SlowInternet
Executive Member
My DSTV channels keep on breaking up and the sound is terrible. I have tried several channels all the same result. Anybody experiencing the same problem 
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DSTV channels breaking up
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MickeyD
RIP
Poor weather around?
Quantum Theory
Executive Member
There were issues with the broadcast earlier. We tested on 3 different dishes and there was terrible quality on various tranponders. Seems okay now, at home...
Azbubu
Honorary Master
Me too. Not all the channels though.
WPD
Well-Known Member
Also having trouble here (CPT). Seems to have started with the rain.
Guessing my dish is perhaps slightly out of alignment?
Guessing my dish is perhaps slightly out of alignment?
SlowInternet
Executive Member
Nope the weather is fine
Also not all the channels, but the ones that are affected is really bad !
My patrents' DSTV used to break up quite badly when the weather got a little bad. After they got a HD PVR and a bigger dish (90cm) the issue was sorted. If I remember correctly, the installation technician told my dad that smaller dishes tend to cause those signal break-ups. I might be wrong though.
satanboy
Psychonaut seven
Name some channels...
I am not having any problems here (Cape Town)
I am not having any problems here (Cape Town)
The important ones... Cartoon Network, Disney XD, Boomerang...
.Much wailing and gnashing of teeth from the lil'uns. Grrrr. It also HAD to happen after I installed a channel AV switch / selector thing... had me fiddling with the cable at the back of the decoder.
/sigh
I was not very popular... my ratings did indeed double dip.
Durandal
Expert Member
Weltevreden Park area, break up on most channels, but seems to have settled now. No bad weather up here, it's Winter...
It was raining in Potchefstroom earlier, after the rain had stopped, a few channels went off. In typical Murphy's Law fashion, it was the one channel that was being recorded on the HD PVR and the channel we happened to be watching.
My girlfriend was recording something on Style while we watched Studio Universal. Old Charlie Sheen movie was on.
My girlfriend was recording something on Style while we watched Studio Universal. Old Charlie Sheen movie was on.
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satanboy
Psychonaut seven
The important ones... Cartoon Network, Disney XD, Boomerang...
Those all work for me...100%
They are all back to normal now... now, when the rabble are off to bed... much good this does me. At least it is not the cables I guess.
satanboy
Psychonaut seven
and how is this related to picture break up?
I had probems with my DStv, which is what happened to the OP, so I'm just sharing what I did to get rid of those problems.
satanboy
Psychonaut seven
and it is really helpful ....
Dan C
Honorary Master
Mine stuck on one picture, but sound is working.
It worked out pretty well for me...