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Scorpio53 · 16-10-2010, 18:07

Hi Kymmy

Thanks for the reply I appreciate it, I borrowed a Labgear 27866R-UHF/DVBT Signal Meter from my brother, it has connectors for Antenna I/P and a Receiver O/P with a Red power LED & 4 Green LED's for 50, 60, 70 & 80 dB micro v. I'm not if it's the right type to use for a satellite signal as when I connect the sky dish to the Antenna I/P and switch it on ( it has a 9V battery supply) all that happens is the Red power LED lights up. Someone at work told me he thought the set top box needed to be connected to it as well to power up the LNB, so I tried that as well but still no Green LED's for signal strength which is strange as the Sky feed receives channels.

So I've been working blind really, I got the dish settings from satellite finder.com as a starting point and set the dish elevation to 25.5degrees and Azimuth to 144 degrees which looks the same kind of position as the Sky dish. I have then been using the SKY Services & Signal Test settings to try and get a reading. Only thing is the Sky box keeps saying it is not receiving a signal and drops out of the signal test mode.

My Ross box is a DVB-S4100 and also has R10W13-0914 on it, I'll give your way a go tomorrow if the rain has stopped. At the moment to set dish up I have taken a portable TV & set top box into garden on a table so I have just dropped the cable from the dish down and connected it into set top box. Once dish is properly aligned I intend to cable clip it down the wall and through into the house ';0)

16-10-2010, 18:07	#178
Scorpio53 Inactive Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 7	Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish Hi Kymmy Thanks for the reply I appreciate it, I borrowed a Labgear 27866R-UHF/DVBT Signal Meter from my brother, it has connectors for Antenna I/P and a Receiver O/P with a Red power LED & 4 Green LED's for 50, 60, 70 & 80 dB micro v. I'm not if it's the right type to use for a satellite signal as when I connect the sky dish to the Antenna I/P and switch it on ( it has a 9V battery supply) all that happens is the Red power LED lights up. Someone at work told me he thought the set top box needed to be connected to it as well to power up the LNB, so I tried that as well but still no Green LED's for signal strength which is strange as the Sky feed receives channels. So I've been working blind really, I got the dish settings from satellite finder.com as a starting point and set the dish elevation to 25.5degrees and Azimuth to 144 degrees which looks the same kind of position as the Sky dish. I have then been using the SKY Services & Signal Test settings to try and get a reading. Only thing is the Sky box keeps saying it is not receiving a signal and drops out of the signal test mode. My Ross box is a DVB-S4100 and also has R10W13-0914 on it, I'll give your way a go tomorrow if the rain has stopped. At the moment to set dish up I have taken a portable TV & set top box into garden on a table so I have just dropped the cable from the dish down and connected it into set top box. Once dish is properly aligned I intend to cable clip it down the wall and through into the house ';0)