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Old 15-11-07, 04:25 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Called that one wrong!.........it pays to query a query.
No worries mate, It was because of your suggestion that I queried the query.
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One of the easiest way to check if either the box has failed, or the cable/dish has is to either connect another box to your dish, or try your box on somebody elses dish, if this is possible.

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I changed digiboxes and immediately got a picture.Problem now is that I dont have all the channels(no ITV)and strangely only upto about ch number 140 then back to ch 101 whereas before I could press upto about 900 channels(a lot unavailable of course).and then radio channels.Now there are no radio channels.
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I forgot to add that after pressing services/4/6 the transportr stream number 07d2!
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Also forgot to add that the message on screen for missing ITV channels is "no satellite pic being received"
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I changed digiboxes and immediately got a picture.Problem now is that I dont have all the channels(no ITV)and strangely only upto about ch number 140 then back to ch 101 whereas before I could press upto about 900 channels(a lot unavailable of course).and then radio channels.Now there are no radio channels.
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What is the signal quality like on the default transponder?

It should be above about half way.

If is too low then there may me a problem with dish alignment, the cable or the LNB. You could try tweaking the dish, to see if you can improve the quality reading at all.

The 07d2 is the correct number.

Are you getting BBC1,BBC2 etc.?
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If the channel list only goes up to 140 odd that box has got out of date software in it.
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Also forgot to add that the message on screen for missing ITV channels is "no satellite pic being received"
You in not in the UK amanities?

Where are you and what dish size do you have?
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What is the signal quality like on the default transponder?

It should be above about half way.

If is too low then there may me a problem with dish alignment, the cable or the LNB. You could try tweaking the dish, to see if you can improve the quality reading at all.

The 07d2 is the correct number.

Are you getting BBC1,BBC2 etc.?
the signal quality is ok and yes I get BBC 1/2/3/4 but alas no ITV so Iguess Ive blown it for the X-Factor tomorrow
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You in not in the UK amanities?

Where are you and what dish size do you have?
Im in Belgium and dish size is pretty big 80 cm maybe.The installation was done 4 years ago and only now I have this prob.Has something changed?
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Im in Belgium and dish size is pretty big 80 cm maybe.The installation was done 4 years ago and only now I have this prob.Has something changed?

Actually on reflection the dish is maybe 120cm
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