Sky Pace 2600 Digibox

[Sc00bs]

Guys,

I've changed bedrooms recently at home and the sky digibox that was in our room, now has constant problems when re-located.

somedays it works fine, most others the picture freezes, jumps and the says no signal found.

i go into the menu and check on signal strength and normally the 2 bars are empty and there is no signal lock. the sky+ downstairs is fine, so the dish is ok.

The only thing i have done, is where the black cable comes into the old bedroom, i bought a 10m extention lead that has a female to female connector to engage the extra lead. the cable then goes along the loft into the new bedroom. i ahve tried wiggling the cable, removing the cable from the pace unit and reconnecting it, turning the unit off for a day or so and even cleaning the sky viewing card.

anyone have any ideas if its the cable or even a crap pace box? dont want to buy a new box only to find out that the problem remains.

thanks

 

[Robbo]

Hi,

What is the total length of the cable now, between the dish and the receiver?

Why not try the Sky+ box down stairs on the new cable?

Or the upstairs box on the cable coming in downstairs.

 

[irart]

Also double check your new connections. Make sure there are loose bits of the outer copper braid floating about and that they well tucked in.

 

[rolfw]

Pre-made cables are notorious for signal loss, are you sure this is satellite grade cable?

 

[lloydio]

I think you will have to replace the cable with the legnth you require! re joining the cable doesnt seem to work. lucky your get some sort of signal as i did it and got no signal at all!

 

[rolfw]

There should be no problem with joining a cable, but it needs to be done properly and with good quality cable and F type connectors.

 

[Robbo]

Yes, I have a 25-30m run, with 1 join, 1 x diseqc switch and a motor, using wf100 and picking up one the weakest satellites in the UK with it.

 

[Sc00bs]

are you using you diseqc switch as the joining block between the 2 lengths on cable?

i've tried swapping the boxes over now and the issue is the same on the sky+ upstairs, so i now know its the cabling.

i got the cable from a satellie expert on ebay, but i suspect its just normal coax really.

the connectors were crap on the ends, so i bought 2 new plugs from an electrical wholesalers and it seemed to work for a while, but is now playing up. anyone know where i can get a decent cable of about 5-10m long with decent ends from around the berkshire area? dont want to spend silly money, but then i want my tv to work in the bedroom. i cant watch itv on channel 103, but funnily enough it works on channel 993!!