Upgrading a single LNB on a "Sky" dish

homer911 · 2010-07-13 12:32:30

Help please! I have a Sky style dish feeding my Humax Freesat receiver. I want to upgrade the LNB to a quad LNB to feed a second receiver. I've seen various references to "old" and "new" style sky dishes with different types of LNB. What exactly is the difference? How do I tell what type I've got? Are the new ones…

13-07-2010 01:32PM

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Help please!

I have a Sky style dish feeding my Humax Freesat receiver. I want to upgrade the LNB to a quad LNB to feed a second receiver. I've seen various references to "old" and "new" style sky dishes with different types of LNB. What exactly is the difference? How do I tell what type I've got? Are the new ones backwardly compatible? If a new one works with an "adapter" would I be better off getting a new one or should I stick with the old one if thats the default for my dish?

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#2 13-07-2010 01:41PM

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The quad lnb should work fine once it fits in the mounting bracket on the dish , Measure the old LNB diameter and buy a suitable one , some come with a sleeve if the lnb diameter is not the same . You can find them in maplin or flebay.

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#3 13-07-2010 01:53PM

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Thats my confusion! The arm is box section and the LNB seems to have a clip on each side where its inserted into the arm. Is this the old type?

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#4 13-07-2010 01:58PM

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homer911 wrote: »

Thats my confusion! The arm is box section and the LNB seems to have a clip on each side where its inserted into the arm. Is this the old type?

Thread about it here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055639201

It seems you have an old lnb arm and it seems you might have a new MK4 lnb http://www.dastv.co.uk/shop/image_popup.php?iid=4042 if so you will will need a legacy adapter http://i10.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/92/c2/6acf_2.JPG or http://www.aerialshack.com/universal-legacy-adapter-p-1185.html

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#5 13-07-2010 03:04PM

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ticktock wrote: »

The quad lnb should work fine once it fits in the mounting bracket on the dish ,

Not necessarily, the feedhorn must also match the dish. As scaller said you need a quad lnb suitable for the sky minidish, most suppliers include an adapter so the new type lnb will fit the old type dish.

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