Problems with Sky Digital picture at night? Help

Hi all,

I am having problems with my Sky Digital picture, it gets incredibly
blocky and I loose audio. The worst thing is it only seems to happen
at evening/night and only affects around half of my channels (all the
good ones, sky sports & movies!). During the day it is fine.

I have had a Sky engineer out during the day and the signal strength
looks fine to them, and it does not appear to change at night
(according to my Thomson Digibox indicator). Sky have suggested moving
my dish further away from the wall, which I will probably let them do,
even though they need to drill more holes.

But has anybody got any other ideas as to what could be causing this?.

Cheers,

JS

JS wrote:

The worst thing is it only seems to happen
at evening/night and only affects around half of my channels (all the
good ones, sky sports & movies!).

Faulty LNB? Local microwave interference?

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
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JS wrote:

The worst thing is it only seems to happen
at evening/night and only affects around half of my channels (all the
good ones, sky sports & movies!).

Faulty LNB? Local microwave interference?

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
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. ;-)

Jomtien wrote:

JS wrote:


The worst thing is it only seems to happen
at evening/night and only affects around half of my channels (all the
good ones, sky sports & movies!).


Faulty LNB? Local microwave interference?

Just when your on the tpoic of local microwave interference. Would
using an 80cm prime focus dish and taking into account it's pointed
directly at the satellite, help overcome problems with microwave
interfernce.

Regards
Glenn...

Jomtien wrote:

JS wrote:


The worst thing is it only seems to happen
at evening/night and only affects around half of my channels (all the
good ones, sky sports & movies!).


Faulty LNB? Local microwave interference?

Just when your on the tpoic of local microwave interference. Would
using an 80cm prime focus dish and taking into account it's pointed
directly at the satellite, help overcome problems with microwave
interfernce.

Regards
Glenn...

Glenn Millar wrote:

Would
using an 80cm prime focus dish and taking into account it's pointed
directly at the satellite, help overcome problems with microwave
interfernce.

It might. It probably all depends on the type, strength and source of
the interference. Some stray signals are so strong that they would
interfere with anything.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
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. ;-)

Glenn Millar wrote:

Would
using an 80cm prime focus dish and taking into account it's pointed
directly at the satellite, help overcome problems with microwave
interfernce.

It might. It probably all depends on the type, strength and source of
the interference. Some stray signals are so strong that they would
interfere with anything.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
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. ;-)

i had the same thing but it was on itv1 after 22.00 unwatchable sky said
do a full systen reset after doing this twice it works great now
now to try and get the endings off the bill

"Jomtien" wrote in message
...
Glenn Millar wrote:

Would
using an 80cm prime focus dish and taking into account it's pointed
directly at the satellite, help overcome problems with microwave
interfernce.

It might. It probably all depends on the type, strength and source of
the interference. Some stray signals are so strong that they would
interfere with anything.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
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. ;-)

i had the same thing but it was on itv1 after 22.00 unwatchable sky said
do a full systen reset after doing this twice it works great now
now to try and get the endings off the bill

"Jomtien" wrote in message
...
Glenn Millar wrote:

Would
using an 80cm prime focus dish and taking into account it's pointed
directly at the satellite, help overcome problems with microwave
interfernce.

It might. It probably all depends on the type, strength and source of
the interference. Some stray signals are so strong that they would
interfere with anything.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
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. ;-)