WendyG Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Hi allIn Uk we can have multi LNBs running off one dish. In France we were told "not in France".We have a Triax dish with one LNB - UK multi-LNBs will not fit as fitting "arm" different size, is it possible to purchase a 3 cable LNB in France which will fit the Triax dish? and how does the price compare with buying a dish and multi LNB fitting in UK.Hope this all makes sense.WendyG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 It might be better if you told us the ultimate object of the exercise ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendyG Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Sorry if not clear.To be able to run 3 tvs - l in sitting room and the other 2 in bedrooms - to save arguments over which programme to watch|WendyG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Are you talking about Sky or French TV ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Martin963 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Although LNBs supplied by Sky used to be a non standard fit designed for their own makes of dish, I'm slightly surprised that there's a problem with your Triax dish and a quad LNB (an LNB with four fully independent outputs) as almost all the "collar" sizes are the same.As it's dark I can't go out and measure mine, but the circular neck of an LNB is gripped by the collar of the dish and that's about it. Older Sky dishes had a different system where the LNB had a flattish stalk coming out of it that slotted into a narrow rectangular whole at the end of the dish arm.Can you describe your Triax, or better still put up a photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 You can probably get an adapter to fit a quad UK LNB to your dish but I have seen quad LNB's in France which should work OK. Multiple LNB's are generally a bad idea and will almost always give you problems as they cannot all be in the 'sweet spot" of the dish at the same time and therefore will suffer from dropouts. Even in UK trying to run more than 2 LNB's is likely to be problematic.I have a standard 60cm elliptical Sky dish with a quad LNB and only lose signal in the very worst of rain storms.With prices being what they are though you might find it more cost effective to get a new dish and quad LNB from UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 http://www.triax.co.uk/Products/Satellite%20Reception%20Products/Satellite%20Dishes.aspxThey look bog standard to me. If you are bringing the dish from the UK it will work here just the same. Your original post is not clear at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 hi ok I bought a Triax dish be it 6 years ago here in France €20 from the local brico and then put a UK bought Fleabay quad lnb on it to run 4 boxes ... the bars to take an extra single lnb are used to pick up an extra different satellite.......you do know you will need 3 sky boxes to run 3 tv sets ?? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 I fitted a quad LNB last year and it works fine. Bought the thing from Amazon and although it needed a bit of jiggery-pokery (duck tape!) to get it to fit, I've had no signal drop-out since - cost about £12 delivered, iirc. That is with a standard Sky dish (the mesh one which was fitted when I got the box six years ago.) However, if I had somebody around who really knew what they were doing (instead of the local electrcian who did fit it for me), I would do as AnO suggests and replace the dish at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendyG Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 HiThanks everyone for the helpful replies - sorry my original post was unclear - put it down to lack of technical know how|I do ha ve 3 boxes which is why I want an LNB with three outlets, the difficulty being that an appropriate UK LNB appears to have a different "collar" to the Triax dish (about 10 years old) which is fitted. However, I understand that this can be "got over".WendyG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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