Moscow Wolf
ASBO Club Member - Persona non grata
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- My Satellite Setup
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2 metre Russian Made Aluminium Dish mounted on a 14th Floor Block of Flats with twin cables threaded down to the 5th Floor.
SKY + PACE TDS470NB
- My Location
- Moscow, Russia
I don't know if I'm even in the right part of the Forum, but I guess a MOD can move it if I am not.
I would like some Layman's advice as I am only just starting to learn a little bit about this satellite malarkey, but have so much to learn and I am not a technically proficient person.
So, I am in Moscow, Russia. I have a 2 metre dish up on the 14th Floor of this high rise building and I have a SKY + set-up down on the 5th floor with the cables threaded through the service channels of the building. I have a PACE TDS47ONB Box.
A couple of weeks ago, I lost my signal and the Russian Technician came over and replaced the LNB and we were back up and running. This Wednesday at midday, I lose my signal whilst watching SKY News, there were no power cuts and as far as I could ascertain there was nobody up on the roof that could have messed with the dish or the cables themselves, (I cannot completely discount this as our house is in a housing management dispute/takeover and the new lot have changed the locks to the roof so I haven't been able to have a look yet).
Anyway, I go through my usual 'unplug the SKY+ Box, wait a while and plug it all back in', but I have no satellite signal at all. The Box however, seems to be alive in so far as I get the green light, it will give me the set-up directories, the correct time and date etc.
Trying to do as much as I can before getting the Techies in or taking the Box somewhere else to test it on another set-up what can I do myself? What does the 'System Health Check' do, does it need the Telephone Line connected (not an option from Russia) or, is the PIN coded report number going to cause me other problems, I just do not know what this function does?
I have no 'voltage meter' or such tools to be able to check anything and have to assume that the problem could be only in the dish, LNB, the cabling or the Box itself and, I'm just trying to find a layman's way of trying to ascertain where the fault lies.
Any simple 'button pressing' instructions with the odd banana thrown in would be appreciated.
Thank you.
I would like some Layman's advice as I am only just starting to learn a little bit about this satellite malarkey, but have so much to learn and I am not a technically proficient person.
So, I am in Moscow, Russia. I have a 2 metre dish up on the 14th Floor of this high rise building and I have a SKY + set-up down on the 5th floor with the cables threaded through the service channels of the building. I have a PACE TDS47ONB Box.
A couple of weeks ago, I lost my signal and the Russian Technician came over and replaced the LNB and we were back up and running. This Wednesday at midday, I lose my signal whilst watching SKY News, there were no power cuts and as far as I could ascertain there was nobody up on the roof that could have messed with the dish or the cables themselves, (I cannot completely discount this as our house is in a housing management dispute/takeover and the new lot have changed the locks to the roof so I haven't been able to have a look yet).
Anyway, I go through my usual 'unplug the SKY+ Box, wait a while and plug it all back in', but I have no satellite signal at all. The Box however, seems to be alive in so far as I get the green light, it will give me the set-up directories, the correct time and date etc.
Trying to do as much as I can before getting the Techies in or taking the Box somewhere else to test it on another set-up what can I do myself? What does the 'System Health Check' do, does it need the Telephone Line connected (not an option from Russia) or, is the PIN coded report number going to cause me other problems, I just do not know what this function does?
I have no 'voltage meter' or such tools to be able to check anything and have to assume that the problem could be only in the dish, LNB, the cabling or the Box itself and, I'm just trying to find a layman's way of trying to ascertain where the fault lies.
Any simple 'button pressing' instructions with the odd banana thrown in would be appreciated.
Thank you.
