analogue sky dish

[bobbyvernontino]

hi everyone. very new to this but just purchased a sat package with dish an numerous cams and cards the dish is motorised but wont be putting it up until tomorrow anyway as i still have the old anologue dish on the rear of my house in its original position would i be able to hook it up or turn it slightly to pick up some channels before fitting the motorised dish tomorrow? which direction did old sky analogue face? regards bob

[kegnkiwi]

Hi mate,

The old sky signal was pointing at 19.2e but the problem you have is that the lnb on the end is anologue where your new kit would be digital, thats unless someone has changed the lnb in recent years. You should not get a signal normally.

ki

[Analoguesat]

An lnb is an lnb. It doesnt know if signals are analogue or digital.

You may get something, but if its an old single band lnd it wont tune higher than 11700khz

[bobbyvernontino]

oh right i see. so if i go and buy a new lnb would it pick up a signal? if i was to post a link to the set up i've just purchased would you know if it was a good deal and what sort of channels ie sprt, movies etc i'd be able to pick up? also what sort of price would i be looking at for an lnb? much appreciated bob

[Analoguesat]

20 quid for a new lnb.

Yup post the link.

[bobbyvernontino]

kit just purchased. any good?
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[Rick]

Just get listing has been removed message from that link. You could just post the details here m8

[bobbyvernontino]

AD-3000IP Analog and Digital Receiver
Comes complete with remote and has had the memory upgrade by Echostar and when it was out of warranty I did a CPU fan update to keep the unit and cams cool.
Also comes with a load of stuff.
1x Aston seca 1.5 cam, 1x Irdeta freecam (which is reprogrammable) 1x Magic Cam (Which is reprogrammable).The cams cost me over £100 each
1x Duolabs cas interface (programmes magic cam and others), 1x card programmer, 1x Pic programmer, 1x Eprom programmer, 1x Emulator card with spare chips (used with software downloaded from net like Wce, Emulatorek and Fausto
A selection of cards (fun, silver, gold etc etc) and fittings
1x Null modem cable to programme Echostar.
1x 1mtr dish with mount, control arm and Lnb.( May require a new Lnb)
1x Lnb smart switcher, 1x Sat finder meter.

[Analoguesat]

The Echostar 3000 was a good receiver in its day (Ive got one, but was replaced by my dreambox a couple of years back). Its a perfectly capable receiver if a bit dated and slow at changing channels. Id never get rid of my Echostar 3000 under any circumstances.

Echostar support ceased years ago, and whilst the official firmware was still available from the Echostar site last time I looked, as far as Im aware its not possible to flash the boxes with modified software like with many other boxes.

The cams and cards are more or less useless now unless you plan to buy some official subscription cards.

To sum up - you have a nice receiver to learn the hobby with. Expect to get no more than free to air channels with it unless you buy subscription cards. There may be one or two channels still available with the cams and cards but theres no major packages open these days.

[weavo]

Originally Posted by bobbyvernontino

kit just purchased. any good?
//cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&it em=250387228012

sometimes bobby its best to ask that question before purchase. Great helpers in here, made my start up and set up easy peasy.