Discussion topic: No picture on tv, pixelating and freezing
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Message posted on 06 May 2026 01:06 PM
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No picture on tv, pixelating and freezing
Hi, my to has started to freeze, pixilate or go blank with no satellite signal in the past few days.
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Message posted on 06 May 2026 01:34 PM
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Re: No picture on tv, pixelating and freezing
@Rocky101 wrote:
with no satellite signal in the past few days.
If you see a “no satellite signal” error message, check that the connections from the Sky dish going into the back of your Sky Q box are still finger tight. Otherwise it’s very likely either;
▫️a dish misalignment,
▫️a failing LNB (on the arm of the dish),
▫️water getting into the cabling,
▫️very heavy rain
so check the troubleshooting on this link
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-tv-no-satellite-signal-sky-q
It may then give you the opportunity to arrange an engineer. If it doesn’t you’ll need to contact Sky to book an engineer appointment.
If you are connected to a communal dish you need to liaise directly with your building management company or landlord who will have their approved engineers to contact direct.
It’s worth mentioning that:
🔹 a misalignment is not necessarily something that will be visible to the naked eye and could only affect one or two channels (amongst the first to be affected may be TNT or GB News),
🔹 adverse weather can affect the satellite signal and following such events wait times for an engineer will probably be significantly longer.
🔹a Sky Q box requires a periodic 'Keep alive' signal that is delivered via the satellite so if that isn’t received the box will close down until the satellite signal is restored.
NOTE: I only provide help on the forum boards so Direct Messaging is switched off
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