LNB..Horizontal or Vertical ??

[ricwilliam]

I have an old f*x**l dish and LNB and I am told that I need to run my LNB vertical to recieve AUSTAR FTA channels. How do know if my LNB is the correct one ??

[Rapid]

Good chance it's ready to accept Vertical, plug in the following and test...
12527 V 30000 3/4

[ricwilliam]

Thanks for the info.. I tried the settings got a signal strength of 65%
but no quality of signal

[streeter75]

try twisting the angle of the lnb.....it is pretty easy to accesss the tuning page(of box)where ya signal strength and quality are and leave it on that page and get up on the roof and twist LNB say a 2mm at a time and check the differrence on the screen.....bit of trial and error...

[watson]

Presumming you mean that you want to pick up the AURORA FTA channels, the reason you didn't get any quality is because the FEC posted by Rapid is incorrect.
The LNB will be set correctly if the dish was receiving Fox (The installer will have rotaed the lnb to obtain the highest cross poll reading and left it set to that optimum position)

For Aurora services use 12407, Vertical, 30,000 and 2/3 for the FEC

[streeter75]

Originally Posted by watson

Presumming you mean that you want to pick up the AURORA FTA channels, the reason you didn't get any quality is because the FEC posted by Rapid is incorrect.
The LNB will be set correctly if the dish was receiving Fox (The installer will have rotaed the lnb to obtain the highest cross poll reading and left it set to that optimum position)

For Aurora services use 12407, Vertical, 30,000 and 2/3 for the FEC

rapids statement was actually correct..... Check the facts b4 you say some1 else is wrong mate......

12407,v,30000.2/3
12527,v,30000,3/4
12720,v,30000,3/4

So who was wrong????

Cheers streeter75........................ Thats why lyngsat is there fellas

[watson]

Streeter75
I have no intention of assigning blame to anyone or pissing anyone off but I stand by my statement.

Ricwilliam isn't receiving any quality with the posted settings and if he wants to pick up the Aurora services 12407, V, 30,000, 2/3 will get him signal level and quality which is what he needs to start with.

[streeter75]

Originally Posted by watson

Streeter75
I have no intention of assigning blame to anyone or pissing anyone off but I stand by my statement.

Ricwilliam isn't receiving any quality with the posted settings and if he wants to pick up the Aurora services 12407, V, 30,000, 2/3 will get him signal level and quality which is what he needs to start with.

Just curious thou cheif....What if any? is the difference between any of the transponder frequencies?? 12407,12527,12720...... Network search on any will pick up the channels and the same signal quality and strength .... so whats the diff??????

and -----because the FEC posted by Rapid is incorrect.

dont you say that is assigning that rapids statement was wrong???

[ricwilliam]

Thanks everybody I now have pics after I rotated the LNB.
Please let's not squabble amongst ourselves as we are all here to help each other..

[stimpy j cat]

the orig foxtel LNBs were single pol, ie they cant change between V and H so you have to manually rotate them
as you found out

Stimpy