Communal dish installations are very sensitive and once a common error goes to the system the rest of the house holds and units connected to the installation will cease to work and hence show an error e48-32 on all the dstv explora and HD decoders on the systems.  If the system fails it calls for an immediate attention by the body that governs the Complex or estate.

We shall discuss on the necessary ways of how to clear this error , The discussion will be divided in two groups. Communal installation problem as a system and then the end users side for example inside the unit or apartment and what could go wrong.

Communal dish Fault system advanced level.

Head end

What could cause the immediate shut down of a communal dish ? to start with

Power Failure: The most usual cause is a power failure. Once the system does not get mains power supply it will totally shut down.