Thread: LNB strength
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Old 02-12-2008   #4
dardruba
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My System: WinXP/Firefox 85cm Transparent dish and 3 dual LNB's 13,19,28 One diseqc to Sky Star 2, and a diseqc to TM1500. Plus a loop from the TM1500 to a Pace MSS100 analog sat receiver.

=. I would take the TM upstairs to see how it performs, this will identify whether it's the Rx that is more sensitive or if you are losing signal to your Skystar.
Great suggestion, Thank You. Funny how you dont think clearly when you are stressed.
I ran the TM1500 on the upstairs incoming cable. I got a good signal on 19E of 75 (same as downstairs) but zilch on 13E or 28E. It doesnt show an error message.
When I put it back into SkyStar2 I got the same error message in vPlug on all 3 Timeout- This PID is empty. Rescan

Perhaps I've disturbed the diseqc box. I bought the 3 lnb setup and asked the installer to install my existing LNB but I was greedy. It was too heavy for the arm which swung around in the wind.
I uncoupled the 4th LNB and sliced off the cables before they went into the diseqc. This summer I've removed the cable stubs and the Fconnectors but I didnt have the proper tape so I left the plug bare and just put the weatherproof cover back on and ziptied it.
The other 3 in and the single out are still properly sealed.
Did I do the right thing, and could this be the reason for the constant need to rescan ?

Last edited by Robbo; 02-12-2008 at 11:02 PM. Reason: put in missing ]
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