fastglass
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- Feb 17, 2010
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- Age
- 43
- My Satellite Setup
- Old Sky minidish, Philex 80cm dish, Triax TD88 dish, Humax Foxsat HD receiver, Technomate TM600 receiver.
- My Location
- Notts, UK @ 53.14N
*** NOOB Satellitist ***
Hi All,
I'm stuck, basically...
Here's what I got:
[01] Humax Foxsat HD Receiver
[02] Universal 0.2db LNB
[03] 80cm Fixed Dish
4 days ago, I set up the above configuration, and got a full Freesat service (it even verified my postcode!).
The next day, however, my neighbours car remotes stopped working and they requested that I took down the dish, to eliminate it as a suspect for the mysterious malfunctioning keyfobs. The dish made no difference whatsoever to their problem, and I proceded to refit my dish.
However... upon starting up the receiver again, I found I had no signal (obviously I had to realign the dish). Since this point, I have still not received any signal at all.
Through trial and error, here's what I've tried so far to fix my problem...
[01] Used a satellite meter (cheapo meter) to find a signal
No noticeable signals found. Meter illuminates, so I know there is power going thru to the meter.
[02] Replaced my old $ky dish, to see if that received anything.
No luck here either.
[03] Used a totally new length of coax cable with new connectors.
No difference.
[04] Used a compass to manually find 28 degrees East.
This is where I've left it as I speak, and no signals found.
[05] Tried a different LNB (Technomate TM-2).
Again, no difference in results.
[06] Changed receiver to a brand new Technomate TM600 (with updated UR image)
Using the on-screen signal meter, when the LNB cable is connected I get no higher than 24% SNR, when disconnected obviously I get 0%.
So, I've effectively tried a whole new setup, and cannot find any signals for love nor money.
Why????!!
Am I maybe missing something blindingly obvious? Can anything interfere with satellite signals, bearing in mind there are no obstructions between the dish and the open sky?
Please help, if anyone has any suggestions
Cheers guys.. FG
(ps: the neighbours car fobs are still not fixed either!)
Hi All,
I'm stuck, basically...
Here's what I got:
[01] Humax Foxsat HD Receiver
[02] Universal 0.2db LNB
[03] 80cm Fixed Dish
4 days ago, I set up the above configuration, and got a full Freesat service (it even verified my postcode!).
The next day, however, my neighbours car remotes stopped working and they requested that I took down the dish, to eliminate it as a suspect for the mysterious malfunctioning keyfobs. The dish made no difference whatsoever to their problem, and I proceded to refit my dish.
However... upon starting up the receiver again, I found I had no signal (obviously I had to realign the dish). Since this point, I have still not received any signal at all.
Through trial and error, here's what I've tried so far to fix my problem...
[01] Used a satellite meter (cheapo meter) to find a signal
No noticeable signals found. Meter illuminates, so I know there is power going thru to the meter.
[02] Replaced my old $ky dish, to see if that received anything.
No luck here either.
[03] Used a totally new length of coax cable with new connectors.
No difference.
[04] Used a compass to manually find 28 degrees East.
This is where I've left it as I speak, and no signals found.
[05] Tried a different LNB (Technomate TM-2).
Again, no difference in results.
[06] Changed receiver to a brand new Technomate TM600 (with updated UR image)
Using the on-screen signal meter, when the LNB cable is connected I get no higher than 24% SNR, when disconnected obviously I get 0%.
So, I've effectively tried a whole new setup, and cannot find any signals for love nor money.
Why????!!
Am I maybe missing something blindingly obvious? Can anything interfere with satellite signals, bearing in mind there are no obstructions between the dish and the open sky?
Please help, if anyone has any suggestions
Cheers guys.. FG
(ps: the neighbours car fobs are still not fixed either!)