Signal 87%

Flux

Hi all,

We’ve just moved house and found we could no longer use freeview so have opted for a FreeSat box as the Satellite dish was already installed on the house.
We bought a Goodmans GFSAT100SD and set it all up without touching the dish. We assume the previous owner had Sky, but have no idea.
Our signal seemed good at 87% and we have lots of channels, but there are about six that are named, but come up as “no Signal” when we try them. The channels are “Chart Hits” and “pop Girl” to name a couple.

My question is then is why can’t I get these channels? Is it due to the signal only being around 87%? I’m scared of moving the dish in case I mess it up and lose all the channels. I can’t afford to pay for someone to set this up for me, so that’s not an option.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

satelliteman

Welcome,

Signal is fine and shows around that on many freesat receivers.

check you have no DECT cordless base stations close by as it's around those frequencies that interference can occur (11.642) normally showing picture blocking on Sly receivers.

SM

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Flux

Great advice thank you. I went home and unplugged my cordless phone, FreeSat channels worked perfectly!

I guess there is nothing i can use to stop this affecting Freesat?

satelliteman

Not that I know of.

Normally they cause picture blocking on Sly receivers but interestingly a no signal message on a freesat receiver.

regards

SM

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Flux

Ok, Thanks for your help :-)