HD PVR and lightning - suggestions please?

[TheMechanic]

My HD PVR is giving me the zigs. Whenever there is a thunderstorm anywhere nearby, half the channels are fine but the other half the screen goes crazy an eventually freezes up; then I get a message saying that my set-top box is not connected properly. I have replaced the LNB on the dish and replaced all the wiring between the dish and the PVR an I even got a replacement PVR from multichoice but it is still the same, half the channels are OK, the other half not. Any ideas please folks?

 

[Smurfatefrog]

Your LNB is probably not aligned perfectly causing either vertical or horizontal channels to be affected, could also be something obstructing the line like a tree

 

[TheMechanic]

Thanks for replying SmurfAteFrog, there are no trees in line of sight of the dish, how do I align the LNB? I marked where the old one was before removing it and put the new one in the same orientation. The old one was installed by a DSTV installer.

 

[etwylite]

check your dish size..hdpvr should have a 90cm.

 

[pgs]

Cost me R150 as a pensioner for the techie to align my dish. The meter that's needed is fairly expensive cheaper to get a techie. I also installed my own.

 

[louisek]

My boet has a sat meter. Cost him £300 in England. He says just check the signal strength on channel 101. It must be at least 98% and quality between 95% and 100%. If it less it can be alignment, or a corroded connector

 

[TheMechanic]

My boet has a sat meter. Cost him £300 in England. He says just check the signal strength on channel 101. It must be at least 98% and quality between 95% and 100%. If it less it can be alignment, or a corroded connector

Many thanks to all, I will do as your boet suggests Louise with a friend to yell when the signal is on target.

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