Hello There

I wonder if anybody out there can help me, i can't recieve a satelite 
signal. Everything is plugged  in the right places and i have looked to see 
if i am recieving a signal ( i am). I have a Thompson digi box about 19 
months old.. Any ideas?

Thanks

"Sparky1964"  wrote in message 
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> Hello There
>
> I wonder if anybody out there can help me, i can't recieve a satelite 
> signal. Everything is plugged  in the right places and i have looked to 
> see if i am recieving a signal ( i am). I have a Thompson digi box about 
> 19 months old.. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>

need more info - you say you can't receive a signal but you are receiving a 
signal (!?!?!)



-- 
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/

> need more info - you say you can't receive a signal but you are receiving 
> a
> signal (!?!?!)
>
>
>
> -- 
> Gareth.
>
> That fly... is your magic wand.
> http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/
>Yep am definitely recieving a signal..

In uk.media.tv.sky on Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Sparky1964 wrote :
>Hello There
>
>I wonder if anybody out there can help me, i can't recieve a satelite
>signal. Everything is plugged  in the right places and i have looked to see
>if i am recieving a signal ( i am). I have a Thompson digi box about 19
>months old.. Any ideas?
>
It's not raining heavily, is it?
-- 
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

>>
> It's not raining heavily, is it?
> -- 

No it's not raining lovely evening here.. It waqs working ok yesterday then 
i went to change channels and that was it, it just say's no satelite signal 
being recieved but i've looked in the system set up and i am recieving a 
signal..

"Sparky1964"  wrote in message 
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>
>>>
>> It's not raining heavily, is it?
>> -- 
>
> No it's not raining lovely evening here.. It waqs working ok yesterday 
> then i went to change channels and that was it, it just say's no satelite 
> signal being recieved but i've looked in the system set up and i am 
> recieving a signal..
>
>

What is does the Network ID and Transport Stream show? For Astra 2 it should 
read 0002 for the network id and 07d4 for the transport stream.

"Sparky1964"  wrote in message 
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>
>
>>>
>> It's not raining heavily, is it?
>> -- 
>
> No it's not raining lovely evening here.. It waqs working ok yesterday 
> then i went to change channels and that was it, it just say's no satelite 
> signal being recieved but i've looked in the system set up and i am 
> recieving a signal..
>
>


unplug it for a minute and see what happens.



-- 
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/

"the dog from that film you saw"  wrote 
in message news:5md64pFcv11rU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "Sparky1964"  wrote in message 
> news:13g2c4m8i9l0n92@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>
>>>>
>>> It's not raining heavily, is it?
>>> -- 
>>
>> No it's not raining lovely evening here.. It waqs working ok yesterday 
>> then i went to change channels and that was it, it just say's no satelite 
>> signal being recieved but i've looked in the system set up and i am 
>> recieving a signal..
>>
>>
>
>
> unplug it for a minute and see what happens.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Gareth.
>
> That fly... is your magic wand.
> http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/
>Strangely enough i left switched off and unplugged overnight, tried it this 
>morning and it's working. Strange. Thanks for help though..

Sparky

"Sparky1964"  wrote in message 
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>
> "the dog from that film you saw"  
> wrote in message news:5md64pFcv11rU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "Sparky1964"  wrote in message 
>> news:13g2c4m8i9l0n92@corp.supernews.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>> It's not raining heavily, is it?
>>>> -- 
>>>
>>> No it's not raining lovely evening here.. It waqs working ok yesterday 
>>> then i went to change channels and that was it, it just say's no 
>>> satelite signal being recieved but i've looked in the system set up and 
>>> i am recieving a signal..
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> unplug it for a minute and see what happens.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Gareth.
>>
>> That fly... is your magic wand.
>> http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/
>>Strangely enough i left switched off and unplugged overnight, tried it 
>>this morning and it's working. Strange. Thanks for help though..
>
> Sparky
>Think i spoke too soon, picture keeps freezing, maybe digi box is 
>knackered?

"Sparky1964"  wrote in message 
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>>>> No it's not raining lovely evening here.. It waqs working ok yesterday 
>>>> then i went to change channels and that was it, it just say's no 
>>>> satelite signal being recieved but i've looked in the system set up and 
>>>> i am recieving a signal..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> unplug it for a minute and see what happens.
>>>


>>>Strangely enough i left switched off and unplugged overnight, tried it 
>>>this morning and it's working. Strange. Thanks for help though..


>>Think i spoke too soon, picture keeps freezing, maybe digi box is 
>>knackered?
>
>



power down, unscrew the satellite cable from the box, screw it back on 
again, power up.

then see.



-- 
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/

<snip>
>> Sparky
>>Think i spoke too soon, picture keeps freezing, maybe digi box is 
>>knackered?


Maybe - Have you turned on your central heating yet - It's not overheating 
is it (by a radiator!)  can you increase the ventilation around it ?

Graham

"Graham2"  wrote in message 
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> <snip>
>>> Sparky
>>>Think i spoke too soon, picture keeps freezing, maybe digi box is 
>>>knackered?
>
>
> Maybe - Have you turned on your central heating yet - It's not overheating 
> is it (by a radiator!)  can you increase the ventilation around it ?
>
> Graham
>No central heating on yet, haven't even had the gas fire on. Been ok since 
>yesterday..  Thanks for suggestions.. No doubt i will be back..

Sparky

"Sparky1964"  wrote in message 
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> Hello There
>
> I wonder if anybody out there can help me, i can't recieve a satelite 
> signal. Everything is plugged  in the right places and i have looked to 
> see if i am recieving a signal ( i am). I have a Thompson digi box about 
> 19 months old.. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
>
You say that you can't recieve a signal (1st line) and then you can! (3rd 
line)

If you can't then check that your satelite receiver is pluged into the dish.
If you know someone else with satelite TV then take your box to his house 
and plug it in there to check the Sky or Thompson satelite box with his 
dish.
If it works there then your dish may not be pointing in the right spot or 
you have a falty L.N.B on the dish.
The dish must be within one or 2 degries of the satelite.
Also check that the plugs at both ends of the cable are not damages. 
(Satelite dish end and digi box end.)
The wire in the middle can snap or get bent to one side.
If your digi box has no power then check fuse in plug and power cable.

Or give Sky a phone call.

Or give an independent registered Sky Dealer a call, you will probably
get much more sense from them!

The Sky box only uses one of the frequency bands and one of the
polarities (there are 4 posibilities altogether) to give the signal
strength reading, so you can appear to have a signal on the "signal
strength" but no lock etc.

Both the box and the LNB can cause this problem.

The other cause of this is that the dish is facing the wrong
satellite. (signal strength showing but no lock etc.