Recent content by howardg

My yes vote was because the dish ended pointing down instead of out. Re-aligned it and that was that. Now I'm getting pixellation and loss of signal intermittently. I am not sure if it is because of a dodgy connection at the dish. I have three connections in a quad LNB and one looks like the...

I've managed to get the dish aligned and all in the howardg household is harmony. For information, the dish is facing about 2 degrees up. Thanks for your help.

Thanks for these replies. The dish was pointing down after the "incident" so I'll need to check both elevation and bearing - thanks also for the correct terms to use - and this could take a while. I'll give it a go and ask the "boss" to shout while I'm balancing precariously out of the...

Hi guys. I have a Sky minidish attached to my house. The storms over the last couple of days not only knocked out all the electricity in the village for over 36 hours :-( but also blew the dish out of alignment. I am located at O/S reference 945 281 (About 55.5N 3.7W I think) Can you give me...

Well I called customer services (0800 number, not 0844 - can't remember it but I'll post it later) and spoke to a really helpful guy - really, no sarcasm, he was great! He got my card and box paired and it's now recording fine. Not only that, but he sorted out Anytime for me. Really...

Thanks for the tips. I'll call cust Servs tonight after I've assembled her new purchase. Life ain't easy

Hi. I was having problems (I thought) with my old Sky+ box so went online and got a new HD version for £187 delivered. Plugged it in, and all seemed ok except same probs as before. My sat man came out and put a couple of new cables in and all is now better. Only problem, I can't seem to...

I just bought a new Sky+ HD box to replace the Sky+ box which is giving intermittent grief. Is it possible to copy the recorded programmes from the old box to the new? it would help a lot rather than having to plug the old one to see the progs. Thanks very much.

Thanks. Answers my question

Hi there I have just cancelled multi-room and now have Entertainment Package on my main Sky+ box's viewing card but only non-subscription Sky channels on the other box. As the free Sky offering is so pitiful, can you tell me if there is any way to "unlock" the Sky box so that I can receive all...

Thanks for coming back to me Channel Hopper. The download thing just didn't do anything. Message on the screen for >20 minutes so I turned off at the mains and left it for 10 mins. Turned on again and all was ok. When it goes again (it will!) I'll try your suggestion of taking out one input...

Hi guys. I have had this setup for 2 1/2 years or so. Pace Sky+ box, Amstrad (was Thompson but that got goosed so replaced it) Sky box in another room. All seems ok and then I get intermittent loss of some (BBC/ITV/C4 and a few others) channels on the Sky+ box. Other one is fine. Wife about...

Just to let you know, it is all ok now. The bloke came, looked, said he would come back and did. Traced the fault to - would you believe it - the flaming wall socket. Anyway he only charged 40 quid so not too bad, and I would use him again if I needed anything major. Thanks again, guys for...

Yes it was simply the fact that he was a clumsy sod. The roof I'm talking about is the utility room roof which he was standing on to fix the dish to the side of the house. The cable goes through the wall to the loft. He slipped down the roof - my wife heard him - a lot of swearing etc. and...

Well I managed to get to the LNB and swap the cable to the spare port. No difference. I'll just need to pay some geezer to do it. Hope he's better than the arsehole who fitted the dish in the first place. Broke several roof tiles and then denied that it was him. I hate these people who put...