Re: Satellite question...

[Jewelie <jewelie@xxxxxxxxx>]

We had a similar fault a few months back, turned out it was the box
and not the LNB.

We tried it on another dish as well as cables on the LNB.

Julie


On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 15:36, Mark Mahabir<mark.mahabir@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 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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>>
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