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Sky reception getting worse

  • 02-04-2003 8:17pm
    #1
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭


    hey
    i've had sky since october and generally the quality of the picture has been up to DVD quality but recentely i've been flicking thru the sky channels and the mtv channels and the picture get distorted. i don't know how to describe it but it kinda looks like sqaures jumping around the screen and the sound gets skipped. i havn't contacted sky yet about it should i or can i be fixed myself.

    P.s i have a grundig sky decoder


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  • #2
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    your dish may need to be realligned

    only today i was thinking about how clear MTV was looking. i have a grundig too


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    May just be a weak signal - check the signal strength in the services menu. - It's been windy recently.

    Have a look at the links below in case it resembles one of the known problems

    http://www.satcure.com/digirep.htm - General troubleshooting for digiboxes

    http://www.satcure.com/gds200.htm - Grundig Sky box foibles - mainly PSU / Overheating
    ie. does the problem go away when the unit is unplugged for an hour - note might then take overnight for it to start working again if it goes in to the "no satellite signal" routing :(

    There was something about some of the older grundig LNB's locking unless you unplugged the box (digiboxes don't always turn off the LNB when in standby) but that's unlikely


  • #4
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    ehh i'm kinda a newbie to sky so whats lnb stand for and also what does a FTV card do and whats it stand for?


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Q. What do you call the small box on the end of a SKY dish ?

    A. It's a council house...

    Follow the links - http://www.satcure.com/tech/index.htm :P


  • #6
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Originally posted by Cr3m0
    ehh i'm kinda a newbie to sky so whats lnb stand for and also what does a FTV card do and whats it stand for?

    LNB is the wee bit at the end of the arm of the dish, and for all the definations of FTV cards etc, see the FAQ thread at the top of the thread index.


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