Picture Freezing - what to check HELP...

[new2dk]

Hi,

I've a dreambox DM800SE and for the past 3 or 4 days my picture has been freezing which is rendering watching anything from the box impossible. The freeze only happens on the encrypted channels - free to air ar fine so I'm thinking its not down to signal strength if say the dish moved in the widy weather. I've also checked my CSS subscription is active (which it is). I've tried restarting various things from emu manager, the GUI and the restart of box - all do the same thing in that after restart the picture will play for anywhere from 10-30 secs then freeze. If left in thats state the picture/sound will start again then freeze again.

Anyone come across this before and advise on things to check - I'm not getting any error messages on dreambox and my broadband is OK - in that I have several other active working internet connections, althouigh I do notice quite a lot of dropouts on broadband but this may not be related as was happening when dreambox was OK.

Any advice much appreciated as the big Lions 2nd test is on tomorrow which I dont want to miss - unless that gives me a good excuse to go and watch it in pub and have boozy lunch :-)!!

[dazzle46]

hi
ive got a skybox f5 and so as my mate and we have been experiencing bad freezing for the past week, ive even been in touch with the guy who supplied the gift and he changed them for us but still the same don't know what to suggest but I do know is if we all wanted the perfect signal. picture , sound quality we would be subscribing to sky I suppose!!!!!

[maca]

No c/s talk allowed on dk mate..

[dazzle46]

edited post. but would be nice for some input in the first post maca!!!!!

[maca]

Try a new channel list mate

[dazzle46]

brilliant, well done you might as well av said change the box!!!!

[mtv1]

try the sd channels as apose to the hd ones mate nn maca

[dazzle46]

so you think it is a HD problem?

[mtv1]

you tell me

well they are having problems with hd as far as i'm aware

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f11/end-not-nigh-sly-346715/

[dazzle46]

well what box have you got mtv1? don't you have freeze issues? take it aint HD?

[mtv1]

me have a box

contact your patsy supplier mate ask if its coming from his end

[dazzle46]

already stated that and he changed them for us, said no probs his end

[dazzle46]

thanks in being so clear and helpful mtv

[maca]

brilliant, well done you might as well av said change the box!!!!

Change your box m8 ...

[mtv1]

your welcome

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f11/end-end-nigh-307225/?highlight=end+nigh

read that

if your fta are not freezing and the paid ones are its most likely the patsy mate

i have a vu+ duo was having fierce pausing too but its ok for the last few weeks

not saying its going to last do god only knows that