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    Setup Advice - Sky Dish

    I have tried what you suggested but still no signal being received at the TV. I remade the cable ends and screwed in tight. I checked that there was no braid touching the copper core. I made sure that there was about 5 mm length of conductor showing clear of the F plug and even bent the tip of...
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    Setup Advice - Sky Dish

    Well I tried everything that was suggested, but still no signal being received on the TV. I am now thinking that it may be a defective LNB. From what I have seen on the web there does not appear to be any way of testing an LNB, so I guess it is going to have to be a replacement. As I only...
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    Setup Advice - Sky Dish

    Very many thanks for all the info. Looks as though I shall be out in the garden tonight resetting everything. Gary
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    Setup Advice - Sky Dish

    Wow, thanks to you all for the very speedy replies. I will reset the dish this evening and see how we go. One other question. The skew angle at -14.6 degrees. What does that mean? On the LNB which is the origuinal one supplied with the Sky dish has some markings around the LNB but they do not...
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    Setup Advice - Sky Dish

    I have been given an old Sky Dish, and have installed in my back garden where it has a clear view of the southern sky. I purchased a Silvercrest SSR576 A1 receiver from Lidl's. I have connected them using PF100 cable. I also used a LabGear finder to try to set up the system. I followed the...
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