topic Sky F1 Channel 406 - Suttering Unwatchable in Sky+

Sky F1 Channel 406 - Suttering Unwatchable

Scott+McLa — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 14:13:38 GMT

Yesterday (Friday 7th Jun) we were trying to watch (via Sky+ box, Sky F1 channel 406) the Canadian GP Practice sessions but the live feed was constantly stuttering and the TV pictures pixelated/distorted. Box would also default to the no satellite connection page and then re-establish a connection with the same unwatchable stuttering.

Today (Sat 8th Jun) we thought we would watch the practice on channel 406 thinking that perhaps it's only the live coverage that was being affected. Unfortunately, even the practice sessions from yesterday were stuttering and distorted.

I have no idea what's going on but this seems to be a known problem given the amount of online posts going back the last couple of years complaining about similar issues. One of the posts claimed that it's a known issue with Sky. We don't watch Cricket but we noticed that this channel was the same. Personally. we've only noticed this in the past couple of F1 races thinking it was just live TV hiccups.

Today we've also had massive broadband problems but as usual when you check your Sky services everything is ok. Sky down detector today for both broadband and TV seems to be reporting massive outages for people.

Does anybody have any idea on what's causing this? We're at the stage of cancelling Sky altogether. Every year the prices go up and I think the service is getting worse.

Re: Sky F1 Channel 406 - Suttering Unwatchable

Annie+UK — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 14:32:34 GMT

What are your Signal Strengths/Qualities? Take a look at the link below:

See question Q11 in my Sky Plus F⋅A⋅Q

Re: Sky F1 Channel 406 - Suttering Unwatchable

Scott+McLa — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 15:05:09 GMT

@Annie+UK thanks for the reply.

We've just had a look and one of the input 2 signal and strength were at zero. We've tried swapping the cables around which initially helped but the both the signal and strength is ocassionally dropping to zero. Looks like we'll have to get someone out.

Many thanks again for your advice!

Re: Sky F1 Channel 406 - Suttering Unwatchable

Annie+UK — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 15:08:07 GMT

Please Note: Sky+ is now a legacy service that Sky are replacing with their newer services: Sky Q, Sky Glass and Sky Stream

You'll have to look for a local satellite installer or you could make a deal with sky to move to Sky Q to one of their supported services