Sky q dish not working with freesat

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Hi people. I left sky q today. So i went a bought a freesat box but cant use it. Saying no signal. Do i need to change the lnb on the dish???
 

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Yes. You'll need a bog standard Universal LNB.

That said, I've no knowledge of the bracket/holder arrangement used with the Sky Q installations, so it might not be a simple swap.

Others here will know for sure.
 

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Just get a standard Mk4 sky quad and swap them over, undo the clamp and pop the quad in.:)
 

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Just get a standard Mk4 sky quad and swap them over, undo the clamp and pop the quad in.:)
Would you be able to send me a link to get one please
 

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Curious as to why you ditched Sky Q (not that I am getting that anytime soon)?
 

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Money thats all.
 

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Curious as to why you ditched Sky Q (not that I am getting that anytime soon)?

I would have thought the extra monthly fee would have been a major disincentive for many folks these days.
 

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I was paying £80 month. For tv and broadband.
 

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Hi people. I left sky q today. So i went a bought a freesat box but cant use it. Saying no signal. Do i need to change the lnb on the dish???

I don't know if this is the case, but I heard that some installs last year meant the end user had a four port hybrid LNB installed , two for SkyQ and two for other equipment that need to connect the old way.

Google Oracle and section 3.10 and you might find the info for your local Sky install team.
 

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I don't know if this is the case, but I heard that some installs last year meant the end user had a four port hybrid LNB installed , two for SkyQ and two for other equipment that need to connect the old way.

Google Oracle and section 3.10 and you might find the info for your local Sky install team.

The Hybrid LNBs are 6 port and all 6 ports will act as legacy ports when connected to a standard receiver, so should be working now if installed, which I would suggested means that it's a 2 port Wideband LNB.
 
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It's my understanding that the Hybrid LNBs were only fitting upon prior request from the punter: There have been many complaints posted on DS and elsewhere from folk who didn't know they had to order one in advance if they had Freesat (or other non skyq) kit they wished to keep running.
 

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Sky Q uses a Quattro Lnb

What's The Difference Between Quad & Quattro LNB's?

4 Output HD Quad for HD/Freesat HD
 

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A Quattro LNB is only be used in conjunction with a Multiswitch system.
As it splits the Ku band into 4 bands:-

Low Band – Horizontal Polarization
High Band – Horizontal Polarization
Low Band – Vertical Polarization
High Band – Vertical Polarization

So cannot be used for a FreeSat box.
 

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I don't know much about the other Q LNBs but these pics are of the EL021. The scalar is skewed relative to the feed probes such that the scalar matches the dish for UK use (my guess), the LO is 10.41GHz, IF 290-2340MHz, V & H outputs are continuously available as shown on the C120 version. V & H circuit layouts and feed probes are different and result in variations between the performance of V & H although the response is remarkably flat. The switch mode supply puts lots of low frequency muck on the outputs.

I got mine from Amazon itself (not 3rd party) as refubs. 2 were duff on delivery because the top cover shorts the power tracks (probably a common fault, but fine for my purposes)

c120-q-2.jpg q_exploded.jpg
 
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Sky Q uses a Quattro Lnb

What's The Difference Between Quad & Quattro LNB's?

4 Output HD Quad for HD/Freesat HD
Sky do not use a quattro lnb for Q installs - they use either a two output lnb or a 6 port hybrid lnb (on request only for use with existing FTA equipment). 4 output quad lnbs were/are only used for HD installations.
 

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Finally got me quad lnb and now freesat is working fine. I decided to get my old sky hd box out and use this for my bedroom. But once again no satellite signal. Woukd this be beacuse i dont have a card in sky box???
 

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No card necessary for the FTA channels. Try the Sky box on the other cables (to the Freesat box) and try the Freesat box on the bedroom cables. This will tell you whether Sky box or cables are faulty.
 
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