New Posts For Thread: Can anyone advise? (sky dish)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31502267/can-anyone-advise-sky-dishI am out of sky contract for about a year, the sky dish for our picture,the signal has gone,fiddled with wires and all that,think dish is gone.Does anyone know will sky come out and fix dish .Any advice,? Thank you.If the dish has become misaligned or the LNB has gone faulty then your tv should say "no satellite signal being recieved"though that could be cable got water in etc etc as wellIf it doesnt say that, then the card may have been deactivated, or a loosehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31502267/can-anyone-advise-sky-dish?post_id=556591195#556591195If the dish has become misaligned or the LNB has gone faulty then your tv should say "no satellite signal being recieved"though that could be cable got water in etc etc as wellIf it doesnt say that, then the card may have been deactivated, or a looseThu, 07 Feb 2019 14:49:49 -0600That was the plan Emitdeb though i left them as they were losing the Irish racing and their "live" golf pictures were getting further behind leaderboards, it was last resort though as don't like the company.Thanks to all for your help.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31502267/can-anyone-advise-sky-dish?post_id=556588645#556588645That was the plan Emitdeb though i left them as they were losing the Irish racing and their "live" golf pictures were getting further behind leaderboards, it was last resort though as don't like the company.Thanks to all for your help.Thu, 07 Feb 2019 08:52:02 -0600Freeview is terrestrial free stuff so if you've an aerial you'll get that if the TV input is set to that, your SKY will have been on scart or hdmi as a TV input.The free stuff on a sky dish is called FreeSAT, which is a similar idea but over satellithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31502267/can-anyone-advise-sky-dish?post_id=556588483#556588483Freeview is terrestrial free stuff so if you've an aerial you'll get that if the TV input is set to that, your SKY will have been on scart or hdmi as a TV input.The free stuff on a sky dish is called FreeSAT, which is a similar idea but over satellitThu, 07 Feb 2019 08:21:01 -0600Phone Sky. Start a new contract. They'll sort new box new dish new LNB, new cable.... youre sorted. For Gods sake do it before the 29th March... (everything's getting switched off then)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31502267/can-anyone-advise-sky-dish?post_id=556588463#556588463Phone Sky. Start a new contract. They'll sort new box new dish new LNB, new cable.... youre sorted. For Gods sake do it before the 29th March... (everything's getting switched off then)Thu, 07 Feb 2019 08:19:10 -0600Sincere thanks for replies, i am so bad with technology, an amazing thing happened though, i removed anything with sky and maybe there is built in freeview but have pictures now and skybox is off.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31502267/can-anyone-advise-sky-dish?post_id=556588397#556588397Sincere thanks for replies, i am so bad with technology, an amazing thing happened though, i removed anything with sky and maybe there is built in freeview but have pictures now and skybox is off.Thu, 07 Feb 2019 08:07:57 -0600If it is a very old Sky dish it might need replacing as the LNB fittings have changed .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31502267/can-anyone-advise-sky-dish?post_id=556588363#556588363If it is a very old Sky dish it might need replacing as the LNB fittings have changed .Thu, 07 Feb 2019 08:01:09 -0600LNBs go, they are are out in all weather from beating sun to sub zero. They are actually powered inside, the cable carries a DC signal to power it, then there is the actual signal modulated back onto that voltage. I've seen all the problems listed abhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31502267/can-anyone-advise-sky-dish?post_id=556588325#556588325LNBs go, they are are out in all weather from beating sun to sub zero. They are actually powered inside, the cable carries a DC signal to power it, then there is the actual signal modulated back onto that voltage. I've seen all the problems listed abThu, 07 Feb 2019 07:55:23 -0600Sounds more like the box has had it if it's old or possibly some trees might have grown higher since the dish was installed and could be interfering with the signal.If you're still paying a monthly fee to Sky they should come out and investigate freehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31502267/can-anyone-advise-sky-dish?post_id=556588285#556588285Sounds more like the box has had it if it's old or possibly some trees might have grown higher since the dish was installed and could be interfering with the signal.If you're still paying a monthly fee to Sky they should come out and investigate freeThu, 07 Feb 2019 07:49:32 -0600That is possible JC,there is a tape(bit frayed) at the end of the black wire where it goes into the dish,it is an old system,box 10 years plus and maybe more for the cable. Thanks againhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31502267/can-anyone-advise-sky-dish?post_id=556588249#556588249That is possible JC,there is a tape(bit frayed) at the end of the black wire where it goes into the dish,it is an old system,box 10 years plus and maybe more for the cable. Thanks againThu, 07 Feb 2019 07:45:02 -0600Amazon does replacment sky LNBs for about 15 quid. Don't stress the arm and rotate dish if you try it yourself, assuming it's already aiming correct way.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31502267/can-anyone-advise-sky-dish?post_id=556588247#556588247Amazon does replacment sky LNBs for about 15 quid. Don't stress the arm and rotate dish if you try it yourself, assuming it's already aiming correct way.Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:44:46 -0600