RE: Satellite question...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fairly sure it's not the receiver though as I get similar missing
channels
on my freesat card in my PC...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Jewelie
> Sent: 28 June 2009 15:44
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Satellite question...
>
> 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
> >>
> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >>
> >>
> >
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