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Topic # 103410 6-Jun-2012 19:25 Send private message

Hi there

Down here in snowy Christchurch and no Sky signal which is understandable. Just wondering how widespread this is and if anyone further down south is having problems? Hopefully not and clear skies are on their way. Also out of interest I had a look in the Signal Tester. All 4 Tuners are showing unlocked and the strength is <41dBuV. Also the quality is showing as 0.0dB. I tend to associate dB with loss hence 0dB would be fantastic although I guess you can't have loss on a signal if you haven't got a signal

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  Reply # 636899 6-Jun-2012 19:33 Send private message

Sky went down here in Wanganui around 6.10pm. Had to reboot the decoder to get it back. Friends had the same problem, so it wasn't just my decoder.

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  Reply # 636907 6-Jun-2012 19:43 Send private message

Have you cleared the snow off your dish?



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  Reply # 636908 6-Jun-2012 19:45 Send private message

Have re-booted 3 times throughout the day but to no avail. Just landed me in hot water with er indoors as I always forget that if you re-boot and can't get a signal you can no longer access recorded shows on Mysky



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  Reply # 636914 6-Jun-2012 19:51 Send private message

nickb800: Have you cleared the snow off your dish?


Not yet, might have to give it a go, really don't feel like getting the ladder out and messing around at this point. You don't happen to know any easy way to do this without causing damage

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  Reply # 636916 6-Jun-2012 19:52 Send private message

nickb800: Have you cleared the snow off your dish?

+1
Go and chuck some warm water over it.

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  Reply # 636919 6-Jun-2012 19:54 Send private message

As above, have a go with the garden hose if you can.

They are fixed fairly firmly, to resist wind etc, so should be fine if you give a gentle brush with a broom. But yeah, getting on the roof at night in the snow isnt the best



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  Reply # 636935 6-Jun-2012 20:21 Send private message

Thanks for the replies, bucket of warm water, my son's super soaker and we are all sorted!!

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  Reply # 636964 6-Jun-2012 21:10 Send private message

the garden hose will suffice in future (providing its not frozen of course)

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