Hi all,
Just bought a Foxsat HDR and all is well except not all channels are available. I have an old dish and lnb which I used with and Echostar stb. I will need a new dual or quad lnb but I can't receive the following channels: -
CNN 12051V
QVC 12032H
Zone Reality 12523V
Zone Thriller 12560V
Zone Horror +1 11222H
BBC News 111954H
BBC Parliament 11954H
Euronews 12560V
Wedding +1
B4U Musi 12129V
As far as I can tell all other (major channels) are ok.
Could it be an LNB fault?

Thanks
Stroggoff

Sounds like it might be time for a shiny new lnb

And may be new cabling

Thanks for your reply grahamlthompson,
I'm hoping the cable is OK as am receiving a very high signal strength & quality (I have a 1 mtr dish)
An recommendations on the best lnb to go for anyone? Is it still better to buy a quad even if I will only use two connections?
Thanks
Stroggoff

Twin lnbs are quite hard to come by and cost pretty much the same as the more common quad ones, so it makes sense to build in the spare connections.

I've been looking for quad lnbs and the specs suggest mine is stuck in low band

Input Low Band: 10.7 - 11.7 GHz
Input High Band: 11.7 - 12.75 GHz

Does / should the HDR switch the lnb automatically?

All satellite tuners do, they switch between High and Low frequency by the presence or otherwise of a 22KHz tone and polarity by outputting a 12V or 18V dc voltage

Graham

Try a Titanium 0.1 or 0.2db LNB. They're excellent and reckoned to be one of the very best this side of separate feed horns on large dishes. I have the 0.2db quad on an 85cm dish - 100% strength, 100% quality most of the time. Quality has never wavered even during the winter snow / heavy rain - no artefacts or break up.

Twin: http://www.satellitesuperstore.com/t...m#titaniumtwin

Quad: http://www.satellitesuperstore.com/q...m#titaniumquad

I'd get the quad as it leaves you options if you ever decide to add another box.

BTW if you buy the older Titanium 0.2db quad like mine, (further down quad page) its been reduced to £24.99. Ideal if you want to save that extra £15, if not, and want a bit extra performance, get the 0.1db. Somehow, on 1 metre dish I doubt you'll notice the difference as you're already overspecced if in the UK.