signal or would I be better spending the €100 on a signal meter so I can do it myself and have it for further use, how difficult is it, or should I fork out the €100.

If I was to get someone in to do it does anybody know anyone in the Dub 15 area that does this type of work.

Tony

No need to spend 100 euro on a meter, a cheap satfinder will do this for you. Bear in mind that it could be other causes other than alignment, ie cable fault,lnb or digibox faulty.