Sky - No Satellite Signal Received
14-May-2008
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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 got fedup paying £40 per month to see endless film repeats, and far more adverts than you get on normal telly. I cancelled over a year ago (removing my subscription card a couple of weeks before the end of my contract, so my box would be anonymous). I have continued watching the free sky channels since then. Recently I too have 'No Satellite Signal' on every channel. It looks like they change their encoding from time to time, but only update subscriber's boxes with the algorithm. Never mind, as I also bought a non-sky box which I use to get hundreds of free channels from around the world. I recommend watching the french channels on the Atlantic Bird satellite.
*Raymond  27-Apr-2008 12:51

 
a direct number to a supervisor would be handy as or the actual address of sky head office rather than some post office box would be really good because once you have the fixed address of the director of the company then legal action can be take directly for those who wish it.
*anon  20-Mar-2008 21:55

 
The dish box system is not up to the standard expected in 2008. I have had a problem every 12 months or so and am fed up with days off and expense. I can't help wondering if sky mess with software creating the fault in the first place. I'm off to Virgin. My brothers on cable and doesn't get the recurring problems. If there are problems Sky should sort them out for free or they will continue to hemmorage customers
*'Arry  05-Mar-2008 13:35

 
Just to add, I have done the s/w download again and it's the same, the channels start to break up after a minute or so and then go all together. It's as thought it's something warming up and then failing???

Thanks
Ant
*Anthony  22-Feb-2008 00:04

 
Hi, I have a Sky HD box and I am getting the 'No Satellite Signal Received' along with 'FOR YOUR INFORMATION 28' above it. This only happens on certain channels though and although I have swapped the feeds over, it is still the same. I have fetched my sky+ box from the other room and that works perfectly on all channels. So it can't be the feeds or lnb, dish, connectors, cabling can it?
I have done numerous s/w downloads in an attempt to fix it and for about 1 minute the channels are back but, as the minute progresses the channels gradually get blocky and then go altogther and back comes the 'No Satellite Signal Received' with 'FOR YOUR INFORMATION 28' above it!
Does anyone know what the '28' signifies???
also, could it be a tuner in the hd box at fault as both signals are about 3/4 and swapping them over has no effect?
one other thing, when I tried the hd box in the front room (where my sk+ box lives), it has the same problems - surely this is ruling out any cabling/connection problems therefor leaving the hd box at fault?

I hope someone can through some light on this please?
I bought this second hand hd box from ebay and it is the second one from them (other had a different fault altogether)

Thanks, Ant
*Anthony  21-Feb-2008 23:58

 
Honestly, does TV rule everyone's life these days? If its not working, get a life and find something else to do. It's not the end of the world
*.  21-Jan-2008 23:13

 
we look up to the sky and pray.no need any more phone then up.you will have loads of time to pray when you are on hold or stuck in the press 999 for someone that cares.im not mad just had poor signal for 6 months now got no signal at all for christmas thanks sky. after over 15 years .cable are on there way too bad that sky just do not care
*big bopa  23-Dec-2007 07:47

 
Today I called Sky as we had a problem in receiving two of the children's channels. I eventually got through to an advisor by taking the 'interested in buying' option, as I had been cut off four times before reaching an advisor when trying to connect to the 'technical problem' option. As my sky card appeared slightly bent, I agreed to a new card being sent out at no additional cost, hoping this may resolve the problem. I returned home later on in the day to find that I had no satellite signal, my current card had been cut off when I agreed to a new card. According to Sky the viewing card cannot be re-activated. As it is unlikely I will receive the new card until the New Year, my family now face a Christmas without being able to watch their favourite programs. I am furious with Sky for not mentioning to me that my viewing card would be immediately disabled. Had I known this was the procedure I would have waited until everyone was back at work/school before requesting a new card. After more than 10 years with Sky I have now cancelled my subscription as I feel paying £51 every month warrants a better service. If my family can live with FreeView over the Christmas period, we can live with it the rest of the year. I did also feel the advisor was being a little sarcastic when her final words to me were "have a nice Christmas".
*Mad  22-Dec-2007 21:06

 
Everyone caught onto this little trick a long time ago and you may well end up red faced when you call to cancel your sky, and the agent on the other end of the phone says 'Ok then, that will be 30 days notice mate, thanks for your call!' If you're out of warranty, tough. You should have gotten extended insurance like everyone else does.
*=]  09-Dec-2007 23:19

 
Always tell sky your going to cancel and that soon gets an engineer out. I think once you cancel they dial into your system and shut the decoder on your card, that stops you getting freeview channels. Secret here is to unplug the phoneline before you phone and cancel, even then I think the encrption expires at some point in the future.
*freeview forever  26-Sep-2007 17:44

 
I cancelled last week, and today "no satellite signal received" on every channel even the frre to air ones!

Rang Sky, did a LNB reset, still no joy - they say I have to pay £65 for a callout (warranty ended 3 weeks ago after 14 yrs as a customer at the top subscription level).
*john london  25-Sep-2007 17:59

 
Just had the same experience. Experienced problems with picture, breaking up/no signal rec'd etc. (Box is three years old) I reluctantly agreed to pay €65.00 (I'm in ROI) for an engineer to come out. Then I visited this site, decided to give sky a call threatening to cancel and they rolled over straight away! Nice one!
*:¬)  24-Sep-2007 21:38


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