goRt (08-01-21)
Soory team i was off the radar yesterday my Sony Tv has developed a screen fault that requires a new screen and out of warranty
So did the manual scan as requested
Tuner A resulted from a manual scan at 890 channels
Tuner B resulted from a manual scan at 890 channels also both with network scan off on both
Legacy connected to the STB
Thedoc
VU+ Duo 4K SE
Zone 2 dish 60cm
Gigablue LNB Unicable SCR 2 legacy 5.4 (release)
Positioned to 28.2E
abu baniaz (08-01-21)
Glad you saw the typo and scanned using both tuners.
So we know that both tuners are fine.
We know those two cables are fine.
We know dish and LNB is aligned properly.
We know that the legacy ports of LNB are fine.
Twol says he uses the same LNB with the same receiver, so assuming your tests are equal, that eliminates the drivers/software.
The final test would have been to use another receiver with the Unicable part of LNB. If it had exhibited same fault, then that would have been conclusive. I am confident we can conclude the Unicable aspect of LNB is faulty.
One last check you could do (If you have started from scratch already, please ignore):
Flash an image into a different slot. Do not restore anything. Hook up the Unicable LNB as per your diagram. Configure tuners to match and then run your tests.
You then have to decide whether to pay an engineer to confirm your findings and then also pay for a new LNB. Or just replace the LNB and save on the "professional" costs. That being said, you have two terrestrial tuners, surely with 4 tuners you don't need a unicable LNB?
bbbuk (08-01-21)
I agree with @Abu, it maybe easier to buy another LNB (unless supply and fitting of current LNB is under warranty) and fit this yourself or pay someone to fit if not possible to fit yourself.
This would mean that should this issue continue with new LNB you can then go to supplier of your box and say you have tested cable and replaced LNB with a new one so only thing left is box/tuner.
Last edited by abu baniaz; 09-01-21 at 15:59. Reason: remove comments no longer relevant to this thread
Box was purchased from The sponsor here
the LNB was purchased on Amazon can't return to them I defo think its the LNB and not the STB as the STB is functioning fine.
Thedoc
VU+ Duo 4K SE
Zone 2 dish 60cm
Gigablue LNB Unicable SCR 2 legacy 5.4 (release)
Positioned to 28.2E
Yes I think I could do it myself I have a basic meter to check signal strength just need to get a hold of a ladder and away we go lol.
BTW got in touch with amazon to request a warranty return just waiting for a answer back.
I did place my meter between the unicable LNB and the STB and the meter jumps in signal all over the place 23% then to 99% then down to 2% etc, If i turn the STB off then I loose all the signal and then after about 10 mins it will show a week signal and then jump about if you change channel again
The Legacy outputs just stay at 99% all the time and does not move, even if I turn on and off or change channel.
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Thedoc
VU+ Duo 4K SE
Zone 2 dish 60cm
Gigablue LNB Unicable SCR 2 legacy 5.4 (release)
Positioned to 28.2E
bbbuk (11-01-21)
The LNB is a bit far out so I may have to pull it close to the wall, swap it over then find the signal and tweak I changed the fittings on the LNB last week and I could only just reach the lNB but its a bit far out to swap
Thedoc
VU+ Duo 4K SE
Zone 2 dish 60cm
Gigablue LNB Unicable SCR 2 legacy 5.4 (release)
Positioned to 28.2E
Ok so today I replaced the LNB with a GIGABLUE scr 24 Unicable one and low and behold as soon as i added the advanced settings as unicable to the tuner settings everything came on first time every time no tune fails or loss of channels after reboots etc.
I just want to take this opportunity to say thank you to the team for the support, knowledge and expertise in fault finding and isolating it to the LNB. I shipped the Opticum back to german today to have it tested will update what is reported back.
Thedoc
VU+ Duo 4K SE
Zone 2 dish 60cm
Gigablue LNB Unicable SCR 2 legacy 5.4 (release)
Positioned to 28.2E
Great to know - hopefully you can now enjoy a continued & excellent reception on your Giga LNB
Gigablue Quad 4K & UE 4K
.........FBC Tuners:
------------------> GT-Sat unicable LNB to 1.5M dish(28.2E)
------------------> Gigablue unicable LNB to 80 cm dish(19.2E)
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Vu+ Uno4KSE, Dreambox dm900
AX HD61, Edision Osmio 4K+, Zgemma H9Combo, Octagon SF8008 , gbtrio4k, h9se using unicable ports
Zgemma H9 C/S into Giga4K
thedoc11 (29-01-21)
so I have a Gigablue Quad 4K & UE 4K
Just connected to what I think is a standard lnb only tuners A and B are enabled but I can watch at the same time BBC1 HD, Channel 4 HD, ITV2, POP, and Dave. Why is this possible?
That is because the other tuners will work in loop through mode.