A few niggles but need help

[Physcogem]

System - Appollo by Pace reciever and the original dish and lnb from the anologue days of 19.2 e.

The dish has never been moved since installed, ive only re routed the cable and reciever from upstairs to downstairs Yesterday (not touched the end by the lnb).

Problem - I have black dashes goin across the screen they look like little tadpoles and the blue screen saying no signal keeps poping up every now and again ,Could this be the wind from yesterday moving the lnb arm.

I only watch international eurosport on the system.

Any help would be appreciated

[arden]

the wind could of moved the dish the way its been hitting my 1.1 triax im surprised it still on the pole let alone still working

you say you moved the cable though did it work before it was moved and after ?

The golden rule of making changes are test before you make them?

That way you know if it dose not work after then its the change that coursed them

[Physcogem]

Yes it did work before i moved it but had the little black marks (tadpoles) before, i thought this was due to the fact that i had extended the cable to reach the reciever with a bit of Virgin media cable. The tadpole marks they move side to side sometimes only a small amount then sometimes more . I have two recievers and get similiar results with both. as you say the wind could be blowing the lnb arm which would give me the NO SIGNAL display. Correct ? but what are the black tadpoles which i need to add are sometimes white depending on what picture is showing


Do you think it could be alignment or conection probs at lnb end or reciver end.

Thanks

[Analoguesat]

The teadpoles are known as "sparklies" Its quite possible the lnb is on the way out as well as the alignment being suspect.

[Physcogem]

Thanks, will get it aligned and can you tell me is the lnb a universal one or are they seperate for digital and anologue. Whats the average price any ideas for a new lnb.

[Andie v6]

Originally Posted by Analoguesat

The teadpoles are known as "sparklies" Its quite possible the lnb is on the way out as well as the alignment being suspect.

agree, its signel or aligment problem.

[Physcogem]

Originally Posted by Andie v6

agree, its signel or aligment problem.

When you say signal does that mean the lnb?

[kerrywez]

Hi, To be bluntly honest with you, there is not that much up there in Analogue any more so it would be a bit of a waste of your money. Your dish will be OK, but if you are after BBC, ITV and that, you will not get them with your setup as it is.

I would say that you wold be much better advised to get a universal LNB, they can be had for £10 or so, and a cheap FTA receiver. With that setup you wil be able to receive far more channels. As you know al analogue signals will be phased out in the UK very soon and there is no difference in the world satellite providers, they are all going to be digital very soon also.

If you like to buy a cheap free to air receiver and the universal LNB you can have a basic setup, and if after a while you can go for a more refined box, like a Dreambox or one of the Technomate boxes, with which you can do, in the case of the Dreambox, just about anything.

All in all I would advise you to consider buying a cheap FTA receiver and a uinerversal LNB.

Very best regards Wez

[Andie v6]

Originally Posted by Physcogem

When you say signal does that mean the lnb?

could be, can you see the top of the lnb? from a window? or ladder, does it state "universal on it", also are your joins good? was it working before you moved it?

[Physcogem]

Cant see the lnb but will get it aligned and go from there i do have a spare sat dish from a freind across road will take this down and use if need be.