Sky - No Satellite Signal Received
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I think that Sky on occasion may treat their customers badly.  I work for MGT which is a sub company for Sky, and to be honest with all you people who are having this problem, Sky don't care about you once they have your money.

Just a small tip - if you are experiencing “No Satellite Signal” and you are out of warranty, just say to them that you want to cancel and you will be passed through to cancellations turnaround department where they will attempt to keep you as a Sky customer.  They will either offer you a half price service call (decline this) or they will then offer you a free service call.  Let them know that you are highly unhappy and suggest that you could maybe get half price TV for the next 3 months it'll work wonders for yourself.

A satellite dish mounted on a wall

Sky only have a writing department and take 28 days for a reply most of the time.  Sometimes they won’t even bother to reply and if they do it'll be 3 months down the line!  Don't let Sky mess you about, just tell them you'll go to Telewest.  They don't want to lose you as a customer so it will have a profound effect.

You will never get a Team Supervisor/Team Leader even though "we" as agents say that we'll go and ask them.  We just sit there and do nothing because they won't take over the call as they are not really allowed to by orders of BSkyB!

If you do get an engineer out for free, he'll just come out and change your box as that's the easiest thing to do.  Make sure you get confirmation from the cancellations team that they'll check the following (Satellite Dish, LNB, Sky Box and cabling).

Normally all they will do is change the box which automatically means that your Sky will work for 10-15 minutes then they'll get you to sign the piece of paper then clear off. This of course means phone us back later to say that the engineer has not done his job!  You know why?  Sky doesn’t have a clue how to fix YOUR problem.  They can only move the sat dish or replace stuff if that doesn’t work then they'll just keep on trying.

Sky can be unprofessional at times and as contractors we are not allowed to tell customers how much the call-out actually costs.  We're not allowed to mention any deals etc. to the customers.  If I wanted to tell you say... how much a Sky HD box is I would have to transfer you through to Sky Sales, which is probably at least a 15 minute wait on the phone when I could have just told you.

I will try to pop back from time to time and update this site with information on how to do an LNB reset etc. That way you wont need to phone Sky!

By: Anonymous from Fife (Can't say more, otherwise will get sacked!)


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I moved house a year ago with sky and recieved no satellite signal at the new place. They charged me £65 for an engineer to come and fit it. I move house again 6 months ago and the same problem happened, they charged me another £65. Believe or not I moved house yet again yesterday and I am recieving no satellite signal.
I am a very unsatisfied customer with sky, I think there services are aweful and the company will do everything in its power to get the most money out of you. I am going to try your method and cancel my subscription with sky and see if they can offer me anything. thank you
*squirrel  01-Sep-2010 00:00

 
as a sky engineer I would like to say that when I attend a service call I will ensure that every thing is checked or changed on the system its not only in my customers interest but also in my interest we are not all cowboys or incompatant at our jobs you will always get those that want to have a stab at people /business
*mb  08-Aug-2010 11:00

 
Hi I wondered if I could have some help with regards to my sky plus HD box it keeps saying no signal being recieved when I unplug it and check all the wires still no signal ... So I then switch it off for a few days and it worked again for about 2days then off again ... When it does work the recording isnt working although it does pause when you are watching a programme... I have been on the setting and its full strength on input 1 but nothing at all on input 2 also input 2 isnt locked is this the problem ?
*Selina  30-Jul-2010 16:32

 
tv not working just went off it said wait and we are still waiting
*steve  30-Jul-2010 09:23

 
Hi, I have had sky for just over a year now and it was all fine, we just moved house and the engineer could not get a signal so I cant have sky now so we have cancelled but I want to watch my recorded programmes but sky say there is no way of doing this! can you help me please????
*Pam  25-Jul-2010 15:16

 
just reset the LNB on my sky+ picture came back straight away ,i have had no satelite signal recieved most days for weeks, hopefully this has fixed my sky box if not its easier than restarting the box
*james  21-Jul-2010 20:58

 
I have had SKY HDTV for just two months now and I keep getting ' No satellite signal '. I have been onto sky by phone and the guy got me to check the wires in the back of the SKY. Both of which were OK. But still no signal from Sky satellite! I looked up on the internet and read the experiences of other subscribers. Last year in 2009 I had a experience with my Sky broadband.
I got onto Sky for three weeks and got the usual blather but nothing was done.
In the end I cancelled my subscription and went to O2 who sent in a BT engineer who found a loose connection in their terminal box fixed it and my broadband was OK.
With SKY HDTV I have sent them a letter by snail mail pointing out that it is only two months since they installed SKY HDTV and the No satellite signal problem.
I have been advised by Consumer Direct that under the Sale of Goods and Services Act the supplier has by law to provide a service fit for purpose and that I want an engineer to fix the problem. Also I intend to consult Which? as to the problem and the service level.
Perhaps if other disatisfied subscribers approached SKY in a similiar manner they may get their act together. Because all they give subscribers is blather on the phone but no service on the SKY box or broadband.
*Greygoose1  16-Jul-2010 08:50

 
not all sky engineerw are that unproffesional, and there is no company in the market that has no complaints... We all human beings, we all pay money and want to get the best for it. But people, we all make mistakes... which sooner or later gets solved. if we would run our own business, we would see things differently

and as for a callouts... whoever provides services ( mean sky or some warranty company) it's in their interest to fix system from the first time as it's costing money to send an engineer.
no wonder the person who wrote it just works in sky call centre... this is where carreer ends... :)
*woooooooow  29-Jun-2010 14:13

 
I'm a engineer for Sky not a sub contractor and I make sure my customer is happy from the time I walk through the door until the job is finished and working fully. As a Sky Engineer I have vast responsibility to my self, my team and the company and I make sure my job is done correctly with full health and safety in mind and the needs of the customer.

For someone to say in print that Sky do not care is a joke where I fully know its false and incorrect. Sky are close to 10 million customers and do you think a company of this size would be where it is today if they treated customers like this, no.

Please refrain from writing pure rubbish as I and other quality engineers work hard to provide Sky customers a quality service from say one.

Regards
*Brian James  24-Jun-2010 18:35

 
You must be having a laugh sky engineers check the FULL system don't just do a box swap
and as for sub contractors don't get me started
*Skyman  23-Jun-2010 21:44

 
I can get most channels on Sky, but on one channel it comes up that no satellite signal is being received, I have been on to Sky and they have boosted whatever that means, my signal, but I still cant get the channel, they say they cant do anymore? is it sky, the dish or the channel who are at fault??? I dont know where to turn next??
*unners  15-Jun-2010 22:08

 
my problemn with my sky systmn is since I purchased sky plus problemns have started . everything works fine on the av systmn but if I switch over to the antenna systmn its no signal I run a ariel cable from the box to the ariel into the tv in the kitchen but everthings fuzzy inever had any problemns with this systmn in the past I have had sky for 15 years even the digibox is capoot ihave only had this problemn since a new sky dish was fitted in february because my sky plus was failing to record sky have told me to pay 65 ponds or get my own engineer in is there asimple answer to this
*dusty  28-May-2010 14:36


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