DSTV installers for the whole Cape Town metro: new dishes, Extraview, repairs and signal fixing, plus CCTV, gate motors, aircon and electrical. Call or WhatsApp for a quote.
55 suburbs and estates in and around Cape Town
We install and repair DSTV across the whole Cape Town metro, from the City Bowl and the Atlantic Seaboard to the Southern Suburbs, the Northern Suburbs, Milnerton and the Blaauwberg coast. Each part of the city asks something different of a dish: salt air in Sea Point, tall oaks in Bishopscourt, wind on the Tygerberg slopes. We meter-align every dish, use galvanised or stainless brackets and weatherproof connectors, and test every TV point before we leave. Call or WhatsApp 081 232 2249 and we will tell you what your job needs. Same-day callouts are often possible, Monday to Saturday, 07:00 to 17:00.
Every DSTV job we do, done the way Cape Town homes need it.
Where the dish points. In Cape Town the dish faces north-east, so the question on every site visit is what stands in that direction. In the City Bowl and the Atlantic Seaboard it is often a neighbouring apartment block or the mountain itself. In Bishopscourt, Newlands and Constantia it is mature trees that keep growing. In Milnerton and Table View it is the next row of townhouses. We check the line of sight with a meter before we drill, and we move the dish to the roof edge, a pole or the chimney when a wall position will not work.
Wind and salt. The southeaster blows hard from late spring, and winter fronts bring the northwester. Both punish dishes on weak brackets. Within a few kilometres of the sea, from Mouille Point to Camps Bay and across to Bloubergstrand, salt air eats standard steel and cheap connectors. We fit galvanised or stainless brackets, weatherproof compression F-connectors and UV-stable RG6 cable, and we brace the dish against the prevailing wind.
Buildings and rules. Many City Bowl and Seaboard flats are sectional title, so a dish needs body corporate approval and sometimes a shared system instead. Heritage areas such as the Bo-Kaap have their own rules about visible dishes. Estates in the Southern and Northern Suburbs often have design guidelines too. Tell us where you live when you call, and we will plan the position around the rules.
The calls we get most often here, and what the fix usually involves.
A dish bolted to a thin roof sheet or a loose chimney cap shifts a little every time the wind gusts, and a few millimetres at the dish is enough to lose the signal. The usual fix is a new galvanised bracket fixed into the roof structure, the dish re-aimed with a meter, and the cable clipped and sealed so water cannot track down it.
E48-32 means the decoder is not getting a signal from the dish. On city homes the cause is usually a knocked dish, a corroded connector at the LNB or an old cable joined mid-run. We meter the dish first, then the cable, then the decoder, so we fix the real fault and not just reset the box.
When a signal drops in and out, we test at the LNB, then at the wall plate, and compare the readings. A big drop between the two points means a bad cable or connector. A weak reading at the LNB means the dish needs re-aiming or the Smart LNB has failed. Either way you see the meter readings before we change anything.
The service person arrived 100% on time for our appointment and the DSTV problem was fixed within minutes. Thanks for your great service.
Every moment of dealing with this team, from the 1st phone call to them leaving my premises after a clean, successful and problem-free installation was professional, friendly and a winner. I had the incorrect problem diagnosis but they arrived with all the tools and replacements for and instance.
Thank you for the excellent service received from Digitech today in fixing my DSTV signal. Your technician, Warren, was friendly and efficient and of great help. I will strongly recommend Digitech to anyone in need of DSTV installation.
Cape Town is big, and conditions change from one suburb to the next. These are the parts of the metro we cover. For a closer look at a specific area, see our pages for Constantia, Durbanville, Bellville & Brackenfell and Bloubergstrand & Table View. If your suburb is not listed, call us. We probably still come out.
Our technicians handle fault finding, new plug points, DB board upgrades, surge protection and lighting for Cape Town homes and small businesses. Electrical jobs start from R450, and the final price depends on the fault and the work involved. If your DB board trips whenever the geyser and the kettle run together, or you want surge protection at the board before the next stretch of load shedding, we will test the circuits and quote before we start. Many of our DSTV and CCTV customers also ask us to add the plug point or dedicated circuit the new equipment needs. See our electrician page for the full list of jobs.
Cape Town summers are short but sharp, and a west-facing lounge in Parow or Bellville can get uncomfortably hot by late afternoon. We supply and install inverter split units, sized by room volume and sun exposure rather than guesswork. The price of a 9,000 BTU inverter split depends on the model, the pipe run and whether the unit needs a dedicated circuit, and installation only is quoted separately if you already own a unit. Send a photo of the wall and the room to 081 232 2249 on WhatsApp for a price. The same unit also heats in winter, which helps when power is expensive. We route the pipework and drain neatly and tell you if the unit needs a dedicated circuit. More detail is on our aircon installation page.
A good camera system lets you check the driveway from your phone, whether you are in the lounge or on holiday. We install HD and IP systems for houses, flats, offices and shops across the metro. A 4-camera HD system is installed with recorder, hard drive, cabling and phone app setup, and the price depends on the cable runs and the type of camera. A UPS keeps the recorder and router running through load shedding. Call or WhatsApp 081 232 2249 for a price. We place cameras to cover gates, doors and blind corners, and we show you how to review footage. Details are on our CCTV installation page.
Most Cape Town driveways suit a sliding gate motor, and we fit them with a battery, two remotes, a rack and an anti-theft bracket. The price of a sliding gate motor kit, supplied and fitted, depends on the weight of the gate, the track and the number of remotes. Swing gate motors and garage door motors are available too, and a photo of the gate on WhatsApp 081 232 2249 helps us price it. Battery backup matters here, because load shedding stops an unprotected gate at the worst moment. If your existing motor beeps, runs slowly or has died, we also repair them. Our gate motor installation page covers the options and what the job involves.
Same team, same number. One visit can cover more than one job.
Fault finding, DB board upgrades, new plugs, surge protection and backup power for Cape Town homes and small businesses.
See the serviceHD and IP camera systems you can watch on your phone, from flats in Sea Point to family homes in the Northern Suburbs.
See the serviceSliding and swing gate motors with battery backup, so the gate still works when the power does not.
See the serviceInverter split units sized for the room, for hot Northern Suburbs lounges and home offices that run all day.
See the serviceNo surprises: you get the price before we book, and before any work starts.
Most DSTV jobs in Cape Town are a single visit. The price depends on the job, your roof and the cable run, and travel to Cape Town is included in the quote we give you upfront.
Send a photo of the dish, the fault or the wall on WhatsApp and we’ll come back with a price, usually within working hours.
DSTV installation in Cape Town starts from R450. The price then depends on the roof, the cable run, whether you need a new dish and Smart LNB, and how many TV points you want. Call or WhatsApp 081 232 2249, with a photo of the roof if you can, and we will give you an exact price before any work starts.
Yes. We work across the City Bowl, the Atlantic Seaboard, the Southern Suburbs, the Northern Suburbs, and Milnerton and Blaauwberg. Distance can add travel to a small job, so tell us your suburb when you call. We will confirm the price and the earliest slot on the phone.
Usually yes, but a sectional-title owner normally needs body corporate approval first. Ask your trustees or managing agent before we book. If a private dish is not allowed, we can connect you to an existing shared system or discuss a communal installation for the building.
The dish is moving on its bracket or pole, and a few millimetres is enough to drop the signal. We realign it with a meter and brace the mount. On older installations we also replace thin brackets with galvanised ones. If the signal returns once the wind drops, the mount is the likely cause.
Bishopscourt, Newlands, Constantia and parts of the City Bowl have the most trouble, because mature trees or the mountain block the north-east. Dense Table View and Century City complexes can lose line of sight to the next block. We check the line of sight with a meter and move the dish when needed.
We cover the towns around Cape Town on the same routes.
Call or WhatsApp with your area and the problem, or send a photo of the dish. You get a clear price before we start, and a technician who arrives with the parts.
Mon to Sat, 07:00 to 17:00. Emergency callouts 24/7
