Cable Forum - View Single Post - Freesat problems;is it the box or the cable or both?

anachi · 02-05-2012, 18:19

Hi,I'm new to this forum,and I'm hoping someone can help...My freesat was working fine till the other day when the box seemed to die.I disconnected it all and when i disconnected the satellite cable it showed signs of life.I went outside to inspect the cable,put it into a new bit of the satellite connector(lnb has 4 outputs)but that did nothing,as soon as i put in the cable to the box,it goes dead.Then i saw that the freesat guy had run the cable up the wall and then changed to indoor cable and only protected the join with tape so i thought maybe water damage?Also,does cable water damage permanently damage the box or can i get away with just getting new cable?The freesat dish still works fine on another cable and box in my son's room. I'm a bit scared to try my maybe damaged box on my sons tv.....

02-05-2012, 18:19	#1
anachi Inactive Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2	Freesat problems;is it the box or the cable or both? Hi,I'm new to this forum,and I'm hoping someone can help...My freesat was working fine till the other day when the box seemed to die.I disconnected it all and when i disconnected the satellite cable it showed signs of life.I went outside to inspect the cable,put it into a new bit of the satellite connector(lnb has 4 outputs)but that did nothing,as soon as i put in the cable to the box,it goes dead.Then i saw that the freesat guy had run the cable up the wall and then changed to indoor cable and only protected the join with tape so i thought maybe water damage?Also,does cable water damage permanently damage the box or can i get away with just getting new cable?The freesat dish still works fine on another cable and box in my son's room. I'm a bit scared to try my maybe damaged box on my sons tv.....