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Been having intermittent channel problems for a while, probably started last year and would come and go with big periods of being fine. Always the same channels missing, BBC[1/2], CH4 .. But the HD versions were always be fine so never really looked into it.
The disk is a very early sky model with an equally early quad lnb. FoxSat is 27Months old.
Recently took a turn for the worse so I replaced all the f/plugs and had a local company in to check the dish and lnb. They had a good 90% signal on all 4 polarities.
Contacted Humax and they suggested a factory reset. Which has resulted in now loosing all the channels. 11428H has 0 signal. A manual tune picks up some channels.
I’m still suspicious of a 6+ year old LNB but it would seem to point to the box. Got a support call open with Humax so will follow up.
Throwing it out onto the forum in case anyone else has any ideas.
Checking all 4 polarisations means zilch. Which location 28.2 or 28.5E were they checking and which transponder. It’s very doubtfull it’s the box.
Download the .HTM file from here
https://skydrive.live.com/#cid=1698F958AF9ACDA4&id=1698F958AF9ACDA4%21105
Open it in your browser, using manual tune check each transponder in turn.
Note the satellite for transponders you can’t get. Most likely they will be Eutelsat28A transponders.
Just a guess your lnb is likely to be on the way out.
Thanks for the advice.
TBH I expected the ‘experts’ to want to replace the LNB. Came, tested, blamed the box and left. In the time they did that they could have replaced the LNB & Dish and made a few quid.
Will go through the list and check. I have a new LNB but the dish is super old so wont fit w/out hacking.
JackRegan – 1 hour ago »
Thanks for the advice.
TBH I expected the ‘experts’ to want to replace the LNB. Came, tested, blamed the box and left. In the time they did that they could have replaced the LNB & Dish and made a few quid.
Will go through the list and check. I have a new LNB but the dish is super old so wont fit w/out hacking.
Can you borrow a digital satellite receiver of some description, an old sky box will do to check what sort of reception you have.
Results : https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7453049/sat_channels.htm
I may have an old box in the loft .. will check that.
But I think you are right, LNB. Anyone know if the bolt holes are consistent on the mini dish fixings ? Have LNB & will fit a dish. Just missing decent drill
..or recommend a reliable company in East London ?
Unless you have a very old Mk1 Sky Dish then a Sky lnb from e-bay with a legacy adaptor will fit. Check the cables very carefully for signs of water ingress and termination corrosion.
I do have a very old dish .. Its the one with a thin spigot(?) and a mk2 wistron lnb (via satcure)
Already checked, and changed both ends. new tight plugs and there was no sign of water damage.
found a sky box, so going to try that tonight.
Sky HD box. Has missing channels, but different ones that with the HDR. I naively assumed they would be the same.
But still seems to indicate LNB
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