No sky from storm damage Midwest area

talkin

Anybody else lose there sky channels in last nights storm? It says no satellite signal I'm presuming it's from the storm

watty

The dish will have moved.
My 90cm approx dish is pointing North today!

The 110cm motorised one looks OK. It's on a fatter pole, so better grip on clamps.

Digifriendly

Galway wrote: »

In West here, fixed dishes ok (well secured with a very thick pole to the ground and fixed to the wall on 3 brackets) BUT the hailstones shattered the outer casing of my OCTO LNB on night of 23rd and it then filled up with water! New OCTO to be ordered Monday. Temporary fix with spare QUAD I had for now!

Tree fell into garden as wind was very strong but dish OK and signal holding here in Moira, Co. Antrim N. Ireland.

Galway

In West here, fixed dishes ok (well secured with a very thick pole to the ground and fixed to the wall on 3 brackets) BUT the hailstones shattered the outer casing of my OCTO LNB on night of 23rd and it then filled up with water! New OCTO to be ordered Monday. Temporary fix with spare QUAD I had for now!

Bards

Same here in waterford, dish moved off alignment, anyone in the waterford area like to do a re-alignmnet for a small fee €50?

Sky are saying Jan 11th is the earliest they can do it arrgghhhhh

Got a local installer to realign dish, all sorted thx

talkin

I don't even have the free to view channels now. And no saor view tv so iv nothing

hatchets mcgovern

Ive had nothing since the 22nd. Wont be repaired till the 7th of January. Moving to UPC.

talkin

How did u cope lol? It's awful not having anything. I thought at least the free to air ones would work nth that's saying no satellite signal.

hatchets mcgovern

Its the folks who have really missed it.

My big dvd came to the rescue. Sky didn't seem to be bothered really. I wonder is their level of service this poor in the uk?

talkin

Probably not. Going to cancel it (or try to cancel it today) might help me to get my a off the couch more in the new year like my New Years rosolution states. Have to say I miss it already though. Sitting room seems pointless now lol!

seosamh1980

No Sky here either, is there anything simple that can be done DIY to try and fix it rather than having to wait for them? Dish looks perfectly normal to me, is it just that it may have moved slightly? This is the second time a storm has knocked it out since I got it just over a year ago, same last time, looked normal but had moved. Is there anyway of knowing exactly which way it should be facing?

talkin

I'm not too sure maybe get somebody to move it while you're inside watching to see If it comes back. Do any of ye still have the free to view ones u get with just having the sky box?

Nonoperational

talkin wrote: »

How did u cope lol? It's awful not having anything. I thought at least the free to air ones would work nth that's saying no satellite signal.

If the dish moved it would affect all the channels. No reason the free ones would still work.

talkin

Ahh so unfair lol

hatchets mcgovern

The weather has always affected my dish. Sky broadband has always been poor also. But I moved from UPC because they were crap. Haaa I'm hard to please.

talkin

Iv had sky for years never had a problem. Itl be missed lol. Ah you're not hard to please when you're only asking for the thing to actually work ha

seaniefr

My FTA dish is in the same place but the piece of hollow tubing that holds my quad LNB has completely broken off so only terrestrial channels here in limerick until i get off my arse and fix it!:(

talkin

Ahh think of me with nothing nothing at all ha

hatchets mcgovern

talkin wrote: »

Ahh think of me with nothing nothing at all ha

netflix! 6 a month.

better than most of the muck on telly!

seaniefr

hatchets mcgovern wrote: »

netflix! 6 a month.

better than most of the muck on telly!

+1 from me.
I have it with my Apple TV box and while not a fantastic selection it is getting better but with the amount of crap on FTA channels before christmas not really missing it!

talkin

Rang up to cancel think I got sold an upgrade lol. Ahh il ring back tomorrow and cancel

talkin

seaniefr wrote: »

+1 from me.
I have it with my Apple TV box and while not a fantastic selection it is getting better but with the amount of crap on FTA channels before christmas not really missing it!

How does Apple TV box work.?

hatchets mcgovern

talkin wrote: »

Rang up to cancel think I got sold an upgrade lol. Ahh il ring back tomorrow and cancel

Milk it for all you can. ! All they can do is reward you because you will have to wait another couple of weeks!

UPC don't use the dish so you wouldn't have had the same problem. Ask them why should you stay with them.

Try get free movies and sports. Nothing to lose!

talkin

It's €60 for a call out to fix but free for upgrade. I dunno though how good would my social life be though not been controlled by what's on tv. Lol

seaniefr

talkin wrote: »

How does Apple TV box work.?

good internet connection needed minimum 2MB download but in reality for watchable TV you need 4 or more in the case of HD. You are basically streaming tv and downloading films from the itunes store (legally i might add) it has a HDMI output to your tv and you are not just restricted to the Apple variety of media streaming box there are others. We use Apple cause we have quite a bit of their equipment and you can stream from the iphone or ipad basically to your tv.

talkin

Do you have to pay to watch things like as the way u pay to download songs will it end up been costly? Seems too good to be true lol

hatchets mcgovern

talkin wrote: »

It's €60 for a call out to fix but free for upgrade. I dunno though how good would my social life be though not been controlled by what's on tv. Lol

It will be good for your brain!

seaniefr

talkin wrote: »

Do you have to pay to watch things like as the way u pay to download songs will it end up been costly? Seems too good to be true lol

Yes you have to pay but you still pay going to Xtravision don't you?

hatchets mcgovern

seaniefr wrote: »

Yes you have to pay but you still pay going to Xtravision don't you?

not if you have vuze

talkin

hatchets mcgovern wrote: »

It will be good for your brain!

I'm feeling really different already!

talkin

seaniefr wrote: »

Yes you have to pay but you still pay going to Xtravision don't you?

I haven't rented a movie in 3/4yrs so no lol

seaniefr

talkin wrote: »

I haven't rented a movie in 3/4yrs so no lol

Well that's a pity you get nothing for nothing in this world but there always the freeloaders who want it all for nothing and don't want to pay for anything for it but don't worry I'm sure somebody's watching you(:-)

talkin

seaniefr wrote: »

Well that's a pity you get nothing for nothing in this world but there always the freeloaders who want it all for nothing and don't want to pay for anything for it but don't worry I'm sure somebody's watching you(:-)

I'm no freeloader just haven't felt the need to rent movies for years when there's netflix and the likes.

seaniefr

talkin wrote: »

I'm no freeloader just haven't felt the need to rent movies for years when there's netflix and the likes.

Apologies took you up wrong there

talkin

seaniefr wrote: »

Apologies took you up wrong there

No you're grand it did sound like it. Just with the Apple TV it sounds like u just get everything u get on the iPhone and ipad just with the added cost of €129? Or am I wrong.

seaniefr

talkin wrote: »

No you're grand it did sound like it. Just with the Apple TV it sounds like u just get everything u get on the iPhone and ipad just with the added cost of €129? Or am I wrong.

Its basically a method of putting most things on your iphone or ipad on your tv screen along with a way of viewing netflix (or Hulu if you are located stateside) or downloading a movie from the Itunes store all for the princely sum of 109 euros and Yes it is restrictive:D

talkin

seaniefr wrote: »

Its basically a method of putting most things on your iphone or ipad on your tv screen along with a way of viewing netflix (or Hulu if you are located stateside) or downloading a movie from the Itunes store all for the princely sum of 109 euros and Yes it is restrictive:D

Wowza apple!

flynnlives

Anyone in Galway that can re align a dish, 50 euro to whoever can do it

talkin

Another weather warning now so prob best it's not fixed yet!

Avns1s

In fairness, a good quality dish properly installed will take a fair bit of wind before it moves. More than the winds we have had so far this winter in fact.

Problems come with bad installation and poor quality dishes that are rusted to bits in a couple of years.