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Satellite Broadband Equipment

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  • 03-02-2008 6:06pm
    #1
    Joe-Bloggs
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭


    Not sure if this is the right place to post this.

    I've a 1m satellite dish and a Nera SatLink 1900 receiver box that was used for a satellite broadband system over a year ago. I'm eventually getting around to doing something with it now.

    I want to check, before I take it down, is there anything I can use the equipment for? I've connected a Sky digibox to it and can get a signal but no channels, if I point the dish somewhere else could I use it for tv?


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    #2
    DMC
    Registered Users Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    The dish is probably pointing at another satellite; eg one that doesn't have Sky. A Sky digibox will only work when a dish is pointed at 28ºE.

    It is quite possible that the dish is pointing at 19ºE, which is Astra 1. A list of channels are available here, but mostly European. If you had a FTA receiver like from Lidl, it would work.

    Or move the dish to the right position and use a Sky box that way.

    Maybe better for Satellite board?


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    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    You need to re-align the dish. It may need a regular LNB as a 2 way ODU may not be full Enhanced H/V and 22KHz bandswitching. Two way sat usually is fixed receiver polarisation.


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