openbox s11 no signal?? some channels

[dilwsi]

openbox s11 are crap, alot of people are fobbing peopleoff with these because they are cheaper. I can CONFIRM openbox s11 have problems and openbox s10 WORKS GREAT!!

if you can ONLY purchase openbox s10 and dreambox dm800HD

BEWARE of openbox s11 (not near as good as openbox s10)

Mate i have 4 of these boxes in the same place. I get some channels with no signal.
If 2 of the boxes are on, there is no problem with signal. But once more get switched on then i have the problem with signal.

Ordered a 13-18 inline slope just to see if it makes a difference.

Give me a pm if your selling these as, buy them at the min, see if we can work something out.

Also can you shed any light on my problem.

Cheers.

[FoneFreak]

only by s10, also dont buy models with built in 3 pin plug (pre wired).

also do a search fot in400x diode fix. im using 1n4003
all problems gone

once again if you can only buy s10 models

[dilwsi]

My s10 comes with a 3pin plug but is not wired into the device.
separate all together.

just looked on ebay for the 1n4003, can you show me a picture of where i need to put the 1n4003

Thanks again

[dilwsi]

only by s10, also dont buy models with built in 3 pin plug (pre wired).

also do a search fot in400x diode fix. im using 1n4003
all problems gone

once again if you can only buy s10 models

You got a pic mate of where to put the 1n4003

[dilwsi]

Anyone got a pic ??

[jjjj1577]

Hi
I had "no signal" issue with my S11 only when 2 other **y boxes were connected at the same time. This only affected the vertical tp's and when I unplugged I of the **y boxes it brought some but not all channels on vertical back. When S11 was plugged in to multi LNB by itself it worked fine on all channels both H and V TP's.
I tried the !3-18db inline but it never worked for me.
What did work was when I put a 1 to 4 diseqc switch (or 1 to 2)before the S11 and switched settings in Installation to motor on for all satellites and put motor type to diseqc 1.2 and now all 3 boxes are working fine.
Don't know why it works but it does. This is not my work I read on the net somewhere though they stated using USALS for motor setting which may also work.
Hope this helps and isn't too complicated, I found it quite easy so most people should be able to do it.
Just to add I am using zone1 fixed dish and quad LNB though installation is set to motor

[dirtydonki]

In over 30 years in the Sat game inline amps have never done shit for me and in the case of the OBox the result was the same. A waste of another ?4.

I suspect the tuner is poor in the OB as my DM800HD rev M tuner picks up everything just fine even though some signals are quite weak. The DM was also shyte before I replaced the tuner. So I suspect I have always had a setup/LNB problem since moving here.

I've ordered a new LNB. Failing that I'll wait until summer and either realign my dish or relocate it and then set up the motor again. Oh Joy!

UPDATE: As promised above. Wasted ?8 on a new LNB. Turned out to be the LNB Skew. All good now which is a relief as I did not fancy realigning or relocating one little bit.

Skew has to be spot on so that signal quality levels for V & H transponders is almost the same (dish type dependent). Got mine to 70%.

Hope this helps others.

[carlyounguk]

I am having similar problems. It only happens when my sly box and open box are both connected at the same time. As soon as I disconnect the sat cable from the sly box the openbox works fine. I have a quad lnb and they are all sep feeds coming from this. Any ideas?

[Eggtasico]

I have an Openbox with a 2 pin plug.

I could not pick up a lot of Vertical Channels like gold, etc.
I also have a dreambox 800HD & 8 way LNB

Simple fix for me was to use a disecq 2 LNB to Receiver switch
-- about ?4 on the auction site.

Now I get all channels.

The diseqc switch was mentioned elsewhere in this thread

[papablue]

the vertical channel problem on the s11 is down to your lnb.
ive done many tests and can assure you all theres nothing wrong with your s11 just replace your lnb and away you go

[octalsys]

the vertical channel problem on the s11 is down to your lnb.
ive done many tests and can assure you all theres nothing wrong with your s11 just replace your lnb and away you go

I have the vertical problem in S11 Skybox. Just got my new quad LNB but didn't make any difference.

The LNB is a Zinwell Quan LNB Part No: J4S (W/ERA)

Going to order a Diseqc 4x1 switch and try that next.

[pallys]

I have the vertical problem in S11 Skybox. Just got my new quad LNB but didn't make any difference.

The LNB is a Zinwell Quan LNB Part No: J4S (W/ERA)

Going to order a Diseqc 4x1 switch and try that next.

Please post back if it worked for you.

[octalsys]

Please post back if it worked for you.

Just a quick update. I have ordered the Diseqc switch and also the in-line slope thingy....but still waiting for these to arrive.

I had heard something about a diode fix so looked into it and today in work I came across a few diodes which look like they might suit (1N5401).

I took about 3" of coax and put an F connector on each end. The added a female-to-female adapter on one end ( so can connect in-line with existing feed at the box end ). I split the coax in the middle and soldered the diode to the inner solid wire, and leaving as much of the outer shield wire in place ( making sure none was touching the inner or diode wire).

Brought it home and connected it in-line with my feed from the LNB at the box end ( make sure Anode end of diode is towards the box input, ie side without the band ) and to my astonishment I now get all the missing channels on Vertical TP's.....Amazing....Fair play to whoever found this fix.

I'll try the other things when they arrive and post an update of those too. :-)



UPDATE:

Got in-line amplifier and 4x1 Diseqc switch. Tried both and made little or no difference that I could see.

Diode fix still doing the job though.....

[pallys]

No Signal Fix For OpenBox DreamBox and Blade | eBay

What kind of solution is this? is it a diode fix or something else?

[octalsys]

No Signal Fix For OpenBox DreamBox and Blade | eBay

What kind of solution is this? is it a diode fix or something else?

Yeah, this is the diode fix...