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<blockquote data-quote="Archive4" data-source="post: 946770">Have a problem with an installation for a friend in Quesada. Invacom quad lnb on 2.4m dish with cable runs of approx 50 meters to receivers in house. Jim noticed a problem a couple of days ago when he lost all signals on the bedroom box when he turned off the skybox in the living room. Turn it back on and the signals return to the bedroom. Swapped the lnb for new one, same problem. Tried swapping the feeds round on the lnb, still the same.Checked with s1 meter and no problem. S1 can see the signal with or without living room box on. Got the Emitor out and noticed it could not see the signal unless the living room box is on. Was testing on 10818v and could see the signals go on and off when connecting the living room box, or ever the s1 on the feed. Switched the Emitor to H and could see the BBC´s as 10818H ! Suspected voltage drop over cable run, but when checked with dc voltage meter and does not appear to be the case.Emitor tester has now packed up completely, so unable to test further with it, not sure if the Emitor was dying when I was running tests, but that would not explain why the STB is having the same problem.Going back to try again now with another new lnb, s1 and dc&nbsp; meter.Are the Invacoms especially sensitive or have known problems with long cable runs?All cables were new this year when Jim acquired the dish from a neighbour.Any ideas?Forgot to add all four connections tested ok with the Emitor when connected with test cable at the dish</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Archive4, post: 946770"] Have a problem with an installation for a friend in Quesada. Invacom quad lnb on 2.4m dish with cable runs of approx 50 meters to receivers in house. Jim noticed a problem a couple of days ago when he lost all signals on the bedroom box when he turned off the skybox in the living room. Turn it back on and the signals return to the bedroom. Swapped the lnb for new one, same problem. Tried swapping the feeds round on the lnb, still the same. Checked with s1 meter and no problem. S1 can see the signal with or without living room box on. Got the Emitor out and noticed it could not see the signal unless the living room box is on. Was testing on 10818v and could see the signals go on and off when connecting the living room box, or ever the s1 on the feed. Switched the Emitor to H and could see the BBC´s as 10818H ! Suspected voltage drop over cable run, but when checked with dc voltage meter and does not appear to be the case. Emitor tester has now packed up completely, so unable to test further with it, not sure if the Emitor was dying when I was running tests, but that would not explain why the STB is having the same problem. Going back to try again now with another new lnb, s1 and dc meter. Are the Invacoms especially sensitive or have known problems with long cable runs? All cables were new this year when Jim acquired the dish from a neighbour. Any ideas? Forgot to add all four connections tested ok with the Emitor when connected with test cable at the dish [/QUOTE]

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