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<blockquote data-quote="tirosh" data-source="post: 19083" data-attributes="member: 175204">I have now got to the bottom of this issue and want to let people know the situation (in case it helps others).1) I started at the receiver end and worked my way up to try and isolate the problem. I tried the receiver at my brothers place and determined that the receiver was able to receive both analogue and digital receptions.2) Next I thuoght that either the cable or LNB was at fault so I got a replacement MTI Blue LNB and tried that. Still no signal3) So I thought that the cable must be at fault so I got some replacement Coax and tried that. Still no sinal.4) I took voltage and resitance readings on the cable at the LNB end and was able to get both short circuit and open circuit readings as well as 13 and 18 volt readings.At this point I started to get really baffled and was certain that the only thing which could now be at fault was the Dish. How could this be? The signal had gone in the middle of the day whilst watching other programs!! To be 100% certain I took my receiver, spare cable and replacement LNB to my brothers place and hooked it up to his dish. Everything was showing fine. This proved it 100% that somehow my dish had become mis-aligned as I was not able to get any reception from any sats, including Astra and Hotbird.Finally I managed to adjust the dish to get some reception, not ideal for all sats, but good enough for now. That's the way I left it as I am now taking a few days break and will try again next weekend.I hope this helps others.Tirosh.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tirosh, post: 19083, member: 175204"] I have now got to the bottom of this issue and want to let people know the situation (in case it helps others). 1) I started at the receiver end and worked my way up to try and isolate the problem. I tried the receiver at my brothers place and determined that the receiver was able to receive both analogue and digital receptions. 2) Next I thuoght that either the cable or LNB was at fault so I got a replacement MTI Blue LNB and tried that. Still no signal 3) So I thought that the cable must be at fault so I got some replacement Coax and tried that. Still no sinal. 4) I took voltage and resitance readings on the cable at the LNB end and was able to get both short circuit and open circuit readings as well as 13 and 18 volt readings. At this point I started to get really baffled and was certain that the only thing which could now be at fault was the Dish. How could this be? The signal had gone in the middle of the day whilst watching other programs!! To be 100% certain I took my receiver, spare cable and replacement LNB to my brothers place and hooked it up to his dish. Everything was showing fine. This proved it 100% that somehow my dish had become mis-aligned as I was not able to get any reception from any sats, including Astra and Hotbird. Finally I managed to adjust the dish to get some reception, not ideal for all sats, but good enough for now. That's the way I left it as I am now taking a few days break and will try again next weekend. I hope this helps others. Tirosh. [/QUOTE]

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