Dish cable problems
 

Our builders managed to cut the cable from the dish on Wednesday. Together
we cut the cable back, wired together the two ends of copper solid wire, and
then the two lots of braided wire, ensuring they were kept separate. Sky
then worked ok.
Yesterday they managed to break the connection, but as it was late in the
day we didn't manage to fix it.

Today we've been trying to fix it without any success, all we get is the "No
satellite signal being received" window.

Is there anything that requires resetting, or is there a fuse that could of
blown?

regards

IanC

River Tramp wrote:
Our builders managed to cut the cable from the dish on Wednesday.
Together we cut the cable back, wired together the two ends of copper
solid wire, and then the two lots of braided wire, ensuring they were
kept separate. Sky then worked ok.
Yesterday they managed to break the connection, but as it was late in
the day we didn't manage to fix it.

Today we've been trying to fix it without any success, all we get is
the "No satellite signal being received" window.

Is there anything that requires resetting, or is there a fuse that
could of blown?

You really need to use a proper joining connectors then taped up for any
chance of getting it working:-

i.e. 1 X http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MXSATC.html
and 2X http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MXSATP.html

I think your local B&Q warehouse also has them

Jon

"Jonathan Pearson" wrote in message
...

You really need to use a proper joining connectors then taped up for any
chance of getting it working:-

i.e. 1 X http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MXSATC.html
and 2X http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MXSATP.html

I think your local B&Q warehouse also has them

Jon


I just had to do this a couple of weeks ago - apparently some of the little
wires have to place precisley or it wont work! (google my past thread)

River Tramp wrote:

Together
we cut the cable back, wired together the two ends of copper solid wire, and
then the two lots of braided wire, ensuring they were kept separate.

Totally inadequate. Use proper connectors.

--
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In uk.media.tv.sky on Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Jomtien wrote :
River Tramp wrote:

Together
we cut the cable back, wired together the two ends of copper solid wire, and
then the two lots of braided wire, ensuring they were kept separate.

Totally inadequate. Use proper connectors.

Or call Sky to sort it, and deduct the call-out cost from the builders.
--
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett

Thanks for the replies. Is there anything I could of damaged, a fuse,
capacitor, etc, or something that needs resetting?

regards

IanC




----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hyett"
Newsgroups: uk.media.tv.sky
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 8:09 AM
Subject: Dish cable problems


In uk.media.tv.sky on Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Jomtien wrote :
River Tramp wrote:

Together
we cut the cable back, wired together the two ends of copper solid wire,
and
then the two lots of braided wire, ensuring they were kept separate.

Totally inadequate. Use proper connectors.

Or call Sky to sort it, and deduct the call-out cost from the builders.
--
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett




"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
...
In uk.media.tv.sky on Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Jomtien wrote :
River Tramp wrote:

Together
we cut the cable back, wired together the two ends of copper solid wire,
and
then the two lots of braided wire, ensuring they were kept separate.

Totally inadequate. Use proper connectors.

Or call Sky to sort it, and deduct the call-out cost from the builders.
--
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett

River Tramp wrote:
Thanks for the replies. Is there anything I could of damaged, a fuse,
capacitor, etc, or something that needs resetting?

regards

IanC




----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hyett"
Newsgroups: uk.media.tv.sky
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 8:09 AM
Subject: Dish cable problems



In uk.media.tv.sky on Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Jomtien wrote :

River Tramp wrote:


Together
we cut the cable back, wired together the two ends of copper solid wire,
and
then the two lots of braided wire, ensuring they were kept separate.

Totally inadequate. Use proper connectors.

Or call Sky to sort it, and deduct the call-out cost from the builders.
--
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett





"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
...

In uk.media.tv.sky on Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Jomtien wrote :

River Tramp wrote:


Together
we cut the cable back, wired together the two ends of copper solid wire,
and
then the two lots of braided wire, ensuring they were kept separate.

Totally inadequate. Use proper connectors.

Or call Sky to sort it, and deduct the call-out cost from the builders.
--
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett







You need to use 1 continuous cable from LNB on dish to digibox. Any
joins in the cable can cause leakage of signal , hence poor pic quality
or No Satellite Signal message. It needs to be CT100 satellite cable
not TV coaxial cable. Best to get builders to agree to deducting Sky's
£65 callout charge from your bill.

Regards

Bought 10m digital cable from B & Q, rewired the whole lot, and still no
signal; am convinced something else has happened, but am getting our local
installer in on Monday to relocate the dish & sort out.

regards

IanC




"Davy" wrote in message
...
River Tramp wrote:
Thanks for the replies. Is there anything I could of damaged, a fuse,
capacitor, etc, or something that needs resetting?

regards

IanC




----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hyett"
Newsgroups: uk.media.tv.sky
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 8:09 AM
Subject: Dish cable problems



In uk.media.tv.sky on Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Jomtien wrote :

River Tramp wrote:


Together
we cut the cable back, wired together the two ends of copper solid
wire,
and
then the two lots of braided wire, ensuring they were kept separate.

Totally inadequate. Use proper connectors.

Or call Sky to sort it, and deduct the call-out cost from the builders.
--
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett





"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
...

In uk.media.tv.sky on Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Jomtien wrote :

River Tramp wrote:


Together
we cut the cable back, wired together the two ends of copper solid
wire, and
then the two lots of braided wire, ensuring they were kept separate.

Totally inadequate. Use proper connectors.

Or call Sky to sort it, and deduct the call-out cost from the builders.
--
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett







You need to use 1 continuous cable from LNB on dish to digibox. Any joins
in the cable can cause leakage of signal , hence poor pic quality or No
Satellite Signal message. It needs to be CT100 satellite cable not TV
coaxial cable. Best to get builders to agree to deducting Sky's £65
callout charge from your bill.

Regards

Davy wrote:

You need to use 1 continuous cable from LNB on dish to digibox. Any
joins in the cable can cause leakage of signal , hence poor pic quality
or No Satellite Signal message.

That should read "you should" not "you need to". A single length is
best but a join won't hurt too much if it is done properly.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/6u4p9
How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

River Tramp wrote:

Is there anything I could of damaged, a fuse,
capacitor, etc, or something that needs resetting?

The Sky digibox is protected against shorts but it resets itself if
unplugged. You did unplug the box before fiddling with these
connections, didn't you?

If you have removed the short then your builders have probably moved
the dish.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/6u4p9
How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)