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Old 20-04-2009, 14:01
rozet
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% figures can vary a lot between receivers but for me I have a problem getting ITVHD to display without lots of image breakup and / or freezing.

My FTA receiver (SD) has 50-70% quality and strength on Astra 2 and Eurobird channels.
My Panasonic freesat tv reads only 30-40% quality but 90% strength from both satellite positions using the same 78cm dish with quad lnb on a multibracket. Other lnbs are set for 23.5,19.2,13E.

I have near perfect viewing on BBCHD (from Astra 2) with breakup only in very poor weather and an equally good viewing of Luxe TV HD (from Eurobird). But ITV HD (from Eurobird) just breaks up during all the programmes I have tried watching.

I know the dish is not particularly large and the quad lnb is offset so can understand the % figures being lower than normal. But, as LuxeHD is good, shouldn't ITVHD be just as good? Is there an explanation for this? I'd appreciate any suggestions or possible fixes.
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Old 20-04-2009, 15:52
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Also remember that ASTRA 28.2'E has very different skew from eurobird 28.5'E aswell all infact astra satellites including 28.2 23.5 and 19.2 have a 7.5 pre-set angle have a look here http://www.ses-astra.com/resources/p...ions_1_0_0.pdf
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Old 20-04-2009, 16:22
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When you say you have twisted the dish itself, I wonder whether you have in fact distorted the dish. Most Sky minidishes do not have any rotational adjustment and you are either bending the mounting arm or the dish itself. This also makes me wonder whether the dish was distorted by painters ladders? causing the initial problem.
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