Hi all. Chances are, your answers will be "get a whole new dish", which I'm leaning to. But I'd like to see if something else can be done first.
So, how to start. Maybe from the beginning.
My in-laws have a dish/LNB that has a weird connection between the LNB & the arm (see picture below). It just had 91 connected initially. A few years back, the LNB died. Since its a weird one (maybe someone here can recognize it), instead of replacing it, I just brought a new 'normal' LNB, connected it to the side of the existing weird one with a hose clamp, re-aligned the dish slightly, and continued to receive 91.
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So that's been good for a while now. And it's still good. But recently, they finally upgraded their 2700 (or 2800 or 3100 or whatever) SD receiver to a 6400. So we need 82 as well.
I didn't know if it would work, since its only a ~20" dish (I think), but I grabbed another LNB, put it on the side, right beside the current 91 (the grey Zinwell), hoping to get 82. At best I thought it would work perfectly, at worst I thought I might get like 20-50 signal, and it wouldn't be enough, etc.
However, I was surprised to get 0 signal. Not even a sniff. I tried with 2 different LNB's, but in both cases I got nothing.
So now finally, my questions.
1. Should it work to add a 'third' LNB to a ~20" dish?
1b. Even if it doesn't work, shouldn't I at least get a little bit of signal? Am I doing something completely wrong?
2. Assuming I can't get 82 this way, is it possible to replace that broken LNB in the picture? If so, I can replace it, use it as 91, then use the Zinwell that's there as 82 (would need a bit of re-alignment). Right?
But does anyone know what kind of LNB that is? And where to get a replacement (and how much)?
If it helps, the dish that it came with says "Hughes Network Systems" and "DSS" on it. Not sure if that's a Direct TV hardware or what.
Thanks in advance...
So, how to start. Maybe from the beginning.
My in-laws have a dish/LNB that has a weird connection between the LNB & the arm (see picture below). It just had 91 connected initially. A few years back, the LNB died. Since its a weird one (maybe someone here can recognize it), instead of replacing it, I just brought a new 'normal' LNB, connected it to the side of the existing weird one with a hose clamp, re-aligned the dish slightly, and continued to receive 91.
So that's been good for a while now. And it's still good. But recently, they finally upgraded their 2700 (or 2800 or 3100 or whatever) SD receiver to a 6400. So we need 82 as well.
I didn't know if it would work, since its only a ~20" dish (I think), but I grabbed another LNB, put it on the side, right beside the current 91 (the grey Zinwell), hoping to get 82. At best I thought it would work perfectly, at worst I thought I might get like 20-50 signal, and it wouldn't be enough, etc.
However, I was surprised to get 0 signal. Not even a sniff. I tried with 2 different LNB's, but in both cases I got nothing.
So now finally, my questions.
1. Should it work to add a 'third' LNB to a ~20" dish?
1b. Even if it doesn't work, shouldn't I at least get a little bit of signal? Am I doing something completely wrong?
2. Assuming I can't get 82 this way, is it possible to replace that broken LNB in the picture? If so, I can replace it, use it as 91, then use the Zinwell that's there as 82 (would need a bit of re-alignment). Right?
But does anyone know what kind of LNB that is? And where to get a replacement (and how much)?
If it helps, the dish that it came with says "Hughes Network Systems" and "DSS" on it. Not sure if that's a Direct TV hardware or what.
Thanks in advance...
