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23/5/2015 at 8:41am
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Could be a faulty LNB, they often only partly fail, usually loosing one of the Polarity, or not reacting to the 22khz Tone which selects either Low or High Band.
It could be the the Receiver, especialy if it is a Sky box, did you give the kit a test before you left home.
Sky box's are famous for PSU problems.
It is obviously not the Dish size, as one half that size would do the job in UK, but I appreciate that you also use the dish in France.
Is your Dish calibrated, and do you have the ability to confirm it's Angle of Elevation with a Digital Angle finder, another tip is rather than use the Calibration markings on the Dish, it is best to fit your own Calibration plate to the Dish.
When you get problems like this it is always handy to have a spare LNB and a Meter, somthing like the SatLink 6906 which in effect is a small self powered receiver with a built in screen.
At the end of the day, so long as you have clear line of sight, you will find the satellite, so it has to be a problem with the kit.
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Yep, well done Fiona, I bet you will be carrying a spare LNB from now on, not sure what you paid at Maplin, but CPC do them for under a fiver, and there are loads on EBay, Invacom and Inverto being the best of the bunch.
When I was at Sky the failure of LNB's was quite shocking when they moved from Philips to the much cheaper Zinwell brand, upto 1 in 100 were DOA in the box when new from the distributor.
Needles to say plenty also failed within a short time of installation, however I think the quality of the Zinwell LNB's since my time at Sky may well have improved, as my home Dish has a Sky Zinwell Quad LNB, and that's been up since July 2013.
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