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Hi I have a freesat dish, with both a Pansonic freesat HD TV, and an Echostar HDS600 attached to it. Recently the Echostar started having issues receiving the 2 BBC HD channels whilst still receiving all other HD channels. The Pansonic receives all HD channels fine indicating about 90% quality and 100% signal. The Echostar displays "no or poor signal" however if I carry out a factory reset of the Echostar it works for an hour or 2 before going faulty. I changed the LNB from the standard one to a n Inverto quad 9.2 dB Ultra LNB and I also peaked the dish with an old analogue satellite spectrum analyser I have. I even tried locating the BBC HD transponder on 1024 MHz (10.874 - 9.75) and peaked that and minimised the X talk. However this has not affected the situation. Have you any ideas as Echostar support just said take my receiver to another installation and try it there.

Thanks Chris

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Oops the LNB S/n should have read 0.2 dB

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Hi,
Last night I tried unplugging the LNB cable from input 1 of the Echostar whilst it was powered off. We watched BBC 1 & 2 HD all evening without fault. I placed the receiver into standby before going to bed. This evening when I turned it on, the poor signal message appeared. So I unplugged the input cable from LNB 1, removed power from the machine for a minute. I replaced power, took it off standby and replaced the LNB cable. The picture returned and we are currently watching BBC 2 HD.

There is clearly an issue with the Echostar HD tuner, but I am thinking of obtaining a 6dB attenuator in case the stronger channels on the new satellite might be overloading the tuner or overcoming the AGC.

Chris

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