Communal feed U/S?

[sapper]

Communal feed U/S?

Hi all...

Advice please...

I have a sinbgle sky dish Communal feed into my flat.

I was using a DVB-s card to watch and record BC-HD stuff, but for about 3 months it appears to be us.

OVer the weekend, I swapped the card into another PC, used a different co-ax fed and the card still does not register any channels.

So I guess the feed is US.

So what are my options?

• One is to call the council and see if they can repair it through a contractor?
• Arange my own contractor who will have to laise with the council to gain acces to the roof...
• Call the council and see if i can install a quad LNB on the flat roof of the block. The other blocks have their dishes mounted on the side but due to a tree, I canot follow that option. then i could go Sky HD and/or mutiple DVb-S2 tuners etc in the future.

Have I missed any thing out - are there any other options I have over looked?

How much for a sat install approx? Or would it be better value to get sky to instal the dish on the roof and subscribe for a year rather than pay for the installation my self.

All sensible ideas welcome please

Adrian

 

[fernandez]

Have any other residents on the same communal system have the same problem and have you tried a Sky receiver on the feed in your flat?

 

[sapper]

Have any other residents on the same communal system have the same problem and have you tried a Sky receiver on the feed in your flat?

Good point,

As far as I know no one else has sky.

There are only 7 flats.

I do not have a sky box to try out the feed other wise I would have done.

I guess I ought to take the Pc upstairs and try their feed; and/or find a friend who has a working sky feed and try their feed.

Adrian

 

[Member 354643]

You could have an SCR smart splitter installed, SCR MDU kit:Global Invacom

 

[fernandez]

You could have an SCR smart splitter installed, SCR MDU kit:Global Invacom

Possibly, but the OP said:

"I was using a DVB-s card to watch and record BC-HD stuff, but for about 3 months it appears to be us"

So, evidently it used to work but now doesn't and also:

"I swapped the card into another PC, used a different co-ax fed and the card still does not register any channels".

As things stand it could be either the feed or the PC card at fault.

The OP's suggestion of:

"I guess I ought to take the Pc upstairs and try their feed; and/or find a friend who has a working sky feed and try their feed"

Seems very sensible and would certainly eliminate (or confirm) the PC card

 

[Member 354643]

Possibly, but the OP said:

"I was using a DVB-s card to watch and record BC-HD stuff, but for about 3 months it appears to be us"

So, evidently it used to work but now doesn't and also:

"I swapped the card into another PC, used a different co-ax fed and the card still does not register any channels".

As things stand it could be either the feed or the PC card at fault.

The OP's suggestion of:

"I guess I ought to take the Pc upstairs and try their feed; and/or find a friend who has a working sky feed and try their feed"

Seems very sensible and would certainly eliminate (or confirm) the PC card

and i was sober when i put that,

 

[alan1572]

You could have an SCR smart splitter installed, SCR MDU kit:Global Invacom

are these a newer/fancier version of the stacker/de-stacker?

 

[Member 354643]

are these a newer/fancier version of the stacker/de-stacker?

Yep sure are and you can run 2x sky + from it also

 

[alan1572]

we I'll be..... you learn a new thing every lunar cycle or so.