Re: Satellite question...

[Mark Mahabir <mark.mahabir@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds *very* much like a faulty LNB to me. And yes, they use the same
fittings.

Mark

2009/6/28 Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx>:
>
>
> We've got a problem with our $ky at home - we seem to have lost a
swathe of
> channels and I suspect that it's likely to be down to a failing LNB
but I'm
> looking for confirmation or suggestions otherwise.
>
> Just flicking through the first few stations,
>
> BBC1, Sky1, Watch, Gold, Dave, Living, Living+1, Living2, ITV2, ITV3,
ITV4,
> Bravo, Bravo+1, Challenge, Comedy Central+1, SciFi, SciFi+1, are fine,
>
> BBC2, CH4, CH5, Virgin1, Virgin1+1 come up "No satellite signal
is being
> received",
>
> ITV1, Sk y2, Sky3, Comedy Central, Comedy Central X, ITV2+1 are so
garbled
> it's completely unwatchable,
>
> ...I'm wondering whether maybe the LNB has "selectively"
failed - possibly
> in its switching between horizontal and vertical polarisation? It's a
quad
> LNB and it's the same on either of the LNB feeds that are routed down
to the
> living room. Power cycling the $ky box doesn't make any difference and
I'm
> also missing similar channels on the feed to my sat card in my desktop
PC as
> well.
>
> Thing is I'm sh*t scared of heights so I really would like to find out
> whether it's likely to just be an LNB change needed *BEFORE* I get out
the
> ladder. :-D
>
> Oh yes, one other thing - if I have to change the LNB then are they
all the
> same fittings? If I have to change it then I might swap it with an
octo unit
> just in case we need more feeds in the future (alternatively does
anyone
> know who make those LNB distribution units)?
>
> Cheers
>
> Phil
>
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