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<blockquote data-quote="AlanTreet" data-source="post: 1127385" data-attributes="member: 417137">Well, in the end, the problem was that the outside hedge had overgrown more than I thought, and was encroaching on the direct line of sight for the dish. So, that was easily dealt with. Thanks for the earlier help on that one.However, in the past few days, another problem has occurred and I'm getting zero signal on the box. I've taken some pics which might not get across the hedge height (which is empty of leaves anyway), but it's not blocking the line of sight. The only possible change (since I can't remember when it happened) is that an old phone cable has fallen down onto the LNB arm, although I can't see that having any effect because it's not a heavy cable, hence I've not got round to removing it yet.That cable may well have fallen down before, but it's the old BT phone line which I no longer use.However, as of about a week ago, the signal has just gone altogether. I've rebooted my Dreambox, dis/reconnected the F-connector cable, and nothing. I know about 2-3 weeks ago, there was a succession of storms, the last of which blew off some roof tiles, so there could be damage from that which has knocked it out of alignment, but to my eye, I can't see any visible difference. However, it was still working for a time after that.Is there any way I can work out what the problem is (Dreambox? LNB? the cable from one to the other?) without any specialist equipment, or is it a case of having to get someone out to look at it?Just any additional troubleshooting I can do in the meantime, please?I have a video below of one of the last things I recorded, when I got barely a few seconds of choppy nonsense from a TV show.[MEDIA=youtube]s80iEWQyU-0[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AlanTreet, post: 1127385, member: 417137"] Well, in the end, the problem was that the outside hedge had overgrown more than I thought, and was encroaching on the direct line of sight for the dish. So, that was easily dealt with. Thanks for the earlier help on that one. However, in the past few days, another problem has occurred and I'm getting zero signal on the box. I've taken some pics which might not get across the hedge height (which is empty of leaves anyway), but it's not blocking the line of sight. The only possible change (since I can't remember when it happened) is that an old phone cable has fallen down onto the LNB arm, although I can't see that having any effect because it's not a heavy cable, hence I've not got round to removing it yet. That cable may well have fallen down before, but it's the old BT phone line which I no longer use. However, as of about a week ago, the signal has just gone altogether. I've rebooted my Dreambox, dis/reconnected the F-connector cable, and nothing. I know about 2-3 weeks ago, there was a succession of storms, the last of which blew off some roof tiles, so there could be damage from that which has knocked it out of alignment, but to my eye, I can't see any visible difference. However, it was still working for a time after that. Is there any way I can work out what the problem is (Dreambox? LNB? the cable from one to the other?) without any specialist equipment, or is it a case of having to get someone out to look at it? Just any additional troubleshooting I can do in the meantime, please? I have a video below of one of the last things I recorded, when I got barely a few seconds of choppy nonsense from a TV show. [MEDIA=youtube]s80iEWQyU-0[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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