When fault finding, you are complicating things by using ABM. If it can tune in to the home transponder, it will add all the services/channels even if you can't receive them.
Please perform a manual, single satellite scan and report back with how many channels you get.
The cable that is at fault is the virgin media type cable suitable for modem/cable tv. The cabel core has some kind of foam filling?Originally Posted by adm
I though RG6 was the better cable to get when using google?
Did manual scan and got 804 first attempt, then teaked the able a bit and got 822. The cable at fault is the one with foam type filling, the other cable that has a hollow type direlectric has no problem...touch wood.
In my opinion, RG6 is too generic and so variable in specification dependant on manufacturer. If you can establish the manufacturer and find a data sheet then some is of the better specification RG6 is equivalent to Webro WF100. For short runs of perhaps 5 to 10 metres you will possibly not notice any difference with a medium quality RG6 cable
Better quality RG6 is 30dB loss per 100 metres @2GHz
https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2331674.pdf
Medium quality RG6 is 40dB loss per 100 metres @2GHz
https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/58555...uad-plenum.pdf
Poor quality RG6 is 50dB loss per 100 metres @2GHz
https://www.koax24.de/storage/datash...latt_RG6AU.pdf
Webro WF100 is around 33dB per 100m @2.4GHz
https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2851701.pdf
Xtrend ET10K, 2 x satellite tuners 28.2 (Sky FTA), 2 x hybrid (UK Freeview), Zgemma H9S (satellite)
What did you tweak to increase the number of channels. The dish. LNB position, the cable or a setting on the box?
Xtrend ET10K, 2 x satellite tuners 28.2 (Sky FTA), 2 x hybrid (UK Freeview), Zgemma H9S (satellite)
My cable run is 10-15m approx and runs under floor boards between the two rooms and comes out into coax sockets just above the skirting as per diagram shown on post 15. I attach the picture of the cable that I propose to replace at some point. I want to avoid pulling up floorbaords so will have tie the new cable to old and pull it through hoping it dose not get caught . So would I be better off with WF100?
Last edited by ALIEN1X; 02-01-23 at 23:11. Reason: typo
The cable, tried to straighten out some of the kinks and the short loop cable as shown on post 15 and tape around some of the exoposed brading. All this is temporary till I try to replace the cable under the floor
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