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Title: Help with SKY
Post by: Big Fra on 02 February 2008, 19:12:55
I dont know if this is the right area for this post, but here goes.

Does anyone know how to re-align a sky dish?
High winds have knocked mine off line, SKY want £55 just to move it back again.
After giving them £40 a month for at least 5 years you would think this would be a complimentary service.

Can anyone help me?
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: zippo on 02 February 2008, 19:17:02
farther in law does it with a compass, south east thats about all i know
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 02 February 2008, 19:24:58
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I dont know if this is the right area for this post, but here goes.

Does anyone know how to re-align a sky dish?
High winds have knocked mine off line, SKY want £55 just to move it back again.
After giving them £40 a month for at least 5 years you would think this would be a complimentary service.

Can anyone help me?

Not a problem.

Phone customer services and say you wish to cancel your subscription as the setup has failed and at this time you are unable to fund the repair.

They will send somebody out free of charge to sort it rather than loose your subscription.....
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: zippo on 02 February 2008, 19:27:39
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I dont know if this is the right area for this post, but here goes.

Does anyone know how to re-align a sky dish?
High winds have knocked mine off line, SKY want £55 just to move it back again.
After giving them £40 a month for at least 5 years you would think this would be a complimentary service.

Can anyone help me?

Not a problem.

Phone customer services and say you wish to cancel your subscription as the setup has failed and at this time you are unable to fund the repair.

They will send somebody out free of charge to sort it rather than loose your subscription.....
love it
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: mantahatch on 02 February 2008, 19:35:47
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I dont know if this is the right area for this post, but here goes.

Does anyone know how to re-align a sky dish?
High winds have knocked mine off line, SKY want £55 just to move it back again.
After giving them £40 a month for at least 5 years you would think this would be a complimentary service.

Can anyone help me?

Not a problem.

Phone customer services and say you wish to cancel your subscription as the setup has failed and at this time you are unable to fund the repair.

They will send somebody out free of charge to sort it rather than loose your subscription.....

I can also confirm this, had two problems in the past 12 months, they say they will charge you. So you just go to cancel and they cave in and send someone for free.
They are terrified of loosing customers to freeview, and will probably loose them if they are not careful and don't supply the service.

Mike
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: STMO123 on 02 February 2008, 19:38:10
Look at your neighbours dish and point yours in roughly the same direction. should work as some of the dishes in my roed look way off.
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: zippo on 02 February 2008, 19:47:37
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farther in law does it with a compass, south east thats about all i know
you couldn,t make this up
just phoned the farther in law to check on the s/e info he's only had the same problem, gone up on the roof slipped ,fell off sprained his back the Muppet. good thing he lives in a bungalow, lmao
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 02 February 2008, 20:22:55
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I dont know if this is the right area for this post, but here goes.

Does anyone know how to re-align a sky dish?
High winds have knocked mine off line, SKY want £55 just to move it back again.
After giving them £40 a month for at least 5 years you would think this would be a complimentary service.

Can anyone help me?

Not a problem.

Phone customer services and say you wish to cancel your subscription as the setup has failed and at this time you are unable to fund the repair.

They will send somebody out free of charge to sort it rather than loose your subscription.....
love it

It works every time!
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Tommy on 02 February 2008, 20:30:36
Recently I noticed B&Q do sat dishs and sell signal meters. Can't remember how much they were but I think they were under £20 (the meter that is)
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: maria on 02 February 2008, 20:33:03
I had the same sort of thing last oct with my box that went and i rang them up saying can anyone come out and repair it yes they said but it will cost you £65 for them to come out and i said OK but i don't have that sort of money, and the next day i rang them up to cancel my subscription and said that i don't want it any more and they offered me the sky + box for £49 which  normally it would of cost me £149 for the box so i got a good Dael and a good result and after coming off the phone i was so pleased and had a big smile on my face so it pays to ring them back  and they will come out and repair it :y
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Martin_1962 on 02 February 2008, 21:16:28
I had Sky try to sell to me once and they kept on about their PVR - so I sent the salesdroid off to the pacefreetoview web site and told him to read about the Twin ;D
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: TheBoy on 02 February 2008, 22:48:02
Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: theolodian on 02 February 2008, 22:56:11
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Vamps on 02 February 2008, 23:38:21
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: theolodian on 02 February 2008, 23:43:03
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Yeah, we're thinking of dumping Wirgin. Too bad no freeview in our part of town, but can get it over BT broadband with free PVR so considering that.
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Vamps on 02 February 2008, 23:45:47
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Yeah, we're thinking of dumping Wirgin. Too bad no freeview in our part of town, but can get it over BT broadband with free PVR so considering that.

Whats PVR is that their telly thing, if it is we can't get it here, they got me all excited at a promo thing to tell me I can't have it. Live a bit in the sticks. :D :D :D
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: theolodian on 02 February 2008, 23:47:38
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Yeah, we're thinking of dumping Wirgin. Too bad no freeview in our part of town, but can get it over BT broadband with free PVR so considering that.

Whats PVR is that their telly thing, if it is we can't get it here, they got me all excited at a promo thing to tell me I can't have it. Live a bit in the sticks. :D :D :D
Hard disk video recorder. Free with BT b/c they want you to pay to download on-demand stuff.

I live in a nice-ish town and no Freeview.  ::)
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Vamps on 02 February 2008, 23:52:03
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Yeah, we're thinking of dumping Wirgin. Too bad no freeview in our part of town, but can get it over BT broadband with free PVR so considering that.

Whats PVR is that their telly thing, if it is we can't get it here, they got me all excited at a promo thing to tell me I can't have it. Live a bit in the sticks. :D :D :D
Hard disk video recorder. Free with BT b/c they want you to pay to download on-demand stuff.

I live in a nice-ish town and no Freeview.  ::)

Why's that?
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: theolodian on 02 February 2008, 23:58:02
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Yeah, we're thinking of dumping Wirgin. Too bad no freeview in our part of town, but can get it over BT broadband with free PVR so considering that.

Whats PVR is that their telly thing, if it is we can't get it here, they got me all excited at a promo thing to tell me I can't have it. Live a bit in the sticks. :D :D :D
Hard disk video recorder. Free with BT b/c they want you to pay to download on-demand stuff.

I live in a nice-ish town and no Freeview.  ::)

Why's that?
I don't have anything nice to say, so I'll say no more... :-X ;)
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Vamps on 02 February 2008, 23:59:56
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Yeah, we're thinking of dumping Wirgin. Too bad no freeview in our part of town, but can get it over BT broadband with free PVR so considering that.

Whats PVR is that their telly thing, if it is we can't get it here, they got me all excited at a promo thing to tell me I can't have it. Live a bit in the sticks. :D :D :D
Hard disk video recorder. Free with BT b/c they want you to pay to download on-demand stuff.

I live in a nice-ish town and no Freeview.  ::)

Why's that?
I don't have anything nice to say, so I'll say no more... :-X ;)
????????????? :o
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: theolodian on 03 February 2008, 00:11:36
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Yeah, we're thinking of dumping Wirgin. Too bad no freeview in our part of town, but can get it over BT broadband with free PVR so considering that.

Whats PVR is that their telly thing, if it is we can't get it here, they got me all excited at a promo thing to tell me I can't have it. Live a bit in the sticks. :D :D :D
Hard disk video recorder. Free with BT b/c they want you to pay to download on-demand stuff.

I live in a nice-ish town and no Freeview.  ::)

Why's that?
I don't have anything nice to say, so I'll say no more... :-X ;)
????????????? :o
There are two England's, London and a few 'suburbs', and everywhere else that they try to pretend is the same. It looks the same, it costs the same, but it isn't. Either that or people are deluded about how nice London et al are. I haven't been there enough to tell for myself. The digital switchover is going to be a switch off for us despite having bought the equipment. Will they let us out of the TV license when we can't actually receive anything with our TV? Yeah right!  >:(
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Vamps on 03 February 2008, 00:26:32
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Yeah, we're thinking of dumping Wirgin. Too bad no freeview in our part of town, but can get it over BT broadband with free PVR so considering that.

Whats PVR is that their telly thing, if it is we can't get it here, they got me all excited at a promo thing to tell me I can't have it. Live a bit in the sticks. :D :D :D
Hard disk video recorder. Free with BT b/c they want you to pay to download on-demand stuff.

I live in a nice-ish town and no Freeview.  ::)

Why's that?
I don't have anything nice to say, so I'll say no more... :-X ;)
????????????? :o
There are two England's, London and a few 'suburbs', and everywhere else that they try to pretend is the same. It looks the same, it costs the same, but it isn't. Either that or people are deluded about how nice London et al are. I haven't been there enough to tell for myself. The digital switchover is going to be a switch off for us despite having bought the equipment. Will they let us out of the TV license when we can't actually receive anything with our TV? Yeah right!  >:(

Do you mean you can't get a signal?
I have only been to London a few times, lived in Hertford for 7 years though. Was last in London in 2001, stayd in a hotel, went for a wander out, full of beggers, quite indimidating even when I was fit.
Can't see myself going back unless it is to collect my Euro lottery winnings!!!!!! :D :D :D
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: theolodian on 03 February 2008, 00:30:10
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Yeah, we're thinking of dumping Wirgin. Too bad no freeview in our part of town, but can get it over BT broadband with free PVR so considering that.

Whats PVR is that their telly thing, if it is we can't get it here, they got me all excited at a promo thing to tell me I can't have it. Live a bit in the sticks. :D :D :D
Hard disk video recorder. Free with BT b/c they want you to pay to download on-demand stuff.

I live in a nice-ish town and no Freeview.  ::)

Why's that?
I don't have anything nice to say, so I'll say no more... :-X ;)
????????????? :o
There are two England's, London and a few 'suburbs', and everywhere else that they try to pretend is the same. It looks the same, it costs the same, but it isn't. Either that or people are deluded about how nice London et al are. I haven't been there enough to tell for myself. The digital switchover is going to be a switch off for us despite having bought the equipment. Will they let us out of the TV license when we can't actually receive anything with our TV? Yeah right!  >:(

Do you mean you can't get a signal?
I have only been to London a few times, lived in Hertford for 7 years though. Was last in London in 2001, stayd in a hotel, went for a wander out, full of beggers, quite indimidating even when I was fit.
Can't see myself going back unless it is to collect my Euro lottery winnings!!!!!! :D :D :D
I just did the post code search. We're scheduled to get Freeview in 2011. No, really!  ::) >:(
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Vamps on 03 February 2008, 00:36:49
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Yeah, we're thinking of dumping Wirgin. Too bad no freeview in our part of town, but can get it over BT broadband with free PVR so considering that.

Whats PVR is that their telly thing, if it is we can't get it here, they got me all excited at a promo thing to tell me I can't have it. Live a bit in the sticks. :D :D :D
Hard disk video recorder. Free with BT b/c they want you to pay to download on-demand stuff.

I live in a nice-ish town and no Freeview.  ::)

Why's that?
I don't have anything nice to say, so I'll say no more... :-X ;)
????????????? :o
There are two England's, London and a few 'suburbs', and everywhere else that they try to pretend is the same. It looks the same, it costs the same, but it isn't. Either that or people are deluded about how nice London et al are. I haven't been there enough to tell for myself. The digital switchover is going to be a switch off for us despite having bought the equipment. Will they let us out of the TV license when we can't actually receive anything with our TV? Yeah right!  >:(

Do you mean you can't get a signal?
I have only been to London a few times, lived in Hertford for 7 years though. Was last in London in 2001, stayd in a hotel, went for a wander out, full of beggers, quite indimidating even when I was fit.
Can't see myself going back unless it is to collect my Euro lottery winnings!!!!!! :D :D :D
I just did the post code search. We're scheduled to get Freeview in 2011. No, really!  ::) >:(

I think this change over is a mistake, I do not think that most of us realise the full extent of the issues, all our kids telly's are not going to work, indoor ariels are not going to work, our radio's are not going to work.
yes freeview kit is cheap to buy but it does not work, in most area's, on indoor ariel's, Ive tried.
May be that the south east is better covered with strong signals
Leave more oof time though :) :) :)
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: theolodian on 03 February 2008, 00:41:10
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Yeah, we're thinking of dumping Wirgin. Too bad no freeview in our part of town, but can get it over BT broadband with free PVR so considering that.

Whats PVR is that their telly thing, if it is we can't get it here, they got me all excited at a promo thing to tell me I can't have it. Live a bit in the sticks. :D :D :D
Hard disk video recorder. Free with BT b/c they want you to pay to download on-demand stuff.

I live in a nice-ish town and no Freeview.  ::)

Why's that?
I don't have anything nice to say, so I'll say no more... :-X ;)
????????????? :o
There are two England's, London and a few 'suburbs', and everywhere else that they try to pretend is the same. It looks the same, it costs the same, but it isn't. Either that or people are deluded about how nice London et al are. I haven't been there enough to tell for myself. The digital switchover is going to be a switch off for us despite having bought the equipment. Will they let us out of the TV license when we can't actually receive anything with our TV? Yeah right!  >:(

Do you mean you can't get a signal?
I have only been to London a few times, lived in Hertford for 7 years though. Was last in London in 2001, stayd in a hotel, went for a wander out, full of beggers, quite indimidating even when I was fit.
Can't see myself going back unless it is to collect my Euro lottery winnings!!!!!! :D :D :D
I just did the post code search. We're scheduled to get Freeview in 2011. No, really!  ::) >:(

I think this change over is a mistake, I do not think that most of us realise the full extent of the issues, all our kids telly's are not going to work, indoor ariels are not going to work, our radio's are not going to work.
yes freeview kit is cheap to buy but it does not work, in most area's, on indoor ariel's, Ive tried.
May be that the south east is better covered with strong signals
Leave more oof time though :) :) :)
It's rare that there's something on TV that keeps me from being on here at the same time. Most of it just can't hold my attention that well.
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: korum on 03 February 2008, 09:28:56
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I dont know if this is the right area for this post, but here goes.

Does anyone know how to re-align a sky dish?
High winds have knocked mine off line, SKY want £55 just to move it back again.
After giving them £40 a month for at least 5 years you would think this would be a complimentary service.

Can anyone help me?

i had this a few years ago some little buggers chucked a rope around my dish and pulled it out of alignment, now i knew sky would want some cash to sort this so i decided to fix it my self,

first of all go to the services button on your sky box then goto option 4 then 6, you should see a signal meter and quality meter, now get some one to watch this while you go and reposistion the dish when you get about 3/4 signal on both and the lock on says yes it should be all good :)

HTH
pete
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Martin_1962 on 03 February 2008, 09:29:31
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Marks_DTM is correct - they bend over backwards if they think you will cancel.  The thing is, be prepared to go through with the cancellation as well ;)
Never had Sky, the prices are ludicrous! Not much decent stuff on telly anyway.  ::)

I tend to agree, we pay £39 a month and still struggle to find anything, what we tend to watch is on freeview anyway and we still have a digi airial from before, cant remember what it was called.
 :)
Yeah, we're thinking of dumping Wirgin. Too bad no freeview in our part of town, but can get it over BT broadband with free PVR so considering that.

Whats PVR is that their telly thing, if it is we can't get it here, they got me all excited at a promo thing to tell me I can't have it. Live a bit in the sticks. :D :D :D
Hard disk video recorder. Free with BT b/c they want you to pay to download on-demand stuff.

I live in a nice-ish town and no Freeview.  ::)

Why's that?
I don't have anything nice to say, so I'll say no more... :-X ;)
????????????? :o
There are two England's, London and a few 'suburbs', and everywhere else that they try to pretend is the same. It looks the same, it costs the same, but it isn't. Either that or people are deluded about how nice London et al are. I haven't been there enough to tell for myself. The digital switchover is going to be a switch off for us despite having bought the equipment. Will they let us out of the TV license when we can't actually receive anything with our TV? Yeah right!  >:(

Do you mean you can't get a signal?
I have only been to London a few times, lived in Hertford for 7 years though. Was last in London in 2001, stayd in a hotel, went for a wander out, full of beggers, quite indimidating even when I was fit.
Can't see myself going back unless it is to collect my Euro lottery winnings!!!!!! :D :D :D
I just did the post code search. We're scheduled to get Freeview in 2011. No, really!  ::) >:(

I think this change over is a mistake, I do not think that most of us realise the full extent of the issues, all our kids telly's are not going to work, indoor ariels are not going to work, our radio's are not going to work.
yes freeview kit is cheap to buy but it does not work, in most area's, on indoor ariel's, Ive tried.
May be that the south east is better covered with strong signals
Leave more oof time though :) :) :)


Original reasons for switchover were more channels, less interfearance, proper 16x9 support, and able to interleave channels properly. Oh and to release spectrum for HDTV.

Now it is to sell frequncies to make money >:(
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Big Fra on 04 February 2008, 16:03:22
Thanks for your assistance guys.
I bought a signal tester out of BnQ,  crap.

Phoned SKY, someone will be coming out to give us a brand new box on friday.
Result!

Be wary however, SKY will always try and pass you off with a recon box.

Plus I got a credit for the telly which we shall be missing.

So cheers guys.

PS, Sorry if my question interrupted your wee discussion, mike f and thelodian. ;) ;D
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: TheBoy on 04 February 2008, 18:14:32
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I think this change over is a mistake, I do not think that most of us realise the full extent of the issues, all our kids telly's are not going to work, indoor ariels are not going to work, our radio's are not going to work.
yes freeview kit is cheap to buy but it does not work, in most area's, on indoor ariel's, Ive tried.
May be that the south east is better covered with strong signals
Leave more oof time though :) :) :)
We've known for years about the switchover, but even before Christmas (when I was buying a new portable for kitchen) people were still buying analogue only TVs.  Muppets.  If these neanderthals are that stupid, serves them bloody well right.  And if they have the balls to say the government sound help them buy new equipment, I will shoot them and do the world a favour  >:(
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: theolodian on 04 February 2008, 18:19:57
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Thanks for your assistance guys.
I bought a signal tester out of BnQ,  crap.

Phoned SKY, someone will be coming out to give us a brand new box on friday.
Result!

Be wary however, SKY will always try and pass you off with a recon box.

Plus I got a credit for the telly which we shall be missing.

So cheers guys.

PS, Sorry if my question interrupted your wee discussion, mike f and thelodian. ;) ;D
Yeah, stop hijacking our thread!  :P ;D

Glad you're getting it sorted.  :y
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: STMO123 on 04 February 2008, 18:44:35
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I think this change over is a mistake, I do not think that most of us realise the full extent of the issues, all our kids telly's are not going to work, indoor ariels are not going to work, our radio's are not going to work.
yes freeview kit is cheap to buy but it does not work, in most area's, on indoor ariel's, Ive tried.
May be that the south east is better covered with strong signals
Leave more oof time though :) :) :)
We've known for years about the switchover, but even before Christmas (when I was buying a new portable for kitchen) people were still buying analogue only TVs.  Muppets.  If these neanderthals are that stupid, serves them bloody well right.  And if they have the balls to say the government sound help them buy new equipment, I will shoot them and do the world a favour  >:(

Haven't fixed your printer then? ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 04 February 2008, 18:48:54
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I dont know if this is the right area for this post, but here goes.

Does anyone know how to re-align a sky dish?
High winds have knocked mine off line, SKY want £55 just to move it back again.
After giving them £40 a month for at least 5 years you would think this would be a complimentary service.

Can anyone help me?

Not a problem.

Phone customer services and say you wish to cancel your subscription as the setup has failed and at this time you are unable to fund the repair.

They will send somebody out free of charge to sort it rather than loose your subscription.....

clever way :y :y
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Vamps on 04 February 2008, 23:47:04
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I think this change over is a mistake, I do not think that most of us realise the full extent of the issues, all our kids telly's are not going to work, indoor ariels are not going to work, our radio's are not going to work.
yes freeview kit is cheap to buy but it does not work, in most area's, on indoor ariel's, Ive tried.
May be that the south east is better covered with strong signals
Leave more oof time though :) :) :)
We've known for years about the switchover, but even before Christmas (when I was buying a new portable for kitchen) people were still buying analogue only TVs.  Muppets.  If these neanderthals are that stupid, serves them bloody well right.  And if they have the balls to say the government sound help them buy new equipment, I will shoot them and do the world a favour  >:(

Haven't fixed your printer then? ;D ;D ;D

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Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: Ken T on 05 February 2008, 00:20:11
Try and avoid Thompson Sat boxes, PVR2 and 3. The standard of manufacture is bad. The soldering is bad (the main BGA develops bad joints which works when you bang it), the hard drive is run ragged all the time so it wears out, despite being a quality Seagate item, and the poor Philips tuners haven't a heat sink so they die. Quality components designed and assembled by clowns.

Ken
Title: Re: Help with SKY
Post by: omegaman2 on 05 February 2008, 08:01:03
lidl are selling signal meters really cheap the noo