Cushie – Which channels have you lost – post say 6 examples including exact region.

The channels polarity and band, if the same, would indicate a LNB in process of failure.

Cushie do you have a channel 999 – Freesat info in your epg ?

When you run a freesat tune is your postcode validated ?

Do any of these work

Look at the working ones. Do they all have the same V – vertical or H Horizontal at the end.

This list is more useful because we know which transponders they use.

949 BBC Two HD 10773 H

950 BBC 1 London 10773 H

951 BBC 1 CI 10773 H

952 BBC 1 E Mids 10788 V

953 BBC 1 East (E) 10788 V

954 BBC 1 East (W) 10773 H

955 BBC 1 N West 10802 H

956 BBC 1 NE & C 10802 H

957 BBC 1 NI 10817 V

958 BBC 1 Oxford 10817 V

959 BBC 1 S East 10802 H

960 BBC 1 Scotland 10802 H

961 BBC 1 South 10817 V

962 BBC 1 S West 10817 V

963 BBC 1 W Mids 10788 V

964 BBC 1 Wales 10788 V

965 BBC 1 West 10773 H

966 BBC 1 Yorks 10802 H

967 BBC 1 EYrks&L 10788 V

968 BBC 2 England 10773 H

969 BBC 2 NI 10817 V

970 BBC 2 Scotland 10802 H

971 BBC 2 Wales HD 10788 V

972 BBC ONE HD (England) 10847 V

973 BBC 1 Scot HD 11023 H

974 Channel 4 10714 H

975 Channel 4 + 1 10936 V

976 BBC 1 Wales HD 11023 H

977 ITV 10758 V

978 BBC 1 NI HD 10847 V

979 BBC Two Wales 10788 V

Cushie – 1 min ago  » 

Hi Graham, I have 999 on the program guide but the channel 999 is “not receiving a signal”

I am receiving Freesat through the Humax box which has no tuning (as the Television has but is not being used)

In settings on the Humax the postcode is logged under “General Information”.

These channels work These don’t work

949,952,953, 957,958, 950,951,954,955,956,959

961,962,963, 964,967, 969 960,965,966,968,973

971,972,975, 977,978, 979 974,976,981,999

From your list my working channels are mostly V except 949

I don’t get the 10000 H or V listed on EPG or Info

I do have access to the dish and LNB

Your response is appreciated, thank you.

I would say the lnb is dodgy and or you have water in the coax cabling. . Note without the transponder carrying the 999 Data stream – Freesat info you cannot setup the box.

This transponder (freesat home transponder), has the postcode translation data to set up your local channels.

When you enter a postcode a copy of this data is temporarily copied to your box.

This hides ITV regions so that you get the correct regional ads.

Reason why I posted the channel list is that whatever your postcode all of these should be present on a freesat device.

Your dish is too old to properly mount a new MK4 lnb.

If I were you I would first check carefully at the lnb end for any sign of water ingress and corrosion. If there is evidence of this replace the cables with Webro WF100 cable. Use lnb boots and silicon grease to ensure water does not get in again.

Replace the dish with a MK4 Sky dish and quad lnb. Google how to fit screw on f Connectors,

Either this one

https://myhumax.org/forum/topic/hunax-aura/page/13#post-81612

or for improved bad weather performance

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zone-1-60cm-Satellite-Dish-MK4-and-4-way-Quad-LNB-For-Sky-HD-Freesat/281043842833?hash=item416f84b711:g:iG4AAOSwTO9dnvPt

If it was a Foxsat-HDR with the custom firmware you can unhide these so they all appear in your epg.

Cushie – 14 mins ago  » 

Thanks for all your effort there Graham, it looks like a major update of the dish system. I did check the input connectors at the box end today and refitted all good. I’ll check the outdoor connectors tomorrow and be prepared for a total update! Thanks for itemising the latest spec. Most appreciated and best wishes.

You are welcome. Actually it’s not that hard to set up a dish without anything other than the receiver using the built in metering.

I kept an old sky-HD box I had given me to setup my zone 2 dish.

There are a number of threads from caravaners/campers who have done this many times.

Dishpointer.com is invaluable in locating the direction your dish should point (azimuth) to lock on to 28.2E.

You get a google earth view you can zoom into to locate your dish location and drag the the point to the exact location.

I have a neighbours house across the road and the right gable end of his roof is smack on for azimuth for 28.2 E.

The new dishes lack a elevation scale. Use a vertical spirit level and measure the gap on your existing dish to get close to the correct elevation.

Had a good look at the dish and condition seemed very reasonable except the outer rim of the LNB was decomposing and dusty made me suspect a possible area for water ingress, My self amalgamating tape on the connectors looked secure. So I took a leap and bought a Labgear VK4L 4 outlet LNB (Screwfix) that looked identical to my existing and a similar bracket connection. I set the skew to -15 Clockwise. Between thunder and rain showers today I removed the old lnb and remade the F type connectors on the cut back cable. Back on the Humax tuners >settings >system information >signal strength I got 100% both signal and quality readings on both channels. received channel 999 and all the others were intact, Did not attempt to realign the dish which seemed secure.

Very pleased with the results.

Thanks Graham and advisers with you marvellous support and recommendations!