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Satellite signal on Sky+ box but not on Freesat box

  • 25-01-2015 10:06am
    #1
    Cerdito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 365 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Maybe someone here can help me out. Yesterday I installed a satellite dish and aerial on my house. For tuning in the satellite I used a Sky+ box, I received nearly full signal and quality on both cables running from the Quad LNB to this box. I could also receive FTA channels on the Sky box without a viewing card from these cables.

    I have bought an Amiko Alien 2+ for freesat and Saorview. The Saorview reception works fine. When I plug the same two cables (that gave full Sky signal) into the Amiko box running Spark I do not receive any satellite reception for Astra 28.2e. Instead the box shows Level:60 Quality:0 whether the satellite cables are plugged in or not. A scan results in no channels.

    I have installed enigma on the other partition but it cannot pick up satellite signal either. Given that the Freesat and Sky signals come off the same satellites I am beginning to suspect a faulty satellite tuner in the Amiko box. Is there anything I could be missing here are doing wrong?

    Cheers,


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  • #2
    Technofobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭Technofobe


    Cerdito wrote: »
    Hi,

    Maybe someone here can help me out. Yesterday I installed a satellite dish and aerial on my house. For tuning in the satellite I used a Sky+ box, I received nearly full signal and quality on both cables running from the Quad LNB to this box. I could also receive FTA channels on the Sky box without a viewing card from these cables.

    I have bought an Amiko Alien 2+ for freesat and Saorview. The Saorview reception works fine. When I plug the same two cables (that gave full Sky signal) into the Amiko box running Spark I do not receive any satellite reception for Astra 28.2e. Instead the box shows Level:60 Quality:0 whether the satellite cables are plugged in or not. A scan results in no channels.

    I have installed enigma on the other partition but it cannot pick up satellite signal either. Given that the Freesat and Sky signals come off the same satellites I am beginning to suspect a faulty satellite tuner in the Amiko box. Is there anything I could be missing here are doing wrong?

    Cheers,
    Did you flash an existing backup or did you start from scratch ?

    What image are you using

    Im using openatv and the tuner config is as follows

    Setup
    Service searching

    Under tuner config
    Tuner B tuner 1 sat ( dvb-s2 )
    single
    sats 28.2E eutelsat28A & astra 2A/2E/2F
    Tuner C tuner 2 sat ( dvb-s2 )
    single
    sats 28.2E eutelsat28A & astra 2A/2E/2F

    If you load an existing backup you can be fairly sure the tuner config is already done

    Here is a backup from mine if you want to test
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/8qvurr26namahyl/Backup%20openATV%20%2013-12-14.7z?dl=0

    Just to test if it works with this backup for sat stations
    Saorview will require a rescan for your local transmitter


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