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heffo500

Hi

I have a grundig hd freesat. and it is set up as the attached diagram shows.

Every so often the receiver thinks the signal has dropped when it hasn't as I've checked it with my horizon hdsm at all points and I've 90% steady signal.

When I pull out power lead and reinsert it the reciver gets the signal straight away.

I've changed the receiver and psu but to no avail.

Please Help.

Booms

Have you tried the box on a known good dish/aerial system?

I'd temporarily remove the aerial diplexer and faceplate from the system, so that the dish is directly connected to the box, and then run the system for a time to see if the problem reappears.

I'm sure there'll be others along shortly with lots more experience to advise you properly:D

heffo500

Booms wrote: »

Have you tried the box on a known good dish/aerial system?

I'd temporarily remove the aerial diplexer and faceplate from the system, so that the dish is directly connected to the box, and then run the system for a time to see if the problem reappears.

I'm sure there'll be others along shortly with lots more experience to advise you properly:D

I've tried a technomate mate box and it seemed grand but this only happens over long period so I couldn't say for certain its the box.

My brother has one of these boxes and it is working perfectly since the day I put it in.

I'll try the diplexer and plate but from experience I've known them to just block the signal completely if they are faulty.

Thanks for the advice.

Rippy

What channels are dropping?
I have occaisionally had problems with Grundig Freesat boxes and combiner/splitters.
Quality of cable can make a difference.

heffo500

Rippy wrote: »

What channels are dropping?
I have occaisionally had problems with Grundig Freesat boxes and combiner/splitters.
Quality of cable can make a difference.

The cable is the same standard I used in my brothers RG6 and it has a sat tv combiner and he has no prblems.

It not just certain channels it just says no signal and there's no signal on any channel

Could it be a faulty lnb?

Vince Cable

heffo500 wrote: »

I've changed the receiver and psu but to no avail.

What exactly do you mean by this?

Are there other receivers sharing the LNB, if so, what are they?

heffo500

Vince Cable wrote: »

What exactly do you mean by this?

Are there other receivers sharing the LNB, if so, what are they?

No I had brought back the receiver and the the transformer that goes with and got and new one receiver and transformer and the problem persists

Vince Cable

So it's the only receiver connected to the LNB?

heffo500

Vince Cable wrote: »

So it's the only receiver connected to the LNB?

yeah only one receiver connected to the dish and its a single sky lnb

Vince Cable

What's the exact model of box?

heffo500

Vince Cable wrote: »

What's the exact model of box?

http://www.adverts.ie/satellite/goodmans-gsat200hdex-hd-digital-box/572573

This exact one.

Vince Cable

Those Grundig/Goodmans/Bush boxes seem to be riddled with bugs.

The Freesat forums here & here might have answers, or just continue to investigate your system one component at a time.

heffo500

Vince Cable wrote: »

Those Grundig/Goodmans/Bush boxes seem to be riddled with bugs.

The Freesat forums here & here might have answers, or just continue to investigate your system one component at a time.

Thanks for the links I will look through them to see if I can get some answers.

Could a faulty LNG cause the problem?

heffo500

Vince Cable wrote: »

Those Grundig/Goodmans/Bush boxes seem to be riddled with bugs.

The Freesat forums here & here might have answers, or just continue to investigate your system one component at a time.

Thanks for the links I will look through them to see if I can get some answers.

Could a faulty Lnb cause the problem?

Vince Cable

heffo500 wrote: »

Could a faulty Lnb cause the problem?

It's certainly worth swapping it with another to rule it out.