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<blockquote data-quote="joddle" data-source="post: 1076115" data-attributes="member: 247983"><p>Just had a bit of a scare - I recently changed the cable feed to one of my receivers&nbsp; (a trusty Humax Foxsat HD) as a non Spanish speaking guest was going to use our spare room that has not been used for a good while. On tuning in the receiver gasped as channel after channel reported bad signal or no signal. In other rooms working from the same dish and LNB&nbsp; even the not so good Manhattens were pulling in everything without fuss so immediately suspected I had done something wrong in the cable renew. Checked from end to end and no shorts and no open circuits so for a moment or two was baffled until I remembered that sometimes my dish can overwhelm the Humax sensitive receiver. A 10db in line attenuator later and tranquillity returned. The lesson for the day - a&nbsp; bad or breaking up picture does not always mean a bad dish - sometimes the opposite!&nbsp; The stupid bit is I had done something similar a few years ago and not remembered - Duh!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="joddle, post: 1076115, member: 247983"] Just had a bit of a scare - I recently changed the cable feed to one of my receivers (a trusty Humax Foxsat HD) as a non Spanish speaking guest was going to use our spare room that has not been used for a good while. On tuning in the receiver gasped as channel after channel reported bad signal or no signal. In other rooms working from the same dish and LNB even the not so good Manhattens were pulling in everything without fuss so immediately suspected I had done something wrong in the cable renew. Checked from end to end and no shorts and no open circuits so for a moment or two was baffled until I remembered that sometimes my dish can overwhelm the Humax sensitive receiver. A 10db in line attenuator later and tranquillity returned. The lesson for the day - a bad or breaking up picture does not always mean a bad dish - sometimes the opposite! The stupid bit is I had done something similar a few years ago and not remembered - Duh! [/QUOTE]

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