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LNB question

  • 21-10-2006 7:15pm
    #1
    artieanna
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    I have an old analogue dish and recently purchased a reconditioned Triax DVB 262 S Digital reciever to use with it. My dish is an IRD SAT 800 PLUS. The old analogue reciever was a nokia. I have looked at all the manuals I have, but none tell me if it is a universal LNB....How can I find out? Does anyone know what was the standard LNB for this dish?..:confused: I need a universal LNB to operate the digital reciever, don't I? (can these be bought separatly/are they expensive??). I just want to get the free bbc utv etc channels..

    Help??

    Thanks in advance:)


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  • #2
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    No such thing as an analogue dish, the dish doesn't care if signals are digital or analogue. Just change the LNB to a Universal one, shouldn't cost any more than 20eur or so.

    Note that the dish may need to be re-aligned to Astra 2 & Eurobird at 28 degrees East, as Sky analogue was on Astra 1 (19 deg East).


  • #3
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Try the LNB or look at the writing on it. Analogue systems for Sky did have Standard, Enhanced & Universal LNBs used. A Standard LNB needs a setting on the receiver changed or you get nearly no channels.

    Both a "Standard" and an "Enhanced" LNB hve no 22kHz tone switch of satellite band so only receive 1/2 to 2/3rds of the channels. A Universal LNB has a tone operated band switch and works for both an Analogue receiver or a Digital one.

    Hotbird needed a Universal LNB for Analog Greek TV + BBC World. Telecom 2D needed either a Univeral LNB with 22KHz on all the time or a "telecom LNB" for French secam analogue TV (still there).

    The Nokia receiver worked with all four kinds of LNB.

    Try it first on new receiver, do a channel scan or select 19.2 Astra 1 and see if lots of german channels. Then you will know if LNB works. Compare frequncies of channels with www.lyngsat.com and if you have any channels with above 12Ghz and channels are roughly the same frequency then the LNB is OK.

    Then the dish needs moved about 9 degrees more east and tilted forward about 2 or 3 degrees more.


  • #4
    artieanna
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    ok the LNB is enhanced L-D 9.75GHZ.... So I think I need a universal Lnb as no or bad signal is displayed on tv all the time...the universal will allow signal of 22khz so i will recieve all the bbcs from eurobird....once the dish is aligned
    so basically i need a universal LNB yes????


  • #5
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Actaully an Enhanced will receive BBC, your dish isn't pointed at the right place. It is channels above 11.7 that won't work.


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