King Of The Cat Cafe Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 So, the other day, no signal on the Sky box. Called out an independent TV guy and he said he dish was "rotten". Took 15 minutes to put up a new dish - on a bungalow - and charged £120. Later I noted on eBay that dishes come in at under £30. Quite a bit of mark-up here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, King Of The Cat Cafe said: So, the other day, no signal on the Sky box. Called out an independent TV guy and he said he dish was "rotten". Took 15 minutes to put up a new dish - on a bungalow - and charged £120. Later I noted on eBay that dishes come in at under £30. Quite a bit of mark-up here... You presumably need to own a bit of tech to calibrate it to the Satellite signal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obua Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Presume sky would replace it free if it was useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of The Cat Cafe Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, hughesie27 said: You presumably need to own a bit of tech to calibrate it to the Satellite signal? No idea - probably have some type of meter. Dish was already up when we moved in eight years ago but the white "thingy" at the end of the LNB was not working. Same guys put on a new "thingy" and twisted the dish about until it gave a piercing whistle when it lined up with the satellite. They put up plenty of dishes so wouldn't need a meter just for one house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of The Cat Cafe Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, obua said: Presume sky would replace it free if it was useless. Ach sure what's the need to bother busy people at Sky over a wee thing like that...😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 37 minutes ago, obua said: Presume sky would replace it free if it was useless. No, that's like asking the BBC or ITV to replace your aerial. I set up a dish at my folks, one for around £30, came with a signal monitor for setting it up. It's not hard though, just aim in roughly the right direction and move until you hit the sweet spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 55 minutes ago, King Of The Cat Cafe said: So, the other day, no signal on the Sky box. Called out an independent TV guy and he said he dish was "rotten". Took 15 minutes to put up a new dish - on a bungalow - and charged £120. Later I noted on eBay that dishes come in at under £30. Quite a bit of mark-up here... **** sake... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadj Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 1 hour ago, hughesie27 said: You presumably need to own a bit of tech to calibrate it to the Satellite signal? You get the meters pretty cheap. Just need one that works for ten mins too. Tbf you could do it manually with a bit of patience and knowing the rough direction and angle your neighbours are at. Pretty sure Sky used to do them for free though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of The Cat Cafe Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 54 minutes ago, been here before said: **** sake... Yeah: I do it because it annoys people. 👅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterion Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 3 hours ago, hughesie27 said: You presumably need to own a bit of tech to calibrate it to the Satellite signal? The alternative to being a professional and calibrating it is doing it yourself by roughly setting up the dish pointing the same way it did before and making adjustments till it all works. Chances are your dish was fine and the LNB (the bit on the end) was faulty. Have had to replace a couple in my time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribble Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Highly unusual for the lnb to fail nowadays, most signal faults are down to the cabling becoming worn. Sky would have replaced it and most likely for just the standard call out charge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterion Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 10 hours ago, Ribble said: Highly unusual for the lnb to fail nowadays, most signal faults are down to the cabling becoming worn. Sky would have replaced it and most likely for just the standard call out charge Not sure why - i've had a couple of them go, just assumed it was water ingress that damaged it. Have binned Sky now though so my only worry till recently was broadband going down but even that's about to change (as getting BT Halo 3 with the automatic mobile backup). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kaiser Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Got Sky Q on a deal in January. New dish hung up as old one not compatible Extra mini box for my sons room. Guy set it up standing at my front door with the remote due to covid restrictions. All done in Less than 20 minutes from when he knocked the door. Total cost...... Extra £10 a month....but not on the bill until July. (You may have ever so slightly overpaid) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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