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Foxsat issue
I've just bought a Foxsat and had the dish installed. Both signals are fine but when I record anything I can't then watch some of the channels. For example I'm recording Spooks at the moment, But when I turn over to watch a live channel I can't watch ITV 1. Am I doing something wrong, or is it set up incorrectly. I would expect that I would at least be able to watch any channel whilst recording one other channel.
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Is your set up with a dual or single LNB feed. A single feed will limit your options
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It's dual LNB, there are two cables going into the back of the box. That's what's odd. Is there anyway to confirm there are actually two independent feeds?
I can see the two signals on the diagnostic page, both with a strength of 90% and a quality of 100%. Having said that when I go to the Freesat tuning page I see a strength of 85% and a quality of 50%. Is that normal? |
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Are you sure the cables are connected to LNB in 1 & 2. There's an LNB out connector between the 2 LNB in connectors so it's easy to connect the second in to the out by mistake. If this is the problem it'll need a reset to get the box to recognise the second LNB after you've made the switch.
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It's dual LNB, there are two cables going into the back of the box. That's what's odd. Is there anyway to confirm there are actually two independent feeds?
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I can see the two signals on the diagnostic page, both with a strength of 90% and a quality of 100%. Having said that when I go to the Freesat tuning page I see a strength of 85% and a quality of 50%. Is that normal?
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Are you sure the cables are connected to LNB in 1 & 2. There's an LNB out connector between the 2 LNB in connectors so it's easy to connect the second in to the out by mistake. If this is the problem it'll need a reset to get the box to recognise the second LNB after you've made the switch.
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Ok, it's working now - basically I'd plugged in the old Sky dish prior to the freesat install and it was working with the Sky Dish. What I didn't when the correct cables went in was do a full reset, as a result it was only seeing the first LNB input. Silly me.
Thanks for all the responses helpful. I really appreciate your help. In terms of the signal, why is it that it shows a different signal level on the diagnostics page compared to the Freesat tune page? Which is correct? If I do need to change the alignment is it a big task, or is it just a case of loosening a couple of bolts, moving the dish until the percentages go higher on the Humax and then tightening them up again? |
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In terms of the signal, why is it that it shows a different signal level on the diagnostics page compared to the Freesat tune page? Which is correct?
Any movement made to the dish will not neccessarily update the signal strength immediately so will require slight movements and a watchful eye from a willing helper. You could do a trial atempt without loosening any bolts to start with and just relying on any 'flex' within the installation. Viewing the dish from behind you need to move it to the left. |
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As GC says the freesat home transponder is a little way further East on Eurobird 1 at 28.5E rather than the Astra 2 birds at 28.2E. Try a minute nudge to the East with the transponder selected in manual tune mode. (11427 H). Give the tuner time to respond to each adjustment (it's not instantaneous)
Check you have the correct skew setting on the lnb, getting this wrong can make it difficult to distinguish between horizontal and verticaly polarised channels |
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