Sky Box Query

[FartKong]

Looks like Ive a problem with my Sky box. It works ok for a few mins but the picture and sound starts skipping worse and worse until you cant see anything then it says No Satelite Signal Being Received.
All the cables etc are in tight and if you turn the box off for a while and leave it, it then works again for a little while.

Just called Sky and they said I can pay £65 for an engineer to check it out or upgrade to Sky+HD and get a free box and pay an extra £10 a month.

Buuuuut what Im wondering is can I buy a box on ebay and stick in my card and use it?

[bholleran]

Hi,

It sound to me like your dish is slightly out of alignment.

You could try a satellite Finder for B&Q for about £15 first, quite useful to have one any way.

[FartKong]

The dish though hasnt moved for 3 years and only started doing this two nights ago?

[Jubal]

Yes, but watch out for chancers selling their broken boxes. You have to ring up sky and have your card paired with the replacement box but the process is straightforward.

[joewilliams]

FartKong said:

The dish though hasnt moved for 3 years and only started doing this two nights ago?

The dodgy buggers move when you're not watching them y'know.

[FartKong]

The strange thing though is the signal strength is full but the signal quality is really low and sometimes goes up to about half way where it works again.

[FartKong]

Just went up on the roof and tried moving it around to see if the signal got any better but it made no difference.

[dabooga79]

A common fault of Sky digiboxes (especially Thomson boxes) is for the capacitors in the internal power supply to fail, leading to symptoms similar to yours, I had the same problem with mine. Try having a read of the satcure forums, they were very useful in helping diagnose my problem. In the end I upgraded to Sky+ HD & haven't looked back.

[FartKong]

Yeah Ive left the box off for the last half hour and its working again. The capacitors probably cool down then work until they heat up again.
Im considering HD but not sure if its worth it.

[FartKong]

Well bit the bullet and ordered Sky+HD which will be installed on saturday. Its got to be worth the extra £10 a month just to fast forward past the bloody ads especially that annoying fkwit in the Go Compare ads!

[fatboy b]

Jubal said:

Yes, but watch out for chancers selling their broken boxes. You have to ring up sky and have your card paired with the replacement box but the process is straightforward.

Not anymore you don't - just plug and play.

[eybic]

FartKong said:

Well bit the bullet and ordered Sky+HD which will be installed on saturday. Its got to be worth the extra £10 a month just to fast forward past the bloody ads especially that annoying fkwit in the Go Compare ads!

You know you can only fast forward stuff you've recorded don't you?

I've got HD and love it, especially the olympic footage on Eurosport HD is fantastic oh and discovery channels and movies, everything in fact lol

[FartKong]

Yeah doh lol. Im praying it'll be installed in time for the rugby on saturday!

[Silent1]

eybic said:

FartKong said:

Well bit the bullet and ordered Sky+HD which will be installed on saturday. Its got to be worth the extra £10 a month just to fast forward past the bloody ads especially that annoying fkwit in the Go Compare ads!

You know you can only fast forward stuff you've recorded don't you?

I've got HD and love it, especially the olympic footage on Eurosport HD is fantastic oh and discovery channels and movies, everything in fact lol

Sounds like they didn't fit the flux capacitor on yours, i can fast forward live TV.

[steve_amv8]

eybic said:

FartKong said:

Well bit the bullet and ordered Sky+HD which will be installed on saturday. Its got to be worth the extra £10 a month just to fast forward past the bloody ads especially that annoying fkwit in the Go Compare ads!

You know you can only fast forward stuff you've recorded don't you?

I've got HD and love it, especially the olympic footage on Eurosport HD is fantastic oh and discovery channels and movies, everything in fact lol

Agree ... the skiing has looked superb in HD!

[eybic]

Silent1 said:

eybic said:

FartKong said:

Well bit the bullet and ordered Sky+HD which will be installed on saturday. Its got to be worth the extra £10 a month just to fast forward past the bloody ads especially that annoying fkwit in the Go Compare ads!

You know you can only fast forward stuff you've recorded don't you?

I've got HD and love it, especially the olympic footage on Eurosport HD is fantastic oh and discovery channels and movies, everything in fact lol

Sounds like they didn't fit the flux capacitor on yours, i can fast forward live TV.

I've got the old flux capacitor fitted in mine, they were supposed to change it with the new EPG but it didn't work