RE: [OT] Poor Sky Digital Reception

["Crick, Steve (UK)" <steve.crick@xxxxxxx>]

Hmmmmm. So you sent the monkey back to me ha.......

I see 70-80% signal, 50% quality on standard test; and 80-90% 70-80% on
the BBC only. (I do not have _clear_ line of site, there is a tree sort
of in the way; but this has NEVER been a problem).

I rang the BBC reception number today, and if the guy was able to give
the impression that he did not give a toss any more, I am not sure how
he could have. To summarise what he said: "No problems here mate, call
Sky, they are the broadcaster, now bugger off".

Not sure of my next move; I guess I can move the dish to a non-tree
intrusive position, but again it is only BBC that I am having problems
with. As BBC is 80% of what I watch, this is a pain.

I have even considered moving the Freeview box down from the bedroom!

Steve





-----Original Message-----
From: Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG) [mailto:haweste@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:08 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Poor Sky Digital Reception



Steve,

LOL - mine cleared up last night !!

The cable-LNB connection was fine. The dish hasn't moved (or if it did
it's now fixed itself pretty securely in it's new position !)

When you said you saw a big difference between the "standard"
signal
strength meter and the one from 2D, which way did you see the difference
?

On the standard one I get 60% strength & 40% quality
On the 2D meter I get 80% strength and 90-95% quality !!

Is it possible to have too good a signal ? My digibox has a higher gain
(allegedly) than some of it's peers and was preferred by expats 'cos it
could pull in weaker signals. Maybe the BBC have upped the transponder
power, and by the time my box receives it it's too strong. Does sound a
bit far fetched though. Incidentally, putting a damp J-cloth over the
LNB blocked the signal completely and resulted in the "No satellite
signal being received" message. This message may be driven from the
standard strength meter, not the 2D one.

The only thing I did change was to remove the digibox from the TV
cabinet and reconnect it sitting on top, after leaving it unplugged for
about 5-10 mins. Previously I'd only left it 2-3 mins. I watched the
whole of that BBC1 Soho police docu-soap without so much as a flicker
(great insight into some CCTV controls BTW). May change by the time I
get home again though ;-)

I have the same sentiments re: getting someone in to look at it. I put
it up myself and don't want to invite someone round to "fix" it.
As far
as I'm concerned it's a BBC problem.

Cheers,

Tim H.
P.S. I checked and I can receive Game Network no problem :-)

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