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Message posted on 07 Mar 2023 02:11 PM
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I have a Sky Q box and I have moved it to an apartment which has Sky in to every apartment. I have three connectors coming out of the wall. There is a Koenig splitter involved but it doesn't seem to matter what way I connect the cables I can't get a satellite signal.
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Message posted on 07 Mar 2023 02:41 PM
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@Boxeremma wrote:
I have a Sky Q box and I have moved it to an apartment which has Sky in to every apartment. I have three connectors coming out of the wall. There is a Koenig splitter involved but it doesn't seem to matter what way I connect the cables I can't get a satellite signal.
@Boxeremma I'd follow @MightyQuinn and @TimmyBGood advice and contact Sky for a home move the fact that Sky is in every apartment would lead me to believe there is a communaul dish and as such you would need Sky to send a MDU trained engineer out to sort you out. They would need access to the satelitte equipment cupboard so you would need to find out where that is.
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Message posted on 07 Mar 2023 02:15 PM
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Re: Moving home
Hi @Boxeremma Did you book your home move?
Message posted on 07 Mar 2023 02:23 PM
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Re: Moving home
No....I didn't know I had to do that.
Message posted on 07 Mar 2023 02:33 PM
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Re: Moving home
@Boxeremma wrote:
I didn't know I had to do that.
The potential problem is that if 'Sky in to every apartment' means a previous occupant of your dwelling had Sky+ HD (as that 'splitter' may well indicate), you can't just plug in a Q box and expect it to work.
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Message posted on 07 Mar 2023 02:41 PM
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@Boxeremma wrote:
I have a Sky Q box and I have moved it to an apartment which has Sky in to every apartment. I have three connectors coming out of the wall. There is a Koenig splitter involved but it doesn't seem to matter what way I connect the cables I can't get a satellite signal.
@Boxeremma I'd follow @MightyQuinn and @TimmyBGood advice and contact Sky for a home move the fact that Sky is in every apartment would lead me to believe there is a communaul dish and as such you would need Sky to send a MDU trained engineer out to sort you out. They would need access to the satelitte equipment cupboard so you would need to find out where that is.
I may be a Sky Superuser but I am still just a Sky customer
Sky Q 2 TB (Silver)Box, 2 Mini boxes since June 2016, all connected by wifi
Sky Broadband Hub/SR203, Sky Ultrafast broadband
Ultimate on Demand, Q Experience/UHD, Sky Sports, Sky Cinema
LG 49SJ 810 V UHD TV, Google Pixel 7 Pro mobile
Message posted on 07 Mar 2023 03:19 PM - last edited: 07 Mar 2023 03:54 PM
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Re: Moving home
The fact that the previous tenant was using a Koenig splitter suggests to me that the communal Integrated Reception System installation is feeding your apartment from a communal multiswitch that is capable of providing a Single Cable Router (SCR) feed, and they were using the splitter to provide two SCR 'User Band' feeds to a Sky+HD receiver.
Thus, this communal multiswitch could well be a dSCR device which could also provide your Sky Q receiver with a suitable SCR feed.
So, is your Sky Q receiver showing the LNB type to be the default WIDEBAND type, or is it showing it to be configured to be using an SCR type of LNB?
If it is showing the LNB type to be WIDEBAND, then changing the LNB type to be SCR, and then removing the mains power for around 10 seconds, might well be the only thing that is required to get your Sky Q receiver working.
Godfrey.
Message posted on 07 Mar 2023 03:32 PM - last edited: 07 Mar 2023 03:32 PM
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Re: Moving home
@Godfrey wrote:
If it is showing the LNB type to be WIDEBAND, then changing the LNB type to be SCR might well be the only thing that is required to get your Sky Q receiver working.
From memory, that setting is in the 'hidden' installer menu:
Press Home and navigate down to highlight Settings but do not select Settings
With Settings highlighted press 0 0 1 Select
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Message posted on 10 Mar 2023 07:29 AM
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Re: Moving home
I have booked my home visit....thanks.
Message posted on 10 Mar 2023 07:30 AM
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Re: Moving home
Spot on. Thanks
Message posted on 10 Mar 2023 07:32 AM
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Re: Moving home
Thanks...I changed to SCR and it didn't fix the problem. Sky engineer booked.
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