DIsh 500 LNB problem
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Silver Member Username: Fahadriz8Post Number: 122 Registered: Aug-06 | Hey guys i have a satellite connected and its a dish 500. This is what the lnb looks like. However, as long as ive had it installed ive only used 1 lnb for 119. Now that lnb is not working anymore. My question is since there are 2 lnbs, would the other lnb still be working if i just climb up and change the wire to the other port? |
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Silver Member Username: TherepoFtaview.com Post Number: 206 Registered: May-07 | Why is the LNB not working anymore? The picture shows a Legacy twin. Its made for 119 and 110. It has an internal switch uses Legacy SW commands where 119=Dish 1 and 110=Dish 2. this can usually be controlled using SW42 command. If you meant to put a picture of a DishPro twin (has a DP logo), it would have internal diseqcs where 119=port 1 and 110=port 2. |
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Gold Member Username: PlymouthCanada Post Number: 4897 Registered: Jan-08 | Vince you needed to realigned the dish and adjust the "skew"(dish slant) with your location. It seems that this LNB work with Legacy, try to select SW21 on Legacy mode  |
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Silver Member Username: Fahadriz8Post Number: 123 Registered: Aug-06 | k thanks plymouth. but dont u think that my lnb is a problem since i only get 29% signal? shouldnt the signal be higher even if the dish has moved? |
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Silver Member Username: TherepoFtaview.com Post Number: 207 Registered: May-07 | The voltage (signal strength) will go up when there is a quality reception from an active TP. |
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Silver Member Username: Fahadriz8Post Number: 124 Registered: Aug-06 | o ok so my best bet is to reallign the dish? |
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Silver Member Username: TherepoFtaview.com Post Number: 208 Registered: May-07 | yes, is it a legacy as in your picture, or does it have a DP logo on it? |
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Silver Member Username: Fahadriz8Post Number: 126 Registered: Aug-06 | yes i just checked it has the same logo on it as this pic. http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Order/Dishes/DISH500img.jpg |
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Silver Member Username: Fahadriz8Post Number: 127 Registered: Aug-06 | the lnb i meant has the same logo as in the pic! so what should i try? and is there a chance the lnb might be not working? |
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Silver Member Username: Albino_midgetPost Number: 681 Registered: Jul-06 | At 29% signal and 0 quality, may be a good idea to check your connections, maybe you connected to ANTENNA IN instead of IF INPUT I get 29% signal and 0 quality with IF INPUT disconnected My 2 cents |
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Silver Member Username: Fahadriz8Post Number: 128 Registered: Aug-06 | yep i i tried all that man |
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Silver Member Username: TherepoFtaview.com Post Number: 209 Registered: May-07 | 29 signal strength when not locked on a TP is fine. So sounds like you need to repoint, maybe there were high winds? Anyway, so you have a DP twin. Here's instructions: * Make sure the mast is DEAD LEVEL. You can place a small level on the top of the mast, and turn it 360 all the way around. If the bubble stays in the middle, the mast is level. You can then put the dish on. * Set the skew for your area. Different dish-pointing programs will instruct the skew setting differently. That is OK, if you realize that it is a reference from 90 degrees (straight) to a twist clockwise or counterclockwise (standing behind the dish). In broad terms, on the east coast you rotate clockwise, on the west you go counterclockwise. So, for example, one program gives you a skew as 77 and another gives 103, you know you turn 13 degrees from 90. A good dish pointing program online is here: * After setting the skew, choose one or the other LNB side to aim first. From behind the dish, 119 is on the left, 110 is on the right. You select one or the other by diseqc port selection in your receiver, where 119=1 and 110=2. It doesn't matter which you choose first. (If selecting 119, have TP frequency set to 12239 as 12224 is spotbeam, and make sure LNB type is correct, DishPro in this case). Find quality with the selected LNB and look for the proper Sat ID to pop up. Peak pointing with the dish for highest quality for this sat. * Change diseqc selection to the other one you were not using, and the other bird should be there. IF you leveled the mast perfectly and you have the skew correct, it will be there unless there is an obstruction. |
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Gold Member Username: KirankumarNO Bashing Post Number: 2994 Registered: Oct-07 | you get good signal when you have good cable and connectors from receiver to lnb and you get good strength when your dish is positioned correctly and your lnb settings are correct, by the way lnb's don't go bad too often |
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Gold Member Username: PlymouthCanada Post Number: 4900 Registered: Jan-08 | Vince Yes realign the dish whit this LNB. |
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