Some hd channels

[jandial]

Hi there.. Just wondering can anyone help me.. I have an f5 box and cannot receive some hd channels. Most of them work and have around 75% signal. Initially thought they were scrabbled but tried my box in s friends house and they worked... Read somewhere that the lnb skew may be incorrect, is this true.? I'm not sure it is as the signal reads about 85-90% on my s*y+ box and quality is the same..

[super jumbe]

How old is your satellite disk??
Is it compatible with the HD channels?
New LNB have 2, 4. 6 connection if yours 1 connection LNB you need replacing.

[Shady]

How old is your satellite disk??
Is it compatible with the HD channels?
New LNB have 2, 4. 6 connection if yours 1 connection LNB you need replacing.

Oh dear oh dear yet more misinformation from sj

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[Hadron]

Hi there.. Just wondering can anyone help me.. I have an f5 box and cannot receive some hd channels. Most of them work and have around 75% signal. Initially thought they were scrabbled but tried my box in s friends house and they worked... Read somewhere that the lnb skew may be incorrect, is this true.? I'm not sure it is as the signal reads about 85-90% on my s*y+ box and quality is the same..

What is the strength & quality reading on the f5 box for HD channels that don't work?

What message do you get on screen on a channel that doesn't work?

[jandial]

Hi there. Thanks for replying. Off the top of my head I think that the signal is at around 75% for the channels that work and around 7% for those that don't. When the channel is not working it displays no signal.. Do I have to rescan to get some of the channels with low signal to work?

[nibblitz]

Have you got 2 separate feeds from the dish LNB, one going to SkyTV box, the other going to your Skybox F5 ??? Or have you used a splitter to split a single feed between both boxes? Or are you using Loop Out from Skybox to feed the SkyTV digibox?

[andy91]

I would start with dish alignment check the lnb and make sure all connections are tight and dry.

Andy.

[jandial]

Have you got 2 separate feeds from the dish LNB, one going to SkyTV box, the other going to your Skybox F5 ??? Or have you used a splitter to split a single feed between both boxes? Or are you using Loop Out from Skybox to feed the SkyTV digibox?

There is just a straight cable from the lnb to the sky box. Just took one of the cables from sky+ box...

[jandial]

I would start with dish alignment check the lnb and make sure all connections are tight and dry.

Andy.

Could the skew be the difference in having perfect sd channels and only some hd channels? The signal strength and quality are at around 80-90% by looking at the sky+ signal test. In my friends house which my box and all the hd stations work his signal wouldn't be as strong as mine. Think his skew is 2 and mine is 3...

[Hadron]

...Do I have to rescan to get some of the channels with low signal to work?

If the channels that don't work on your box work at your friends house, then that points to a problem with your dish/LNB/wiring setup.

You mention that you have a Sky+ box. Do the channels that don't work with your f5 box work on that?

[Hadron]

Could the skew be the difference in having perfect sd channels and only some hd channels? The signal strength and quality are at around 80-90% by looking at the sky+ signal test. In my friends house which my box and all the hd stations work his signal wouldn't be as strong as mine. Think his skew is 2 and mine is 3...

It's always worth tweaking the skew as part of the dish alignment. Try it & see.

[jandial]

If the channels that don't work on your box work at your friends house, then that points to a problem with your dish/LNB/wiring setup.

You mention that you have a Sky+ box. Do the channels that don't work with your f5 box work on that?

Every channel works on the sky+ box but it is not the hd version.. Only the hd stations are having problems on the skybox f5

[Craig77]

Hi had the same problem with mine had sky sprorts HD channels but no movie HD channels had to manually add the 28.2 sat and few other number which I took off my old s10 box rescanned and hey presto all there
Hope that helps mate

[jandial]

Hi had the same problem with mine had sky sprorts HD channels but no movie HD channels had to manually add the 28.2 sat and few other number which I took off my old s10 box rescanned and hey presto all there
Hope that helps mate

Hi there. I think it must be a problem with my dish as the exact same box works in friends house without changing any settings... Every single station works..