Changing sky dish lnb

Rovver125

Just bought a Humax Foxsat HDR box as Freeview signal in our area is terrible.

Live in a 2 bed rented bungalow which already had a dish and cable in place. It is a more modern style elliptical dish but only has a single lnb and single cable running into the living room. We are using the Humax box on this single cable at present.

I know to utilise the full functions of the Humax box I need to run a new twin cable in and want to replace the lnb with a quad one.

I have sourced these parts at wildly differing prices online.

Questions are:

1. Is it worth spending extra money on the lnb and cable or will the cheaper kits off ebay etc do the same job?

2. Is it an easy enough job to change the lnb? Are there different fittings for different dishes? I am confident in my diy abilities for this and know running cable in will be an easy job.

Many thanks in advance for any replies and hope everyone has a lovely christmas

McKneff

Cant help with the DIY bit but we have just bought the Foxsat thing that you have and it's absolutely brilliant. Weve put it in our conservatory with a new full HD TV, great stuff.....

Can I hijack and just ask a quick question, we seem to have audio descriptions of what is going on in audio on the HD channnels of what is going on and i cant work out how to get rid of it, any ideas pleas.

Moneymaker

Rovver125 wrote: »

2. Is it an easy enough job to change the lnb? Are there different fittings for different dishes?

Yes there are. Google is your friend.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Quad+output+universal+Sky+LNB+fittings

nickcc

Just another hijack but could be relevant, is the standard quad LNB suitable for HD or is a new one required. The one I have is about 6 years old and was fitted for my original SKY + boxes before I changed to HD a few days ago. Thanks

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nickcc wrote: »

is the standard quad LNB suitable for HD or is a new one required. The one I have is about 6 years old and was fitted for my original SKY + boxes before I changed to HD a few days ago.

Unless the LNB is worn or damaged (or the dish is not properly aligned), there is no reason why it shouldn't receive HD channels. It's the Sky+HD decoder that gives you HD.

almillar

Stick to the parts mentioned above, and you won't go wrong. I'd take the opportunity whilst I'm up there to replace your entire single line with good quality shotgun cable, and also run shotgun from the other 2 feeds into the roofspace, in case you want to use them in the future.

Rovver125

Thanks for the helpful responses, sounds like an easy enough job when you've got the right bits. Have sourced the proper Sky quad LNB and cable cheaply online!

almillar wrote: »

Stick to the parts mentioned above, and you won't go wrong. I'd take the opportunity whilst I'm up there to replace your entire single line with good quality shotgun cable, and also run shotgun from the other 2 feeds into the roofspace, in case you want to use them in the future.

Thanks almillar, yeah makes sense to run extra cable in while doing it, could stick another box in the bedroom then and shut the missus away in there