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eattheliving
27th January, 2012, 09:30 PM
Hi all, is there a cheap hd box(circa ?60-?65) that has a good tuner and does not suffer from signal loss when connected to multiple LNB?

cheers

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tubs
27th January, 2012, 09:47 PM
you may have to go up a bit unless you can find a sec hand one
eattheliving
27th January, 2012, 10:59 PM
you may have to go up a bit unless you can find a sec hand one

thanks matey. do all the cheap hd ones have the same tuner/lnb issues?
digicon
28th January, 2012, 10:59 AM
For that sort of price your looking at an Openbox S9/10/11 or a second hand eaglebox 800 mini or standard, I dont have any experience of these but have heard good reports about about the eaglebox tuner.

If you want sensitivity then there is no match for a Technomate but you wont get a HD model secondhand for that type of money, Maybe a SD version say the 5300 or 5400.
short360uk
28th January, 2012, 12:51 PM
I just bought a brand new (not clone) openbox S10 from ebay for ?67 as a second box for kids bedroom, upto now its been solid and i'm using all 4 connections on lnb for freesat and blade. they not as noob freindly to set up as blade tho but still easy enough
eattheliving
28th January, 2012, 11:58 PM
cheers guy's for all the comments.

I bought an s10 and cannot receive certain channels ,even with an in line amp. I think it's down to the distance from the dish/lnb to the box as well as the known tuner issues.
mdt
29th January, 2012, 12:41 PM
cheers guy's for all the comments.

I bought an s10 and cannot receive certain channels ,even with an in line amp. I think it's down to the distance from the dish/lnb to the box as well as the known tuner issues.


whats the distance? you could use wf125 but its expensive, regards mdt
eattheliving
29th January, 2012, 08:56 PM
whats the distance? you could use wf125 but its expensive, regards mdt

hi mdt,

approx 20 to 25 meters. i take it that wf125 is the biz then?
mdt
29th January, 2012, 10:50 PM
wf125 is for very long distances... you shouldnt need a in-line amp for a 25m run. i had a openbox s9 on a 20m run of rg6 with a mk4 zone1 and had no issues whatsoever. regards mdt
eattheliving
30th January, 2012, 08:03 AM
wf125 is for very long distances... you shouldnt need a in-line amp for a 25m run. i had a openbox s9 on a 20m run of rg6 with a mk4 zone1 and had no issues whatsoever. regards mdt

thanks mdt. do you know of any issues if using an octo lnb?
digicon
30th January, 2012, 11:55 AM
thanks mdt. do you know of any issues if using an octo lnb?


Have you not tried another output from the Octo just in case the one its in now is faulty which can happen.
eattheliving
30th January, 2012, 09:10 PM
Have you not tried another output from the Octo just in case the one its in now is faulty which can happen.

yes mate. swapped to another output...still the same issue. no probs at all from my tm600 (same feed) which was about to be retired.