My parent's are having trouble with one of their Sky boxes. I originally thought it was the dish but on closer inspection I think it is the cable from the LNB to the box.
The Sky+ box works fine. The other basic Sky box's picture and sound crackle and flicker. I moved the Sky+ cables into different connectors on the LNB and they still worked so it's not that. The basic Sky box was the first box in the house and has been there for over 10 years. I noticed today that the cable out from the house looks like it's been cut too short and the engineer has added a small length to it. This was done by adding a connector like the one used to connect to the Sky box. This goes into an adaptor. A small length of cable is then connected to this with another connector and then into the dish. The whole thing was wrapped in tape, I guess to protect from the elements. I think maybe water has got in here somewhere and this may be the cuase of the problem. Am I on the right lines? Only way I can think of fixing it is to cut lengths off each cable to hopefully remove any water and redo it the way the engineer has originally.
Sound about right?
The Sky+ box works fine. The other basic Sky box's picture and sound crackle and flicker. I moved the Sky+ cables into different connectors on the LNB and they still worked so it's not that. The basic Sky box was the first box in the house and has been there for over 10 years. I noticed today that the cable out from the house looks like it's been cut too short and the engineer has added a small length to it. This was done by adding a connector like the one used to connect to the Sky box. This goes into an adaptor. A small length of cable is then connected to this with another connector and then into the dish. The whole thing was wrapped in tape, I guess to protect from the elements. I think maybe water has got in here somewhere and this may be the cuase of the problem. Am I on the right lines? Only way I can think of fixing it is to cut lengths off each cable to hopefully remove any water and redo it the way the engineer has originally.
Sound about right?