LNB Cable Dish from Lidl

whoimi

Hi Guys

new to thsi board nice place....

ok i bought a Lidl dish the silvercrest few weeks ago

ive put the dish on the roof

however i read in the book that u need an LNB cable and its not supplied orsomething like that

does thsi mean i need one or something

cos what i did was fix the long white aerial (co-axial) with fconnector from LNB direct to receiver

is this right?

sorry im a sattelite dish idiot!

UPS1950

The signal you are trying to pick up is so small that it can be completely lost using the wrong type of cable. You need the correct cable (CT100) or equivalent with no joins along it's length, and as short as possible, but no sharp bends.

rolfw

If you are receiving the channels you aimed for, then you don't need to change anything, but we did test the cable which was supplied with the dish kits and it was not reall suitable for the purpose, losing 20% of the signal over the 12/15m length.

WF100 or CT100 would achieve far superior results.

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gameboy

Check the cable you have if it has a foil shield between the core and the outer copper wire it's satellite cable.

If it doesn't replace it...

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rolfw

If the OP has used the RG59 suppied by Lidl, then it is double screened GB, but it is still very high loss.

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whoimi

Hello You lovely people
Thanks for the reply

yeh its an RG59 Cable I just had a look at it..So its not really suitable then eh?

Will i need just a cable like WF100 or CT100 and all i do is connect it to the LNB and to the Receiver and thats al?

is that right?

Thanks

does anyone know where to get these cables i tried Argos,dixons etc no one sells it

streetlighter

screwfix direct online sell all types of coax and have Philex FT100 cable at about £40 for a 100mtr coil, They also sell normal satellite coax with the foil inside for about half that which is the cable i use. Worth getting a whole drum off the cable and using it for TV downleads as its really good quality stuff.

whoimi

Ahh i found a local maplins one

would tis be suffiencet?

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=ct100&menu=0&WorldSearch=Y&do y=9m9&ShowPics=true&Stock=28&MinPrice=0&MaxPrice=9 999&SD=true

beintot

hi,the maplins ct100 cable is very high quality,it's £1.29 a metre i think,don't know who makes it,but it's much thicker than webro cable and also the foil inside the cable is a lot thicker than webro,i've bought both,i was more impressed with the maplins stuff,but i bought a few metres too short 25 instead of 28 metres and didn't want to add a join or extension so i've had to use webro instead which is inferior in my view.

Lancelot

If you look around then you will find a 100mtr drum of CT100 for a LOT less than £129.

If not then I'll give up my day job.


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I've got an inferiority complex, but it's not a very good one.

misterminibus

wicks have a good cheap one too its either 50mtr or 100mtr for just over twenty quid...
I bought the silvercrest full system last year and if you have the same one the coax supplied if fine, I have it on 13* and its great...
ps does anyone know if their are any patches available to get anything on the
silvercrest-comag box ?

whoimi

ahh i went over to maplins and bought maself 10mt of that ct100 cable

works like a charm! managed to pick up channels and all....thanks!

gameboy

Well done.



Welcome to the world of satellite TV - have fun.

Only he who does nothing, does nothing wrong.

misterminibus

aint no going back now.... lol

rolfw

Well done whoimi, glad to see you got it sorted.

At bientot, CT100 and WF100 are both made by the same company now and whilst the foil in CT100 is slightly thicker, the performance of the two cables is pretty much identical, with WF100 having the advantage of a foam dialectric and being less susceptible to denting and kinking.
I use hundreds of metres of cable per month and WF100 (along with its bigger brothers) is my cable of choice and in no way whatsoever inferior to CT100, I have used both extensively.

At mrminibus, don't know what cable was supplied with the kit last year, but this year's cable is RG59 and loses 8 to 10 db over the 12 metres or so provided, this could be the kiss of death on reception of all but the strongest satellites with the small dish provided.

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misterminibus

* rolf
I have just had a look and its rg59.... this is rubbish then eh?
Mine looks ok sat in the box behind the sofa where it has been since I bought it... I have played with the stb but not the dish or coax as I put it on my 88cm dish, although the satfinder which came with it works great.... its an audio only meter and doesn't tell you which sat your on but if you use a compass first its great at fine tuning with this meter...Hi-tech I know

rolfw

Those little satbeepers are great, certainly 100% easier than trying to align without one.

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misterminibus

I did it the hard way before it took ages but its nearly a pleasure with a beeper..
my next quest is getting dplus on this silvercrest sl65 any ideas ?
can I do it with a rs232 or do I need to make one of these jtag thingimibobs?

gameboy

It's gone for now, hopefully not for long - just watch for all the d+ posts appearing again.

Only he who does nothing, does nothing wrong.

2cvbloke

I got RG59 with my porty kit, and it was rubbish and is still coiled up in my cupboard, and I sold the RG59 with the 57cm dish I took my SL65 and twin LNB out of...

Just to make me look like a numpty, erm, D+???

misterminibus

lots o stuff on astra 1, fox, nat geo loads of films, pple and arts this is good for american chopper if ur a petrol head... interested?