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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Problems adding second LNB
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<blockquote data-quote="richdenman" data-source="post: 802766" data-attributes="member: 388793"><p>Greetings,<br><br>I am pretty new to satellite but I have done a bit of reading though a number of sites regarding changing/adding a second LNB to a dish. I am currently at my parents in Portugal and the had an old free to air satellite box with a 8m dish and single LNB that they use to pick up UK TV. This setup was professionally installed and works fine. They have recently upgraded their box to a Humax FoxSat HD PVR (Which is the same as I have at home).<br><br>They only had one LNB and as this is a twin tuner they needed to upgrade to record a different channel to what they are watching. Today we went in search of a new dual or quad LNB but we were not able to find one. So, we bought a second single LNB to mount alongside the existing one. I have made a bracket to mount the two LNBs which can be seen in the photos below<br><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/tofzvb40v3s38bw/2012-06-08%2017.13.55.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><br><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ua8x4wiksj0hjqz/2012-06-08%2017.14.01.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><br>The original LNB works fine but the new one is not working at all. I rotated the new LNB so that it is at the same angle as the old. The dish and original LNB are aligned fine and I have aligned the second to match. I cant work it out. Any pointers as to where to go would be much appreciated. I am only here for 10 days and need to have it sorted before I go.<br><br>Many thanks<br><br>Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="richdenman, post: 802766, member: 388793"] Greetings,<br><br>I am pretty new to satellite but I have done a bit of reading though a number of sites regarding changing/adding a second LNB to a dish. I am currently at my parents in Portugal and the had an old free to air satellite box with a 8m dish and single LNB that they use to pick up UK TV. This setup was professionally installed and works fine. They have recently upgraded their box to a Humax FoxSat HD PVR (Which is the same as I have at home).<br><br>They only had one LNB and as this is a twin tuner they needed to upgrade to record a different channel to what they are watching. Today we went in search of a new dual or quad LNB but we were not able to find one. So, we bought a second single LNB to mount alongside the existing one. I have made a bracket to mount the two LNBs which can be seen in the photos below<br>[IMG]https://www.dropbox.com/s/tofzvb40v3s38bw/2012-06-08%2017.13.55.jpg[/IMG]<br>[IMG]https://www.dropbox.com/s/ua8x4wiksj0hjqz/2012-06-08%2017.14.01.jpg[/IMG]<br>The original LNB works fine but the new one is not working at all. I rotated the new LNB so that it is at the same angle as the old. The dish and original LNB are aligned fine and I have aligned the second to match. I cant work it out. Any pointers as to where to go would be much appreciated. I am only here for 10 days and need to have it sorted before I go.<br><br>Many thanks<br><br>Rich [/QUOTE]
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