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Hi,
I've been fairly new to the satellite world (only about a year) and
bought a bec 2000 kit that came with a DMS international KU LNBF .5 dB
and the standard dish that comes with these kits...i'm guessing 3 feet.
I have had nothing but trouble with this system. I'm trying to decide
whether it's me, my setup, or one of the equipment. I know many people,
mostly housewives who have had absolutely no problem what so ever with
their system so i'm about to give up on this.
This is somewhat long so please bear with me. I assume many people who
haven't been around dishes and are not certain how things work have gone
through this at one time or another.
background info:
I originally installed this on the side of the house with the view
partially blocked. i managed to get a decent 67% quality signal and was
getting most of the channels i was looking for. however, the same
channel that was working at 67% would drop down to 38% the next day or
even if i would switch around between channels. also there was big
differences between signal quality between the different transponders.
I decided to move the dish to the roof instead with nothing in the path
of the signal thinking that would fix it. I spent 2 days on hte roof
with the reciever and a small tv trying to get a signal. i didn't get
higher than 40%.
after some research, i was told that perhaps the mounting pole was not
leveled and it wasn't. it was slightly off but the mounting pole that
came with the system was kind of flimbsy and beause of the shape of the
roof i could not adjust it so i got an 8 foot metal pipe, dug a hole, put
concrete around it, made sure it was perfectly level, and after drying
connected the dish on top of that pole.
After a day or so adjusting the dish and lnbf, i was able to get a signal
of almost 70% on some transponders with only a 50% on the others. and
again, all of the transponders would drop to 38% just by switching
around. it seems as if once it got a good signal, it would carry over to
another transponder but as soon as it would hit one with a bad signal,
even if i came back to the previous transponder, it would go bad again.
now i can't get anything more than 50% quality and of course no picture.
i've checked all the cords, made sure i've selected ku band lnbf in hte
options. checked the frequencies and symbol rates on the transponders
that i'm intersted in...i don't know what else to do. should I buy
another LNBF? I live in the middle of texas with little interference.
thanks in advance
Hi,
I've been fairly new to the satellite world (only about a year) and
bought a bec 2000 kit that came with a DMS international KU LNBF .5 dB
and the standard dish that comes with these kits...i'm guessing 3 feet.
I have had nothing but trouble with this system. I'm trying to decide
whether it's me, my setup, or one of the equipment. I know many people,
mostly housewives who have had absolutely no problem what so ever with
their system so i'm about to give up on this.
This is somewhat long so please bear with me. I assume many people who
haven't been around dishes and are not certain how things work have gone
through this at one time or another.
background info:
I originally installed this on the side of the house with the view
partially blocked. i managed to get a decent 67% quality signal and was
getting most of the channels i was looking for. however, the same
channel that was working at 67% would drop down to 38% the next day or
even if i would switch around between channels. also there was big
differences between signal quality between the different transponders.
I decided to move the dish to the roof instead with nothing in the path
of the signal thinking that would fix it. I spent 2 days on hte roof
with the reciever and a small tv trying to get a signal. i didn't get
higher than 40%.
after some research, i was told that perhaps the mounting pole was not
leveled and it wasn't. it was slightly off but the mounting pole that
came with the system was kind of flimbsy and beause of the shape of the
roof i could not adjust it so i got an 8 foot metal pipe, dug a hole, put
concrete around it, made sure it was perfectly level, and after drying
connected the dish on top of that pole.
After a day or so adjusting the dish and lnbf, i was able to get a signal
of almost 70% on some transponders with only a 50% on the others. and
again, all of the transponders would drop to 38% just by switching
around. it seems as if once it got a good signal, it would carry over to
another transponder but as soon as it would hit one with a bad signal,
even if i came back to the previous transponder, it would go bad again.
now i can't get anything more than 50% quality and of course no picture.
i've checked all the cords, made sure i've selected ku band lnbf in hte
options. checked the frequencies and symbol rates on the transponders
that i'm intersted in...i don't know what else to do. should I buy
another LNBF? I live in the middle of texas with little interference.
thanks in advance