sky digital

**MOTOXXX** · 28th September 2004, 21:40

Can anyone get it going at the moment in the welly area
ive got a no signal - rain fade screen up
is it just me?

sorry way off bike topic

**MrMelon** · 28th September 2004, 22:11

*shrug*
it's not raining really hard is it?

Even further off topic, you're not Elliot's cousin are you?

**MOTOXXX** · 29th September 2004, 07:38

I think it was something wrong with my sky or something. everone elses works ok.

oh and no im not elliots cousin.
I have a friend that lives in wellington Elliot king.
Or i have a mate luke elliott?
any of these?

**MrMelon** · 29th September 2004, 08:10

Ah sweet.
Yeah Elliot King.

**riffer** · 29th September 2004, 08:19

Sky Digital signal used to go out all the time on me during bad rain when I was in Paparangi.

One of the reasons I am now with TelstraClear's Saturn Cable Sky telly.

**MOTOXXX** · 29th September 2004, 09:26

Originally Posted by MrMelon

Ah sweet.
Yeah Elliot King.

Oh yea. I went to school with him.
How do u know old Mullet?

**Hoon** · 29th September 2004, 10:46

Check that no newly grown branches or leaves are blocking your dish either.

**jrandom** · 29th September 2004, 10:48

Originally Posted by MOTOXXX

ive got a no signal - rain fade screen up

Get out there and waterproof your dish with tinfoil. You'll never need to worry about reception in bad weather again.

**Wenier** · 29th September 2004, 12:42

it must be rainin damn hard to b out.

**riffer** · 29th September 2004, 13:18

Originally Posted by Wenier

it must be rainin damn hard to b out.

What also happens with the Sky satellite dishes is that the receiver bit gets corroded with the weather and the o-ring seals get brittle and let the water in.

I had to have my receivers replaced twice.

Sky do this free of charge. I suggest you ring them and ask about it.

**jrandom** · 29th September 2004, 13:19

Originally Posted by celticno6

What also happens with the Sky satellite dishes is that the receiver bit gets corroded with the weather and the o-ring seals get brittle and let the water in.

I *TOLE* ya. Waterproof the thing with a couple layers of tinfoil. Can't go wrong.

**MrMelon** · 29th September 2004, 14:02

Originally Posted by MOTOXXX

Oh yea. I went to school with him.
How do u know old Mullet?

I used to play quake and stuff with him back in the day. Came down from Kerikeri and stayed with him for a week or so when I was about 14.. heh.
He lives around the corner from me now

**riffer** · 29th September 2004, 14:09

Originally Posted by jrandom

I *TOLE* ya. Waterproof the thing with a couple layers of tinfoil. Can't go wrong.

Would tinfoil not interfere with the signal?

**MOTOXXX** · 29th September 2004, 21:14

Originally Posted by MrMelon

I used to play quake and stuff with him back in the day. Came down from Kerikeri and stayed with him for a week or so when I was about 14.. heh.
He lives around the corner from me now

oh no way. yea he lives in mt vic now. nice little pad.
wat u do for a crust in welly? Somthin it i bet

**MOTOXXX** · 29th September 2004, 21:16

Originally Posted by celticno6

What also happens with the Sky satellite dishes is that the receiver bit gets corroded with the weather and the o-ring seals get brittle and let the water in.

I had to have my receivers replaced twice.

Sky do this free of charge. I suggest you ring them and ask about it.

well well well. Looks like we got some smarty pants people around here.

oh and yes you all were right. they replaced the dish. it was poked.