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Evening All, After some more fault finding, I found the problem; the LNB, pictured. Looks like the hole let water in and that finished off the electronics. Should have looked at this right after testing the power supplies but it was raining & didn't want to go up the ladders. The hole was a...

Have to wait for it to stop raining. It's chucking it down ATM. I don't see how a picture is going to tell me if it's broken though. To put the question another way, when a satellite guy/company comes out to diagnose the problem, how does he test a quattro LNB? 1. Can you power up a quattro...

Don't know. Sorry. I'd have to climb a ladder and look.

>>I don't understand why you're using a Quattro LNB, unless you have your signal distributed to many rooms. 12 outputs to sockets around the house. >>You haven't posted make/model of your satellite receiver, Zagema H7S >>How old is your LNB? About 10 years old. >>Did you set this system up...

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OK. bypassed the switch and connected HV to the receiver. Tuned to Yesterday channel (12129 V) and got nothing. Signal strength was 0. Hooked the backup receiver up and couldn't find Yesterday in the listing, but the box setup reported 0 signal strength as well. Does anyone know how the signal...

The switch is powered up, a LED lights on it. Even tried a different power supply. I've not tried bypassing the switch yet, but I'll do that next. Does anyone know which band and polarization old (1990's) sat boxes look to when deciding if there is a signal on power up? I get a 'No signal...

Hi, Lost satellite reception yesterday. Both tuners on a single box. 0db signal both tuners. Plugged in another receiver, no reception so it's either the LNB or switch or the dish has been moved. Not had any windy weather. Checked the power supply on the switch, OK. Sat box is working as I can...

Apologies for the links. I'm trying to keep the cost of all this down at the moment. If I have to spend 100+ on a switch then I will, but the second hand one I'm looking at will set me back less than 20 quid delivered. If it works, then that's a result. I've read that wt100 cable attenuates by...

Thanks for the prompt response (PaulIR). The PGN 76516 does not appear to have any adjustable gains, and the spec says it has a sat insertion loss of 8dB. That sounds a lot. _http://www.paragoncomponents.com/catalogue/product-117.aspx?c=18 The PGN 75516 has adjustable gains...

Hello, I'm about to wire up my house for satellite reception. I've got 12 triplex wall plates around the house wired using silver foil coax, that terminate under the stairs. The quattro LNB (4 coax cables) also terminate under the stairs. The TV and FM also terminate under the stairs. I...

will assume 147 deg for now then. thanks for all your help.

the position is important because i have to clear two trees. if i get the angle wrong, then i come to allign the dish correctly, the dish will point at one of the trees. i've done some more searching and: 1. satelliteforcaravans has manchester listed as 144 deg. 2. astra installation...

Hello,I've just put a dish up on my south wall for FreeSat.I used this program to find the horizontal position of the dish:_http://www.uksatellitehelp.co.uk/2007/08/12/satellite-alignment-calculator-v2/It gives a pitcture of your house and the line of the dish. Because there are other houses...

Hi, Thanks for all the replies. I want the omni and the yagi FM because all of the FM stations I listen to are not broadcast from the same transmitter. I thought I would use the omni for good signal strength stations and the yagi for further afield (= weaker) stations. I have an FM receiver...