Moving

[donewalking]

Hi all,
I'm new to this forum so please excuse me if i have posted this in the wrong place.
I'm moving in 2 weeks, would you recommend i take my Sky dish with me, i know there is one there but i know my LNB works. Im on Freesat with extra channels from sky

[PaulSky]

Have you told Sky you are moving? They need to make changes on your account etc. Messing with the dish is ok as long as you are sure you can put it up and align it properly again. Even changing the LNB can move the dish slightly and cause issues.

[donewalking]

Hi PaulSky,
Thanks for the reply.
Not told them yet, they only need change of address for contact don't they ? If i take the dish off & leave the wall bracket & do the same at the other end and just replace the dish i shouldn't have much of a problem aligning should i ? can't you get hold of a meter to alinine the dish ?

[PaulSky]

Alignment isn't always easy and you only have to be slightly off to miss a proper signal alignment. Up to you if you want to take the risk but end of day you would only need to call in a satellite installer if it isn't quite right.

[Isitme]

Unless your dish is gold plated or something, there is no need to take it with you. If the dish in your new house is not up to the job, Sky will either fix it or replace it. There is no need for you to do anything other than notify the 'moving team'.

[donewalking]

I was under the impression that this was an independent site to Sky. From the way i am reading things (i might be wrong) the advice i have had is call Sky and pay them to check out the dish.
I thought that the advice i would get is "this is the easy way to do", "it try this way", "if you do this and do that", "you can hire a meter from such & such"
Thanks to all that replied to my question.

[Kenedin]

I think they're trying to save you some hassle. TBH, there's not much point dismantling your own dish ( unless it's fairly new ), carting it over to the new place, dismantling the one there, setting up, aligning and metering the new one, and then fretting over why you are missing half your signals because you're not precisely aligned for the Astra satellites and Eurobird. There's lots of info on the net of course, but it can be a bit of a challenge if you've not done it before.

A couple of links to get you in the mood:

Installing a Dish

and:

Installing sky minidish movie for download

[donewalking]

Hi Kenedin,
Thank you very much for your reply ,
This is the first i have had with any proper info on what and why.
Again thanks for your reply.
All the best.

[Isitme]

If you are moving house you will have to inform Sky as your phone line as well as your address will be changing. If you want to take the dish with you that is entirely up to you. You can even go to the extent of buying a satfinder meter too, they are not that expensive. PULSAT.COM - MINI-SAT METER - SATELLITE TV SIGNAL METERS You will need one to set the dish properly as the least deviation from the correct line will cause problems.

All we were pointing out is that if you use the existing dish Sky will do it for you, we like to tell members the easiest way. If the existing dish has not been disturbed it may just be a case of plugging in the cables.

[donewalking]

Hi Isitme,
Thanks for the reply & for explaining to me the reason why.
As you say Sky might be the best way.
Thanks
donewalking