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japitts · 12-07-2010, 19:01

First noticed sometime (I forget exactly when) last week but posted on VM helpsite last night and a tech visit now booked..

Certain channels severely pixellated, sound squeaking and breaking up - and the box has rebooted once while trying to change off one of these channels..

Watch 124
Gold 126
Dave 128
Alibi 130
Yesterday 203
Eden 208
Discovery 212
Discovery + 1 213
Animal Planet 215
Discovery Knowledge 217
Discovery Science 219
Discovery Turbo 221
Good Food 260
Home 265
Discovery Realtime 271
Travel & Living 273
Home & Health 275

CS have said they can see a SNR issue remotely and have thus booked a tech. The thing that doesn't ring true to me, is that every other channel is perfect - it's only these (although I've not checked the channels from 310 upwards). It seemed to me almost as if one stream or frequency was duff.

We recently had a "no dialtone" fault on our VM landline that turned out to be a corroded connection in the street "hole", and I won't be surprised if this turns out to be the same..

Could someone "in the know" please convince me one way or the other that my theory is utter rubbish, or that CS are barking up a "red herring".

Thanks kindly :-)

Jon.

12-07-2010, 19:01	#1
japitts cf.geek Join Date: Apr 2008 Services: V6 with Maxit, Sky Sports HD, TNT Sports, Sky Cinema. 250Mb broadband, Talk Anytime. Posts: 633	Unwatchable channels First noticed sometime (I forget exactly when) last week but posted on VM helpsite last night and a tech visit now booked.. Certain channels severely pixellated, sound squeaking and breaking up - and the box has rebooted once while trying to change off one of these channels.. Watch 124 Gold 126 Dave 128 Alibi 130 Yesterday 203 Eden 208 Discovery 212 Discovery + 1 213 Animal Planet 215 Discovery Knowledge 217 Discovery Science 219 Discovery Turbo 221 Good Food 260 Home 265 Discovery Realtime 271 Travel & Living 273 Home & Health 275 CS have said they can see a SNR issue remotely and have thus booked a tech. The thing that doesn't ring true to me, is that every other channel is perfect - it's only these (although I've not checked the channels from 310 upwards). It seemed to me almost as if one stream or frequency was duff. We recently had a "no dialtone" fault on our VM landline that turned out to be a corroded connection in the street "hole", and I won't be surprised if this turns out to be the same.. Could someone "in the know" please convince me one way or the other that my theory is utter rubbish, or that CS are barking up a "red herring". Thanks kindly :-) Jon.