8 years old shouldn't be too bad.
What model TV?
Is the satellite (or saterlitte if you must) tuner built-in or is it separate (a set-top box)?
Could be the LNB on the dish has failed. Could be a cable dislodged. Could even be the dish has moved (especially given the amount of wind in some places recently) or could be something in the beam path.
Possibilities are legion
dfdsas
October 2017
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