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I have had the above free-sat box brand new for 4 years, and it’s now showing a fault…”The receiver is not receiving a signal or the signal is too weak”
I’m unsure if this is a box thing or the satellite dish.
I’ve done the unplug box for over a minute etc, so is it likely to be the dish?
any help would be appreciated, please.
Bob
I would check the cable ends at the satellite dish for tightness and any water ingress.
It may be if there is enough slack you can just re terminate the ends and all will be well.
Thank you for your reply.
I did check the cable ends on the box, but no thought of the dish ends.
might have to bite the bullet and get an engineer around to look then.
I laddered up to the Dish and the connections are secure and dry thankfully.
Still not working correctly.
Awaiting an engineer now.
Hi foxleybob,
Might be faulty lnb? Easy to swap over if you are able to climb ladder+ save money on engineer call out. John L
Just doing a search for a new box etc, and came across the Humax Aura
How do they compare with what I have please?
foxleybob – 1 hour ago »
Just doing a search for a new box etc, and came across the Humax Aura
How do they compare with what I have please?
The Aura isn’t a satellite box; it needs a TV aerial. If that isn’t a problem for you then you need to do your research carefully as the Aura isn’t perfect. I use one as my PVR and I can live with it but it does have irritating bugs that Humax should have fixed.
Thank you martin.
I’ll bear that in mind.
So would you or others recommend the Arris box alternative?
JUst thinking….
Has Humax really left Free Sat alone?
foxleybob – 16 mins ago »
Has Humax really left Free Sat alone?
Other way round; Freesat chose Arris rather than Humax to make the next Freesat box.
I see.
I’m trying to find out if the Arris box would be a better box than the Humax I have.
There are a lot of conflicting reports about it.
And I understand that Arris can record more progs at once with a 4-channel LNB..correct?
Right just had a guy call, and it is the LNB.
he climed the ladder took it off and showed me the front cover was missing and a spider was inside. Typically, when I looked I only tightened the cables and didn’t look at the front of it …Dork!!.
I could’ve purchased a new one on Amazon (as advised) for £16 and done it myself.
But Bit the bullet and paid the guy who was there with the new LNB. All working fine now.
Thank you for the input.
EDit
I’m still looking at the Arris box to maybe replace it, and put the humax in the bedroom for the tV
foxleybob – 3 hours ago »
I’m trying to find out if the Arris box would be a better box than the Humax I have.
There are a lot of conflicting reports about it.
And I understand that Arris can record more progs at once with a 4-channel LNB..correct?
The Arris box certainly has had problems but I don’t know the current status. I would try DigitalSpy and AVForums for more user information. The advertising certainly says it will record 4 channels with a wideband LNB.
thanks again.
I guess I just have to do more research again 😯
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