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[techman20]

i have a 36inch dish and my adverage quality is around 70 some 65 should they be higher or am i missing something my quality on the echostar are only 70 the reason i ask i compare it to my 18inch for dish and i have a 93 signal on them....thanks

[DruzeTito]

what LNB do you have?

[techman20]

Fortec Star Single Universal LNBF

[DruzeTito]

Your universal LNB will is not meant to pick up echostar... you need a "circular" lnb. You can get one from Best buy or radioshack from 30-45 dollars.

Unless you are trying to view 121.. which is linear.. the rest of echostar is circular.

For linear satellites 60 and up quality is great..

[lpgao939]

How do I know the LNB type if I bought it without any information? and what I do when setup my receiver for it?

Thanks in advance.

[DruzeTito]

when you obtain a circular lnb.. set it to single.. l.o. frequency 11250.

[lpgao939]

Thanks lot for your reply.

Is it critical to set l.o. frequency 11250 accurately?

[lpgao939]

Do you mean we have to use different LNB for different sat?

[DruzeTito]

yes. To view echostar 119, 110, 61.5, nimiq 1 + 2, you NEED a different LNB called a "circular lnb" or more often called DSS lnbs. And yes you need to set it to 11250.

[lpgao939]

Many thanks for your reply. But How do I know the LNB type for the particular satellite?

[DruzeTito]

look on lyngsat. If next to the transponders you see R or L instead of H or V, then you need circular dss lnb. For example, tp 11920 V needs a linear ku lnb, but freq 20000 R needs a circular one. These are polarities.

[lpgao939]

Great, Thanks lot for reply.
How do I know my LNB is what?

[DruzeTito]

your lnb is linear.. if you have fortec universal

[lpgao939]

My receiver is Eagle Star model 53-2500a and it clones Pansat 2500.

On setup screen it does not give LNB type circular, it has :
Standard 11250
Single Stack 10750(V)/11250(H)
Universal 1 9750/10600
Universal 1 9750/10750
Single-SL 5150/5170
Single-SH 5150/5170

So which one is ofr echo star 3, 7, 6,8 circular LBN?
And at TP setup I can not change to non polarity and it only let me set for V or H?

What I do?

[DruzeTito]

there is no setting for circular. set it to Standard 11250 IF you have a dss lnb.. not linear lnb.

For the polarity, V translates to R, and H translates to L. don't worry about the polarities.

[lpgao939]

Thanks lot again for your great reply.