[mythtvnz] Broken DVB-S setup

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Noel & Diane <noel at igrin.co.nz> wrote:

>
>>>>>
>> Thanks Noel. Got hold of a satellite signal tester and proved to my
>> satisfaction that the LNB was OK. So ordered a Technotrend S-1401
>> (thanks Hads) which was a drop-in replacement for my Technisat SkyStar
>> 2.6D and everything is now A-OK. All sorted in plenty of time to catch
>> the UEFA Champions League Final (hopefully restored my son's faith in
>> Dad after missing the Man U Semi!).
> OK back to square one (kind of). The (new) DVB-S card is still working
> for Freeview NZ channels (H-pol) but is no longer tuning to SBS 1 or 2
> (V-pol). I have checked with my satellite tester and the card is
> switching between 13/18V as expected. I would suspect it is now the LNB
> if it was not for the fact that when I go into MythTV-setup, I can scan
> the SBS transponder for channels as expected, which must mean it is
> successfully tuning that transponder (V-pol), no? Switching
> off/rebooting/disconnecting cables has not helped. Only other info I can
> add is that when it tries to tune to SBS under 'Watch TV' it reports the
> lock status as (LBs) instead of (LBS) as normal. The only thing I can
> think to try is a new LNB, but I can't explain why I can tune to scan
> for channels but not to watch channels....
>
>

Go back into setup and check polarity, sometimes myth seems to set it
wrong despite you setting it correctly.