Thread: Quailty of signal different in 2 boxes WHY??

Originally Posted by Vic

You sure the LNB settings is the same on both boxes??

yeh i've checked them twice, i'm trying to use the dreambox for mysat and the settings for both are exactly the same why is it doing this, also i cannot seem to get more than 88% on the mediastar why is that, can it be due to the type of connectors i used ??

any ideas please

Originally Posted by diavalo13666

different decoders different tuners and quality of tuner in each.

have a dm500 and az units here dm will drop out in a storm yet az units keep kicking

so what can i do to get a better signal quality

thanks

Originally Posted by gner8r

yeh i've checked them twice, i'm trying to use the dreambox for mysat and the settings for both are exactly the same why is it doing this, also i cannot seem to get more than 88% on the mediastar why is that, can it be due to the type of connectors i used ??

any ideas please

You could also have 10 decoders of the same make & model and chances are they will all give you different signal readings.

This is because the signal meauring circuitry is designed to provide a very rough guide, only.

If readings were accurate, the decoders would cost thousands of $ more.

The important thing is that you have sufficient signal quality, which is more important than just signal strength.

Careful fine adjustment of the dish and in particular, LNB skew will affect signal quality, so you may need to check on those areas.

I'm curious by what you mean about the 'type of connectors' you used..... which are?

How are your decoders connected, one single cable from the LNB and you swap that cable from one box to another, or do you have them connected some other way?

Originally Posted by mtv

You could also have 10 decoders of the same make & model and chances are they will all give you different signal readings.

This is because the signal meauring circuitry is designed to provide a very rough guide, only.

If readings were accurate, the decoders would cost thousands of $ more.

The important thing is that you have sufficient signal quality, which is more important than just signal strength.

Careful fine adjustment of the dish and in particular, LNB skew will affect signal quality, so you may need to check on those areas.

I'm curious by what you mean about the 'type of connectors' you used..... which are?

How are your decoders connected, one single cable from the LNB and you swap that cable from one box to another, or do you have them connected some other way?

yes i'm swaping the cabole over but before that it is going to a diseqc switch as i have 2 satellites, in regards to the connectors i mean the cheapo one the crimp ones and the compression one (foxtel connectors), ive tried both the lnb skew and the elevations etc but signal quality did not even nudge,

i'm using a 10700 lnb should i use a 11300 one or the 10700 is better.

thanks

Originally Posted by gner8r

yes i'm swaping the cabole over but before that it is going to a diseqc switch as i have 2 satellites, in regards to the connectors i mean the cheapo one the crimp ones and the compression one (foxtel connectors), ive tried both the lnb skew and the elevations etc but signal quality did not even nudge,

i'm using a 10700 lnb should i use a 11300 one or the 10700 is better.

thanks

Crimp and compression connectors are best.

The LNB LO frequency choice depends on what the transponder frequencies are that you wish to receive. Some transponders used these days can only be received with a 10700 (or universal) LNB but the 10700 LNB you have now should be OK.

I suspect you have a setting issue in the Dreambox... perhaps diseqc, as a 75% quality reading should be more than sufficient for a signal lock.

thanks all

found out what it was it the ip settings on the box forgot to tick auto detect ip now that working fine,

but also for some reason now whats happening is that the signal is going from 63 to 93% playing up and down and today is a sunny clear day and i have only 63% why is this happening this never happened with the mediastar box

what can i do to fix this

regards