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Question About New LNB

  • 05-12-2017 7:11pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭


    So I went to power city today and bought an LNB to replace one that was working but had all the wires stuck in it and one of the connections was broken where I tried to remove the stuck cable with a vice grips. Also it was sellotaped onto the bracket because even the bracket was snapped :D

    Anyway I'm using a sky+HD box and these are the results I got

    Sky intro

    Old LNB

    Signal Level : 80%
    Signal Quality : 90%

    New LNB

    Signal Level : 100%
    Signal Quality : 90%

    Itv channels

    Old LNB

    Signal Level : 70/80%
    Signal Quality : 90%

    New LNB

    Signal Level : 100%
    Signal Quality 90%

    More4 channels

    Old LNB

    Signal Level : 60/70%
    Signal Quality : 90%

    New LNB

    Signal Level : 100%
    Signal Quality 90%

    90% was the highest I could get the quality I couldn't get it to go to 100%

    The main problem I have here is as I was aligning the dish I started shaking it messing because I was saying that would happen if it got windy then my ma said that's gone off now the bars are empty and I was thinking how I didn't do anything only shook the dish and it was still aligned the same. I decided because it made no sense I smacked the LNB with the handle of the screwdriver and she said there it came back on now.

    Basically it has better signal but should I bring this back and get a replacement the same as it as surely it must be faulty. It's working now but if there's a bit of wind that's probably going to happen again and I'll be out trying to hit the thing with a sweeping brush or something :D
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Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,675 ✭✭✭exaisle


    Signal quality of 90% is fine. It won't make a scrap of difference whether it's 80%, 90% or 100%....

    If it's not broken, don't fix it!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭steo2k9


    exaisle wrote: »
    Signal quality of 90% is fine. It won't make a scrap of difference whether it's 80%, 90% or 100%....

    If it's not broken, don't fix it!

    Thanks for the info. The signal strength on this is a lot stronger though I was only getting 60% on more4+1 at times but it was still working. The broken connector on the LNB is why I changed it basically.


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