Brand New MTI Octo LNB 8-Way for SKY+HD | FREESAT | SKYPLUS | UNIVERSAL LMB

SKU: SKY-OCTO | EAN: | Brand: Zinwell

Brand new and boxed Mk4 OCTO L.N.B and legacy adapter.

The Latest L.N.B to fit all zone 1 and zone 2 dishes

will fit all types of sky dish new MK4 and MK3

The OCTO L.N.B can be used in the following way...
Sky Plus  or recordable freesat receiver  (2 outputs)
Two Sky+/HD or recordable freesat receivers (4 outputs)
Three Sky+/HD or recordable Freesat receivers (6 outputs)
Four Sky+/HD or recordable Freesat receivers (8 outputs)
Sky+hd Plus & one or two standard Sky or freesat receivers (3 or 4 outputs)
One-Eight standard Sky of freesat receivers (1 - 8 outputs)
And so on.....

This universal LNB is the type that is used by Sky in their installations. It is designed specifically for the Sky dishes as fitted by Sky. You can also use this LNB for any other satellite services which include Freesat, Freeview, BBC Digital .

This LNB is suitable for fitting to Sky supplied dishes with a rectangular LNB support arm.

1. This L.N.B is suitable as a direct replacement for an old L.N.B

2. To replace a broken one

3. To obtain sky multi-room

4. can be used to watch sky+/HD services

What is an LNB?

Low Noise Block-down converter (so called because it converts a whole band or "block" of frequencies to a lower band).

Also incorrectly known as a "Low Noise Block" or a "Low Noise Blocker"!

An LNB sits on the end of an arm and faces the parabolic reflector ("dish") which focusses the signals from a satellite 24,000 miles away into the "feed horn" of the LNB The LNB converts the signals to a lower frequency and sends them out to the cable connector, which you connect to your satellite receiver via coaxial cable.

What is an LNBF?
This is the term for an LNB with an integral feed horn. Nowadays the "F" tends to be omitted.

What is an LNC?
Low Noise Converter. Basically the same thing.

I think my LNB is faulty. How can I test it?

The only way to fully test an LNB is to fit it to a suitably aligned dish and connect a satellite receiver. Then check to make sure every channel is there. If no channels are missing and if it continues to work through a hot day and a cold night, the LNB is fine.

However, if some channels still appear to be missing (with a known good LNB), this could be the fault of the cable (bad connection, water ingress or kinked or wrong type), the receiver or the dish (distorted or misaligned) or local interference (DECT phone, car radar detector, etc.). So then you need to use a process of elimination by swapping the dish, the cable and the receiver (for a different make/model as some receivers won't work correctly with some LNBs).

Can't I test it with a meter?

A cheap sat finder meter simply looks at the average strength of all frequencies. It will not tell you if some frequencies are missing. An expensive meter looks at a specific frequency (sometimes more than one) but it will not tell you if some frequencies are missing.

Also, most meters rely on battery power. If the battery can not supply enough current to the LNB, it may give a false reading.