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Sky and routers
03-09-2008 12:14 PM
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Oddly, it seems to be time based, from after 7-8 o'clock in the evening including overnight I don't ever recall having a problem until around mid-morning (but I don't usually watch TV all night)
It happens I was up very early this morning (04:30) and found that Sky was a complete no-go area, I couldn't get anything at all. Switching to the Services/System setup/Signal test option I sat and watched the signal quality bar flicking between zero and 75% (the signal strength bar stayed steady at 75%) the lock indicator flicked on and off in time with the quality bar. From 08:00 this morning there has been on problem.
A call to the Sat contractor/shop resulted in them having no idea what the problem might be, Sky were not having any problems, as an almost throw away comment I was asked if I had an internet router, which they thought can give odd problems. I do have a (Netgear) wireless dsl router, which by chance is located almost in line with the dish and the set-top box, other suggestions included background updates of the built in Freeview options of the TV and DVD recorder effecting the Sky signal (I'm not sure I buy that one, but the router sounds mildly plausible)
Has anybody else experienced a problem of this sort, and how did you overcome it?
When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
Re: Sky and routers
03-09-2008 2:26 PM
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You need to fit it as close to the dish as possible. You don't need a power supply as it runs from the power the Sky box delivers to the LNB.
It cured my problems!!!
HTH
Edit:
It's highly unlikely to be your router or any other of the suggestions you've been given.
The signal strength bar and the quality bar only measure the signal from one transponder. The signal can be better or worse on other transponders (and hence channels on those transponders) meaning some channels won't be affected and some will.
If you're only getting a signal strength of 75% it suggests that you may have a longish cable run (or a bad connection somewhere if there are joins in the cable). You could also have a bit of the outer braid contacting the central core wire at one of the connectors. It's worth checking the integrity of your connections before doing anything else.
If you fit an amplifier, it's important to do it as close as possible to the dish (you may need to cut into the cable and fit a couple of F connectors) so that you amplify the signal as much as possible and not any noise that's being picked up in the cable. This will give you a higher SNR and, hopefully, fix your problem!!
Re: Sky and routers
03-09-2008 6:04 PM
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When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
Re: Sky and routers
03-09-2008 9:23 PM
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If it's inside it seems a good place to put the amplifier, should you decide to fit one!
Re: Sky and routers
04-09-2008 6:31 AM
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The only other thing I can think of is, that the old cable (I connected to from the patio mount) was very difficult to fit an F connector to, as the screen braid kept breaking up and was very brittle, the cable was originally buried underground in conduit sealed at each end with mastic. the connector fit had to be done with great care.
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Re: Sky and routers
04-09-2008 8:12 AM
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My cable length was also less than 40m (about 20m) but I suffered pixellation and loss of signal on certain channels (IIRC some of the music channels and some of the children's channels - which annoyed my son no end!!). All the main channels were fine. Fitting an amplifier sorted that.
Your plan sounds good. Elimination of joints in the cable is a good idea as the joints themselves will degrade the signal. Also, replacing the cable will mean that you'll eliminate any degradation of its RF performance due to moisture ingress etc.
Re: Sky and routers
04-09-2008 8:20 AM
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Re: Sky and routers
04-09-2008 9:39 AM
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When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
Re: Sky and routers
04-09-2008 9:48 AM
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Also one of the multiroom boxes feeds two TVs.
Each of the cables is terminated in an F plug.
B.
Re: Sky and routers
04-09-2008 9:50 AM
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04-09-2008 10:49 AM
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Re: Sky and routers
05-09-2008 9:08 AM
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I was hoping to get a freesat HD box with built in PVR, but its looking pretty expensive ATM.
I think I'll run a cable from the spare port on the LNB down to the living room, and stick a single tuner freesat HD box on the end of it.
Then I can watch live HD content (when available) on the freesat box, and record stuff on the Sky+ box (as well as watch any other stuff we might want on it.)
At a later date when the price of freesat HD PVRs drops, I'll be able to ditch the Sky+ box and use the cables for a freesat HD PVR.
Re: Sky and routers
09-09-2008 4:47 AM
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When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
Re: Sky and routers
09-09-2008 8:11 AM
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Re: Sky and routers
10-09-2008 9:35 AM
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Happy days all round methinks.
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