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New Sky Dish & LNB - now no signal at all

  • 14-03-2017 8:42pm
    #1
    i_steal_sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭


    Hi, Have had no sky signal on certain channels for past few weeks - Irish stations and some english ones were all blue screen and message about no satelltite signal being received. Others were fine. Had the TV chap around at the weekend and he said the sky dish and LNB were ate alive with rust.
    I ordered a new one from free and got the quad LNB too. I replaced it this evening with pretty much the exact some position/direction. Now I have no signal strength at all on 1 or 2 inputs.

    Have also done a soft reset on the box (holding the backup button) but it's still no good. Are there any further settings that I need to change on the sky box? It's the stand definition white Pace box. Cheers in advance for any help you might be able to offer


Comments

  • #2
    Avns1s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,425 ✭✭✭Avns1s


    I would expect your problem is the alignment of the dish. "Pretty much" is not sufficient. It's a very precise alignment and hard to get right without experience and the right meters. Don't forget the LNB skew while you're at it.


  • #3
    _John C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 448 ✭✭_John C


    Youll need to borrow a satellite meter or an installer with one to set the dish properly. Ive been installing all types of dish for the past 18 years and have never managed to aim a dish at its target 22000 miles away without a meter or a suitable receiver for the job. Ive gotten pretty close though, but "pretty close" wont get a picture.


  • #4
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,969 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    _John C wrote: »
    Ive been installing all types of dish for the past 18 years and have never managed to aim a dish at its target 22000 miles away with out a meter.

    I've used the satellite receiver's own internal meter to setup the dish with the assistance of another person if a meter wasn't at hand.


  • #5
    _John C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 448 ✭✭_John C


    Me to, but the sky boxes are a bit too slow for this. I remember bringing analogue receivers and 14" crt tvs on to roofs !!!


  • #6
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,969 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    _John C wrote: »
    I remember bringing analogue receivers and 14" crt tvs on to roofs !!!
    Never had to go on the roof but I also used a portable tv/sat receiver in the back of a car/shed with a long length of cable from the LNB to the receiver to tune the dish.


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