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StetheH · 25-08-07, 04:38 PM

hi there
sorry bout having to ask this but am newish to this.
have purchased digialb card and set the dish 16 degrees east but keep getting glitches in the picture.
had no probs last season withb my art card.
any help would be gr8.
thank u

Mship · 25-08-07, 04:55 PM

Hiya m8, welcome to the forum

You can try a new LNB, better cable, new receiver with a more sensitive tuner or maybe even trying to fine tune you're dish. However, nothing is as effective as using a bigger dish, big is best

You could try a signal booster but these are only really for enhancing signal on long cable runs.

Kev

nanochickin · 25-08-07, 04:56 PM

The only thing that will significantly improve signal quality is a bigger dish i'm afraid

Digitalb is broadcast from Eutelsat W2 which is an old bird that doesn't chuck out as much power as Hotbird where Art is broadcast from. This is why you need a bigger dish

A signal booster will increase the signal strength but not quality as it will boost the signal and the background noise so there won't be any significant improvement i'm afraid

Nano

wod · 25-08-07, 08:18 PM

upgrade the dish to 1metre in size and that will sort it out

25-08-07, 04:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
StetheH Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	is there anything to enhance signal? hi there sorry bout having to ask this but am newish to this. have purchased digialb card and set the dish 16 degrees east but keep getting glitches in the picture. had no probs last season withb my art card. any help would be gr8. thank u

25-08-07, 04:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mship Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Workington, Cumbria Posts: 909 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: is there anything to enhance signal? Hiya m8, welcome to the forum You can try a new LNB, better cable, new receiver with a more sensitive tuner or maybe even trying to fine tune you're dish. However, nothing is as effective as using a bigger dish, big is best You could try a signal booster but these are only really for enhancing signal on long cable runs. Kev __________________ 1m CM, feedhorn + Invacom C120 Quad, 36v Jaeger 128 motor, TM 6900 HD + 160gb HDD, TM 1500 CI+ Super, Skystar 2, DigitAlb Gold, Samsung 40F86BDX LCD

25-08-07, 04:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
nanochickin Retired Mod & Sat Guru Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Posts: 3,825 Thanks: 46 Thanked 338 Times in 270 Posts	Re: is there anything to enhance signal? The only thing that will significantly improve signal quality is a bigger dish i'm afraid Digitalb is broadcast from Eutelsat W2 which is an old bird that doesn't chuck out as much power as Hotbird where Art is broadcast from. This is why you need a bigger dish A signal booster will increase the signal strength but not quality as it will boost the signal and the background noise so there won't be any significant improvement i'm afraid Nano __________________ Sanity is nothing more than an excuse to be boring

25-08-07, 08:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
wod Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,299 Thanks: 18 Thanked 93 Times in 82 Posts	Re: is there anything to enhance signal? upgrade the dish to 1metre in size and that will sort it out