Last month I 'self installed' Sky+ and to compensate for a 38m long run of CT100, I used a Triax Zone 2 Dish (I live in Norfolk). After the 'installer' aligned the dish, the services menu on the '+' box showed input 1 at 80% strength and quality, and input 2 at 100% strength and 90% quality.
Over the 4 weeks, above readings have gradually dropped to input 1 - 60% strength and quality, input 2 - 90% strength, 60% quality. In that time there has been the occasional freezing of picture and also momentary sound drop out. Does this indicate that the dish has slipped out of alignment? (I have a standard digibox on 'multiroom' which also indicates a quality/strength drop).
If alignment is the problem, is it worth the expense of getting my own alignment meter to achieve maximum quality? (I must admit, I dislike being reliant on someone else - that's why I did my own dish/LNB/cable).
Has anyone here had experience of either the Horizon HDSM or the Lacuna/Wolsey SAT2 alignment meters?
Also (as an aside), the Triax dish came with a sleeve fitting for mounting the LNB to the arm. The Skyware Quad was also supplied with an adapter. The offset/projection of the Skyware adapter was greater than the Triax one. I ended up choosing to the Skyware one - was this the correct one to use?
Apologies for the long first post. It's been a steep learning curve for me (I knew absolutely nothing on this subject 6 weeks ago...)
Thanks in advance.
Over the 4 weeks, above readings have gradually dropped to input 1 - 60% strength and quality, input 2 - 90% strength, 60% quality. In that time there has been the occasional freezing of picture and also momentary sound drop out. Does this indicate that the dish has slipped out of alignment? (I have a standard digibox on 'multiroom' which also indicates a quality/strength drop).
If alignment is the problem, is it worth the expense of getting my own alignment meter to achieve maximum quality? (I must admit, I dislike being reliant on someone else - that's why I did my own dish/LNB/cable).
Has anyone here had experience of either the Horizon HDSM or the Lacuna/Wolsey SAT2 alignment meters?
Also (as an aside), the Triax dish came with a sleeve fitting for mounting the LNB to the arm. The Skyware Quad was also supplied with an adapter. The offset/projection of the Skyware adapter was greater than the Triax one. I ended up choosing to the Skyware one - was this the correct one to use?
Apologies for the long first post. It's been a steep learning curve for me (I knew absolutely nothing on this subject 6 weeks ago...)
Thanks in advance.