sky + Question
 

Does anyone know if the Sky + box is affected by in car radar speed detector
as badly as the standard digibox, this can cause freezing of the box, and
presumably failed recordings?????

any help gratefuly appreciated....

chris

Chris Price wrote:

Does anyone know if the Sky + box is affected by in car radar speed
detector as badly as the standard digibox, this can cause freezing of
the box, and presumably failed recordings?????

Do you normally try and detect cars speeding in your living room?

Regards

Mark

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:01:19 +0100, "Chris Price"
wrote:

Does anyone know if the Sky + box is affected by in car radar speed detector
as badly as the standard digibox, this can cause freezing of the box, and
presumably failed recordings?????

Sky+ isn't very reliable when used in a moving car. Maybe its the
vibration of the dish on the roof?

"Chris Price" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if the Sky + box is affected by in car radar speed detector
as badly as the standard digibox, this can cause freezing of the box, and
presumably failed recordings?????

any help gratefuly appreciated....

chris




SKY+ is basically the same tuner/decoder wise to a standard digibox,
I assume the problems caused by a radar detector or DECT phones are
with the actual signals/channels the STB works with and they are the same
regardless of the type of STB.
So yes if a local source in interference will effect a digibox it should also
effect a SKY+.

Mike C

"Chris Price" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if the Sky + box is affected by in car radar speed
detector
as badly as the standard digibox, this can cause freezing of the box,
and
presumably failed recordings?????

any help gratefuly appreciated....

chris




SKY+ is basically the same tuner/decoder wise to a standard digibox,
I assume the problems caused by a radar detector or DECT phones are
with the actual signals/channels the STB works with and they are the same
regardless of the type of STB.
So yes if a local source in interference will effect a digibox it should
also
effect a SKY+.

Mike C


I thought radar detectors received radar not emitted it, in which case its
hard to see how a radar detector could cause any equipment problems.

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"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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"Chris Price" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if the Sky + box is affected by in car radar speed
detector
as badly as the standard digibox, this can cause freezing of the box,
and
presumably failed recordings?????

any help gratefuly appreciated....

chris




SKY+ is basically the same tuner/decoder wise to a standard digibox,
I assume the problems caused by a radar detector or DECT phones are
with the actual signals/channels the STB works with and they are the same
regardless of the type of STB.
So yes if a local source in interference will effect a digibox it should
also
effect a SKY+.

Mike C


I thought radar detectors received radar not emitted it, in which case its
hard to see how a radar detector could cause any equipment problems.

--
Tumbleweed



Don't know but I've read plenty of posts where people have said the neighbours
car or a passing car has caused a loss of signal and the assumption was
a radar detector The recent Fifth Gear did seem to indicate that the standard
radar detector was a passive device though.

Mike C

"Mike_C" wrote in message
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"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
.. .

"Chris Price" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if the Sky + box is affected by in car radar speed
detector
as badly as the standard digibox, this can cause freezing of the
box,
and
presumably failed recordings?????

any help gratefuly appreciated....

chris




SKY+ is basically the same tuner/decoder wise to a standard digibox,
I assume the problems caused by a radar detector or DECT phones are
with the actual signals/channels the STB works with and they are the
same
regardless of the type of STB.
So yes if a local source in interference will effect a digibox it
should
also
effect a SKY+.

Mike C


I thought radar detectors received radar not emitted it, in which case
its
hard to see how a radar detector could cause any equipment problems.

--
Tumbleweed



Don't know but I've read plenty of posts where people have said the
neighbours
car or a passing car has caused a loss of signal and the assumption was
a radar detector The recent Fifth Gear did seem to indicate that the
standard
radar detector was a passive device though.

Mike C


In which case much more likely to assume something else then, since there is
no reason to assume radar and a good reason to believe it isnt. one reason
radar detectors werent(arent?) illegal is because they dont emit anything so
its difficult to make them illegal.

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ghItlh "Chris Price"

Does anyone know if the Sky + box is affected by in car radar speed detector
as badly as the standard digibox, this can cause freezing of the box, and
presumably failed recordings?????


If you have the Sky+ in the same car as an in car radar speed detector,
then I suspect your problems are related to keeping the roof mounted
dish pointing at the correct location.

I find my Sky boxen to be badly affected by irrationally placed bowls of
petunias.
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 20:28:46 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote:

In which case much more likely to assume something else then, since there is
no reason to assume radar and a good reason to believe it isnt. one reason
radar detectors werent(arent?) illegal is because they dont emit anything so
its difficult to make them illegal.

Apparently some (really rubbish) 'radar' / 'speed trap' detectors
manage to emit all kinds of **** across the RF spectrum, though, and
in particular on frequencies which will blat across your satellite
reception.

The solution is not so much a new digibox as persuading your local boy
racer to invest in some decent kit.

Chris Price wrote:

Does anyone know if the Sky + box is affected by in car radar speed detector
as badly as the standard digibox

It could easily be. The Sky+ is basically just a regular digibox with
a hard drive.

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