500s and LNB problems

[smokingdragon]

Hi

I've successfully got my 500S working in place of my existing Sk* Panasonic box, both on 12v and through 240V using the transformer.

However I've just installed a Maxview manual control satellite dish on my Motorhome. Again the dish works great with the Panasonic box, its even receives better signal than the house dish. When I put the DB on the Maxview it failed to find a transponder (12v and 240v). So I put a sat finder meter on it and I noticed it wasn't powering the meter. I checked the finder and it requires a min voltage of 13v. Checked the Panasonic and it outputs 13v through the F connector.

So all I can presume is that the Dreambox is not producing enough juice to power this maxview LNB.

Any thoughts??

Simon

 

[mhku]

If you put a meter on the output of the 500 it should be over 13v- mine was about 18v. What amp psu are you using?

There are also some settings in one of the menus for setting up the LNBs.

 

[smokingdragon]

Hi

Just put a meter on it and no volts - 13.8v off the Panasonic. The reason it works on the house dish is that it is a quad lnb and is powered from the downstairs box.

Now to contact my dealer!!

Simon

 

[smokingdragon]

Hi

Dealer found that my box would corrupt an image after a period of time so he put it down to faulty flash memory.

The replacement box is much faster, powers a satfinder and also works!!

Now to start re imaging to get it work with Sky etc.

Cheers

Simon