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  • topman96
    Board Senior Member
    • Feb 2011
    • 214
    #1

    dreambox help needed

    hi can anybody help i have a dreambox clone 800hd and i aam trying to install it at my dads but the sat he wants to connect to is a old black 60cm black dish the dish and lnb are about 18 years old which was mounted on his roof about 18 years ago and it prob hasnt been used for 16 years but its still on roof the problem is when i conect at go to setup and do a sat skan for 28 east i get nothing but on the setup i seem to thing the snr meter is up in the 90es but i carnt get channels could it be the old lnb wont work with dream box or is there something wrong with dreambox
    thank
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    • Bazinga
      Experienced Member
      • Aug 2011
      • 418
      #2
      Re: dreambox help needed

      Originally posted by topman96
      hi can anybody help i have a dreambox clone 800hd and i aam trying to install it at my dads but the sat he wants to connect to is a old black 60cm black dish the dish and lnb are about 18 years old which was mounted on his roof about 18 years ago and it prob hasnt been used for 16 years but its still on roof the problem is when i conect at go to setup and do a sat skan for 28 east i get nothing but on the setup i seem to thing the snr meter is up in the 90es but i carnt get channels could it be the old lnb wont work with dream box or is there something wrong with dreambox
      thank
      are you sure the satellite is pointed at 28.2e? 18 years ago we didn't have digital satellite and if the LNB is 18 years old, wouldn't that be an analogue LNB?

      and did 28.2e exist 18 years ago?
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        • topman96
          Board Senior Member
          • Feb 2011
          • 214
          #3
          Re: dreambox help needed

          yes it would be analougue and as far as i am aware sky always been 28.2 but i didint know there was diffrent lnbs for sky i thoght it was tuner what gave you digital signal not reciever but i am probably wrong i will try to find is old reciver to see what it says on it

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            • Bazinga
              Experienced Member
              • Aug 2011
              • 418
              #4
              Re: dreambox help needed

              Originally posted by topman96
              yes it would be analougue and as far as i am aware sky always been 28.2 but i didint know there was diffrent lnbs for sky i thoght it was tuner what gave you digital signal not reciever but i am probably wrong i will try to find is old reciver to see what it says on it
              Digital Receivers need a Universal LNB, and Analogue will have enhanced LNB which I've just learnt from another site.

              you can still use the same dish, its just metal. the dish may have moved over the years so it may require re aligning.

              LNB's may need to nbe replaced though. Old analogue dishes probably have "enhanced lnb's on the (9750 - 11700MHz coverage).

              Digital needs "universal lmb's" on the dish (9750 - 12750MHz coverage)
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                • satman72
                  Experienced Board Member
                  • Jun 2010
                  • 3550
                  #5
                  Re: dreambox help needed

                  The problem can be your old LNB doesn't use standard frequencies. New LNB are called universal and they have two LOF 9,750 and 10,600 Ghz. Old LNB was using like LOF 9,750 and 10,750, so before to replace the LNB try to set those frequencies into tuner settings menu. Anyway I suggest to replace LNB and cable from old dish, this will increase your reception quality.
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                    • topman96
                      Board Senior Member
                      • Feb 2011
                      • 214
                      #6
                      Re: dreambox help needed

                      ok i have found old sky box it was a grundig 150
                      now i hvae dream box connected when i go to sat finder i have 3 gauges
                      snr
                      agc
                      ber
                      but the only one which shows anything is agc show about 85 percent
                      when i try to select a channel it says tunner faied could it be that i need new lnb or is there a prob with dreambox
                      thanks
                      ps
                      i have found out that it is a old analogue receiver GRUNDIG GRD150 so if he was useing this decoder would it be pointing to 28 or old marco polo sat

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