Hi,
I've had a Foxsat-HDR/500GB for some years now. A while ago it quite suddenly dropped the Satellite signal. We got an engineer to come out how said it had something to do with static charge - he unscrewed the satellite cables, touched the ends and replaced them and the signal reappeared.
I've always been dubious about this explanation, but the problem has recurred over time and this solution has always worked. It became less and less reliable with each repeat and, finally, we've now lost the signal completely.
I tried a factory reset, but that just rendered the box useless as I can't even get to recorded programmes without having it pick up some channels, which it now can't.
I'm very happy to replace the box, but I have no idea how I can tell whether the problem is with the box or whether it's with the cables. Is there any way I can find out without expensive hardware or an expensive engineer?
Cheers,
Matt