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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 797994" data-attributes="member: 243342"><p>Welp, sent a few emails to WOS and they tried to be very helpful but the most they could do is offer a tuner swap. As it's more hassle/expensive to send the tuner rather than get an attenuator, I left it.</p><p></p><p>Came home and put a Technomate 0.1dB LNB on that I had lying about. Immediately, the signal on strong sats shot up to their normal levels. NHK world was ready 77% and BBC1 West on 1N was reading 95% (previously 74%).</p><p></p><p>Sadly though, weaker satellites did suffer. Weaker channels on 5E didn't go above 38% no matter what I did with the LNB and C+ HD channels on 1W weren't even locking. Put the Black Ultra back on and the same 5E channels went to 45% and C+ HD on 1W was locked and steady at 59% (54% needed for lock on those).</p><p></p><p>So... not sure whether I should try a different LNB with similar gain figures as the Ultra without overloading the tuner on the strong sats or a simple attenuator. Looking on eBay, item 170823333195 seems to be the same as 380389276933 but the latter is obviously more expensive. Is it worth having the more expensive one? Or should I get the Smart Oxid LNB for £10 instead? Any ideas on the performance on these?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 797994, member: 243342"] Welp, sent a few emails to WOS and they tried to be very helpful but the most they could do is offer a tuner swap. As it's more hassle/expensive to send the tuner rather than get an attenuator, I left it. Came home and put a Technomate 0.1dB LNB on that I had lying about. Immediately, the signal on strong sats shot up to their normal levels. NHK world was ready 77% and BBC1 West on 1N was reading 95% (previously 74%). Sadly though, weaker satellites did suffer. Weaker channels on 5E didn't go above 38% no matter what I did with the LNB and C+ HD channels on 1W weren't even locking. Put the Black Ultra back on and the same 5E channels went to 45% and C+ HD on 1W was locked and steady at 59% (54% needed for lock on those). So... not sure whether I should try a different LNB with similar gain figures as the Ultra without overloading the tuner on the strong sats or a simple attenuator. Looking on eBay, item 170823333195 seems to be the same as 380389276933 but the latter is obviously more expensive. Is it worth having the more expensive one? Or should I get the Smart Oxid LNB for £10 instead? Any ideas on the performance on these? [/QUOTE]
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