Freesat and TV prob

PM49

Ok so I’m afraid I m a bit of a technophobe . Have a Smart Panasonic Tv and a Humax box. I have lost a number of channels and thought I would retune .. this lost all the channels tuned at that point. The box refused to accept my postcode . I think it maybe the signal is poor as on the channels which were not tuned it said poor signal
Can anyone assist before I call out a TV engineer please

Inner_Zone

Sounds like the dish may have moved or the LNB is faulty. Doubt you need a TV engineer but a satellite dish installer.

nickcc

Check for anything obstructing the satellite dish. Go into services on your Humax box and check the signal strength and quality.

PM49

Thanks for the help . The signal strength is poor . Sorry what is the LNB?
The Satelite dish seems ok and the upstairs tv with a freesat box is working fine . Assume LNB is the cable .. sorry that’s probably a stupid question
Agree though it’s a satellite dish installer I will need

fwor

PM49 wrote: »

Sorry what is the LNB?

Here's a tip for you - it works on almost any browser:

If you highlight a word/abbreviation that you don't understand (in most browsers, if you double-click on it with the left mouse button you will highlight it).

Then click on the highlighted word with the right mouse button. One of the options in the drop-down menu will be to search the internet for the word.

In the case of an LNB, the first result will almost certainly explain it in easy to understand terms.

The great thing about this is that instead of typing out 20 characters or more to ask someone to explain, three mouse clicks will get you an almost instant answer, without the wait for someone to type out an answer.

A_Nice_Englishman

fwor wrote: »

Here's a tip for you - it works on almost any browser:

If you highlight a word/abbreviation that you don't understand (in most browsers, if you double-click on it with the left mouse button you will highlight it).

Then click on the highlighted word with the right mouse button. One of the options in the drop-down menu will be to search the internet for the word.

In the case of an LNB, the first result will almost certainly explain it in easy to understand terms.

The great thing about this is that instead of typing out 20 characters or more to ask someone to explain, three mouse clicks will get you an almost instant answer, without the wait for someone to type out an answer.

Here's a tip for you.

Instead of typing out a patronising reply, use lmgtfy.com
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=LNB

A_Nice_Englishman

PM49 wrote: »

Thanks for the help . The signal strength is poor . Sorry what is the LNB?
The Satelite dish seems ok and the upstairs tv with a freesat box is working fine . Assume LNB is the cable .. sorry that’s probably a stupid question
Agree though it’s a satellite dish installer I will need

LNB stands for Low Noise Block. The bit of the dish the cables connect to.

I'd suggest checking the cables to the box with problem first of all. Switch the box off at the wall, carefully unscrew the connectorr, check there are no stray wires shorting out the connections and screw back in. Switch back on and search for channels again.

If it still doesn't work, try swapping the boxes over. It's possible some of the LNB outputs are working but not others.

If you do end up getting somebody out, note that it's possible to change just the LNB. This will be cheaper than replacing the whole dish.

fwor

A_Nice_Englishman wrote: »

Instead of typing out a patronising reply

It wasn't a patronising reply. It was intended as a helpful reply. Once the OP has learned how to do what I suggested, it can stay with them for as many years as all common browsers support the feature - every time they use it saves them time.

Your patronising way of (in effect) typing their question into Google for them does not do that.

A_Nice_Englishman

fwor wrote: »

It wasn't a patronising reply. It was intended as a helpful reply. Once the OP has learned how to do what I suggested, it can stay with them for as many years as all common browsers support the feature - every time they use it saves them time.

Your patronising way of (in effect) typing their question into Google for them does not do that.

It came across as patronising or sarcastic so sorry if I misconstrued.

Anyway, I also gave what I hope is a helpful reply, explaining in simple terms what an LNB is, suggesting a way of narrowing down the fault and possibly how to minimise the cost of fixing it.

kwikbreaks

Imo posting a link from let me Google that for you is far more patronising than suggesting the poster search. It implies that you consider them too stupid to actually do that and has been used to suggest exactly that on every forum I've ever used. I'd go so far as suggesting posting such a link is deserving on an instant lifetime ban.

A_Nice_Englishman

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Imo posting a link from let me Google that for you is far more patronising than suggesting the poster search. It implies that you consider them too stupid to actually do that and has been used to suggest exactly that on every forum I've ever used. I'd go so far as suggesting posting such a link is deserving on an instant lifetime ban.

It wasnt aimed at the OP. If you want to discuss further PM me so as not to hijack the thread.