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BT Sport signal problems

  • 15-08-2017 8:34pm
    #1
    gstack166
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭


    Lads can someone help me with this before I fire the box out the window. I only have problems with 2 channels. BTSport2 HD & ESPN HD. The SD channels work fine.

    I've replaced the box, replaced the dish, replaced the cables, & replaced the LNB.

    I've a friend who does a bit of installing dodgybox's on the side who's looked at it for me numerous times adjusting the dish & it's perfect for a day or 2 then bang. No satellite signal is being received. I notice that always from 7pm till 9pm it works fine - no problems, then starts again. It's horrible watching matches on SD especially when you have the HD


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  • #2
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,862 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    The next time you have a signal, get a signal strength reading from the box if it is available. The difference between no signal and perfect can be very little. It has a FEC of 8/9 which needs a bit more signal than more common ones like 3/4 and 5/6.

    11385 H.

    http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php


    What size is your dish?


  • #3
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,568 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    If it is happening to a very specific few channels and at set times of the day, I would be looking for local interference from something like a baby monitor or other device near the dish or box.


  • #4
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    OP I'll allow this thread to proceed on the basis that it's a satellite signal issue you want to discuss. You haven't indicated that you yourself are using a dodgeybox.

    This thread will be closed if it should become clear that piracy is involved


  • #5
    gstack166
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭gstack166


    icdg wrote: »
    OP I'll allow this thread to proceed on the basis that it's a satellite signal issue you want to discuss. You haven't indicated that you yourself are using a dodgeybox.

    This thread will be closed if it should become clear that piracy is involved

    Sorry, I assumed when I said he fitted a few 'on the side' you'd understand I meant I got him instead of a Sky Engineer to look at it for me to save me the €60. I've a full Sky account.


  • #6
    gstack166
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭gstack166


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    The next time you have a signal, get a signal strength reading from the box if it is available. The difference between no signal and perfect can be very little. It has a FEC of 8/9 which needs a bit more signal than more common ones like 3/4 and 5/6.

    11385 H.



    http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php[/url

    What size is your dish?


    I'm not sure of the dish, it looks like just your normal Sky Digital dish. I'll try that link when I get home. Thanks.


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  • #7
    gstack166
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭gstack166


    Gerry Wicklow wrote: »
    If it is happening to a very specific few channels and at set times of the day, I would be looking for local interference from something like a baby monitor or other device near the dish or box.

    Yes, but BT Sport 2 HD & ESPN, the other channels on the Eir Sport pack work perfect, definitely no interference like that around it plus living in a remote part of the county in Kerry.


  • #8
    johnner64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭johnner64


    gstack166 wrote: »
    Sorry, I assumed when I said he fitted a few 'on the side' you'd understand I meant I got him instead of a Sky Engineer to look at it for me to save me the €60. I've a full Sky account.

    That was clear to me too but, to be fair, why mention at all that's what he did?


  • #9
    Thurston?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭Thurston?


    gstack166 wrote: »
    Yes, but BT Sport 2 HD & ESPN, the other channels on the Eir Sport pack work perfect

    You said in your OP that BT Sport 2 HD is one of the problem channels?

    Anyhow, according to that Kingofsat site, BT Sport 1 is carried on 2 transponders, your 'problem' one, & another with more error correction, so maybe you're getting it from the latter.

    This error correction issue was noted already (8/9 v. 4/3), & it's also worth a mention that both transponders use the same centre frequency but with different polarity, & I assume this makes them more sensitive to signal deficiencies than if they were more interleaved.

    Maybe you've just got a zone 1 Sky dish, which mightn't be ideal at your location.


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