Bloody digibox packing in again

My current digibox is going down the same road as the old one.
Screen freeze, pops, clicks etc.
Do these things only have an 18 month life span or am I unlucky.
It gets switched off every night, has been repeatedly unplugged and is
getting progressively worse daily.

One more reason (were it needed) to sack em off.

Rick

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My current digibox is going down the same road as the old one.
Screen freeze, pops, clicks etc.
Do these things only have an 18 month life span or am I unlucky.
It gets switched off every night, has been repeatedly unplugged and is
getting progressively worse daily.

One more reason (were it needed) to sack em off.

Rick


In general, switching electronics off and on definitely shortens their life.
Quite possibly the reason. Or maybe you are just unlucky.

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Tumbleweed

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tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com

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"R D S" wrote in message
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My current digibox is going down the same road as the old one.
Screen freeze, pops, clicks etc.
Do these things only have an 18 month life span or am I unlucky.
It gets switched off every night, has been repeatedly unplugged and is
getting progressively worse daily.

One more reason (were it needed) to sack em off.

Rick


In general, switching electronics off and on definitely shortens their
life.
Quite possibly the reason. Or maybe you are just unlucky.

--
Tumbleweed

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com


The signal sterngth and qualitu meters are sitting at about 75%.
But if you watch the quality meter it drops to zero occasionally, might my
dish be misaligned or lnb faulty?

When I say 'switch off' the Sky box is left in standby except when it
displays problems.

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"R D S" wrote in message
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My current digibox is going down the same road as the old one.
Screen freeze, pops, clicks etc.
Do these things only have an 18 month life span or am I unlucky.
It gets switched off every night, has been repeatedly unplugged and is
getting progressively worse daily.

One more reason (were it needed) to sack em off.

Rick


In general, switching electronics off and on definitely shortens their
life.
Quite possibly the reason. Or maybe you are just unlucky.

--
Tumbleweed

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com


The signal sterngth and qualitu meters are sitting at about 75%.
But if you watch the quality meter it drops to zero occasionally, might my
dish be misaligned or lnb faulty?

When I say 'switch off' the Sky box is left in standby except when it
displays problems.


Ah, thats different. So I suppose you are just unlucky.

--
Tumbleweed

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com

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"R D S" wrote in message
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My current digibox is going down the same road as the old one.
Screen freeze, pops, clicks etc.
Do these things only have an 18 month life span or am I unlucky.
It gets switched off every night, has been repeatedly unplugged and
is
getting progressively worse daily.

One more reason (were it needed) to sack em off.

Rick


In general, switching electronics off and on definitely shortens their
life.
Quite possibly the reason. Or maybe you are just unlucky.

--
Tumbleweed

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com


The signal sterngth and qualitu meters are sitting at about 75%.
But if you watch the quality meter it drops to zero occasionally, might
my
dish be misaligned or lnb faulty?

When I say 'switch off' the Sky box is left in standby except when it
displays problems.


Ah, thats different. So I suppose you are just unlucky.

Its Sky who are unlucky, the only thing stopping me going freeview is that I
need an aerial. But if I have to spend then thats the route I will be
taking.

Rick

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My current digibox is going down the same road as the old one.
Screen freeze, pops, clicks etc.
Do these things only have an 18 month life span or am I unlucky.
It gets switched off every night, has been repeatedly unplugged and
is
getting progressively worse daily.

One more reason (were it needed) to sack em off.

Rick


In general, switching electronics off and on definitely shortens their
life.
Quite possibly the reason. Or maybe you are just unlucky.

--
Tumbleweed

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com


The signal sterngth and qualitu meters are sitting at about 75%.
But if you watch the quality meter it drops to zero occasionally, might
my
dish be misaligned or lnb faulty?

When I say 'switch off' the Sky box is left in standby except when it
displays problems.


Ah, thats different. So I suppose you are just unlucky.

Its Sky who are unlucky, the only thing stopping me going freeview is that I
need an aerial. But if I have to spend then thats the route I will be
taking.

Rick



I had a similar problem with my system, so I got a local guy in and he found
that the connection to the LNB was faulty. It had not been installed properly
(by Sky) and the connections had corroded. One new connection later and
problems gone.

Tel

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My current digibox is going down the same road as the old one.
Screen freeze, pops, clicks etc.
Do these things only have an 18 month life span or am I unlucky.
It gets switched off every night, has been repeatedly unplugged
and
is
getting progressively worse daily.

One more reason (were it needed) to sack em off.

Rick


In general, switching electronics off and on definitely shortens
their
life.
Quite possibly the reason. Or maybe you are just unlucky.

--
Tumbleweed

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com


The signal sterngth and qualitu meters are sitting at about 75%.
But if you watch the quality meter it drops to zero occasionally,
might
my
dish be misaligned or lnb faulty?

When I say 'switch off' the Sky box is left in standby except when
it
displays problems.


Ah, thats different. So I suppose you are just unlucky.

Its Sky who are unlucky, the only thing stopping me going freeview is
that I
need an aerial. But if I have to spend then thats the route I will be
taking.

Rick



I had a similar problem with my system, so I got a local guy in and he
found
that the connection to the LNB was faulty. It had not been installed
properly
(by Sky) and the connections had corroded. One new connection later and
problems gone.

Tel

What did it cost to get sorted?
Cheers,
Rick

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"R D S" wrote in message
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My current digibox is going down the same road as the old one.
Screen freeze, pops, clicks etc.
Do these things only have an 18 month life span or am I unlucky.
It gets switched off every night, has been repeatedly unplugged
and
is
getting progressively worse daily.

One more reason (were it needed) to sack em off.

Rick


In general, switching electronics off and on definitely shortens
their
life.
Quite possibly the reason. Or maybe you are just unlucky.

--
Tumbleweed

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com


The signal sterngth and qualitu meters are sitting at about 75%.
But if you watch the quality meter it drops to zero occasionally,
might
my
dish be misaligned or lnb faulty?

When I say 'switch off' the Sky box is left in standby except when
it
displays problems.


Ah, thats different. So I suppose you are just unlucky.

Its Sky who are unlucky, the only thing stopping me going freeview is
that I
need an aerial. But if I have to spend then thats the route I will be
taking.

Rick



I had a similar problem with my system, so I got a local guy in and he
found
that the connection to the LNB was faulty. It had not been installed
properly
(by Sky) and the connections had corroded. One new connection later and
problems gone.

Tel

What did it cost to get sorted?
Cheers,
Rick



£40 call out, nothing for the connector. Much cheaper than Sky. Good local
independent contractor. Mind you, might not be the same problem as you are
having.

Tel

R D S wrote:

My current digibox is going down the same road as the old one.
Screen freeze, pops, clicks etc.
Do these things only have an 18 month life span or am I unlucky.

Test your box on a dish that is known to be working and vice-versa.

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Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/7rm2m
UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
BBC reception questions? ; http://www.astra2d.com/
Fed up with on-screen logos? : http://logofreetv.org/
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Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

R D S wrote:

Its Sky who are unlucky, the only thing stopping me going freeview is that I
need an aerial.

You don't need to subscribe to Sky to get the main free channels so
your argument doesn't make much sense.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/7rm2m
UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
BBC reception questions? ; http://www.astra2d.com/
Fed up with on-screen logos? : http://logofreetv.org/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)