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as title, any sky installers here, basicly i have moved a dish which is pointing right again (im sure) but the 4 leads from the quatro lnb were disconnectd by my dim witt brickie and have been reconnected in the wrong order, anyone free tomorrow for a hr to sort and make my clients kids happy and make sky work again.
basicly we have reconnected the cables in the wrong order. it worked before we re routed the cables and they were definatly not dammaged, and system works via a switch which has also not been touched either.
beer tokens waiting but must be sorted tomorrow, anyone up for an hrs work
mark
basicly we have reconnected the cables in the wrong order. it worked before we re routed the cables and they were definatly not dammaged, and system works via a switch which has also not been touched either.
beer tokens waiting but must be sorted tomorrow, anyone up for an hrs work
mark
carpmaster said:
Contrary to what the previous posters have stated, it DOES matter which order the cables are connected! You don't want someone from SKy - they won't have a clue how to fix it. Just use an independent - easy job to fix.
Edited by carpmaster on Saturday 7th November 20:26
yup carpmaster you are right, sky would be useless and it does matter as its switched , i have an indi i use coming tuesday but 3 kids arriving sunday night to no tv would reallyn like it if it was working as i have worked 3 weeks solid in this job and really have no intention of going in mon tues or weds
mark
ps dish is spot on, its screaming full signal with the gain turned all the way down!!
Edited by x 7usc on Saturday 7th November 20:33
Edited by x 7usc on Saturday 7th November 20:36
itv1 and itv3 are on the two low bands if i remember correctly (marked VL and HL on most LNBs). Get those two working first and then just move the other two about untill all channels are working. Simples.
And dont worry about disconnecting everything for fear of damaging it, it will be fine
And dont worry about disconnecting everything for fear of damaging it, it will be fine
Edited by Daniel1 on Saturday 7th November 21:39
carpmaster said:
Contrary to what the previous posters have stated, it DOES matter which order the cables are connected!
I'm sorry, but it really makes no difference which cable goes where - the four outputs are identical to each other.Two cables will be for the Sky+ box (so you can record one channel and watch another) and the other two cables must be going to Sky multi-room boxes somewhere.
Each output is powered independently via the coax, and you should ensure all Sky boxes are switch off before playing with the cables.
Dr.Doofenshmirtz said:
carpmaster said:
Contrary to what the previous posters have stated, it DOES matter which order the cables are connected!
I'm sorry, but it really makes no difference which cable goes where - the four outputs are identical to each other.Two cables will be for the Sky+ box (so you can record one channel and watch another) and the other two cables must be going to Sky multi-room boxes somewhere.
Each output is powered independently via the coax, and you should ensure all Sky boxes are switch off before playing with the cables.
eta there is a diference between quadro and a quad
Edited by x 7usc on Saturday 7th November 22:13
I had the same issue, and called Sky out.
It dosent matter which way round the cables are.
My problem was sorted by connecting everything up and then switching the box off at the mains for 2 mins, and then on again
Really, thats all I had to do. The Sky man reckons he does 5 a week....oops.
It dosent matter which way round the cables are.
My problem was sorted by connecting everything up and then switching the box off at the mains for 2 mins, and then on again
Really, thats all I had to do. The Sky man reckons he does 5 a week....oops.
Dr.Doofenshmirtz said:
carpmaster said:
Contrary to what the previous posters have stated, it DOES matter which order the cables are connected!
I'm sorry, but it really makes no difference which cable goes where - the four outputs are identical to each other.bull996 said:
It dosent matter which way round the cables are.
For the second time, yes it does matter. Hence why his Sky isn't working. 
The cables should be colour coded or at least labelled at the LNB and the multi-switch.
Useful site here......... http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/lnb.htm#quattro
Try this.
Put the Sky box on ITV1
Then on the multiswitch, find the 18v input, and try each cable from dish until this channel works.
Then put box on ITV3
Then on the multiswitch, find the 13v input (or 14v), and try each cable from dish until this channel works.
Then put box on Nick Junior
Then on the multiswitch, find the 18v+22khz input, and try each cable from dish until this channel works.
Then plug the other one into the only input left.
They might have changed the frequencies of these channels so it might not work, and even with the wrong input connected you might still get a weak signal on the channel. But might sort you out anyway.
Put the Sky box on ITV1
Then on the multiswitch, find the 18v input, and try each cable from dish until this channel works.
Then put box on ITV3
Then on the multiswitch, find the 13v input (or 14v), and try each cable from dish until this channel works.
Then put box on Nick Junior
Then on the multiswitch, find the 18v+22khz input, and try each cable from dish until this channel works.
Then plug the other one into the only input left.
They might have changed the frequencies of these channels so it might not work, and even with the wrong input connected you might still get a weak signal on the channel. But might sort you out anyway.
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