DStv repairs across Gauteng

Yes. Johannesburg, Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Fourways, Bryanston, Morningside, Woodmead, Sunninghill, Pretoria, Pretoria East, Centurion, Midrand, Kempton Park, Germiston, Alberton, Benoni, Brakpan and Springs, the wider East Rand and Krugersdorp. Each area has its own page.

Almost certainly not. ‘No signal’ means the decoder is working perfectly and receiving nothing from the dish. The fault is outdoors: the LNB, a corroded connector, damaged cable, or a dish knocked out of alignment. We test from the dish inwards.

Because the Highveld storm season is what breaks satellite installations. Wind shifts dishes, hail dents reflectors, lightning destroys LNBs, and rain finds every connector that was not properly sealed. A dish that was marginal all winter will fail in the first serious storm.

The decoder is not receiving a usable signal from the dish. It is a signal-path error rather than a decoder fault, and it points at the LNB, the connectors, the cable or the alignment.

It depends what we find, but the most common causes — a failed LNB, a corroded connector, a dish out of alignment — are all among the cheaper jobs we do. We quote a fixed price after the diagnosis.

Usually, and cheaply. A near strike sends an induced surge down the coax that destroys the LNB. Replacing it is one of the least expensive things we do. Occasionally the decoder’s tuner goes with it, which is a bigger job but still repairable.