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hyperamazing · 03-08-09, 02:13 AM

Hello,

I am a newbie to satellite installation. I bought 80cm dish, monoblock lnb 6degree and technomate 1500+ CL Super.

I was trying to find hotbird while connecting my monoblock LNB to receiver but couldnt get better than 5% on hotbird.

Next day I called a satellite guy and he took off the monoblock LNB and put his 'gold lnb'

. He told me that as I put LNB in receiver before finding satellite that's why my LNB has stopped working.

I am wondering if it is possible for LNB to stop working because of reciever or did the satellite guy said so to sell his LNB to me?

Kind Regards

SaLiK

Rick · 03-08-09, 07:22 AM

What a load off toss. You have to use the lnb to align the dish in the first place.

Jimdefruit · 03-08-09, 11:35 AM

You now know not to trust so called specialists.

All he did was to try and con you. If he was to be of help, he would have fitted another monoblock. Just make sure that the sat switching in your receiver is selecting the right section of the monoblock for Hotbird and then that the dish is correctly aligned for that satellite.

The usual problem is that the receiver selects the wrong monoblock section and then the alignment is totally wrong.

satelliteman · 03-08-09, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimdefruit

You now know not to trust so called specialists.

Some specialists can be trusted

Robbo · 03-08-09, 03:01 PM

The satellite guy was not a specialist obviously, otherwise he would have either got your system working with your monoblock, or if it was faulty ( and not for the reason he stated!) replaced it with another monoblock.

hyperamazing · 03-08-09, 04:23 PM

Thanks for the advice..I will try to replace the single LNB with monoblock and change the disque settings as described in another thread about monoblocks.

03-08-09, 02:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
hyperamazing Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London Posts: 2 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Monoblock LNB 'wasted' because of connecting it to receiver before aligning Hello, I am a newbie to satellite installation. I bought 80cm dish, monoblock lnb 6degree and technomate 1500+ CL Super. I was trying to find hotbird while connecting my monoblock LNB to receiver but couldnt get better than 5% on hotbird. Next day I called a satellite guy and he took off the monoblock LNB and put his 'gold lnb' . He told me that as I put LNB in receiver before finding satellite that's why my LNB has stopped working. I am wondering if it is possible for LNB to stop working because of reciever or did the satellite guy said so to sell his LNB to me? Kind Regards SaLiK

03-08-09, 07:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Rick Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Blackburn, UK Posts: 2,600 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,029 Times in 669 Posts	Re: Monoblock LNB 'wasted' because of connecting it to receiver before aligning What a load off toss. You have to use the lnb to align the dish in the first place. __________________ Fibo 1.2m HH, Wavefield T90. AzBox HD Premium, Vu+ Duo Plumber and Satellite Installer North West Satellite Systems

03-08-09, 11:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jimdefruit Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,858 Thanks: 20 Thanked 221 Times in 187 Posts	Re: Monoblock LNB 'wasted' because of connecting it to receiver before aligning You now know not to trust so called specialists. All he did was to try and con you. If he was to be of help, he would have fitted another monoblock. Just make sure that the sat switching in your receiver is selecting the right section of the monoblock for Hotbird and then that the dish is correctly aligned for that satellite. The usual problem is that the receiver selects the wrong monoblock section and then the alignment is totally wrong. __________________ Dreambox 800 HD; Dreambox 7000s + VBox + Channel Master 1.2 with 36v actuator CM120 feedhorn and Invacom .3 LNB Skystar 2 PCI card with links to my Dreamboxes If you like what you see here, tell your friends.

03-08-09, 03:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
Robbo Satellite mad Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 9,375 Thanks: 97 Thanked 1,981 Times in 1,603 Posts	Re: Monoblock LNB 'wasted' because of connecting it to receiver before aligning The satellite guy was not a specialist obviously, otherwise he would have either got your system working with your monoblock, or if it was faulty ( and not for the reason he stated!) replaced it with another monoblock. __________________ القمر الصناعي هو أفضل TM600 linux,TM6800HD,TM5200,TM1000,TM2200 motor, Triax TD110 dish. Electronics Engineer and satellite installer.MBC Satellites

03-08-09, 04:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
hyperamazing Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London Posts: 2 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Monoblock LNB 'wasted' because of connecting it to receiver before aligning Thanks for the advice..I will try to replace the single LNB with monoblock and change the disque settings as described in another thread about monoblocks.

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