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My neighbour has had her Humax FoxSat box for two and a half years. In October she suddenly started to receive the message “bad or no signal” even though it had been working perfectly before then. She took it back to where she bought it but because it was just outside the warranty, they could/would not offer any help.
We are in the process of trying to re-establish this for her as she has no other means of satellite tv.
We have an excellent and very strong signal with our SKY boxes so we know that there is good signal strenth and quality but we get the same message on screen.
We decided to reset to factory settings. We get as far as entering the relevant UK postcode but it keeps telling us it is invalid.
On checking the signal strength it shows no signal.
Any offers of advice would be gratefully received.
dabble – 5 years ago »
My neighbour has had her Humax FoxSat box for two and a half years. In October she suddenly started to receive the message “bad or no signal” even though it had been working perfectly before then. She took it back to where she bought it but because it was just outside the warranty, they could/would not offer any help.
We are in the process of trying to re-establish this for her as she has no other means of satellite tv.
We have an excellent and very strong signal with our SKY boxes so we know that there is good signal strenth and quality but we get the same message on screen.
We decided to reset to factory settings. We get as far as entering the relevant UK postcode but it keeps telling us it is invalid.
On checking the signal strength it shows no signal.
Any offers of advice would be gratefully received.
This means the box can’t access the Freesat home transponder which is likely to be a dish or lnb issue. Just because the Sky box works doesn’t mean the cabling from the dish to the Humax box is OK. Try removing the Sky box and connecting the Humax box to the same connections.
Does it now allow you to enter a post code ?
With the sky box use add channels and enter the following details. Does the Sky-box find a signal.
11425 H DVB-S QPSK 27500 2/3
You don’t by any chance have Sky-Q ? The above will only work with a Sky-HD box. Sky-Q uses a different lnb which only works with a Sky-Q box.
A freesat box needs access to the freesat transponder located at 11426 H 27500 2/3 without this it the reset will fail.
If a Sky unit works at this location try a non-freesat tune on the freesat unit to the above frequency which you can do for a single frequency. If it fails then it is implying that horizontal frequencies may be failing. You would be also missing receiving channels on the Sky unit. Check all Sky channels with a H in column 1 at https://www.lyngsat.com/Astra-2E-2F-2G.html.
If some are missing then it implies the LNB is failing and needs replacing.
Graham beat me but read your post differently – I assumed you had checked the Sky unit at the same location.
REPASSAC – 43 minutes ago »
A freesat box needs access to the freesat transponder located at 11426 H 27500 2/3 without this it the reset will fail.
If a Sky unit works at this location try a non-freesat tune on the freesat unit to the above frequency which you can do for a single frequency. If it fails then it is implying that horizontal frequencies may be failing. You would be also missing receiving channels on the Sky unit. Check all Sky channels with a H in column 1 at https://www.lyngsat.com/Astra-2E-2F-2G.html.
If some are missing then it implies the LNB is failing and needs replacing.
Graham beat me but read your post differently – I assumed you had checked the Sky unit at the same location.
Hi RepaS
grahamlthompson – 23 seconds ago »
REPASSAC – 43 minutes ago »
A freesat box needs access to the freesat transponder located at 11426 H 27500 2/3 without this it the reset will fail.
If a Sky unit works at this location try a non-freesat tune on the freesat unit to the above frequency which you can do for a single frequency. If it fails then it is implying that horizontal frequencies may be failing. You would be also missing receiving channels on the Sky unit. Check all Sky channels with a H in column 1 at https://www.lyngsat.com/Astra-2E-2F-2G.html.
If some are missing then it implies the LNB is failing and needs replacing.
Graham beat me but read your post differently – I assumed you had checked the Sky unit at the same location.
Hi Repasac see my edit. Had the thought the OP may be trying to connect to a Sky-Q wideband lnb
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luca10 – 19 minutes ago »
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Luca 10 – You are replying in the wrong thread – This thread is about not working Foxsat-HDR not your missing radio channels This is a thread started by Dabble with a similar name that a new member added to despite the fact the original dates to 2013. Hence confusion.
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