Ryan M
10-15-03, 04:57 AM
I am having a very diffucult time setting up my Dish 500 system. I think my problem seems to be with my legacy twin lnb. Here's the situation:
I aim my dish and run through the check switch and it does detect it as a 500 twin. When i try to get both sats I am only able to get one and this is shown in both signal strength bars. I have tried to move the lnb side to side by placing only one side into the plastic Y-adapter and the other side hanging to the outside of the dish. When I do this, depending on which side I move it to I am able to get 110 or 119 to show up in both signal strength bars.
I noticed that when I placed my hand over one side of the lnb the signal was lost but nothing happend when I placed my hand over the other lnb.
I have tried all combinations with switching the cable from one side to another and nothing helps to get both sats. When I am locked on one sat adjusting skew, azimuth or elevation only changes the signal strenght for one sat but does nothing to get both sats.
The twin lnb I bought used, I was told that it was working. When I tried the other day it was very windy and I was able to get both sats but only for 2-3 seconds. Both signal strength bars were green and showing both 110 and 119.
What am I doing wrong? Is my aiming bad? Is setting up a dish 500 system this difficult, is the aiming really touchy? Is one of the lnbs bad? Unfortunately I think one of the lnbs is bad, but how was I able, even for a brief second, able to get both sats. Is there anyway that I can check to be certain that both lnbs are working? How can I take the lnb apart?
Any help that you can supply me with is very very much appreciated.
Thank You so very much,
Ryan
I aim my dish and run through the check switch and it does detect it as a 500 twin. When i try to get both sats I am only able to get one and this is shown in both signal strength bars. I have tried to move the lnb side to side by placing only one side into the plastic Y-adapter and the other side hanging to the outside of the dish. When I do this, depending on which side I move it to I am able to get 110 or 119 to show up in both signal strength bars.
I noticed that when I placed my hand over one side of the lnb the signal was lost but nothing happend when I placed my hand over the other lnb.
I have tried all combinations with switching the cable from one side to another and nothing helps to get both sats. When I am locked on one sat adjusting skew, azimuth or elevation only changes the signal strenght for one sat but does nothing to get both sats.
The twin lnb I bought used, I was told that it was working. When I tried the other day it was very windy and I was able to get both sats but only for 2-3 seconds. Both signal strength bars were green and showing both 110 and 119.
What am I doing wrong? Is my aiming bad? Is setting up a dish 500 system this difficult, is the aiming really touchy? Is one of the lnbs bad? Unfortunately I think one of the lnbs is bad, but how was I able, even for a brief second, able to get both sats. Is there anyway that I can check to be certain that both lnbs are working? How can I take the lnb apart?
Any help that you can supply me with is very very much appreciated.
Thank You so very much,
Ryan