Ron-ski
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- My Satellite Setup
- Triax TMP 5x24 Multiswitch Part No:305376. Titanium 0.1dB 40mm Quatro LNB on a transparent 60cm dish. Webro White WF100. TV Server with TBS 6985 Quad Satellite DVB-S2 HD PCIe TV Tuner Card, using Mediaportal 1.
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Hi,
Back in 2011 I installed a multiswitch and changed the LNB to a Quattro LNB. When I put the dish (transparent 60cm) up originally I just used a cheap meter to aid alignment, meaning to get a professional to adjust it properly, but I never got around to doing this, apart from trying one guy who wasn't interest.
Over the years we've had the odd times where reception has been bad, lot's pixelation, this has got a little worse lately. The dish is mounted on a south facing wall just above the upstairs windows, it has clear line of sight, although there are some tree's which are higher than the houses but these are about 50 metres away
There are various switches and adjusters on the multiswitch, I have no idea what these should be set to and they don't seem to make any difference, at least not on the signal strength/quality in Mediaportal . I estimate that the cables from the TV server to the multiswitch are roughly 17 metres. The switch to the dish is roughly 8 metres.
We used to have a couple of PC's with DVB-S tuners, and the TV's plugged in, and I wanted to have sockets in most rooms, hence the 24 way multiswitch. But we now only use 6 connections on the switch. There are quite a few connections not connected, and a lot which go to unused sockets. I read that these should be terminated with a 75 ohm cap, but then I read on here that most don't bother.
I've used screw on F connectors, rather than crimps, they are a tight fit, and all the cables are WF100.
Where should I have the level control set on the multiswitch, it has the option of 0dB,6dB or 12dB?
There is also a gain adjustment for each of the four inputs, I've twiddled these all the way but signal strength/quality in Mediaportal didn't change, but I've no idea how reliable an indicator that is?
I'm quite happy to pay a good professional to align the dish, and check the rest of the system, so is there anybody in the Thanet (CT10) area that could check the system, and adjust the dish as required - we only use Freesat, mainly HD, but some SD channels?
Equipment details:
Triax TMP 5x24 Multiswitch Part No:305376.
Titanium 0.1dB 40mm Quatro LNB on a transparent 60cm dish, mounted on a heavy duty mount.
Webro White WF100 cable used throughout.
Windows TV Server with TBS 6985 Quad Satellite DVB-S2 HD PCIe TV Tuner Card, using Mediaportal 1
Back in 2011 I installed a multiswitch and changed the LNB to a Quattro LNB. When I put the dish (transparent 60cm) up originally I just used a cheap meter to aid alignment, meaning to get a professional to adjust it properly, but I never got around to doing this, apart from trying one guy who wasn't interest.
Over the years we've had the odd times where reception has been bad, lot's pixelation, this has got a little worse lately. The dish is mounted on a south facing wall just above the upstairs windows, it has clear line of sight, although there are some tree's which are higher than the houses but these are about 50 metres away
There are various switches and adjusters on the multiswitch, I have no idea what these should be set to and they don't seem to make any difference, at least not on the signal strength/quality in Mediaportal . I estimate that the cables from the TV server to the multiswitch are roughly 17 metres. The switch to the dish is roughly 8 metres.
We used to have a couple of PC's with DVB-S tuners, and the TV's plugged in, and I wanted to have sockets in most rooms, hence the 24 way multiswitch. But we now only use 6 connections on the switch. There are quite a few connections not connected, and a lot which go to unused sockets. I read that these should be terminated with a 75 ohm cap, but then I read on here that most don't bother.
I've used screw on F connectors, rather than crimps, they are a tight fit, and all the cables are WF100.
Where should I have the level control set on the multiswitch, it has the option of 0dB,6dB or 12dB?
There is also a gain adjustment for each of the four inputs, I've twiddled these all the way but signal strength/quality in Mediaportal didn't change, but I've no idea how reliable an indicator that is?
I'm quite happy to pay a good professional to align the dish, and check the rest of the system, so is there anybody in the Thanet (CT10) area that could check the system, and adjust the dish as required - we only use Freesat, mainly HD, but some SD channels?
Equipment details:
Triax TMP 5x24 Multiswitch Part No:305376.
Titanium 0.1dB 40mm Quatro LNB on a transparent 60cm dish, mounted on a heavy duty mount.
Webro White WF100 cable used throughout.
Windows TV Server with TBS 6985 Quad Satellite DVB-S2 HD PCIe TV Tuner Card, using Mediaportal 1