Upgrading our satellite

Trisha G · Post by **Trisha G** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:28 pm

I know this has been mentioned before, during the evenings our TV picture (especially BBC) breaks up. We've been told we need to upgrade to a 1.4M satellite to enable us to receive all Sky channels.

Can anyone give us an idea of how much this should cost us

Thanks

Mike,Chislehurst · Post by **Mike,Chislehurst** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:46 pm

We had the same problem but the dish was tweaked and no real probs since. Get another opinion

Trisha G · Post by **Trisha G** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:44 pm

Thanks Mike

Hopefully that will do the trick, could save a lot of money!!!

Mike,Chislehurst · Post by **Mike,Chislehurst** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:59 pm

When I say tweaked I mean the LNB (the bit that points into the middle of the dish) It's a two person job (someone needs to be watching the tv) but tune to the worst channel and start tweaking gently.

Trisha G · Post by **Trisha G** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:29 pm

Excellent, thanks for that Mike, we'll have a go next time we're there

steve · Post by **steve** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:42 am

High winds can move the dish a fraction out of alignment and readjustment will cure this. However the amount of movement to achieve a the best signal is sometimes minute. The professionals use a meter connected to the LNB output to make the adjustment but you can use trial and error. If you ask around you could probably get it checked and adjusted for about €40 - but I have not had it done recently.

If your LNB is old it may be necessary to replace it with a modern one which is more sensitive and which is needed to handle the now weaker signal from Sky

Trisha G · Post by **Trisha G** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:53 am

Thanks to all for the information, I think you've just saved usa lot of money.