[nolan.craig]

Good day all,
I need some help please.

I have an Explora 2 with a 80cm dish and smart LNB (installed by an accredited dstv installer).

Recently I decided to add extra view and decided to DIY this myself since I had some spare cable around.

I looked at a similar thread on this forum for the connections layout.
http://forum.dstv.com/showthread.php?t=28457

I connected my HD PVR 2 to port A of the smart LNB and Port B went to my Explora 2 both using a single cable going from the dish to SatCR of the decoders and a heatbeat cable from RF in on both sets connecting them.

My HD PVR 2 receives signal but after 2 seconds the picture freezes. My tuner 1 signal is 0 but tuner 2 is at 98% and 100%.

I know the cables are not the issue as i tested them using a multi meter for continuity.


Sorry for the long post but can anyone please assist.
I've tried calling DSTV customer care and no one can figure this out.

[Optimist]

Welcome to posting :-)

Originally Posted by nolan.craig

My tuner 1 signal is 0 but tuner 2 is at 98% and 100%.

This appears to be the main concern. Firstly, have you changed the LNB setting in your HD PVR's menu to "SATCR Universal"?
(I think it's called that, or may be similar but with the word "Unicable".)

EDIT: Then follow Geoff D's advice in the next post.

[Geoff D]

What brand of HD PVR2 is it? If it is the 2P, then possibly a small change to the network settings will sort it out.

The issue is you are getting a clash between the user bands and frequencies used by the two decoders.

The 2 tuner decoder uses userbands 0 and 1 as default and therefore either this has to be changed to user band 4 or 5 if it is a 2P, OR

You must change the Explora to use userbands from 2 onwards to fix.

[nolan.craig]

Originally Posted by Optimist

Welcome to posting :-)



This appears to be the main concern. Firstly, have you changed the LNB setting in your HD PVR's menu to "SATCR Universal"?
(I think it's called that, or may be similar but with the word "Unicable".)

EDIT: Then follow Geoff D's advice in the next post.

Hi,
Thanks so much for the feedback , The settings was off.
All sorted now.

[nolan.craig]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

What brand of HD PVR2 is it? If it is the 2P, then possibly a small change to the network settings will sort it out.

The issue is you are getting a clash between the user bands and frequencies used by the two decoders.

The 2 tuner decoder uses userbands 0 and 1 as default and therefore either this has to be changed to user band 4 or 5 if it is a 2P, OR

You must change the Explora to use userbands from 2 onwards to fix.

Thanks so much Geoff, I changed the settings and it worked perfectly.

Your help is much appreciated