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Persongelertron
26/7/2009 at 2:25pm
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i bought a sat dish full set up from lidl  for 30 pound very pleased with it when i got home i thought i will try it in the conservatory its working fine but to save climbing on the garage roof to unclamp it every time we go away a friend gave me a old dish with  i think its called a lnb on the end and  its bigger than my lidl dish will i be able to use this with my lidl receiver all advice welcome thanks


PersonDreadnought
26/7/2009 at 2:34pm
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Sorry,cant answer your query but i have the same set up as you and have just aquired an old sky dish.Look forward to reading the replies.

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26/7/2009 at 2:55pm
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Hi i have Aldi system somtimes got nothing at all on site so got a bigger dish off e bay 54cm works fine plus got a cheap sat finder to improve my aim LOl

John


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thanks mez8951 but did you just get a dish or was the lnb with the bigger dish


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26/7/2009 at 4:02pm
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The digital lnbs are universal, except for the sky ones which are electrically the same except that the sky minidish has a different fitting to any other dish.

Also the analogue ones are incompatible with a digital signal, but you would be hard pushed to find an analogue LNB anymore.

As regards the dish itself, any dish is fine provided it has a digital lnb. The one from your aldi dish should fit it just fine.

If you go to the Scottish highlands you may find the aldi dish is not big enough and also if you go to the continent you will definately find you need a bigger dish as Astra2 is not intended to be available to mainland Europe.

However, it is possible to still get Astra 2 in Europe if you have a big enough dish. You can get a signal in Spain for example but you would normally need a dish in the region of 1.2 meters. The one from aldi is only any good for picking up Astra 1 and a few other satellites which are mainly non english speaking on mainland Europe.

The general theory is that the bigger the dish the better, despite this a larger dish is generally considered harder to align. I am assuming the dish you have acquired is most likely to be an old Sky Minidish and hopefully it has an LNB fitted. Sky LNBs are about a tenner if not from a satellite dealer if not.

The Sky LNB has a rectangular piece that slots into the dish wheras the generic LNBs are clamped on around the neck.

As the aldi one comes with a clamp would it not be simpler to take it with you in the van as it would be easiest to use (clamped to jockey wheel or awning pole etc...) and fit the other one on the garage?

I hope this is of use to you.

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Persongelertron
26/7/2009 at 4:16pm
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yes thanks thats wot i want to do put the big dish on garage and take lidl dish on holiday i just was not sure if the old sky dish lnb will work with my lidl free sat reciever 


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26/7/2009 at 4:19pm
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Yes, won't be a problem. I have used a sky box with a Maplin dish and the Maplin receiver with a sky dish without any problem. If anything I would expect the sky LNB to be marginally better. The Aldi ones are a cheap ones with more likely to pick up interference.

The Maplin receiver is also a Silvercrest with a different name on.


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26/7/2009 at 4:23pm
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yes tripod dish lnb, if you go on to ebay type in satallite tripod should be several choices click on the one with the picture of a caravan with sat dish outside you should get j&p aerials go to ther home page they sell alll sorts of satallite gear brand new also take a look at satallite for caravans all sorts info there



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