the problem is a failing power supply in your thompson receiver (by the sounds of it) when its connected, the receiver itself is draining extra current from the 5402 via the interconnected LNB chassis

this is why i said to try it with the sky receiver disconnected

to have both connected, and working in harmony, youll need to get the power supply on your sky receiver repaired

Thanks - but I dont have a Thomson HD box.It is a sky (amstrad?) DRX890-C

Could this still be the case?

thanks

Originally Posted by atruvelo

Thanks - but I dont have a Thomson HD box.It is a sky (amstrad?) DRX890-C

Could this still be the case?

thanks

I believe Digidude probably assumed its a Thomson mate because its a known fault in the Thomson boxes!
You can still buy replacement power supplies on Fleabay for the Thomson boxes, I know I had one!! lol!!!
As for Amstrads, maybe Digidude himself may comment?

Many thanks guys,
At the moment, I intend to solve the problem by buying a quad lnb off fleabay (6 quid) and strapping it next to the existing one (have seen some diy solutions in forums). This way my technomate can have its own lnb and wont be messed up by the skybox (which works fine apart from the ps problem)

thanks!

sounds like the same problem, with amstrads though the psu is a part of the main board (the 890 also has another smaller board) but its the psu starting to fail, causing it to draw extra current from the 5402.

strapping another lnb next to the existing one wont work, as the lnb on the arm of the dish is at the focal point of the dish, and this is the only place a signal is present for the satellite you intend to receive

Hi again atruvelo,

From what I have observed in the past... Sky Digiboxes always seem to demand to be the master signal receiver from any multi-input LNB ...I don't know why this happens... but like you say... as soon as you switch off the Sky Digibox... you are getting a proper response from the dish/LNB

You should really think about setting up a separate motorised dish/LNB for your Technomate receiver...

Best Wishes,
Zorch

As Zorch said, motorized is the way to go sticking on 28.2 means your missing out on 1000's of viewable channels and really limiting your viewing choice.

Thanks Guys,
I may well consider a motorised dish, but am new to this scene and it sounds complicated to set up. will investigate.

In the meantime, I saw these setups and so thought a seconf lnb might work after all?:

Sky minidish with extra LNB

that setup is for receiving a different sat(like 19.2 east) at the same time with different providers but depending on your dishsize and where your located for it to work, and if you place a different lnb beside it you would need a diseq switch too.

Hi again atruvelo,

It would be interesting to know whether you still get the same bad/reduced signal problems if you attach a second Sky Digibox to the same LNB...

Best Wishes,
Zorch