Foreign Perspectives

In the middle of a programme on the 31st our satellite system packed in and we’re still trying to get it going again!

We’ve changed the LNB, changed the cables leading to the dish, changed the digital tuner and even changed the dish from an 80cm one to a 95cm one and still no telly! It’s not even that we’re not getting a signal as we’re picking up “something” which gives us a 75 to 85% signal strength with around 45% quality yet no channels at all which is confusing.

Originally we were thinking that Sky had issued a new card and we’d not gotten it yet but that wouldn’t matter as the free channels (ie BBC & ITV) don’t need a Sky card and the second tuner that we’re trying now doesn’t even have a slot for one (and, yes, it did work fine before without a card).

It only took us about half an hour to get the thing tuned in when we did it first time around yet we’ve spent loads more time than that now and still not one single channel is coming through, even in great weather.

So, if anyone has any ideas, they’d be welcome because we’re stumped!