Losing Sky In The Rain

[Prudie]

Does anyone else lose their Sky signal in the slightest rain or snow? We do all the time, I'm sure there's something wrong with the receiver?

[Mick-Talbot]

I lose it in heavy rain.

[Hopkirk]

I used to, and replaced the old dish.
(I did it myself, buying the dish online0

Much better now.

Possibly your dish just needs slight adjustment to get a stronger signal though.

[Prudie]

Hmm, the dish is about 8 years old and yes we used to in heavy rain but now it's at the slightest thing. In the 3 hours I've been home it hasn't come on once and it's only really sleeting. It's really peeing me off.

[Mick-Talbot]

Haven't you got back up?

no aerial?

[VHG]

>>>I'm sure there's something wrong with the receiver?

Why on earth would you think that when it is the dish that is out in the rain.

Get a new dish, and make sure it is aligned right as if the dish has moved and is getting a weaker signal it wont take much for you to lose the signal.

Also try to brush off any snow with a broom if you can reach it.

I had to do that the other day as snow had gathered on the dish.

[Prudie]

Got back up off of what?
What's an aerial? No anyway:-)

[sherrardk]

Got up Friday to a load of snow and no Sky signal (disaster with all the children home from school), fortunately the happy pixies fixed it by the time they had had breakfast (the children, don't know if the pixies eat breakfast).

[Prudie]

VHG I thought about saying dish but expected people to tell me it was the receiver. Obviously the wrong word but I mean the technical little box thingy attached to the dish.

[Hopkirk]

You can get a satellite finder meter, to help you to point the dish accurately

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=satellite+finder+meter&sprefix=satellite+fi%2Caps%2C184

However iI did it a cheaper way, by selecting signal test under system set up.

I then stood on a ladder and tweeked the dish while my daughter watched the signal strength on screen. We did have to talk to each other by phone though.

As I couldn't get a good signal, I decided to change the dish and we don't lose the picture any more, even in heavy rain.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=satellite+dish

[BayBoy1]

Put a clear plastic bag or cling film,or cut the top from a clear lemonade bottle and place over the decoder part of your sky dish , if the sky dish is easy to get at . it really works.

[fruitsalad]

I used to but changed to virgin, we got fed up of being in the middle of a movie and missing half of it because we kept losing signal due to bad weather

[Hopkirk]

Ah, yes Prudie, you mean the LNB, which is the receiver on the arm in front of the dish.

It's not worth trying to replace it, as it is easier and probably cheaper to replace the whole dish.

If your budget would stretch, get your local aerial man to come and do it all for you.

[KJN]

Maybe also change the LNB , as you say it has been up there 8 years and they need maintenance, If it was up to me I would change the LNB have the dish realigned and have the connections on the dish checked. Have you checked on the receiver the signal quality bar ? (More important than the signal strength bar) to see what reading you have ?

[Mick-Talbot]

http://images1.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Ariel-WallPaper-the-little-mermaid-1005709_1024_768.jpg

[Prudie]

Bayboy that seems like a very logical solution, it's called the decoder is it?
Hopkirk thanks for some very helpful answers - I would say though at £67 pounds a month shouldn't Sky fix or replace that for us?

[Prudie]

Mick that's a lovely picture of Ariel but I'm not sure if you're taking the pee, being funny, being mean or being nice (situation normal then).

Is the signal quality bar accessed through visuals on't telly?

[Prudie]

Oh back-up!!! Haha no, no aerial or cable.

[Hopkirk]

Press the Services button, select System Set Up, select Signal Test

[Hymie]

If your dish is optimally aligned for maximum signal strength – then there is not much you can do to prevent rain attenuating the signal strength to a point which may cause visual and/or audio degradation up to complete loss of program.

The best solution would be to install a larger dish – but local planning laws restrict their size (without planning permission).

[Prudie]

Hymie something is wrong, we've had it for 8 years and only torrential rain broke it up briefly. Now the slightest wet and it's off. It has not worked tonight at all. This has been happening since the Autumn.