fts channels no signal

[celtic1]

hi fta channels not working saying no signal and some sly channels ive rescanned updated chan list checked dish looks ok anynhelp please its a f5 box

[mahrkpat]

What about the sat cable? Check that the f connectors have not become loose at either end and are not shorting and also see that the cable is not frayed along it's length.

[celtic1]

checked that all ok working this morning then went off same all week working then not ? sky plus box works fine would splitting cable to sky f5 and sky plus box have any thing to do with it thanks

[mahrkpat]

How did you split the sat cable? You can't split it with a normal coax splitter the lnb will not know which box to obey and might even damage it, if you used loop through then one or the other box as to be off best solution would be a separate sat cable for each device going to a different output of the lnb another solution would be A - B switch look here
Also you might be interested in this thread.

[celtic1]

yer normal coax splitter turned off skyplus box all working ok so simple need to get a-b switch many thank 4 your help

[andy91]

Think there's a recent thread similar to this where you only get 5% signal on certain channels when you share the same dish while an official Sly box is on at the same time. Think some guys are selling a simple inline fix on fleebay to cure the problem, Andy. Something like this h**p://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/No-Signal-Fix-for-Openbox-F3-F5-and-Dreambox-/121177331126?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Satellite_TV_Recei vers&hash=item1c36bb55b6