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wolfgang1983

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#2543755 18-Aug-2020 14:57

Because I am running two cables from my lnb one for sky box and one for my freeview pci card do you think I would need a splitter?

wolfgang1983

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#2543759 18-Aug-2020 15:05

RunningMan:

There should be another (hidden?) setup menu to access the full LNB settings.

Here are the lnb setting for sky but not sure what to do for the freeview side on my PC software in previous post.

hsvhel

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#2543769 18-Aug-2020 15:21

wolfgang1983:

Because I am running two cables from my lnb one for sky box and one for my freeview pci card do you think I would need a splitter?

Does the second cable allow you service with sky when its connected?

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wolfgang1983

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#2543770 18-Aug-2020 15:22

hsvhel:

wolfgang1983:

Because I am running two cables from my lnb one for sky box and one for my freeview pci card do you think I would need a splitter?

Does the second cable allow you service with sky when its connected?

Yes I can get sky on that cable if I have it connected to box.

RunningMan

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#2543849 18-Aug-2020 17:40

OK, those settings from the Sky decoder look exactly as expected. They show an LOF of 10750 (10.75 GHz), and tone on (22 kHz) switches the LNB to 156 degrees (C1/D3). That means the dish is pointing where it should be, and the LNB LOF is what we thought it was.

The following should work:

LOF1 10750

Switch : 12750 (or anything higher)

LOF2 10750 (shouldn't matter, as it should never switch to this).

Are there any other settings available? Have you tried a manual scan?

wolfgang1983

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#2543852 18-Aug-2020 17:43

RunningMan:

OK, those settings from the Sky decoder look exactly as expected. They show an LOF of 10750 (10.75 GHz), and tone on (22 kHz) switches the LNB to 156 degrees (C1/D3). That means the dish is pointing where it should be, and the LNB LOF is what we thought it was.

The following should work:

LOF1 10750

Switch : 12750 (or anything higher)

LOF2 10750 (shouldn't matter, as it should never switch to this).

Are there any other settings available? Have you tried a manual scan?

Not yet will do. So should I use the 156.0E Optus C1, D3

RunningMan

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#2543864 18-Aug-2020 17:58

wolfgang1983: So should I use the 156.0E Optus C1, D3

No. Freeview is on D1. Your LNB will switch to C1/D3 though if you send it a 22 kHz tone, but you don't wont to do this as you won't get Freeview then.

The confusion comes from the different types of LNBs. Your software expects a universal LNB which uses the 22 kHz switch to move between a high and low band on the same satellite. The Sky LNB uses the same switch though to switch to a different satellite (in case of failure).

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wolfgang1983

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#2543873 18-Aug-2020 18:06

RunningMan:

wolfgang1983: So should I use the 156.0E Optus C1, D3

No. Freeview is on D1. Your LNB will switch to C1/D3 though if you send it a 22 kHz tone, but you don't wont to do this as you won't get Freeview then.

The confusion comes from the different types of LNBs. Your software expects a universal LNB which uses the 22 kHz switch to move between a high and low band on the same satellite. The Sky LNB uses the same switch though to switch to a different satellite (in case of failure).

Getting close picked up some channels but not TV NZ 1 or 2 or Duke

wolfgang1983

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#2543887 18-Aug-2020 18:36

Thanks to those all who helped and special thanks to Running Man can now get all freeview channels using

lof1: 10750, lofswitch: 22500, lof2: 10750

Not sure if the time of day help tune it in but it works now.

hsvhel

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#2544343 19-Aug-2020 12:28

wolfgang1983:

Thanks to those all who helped and special thanks to Running Man can now get all freeview channels using

lof1: 10750, lofswitch: 22500, lof2: 10750

Not sure if the time of day help tune it in but it works now.

Great to see you got it operational, well done on persevering with it!

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