topic sky dish adapter in Sky Q

upgrade from sky SD to skyQ

mgrover75 — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:18:49 GMT

hi to all

today we phoned sky to upgrade from sky SD to sky Q because our sky SD channels will soon be switched off now we asked will the satellit dish and lmb be changed we have had sky for at least 20 years or more and our satellite dish is one that was first used by sky and installed now the person we talked to said that our satellite dish will not have to be replaced the engineer will just install the skyQ 2tb box and multiroom box is this correct

Re: upgrade from sky SD to skyQ

Daniel0210 — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:23:43 GMT

@mgrover75

The LNB will need changing. An engineer may change the dish if the current one is not working correctly or badly rusted.

Re: upgrade from sky SD to skyQ

PandJ2020 — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:24:21 GMT

The LNB has to be changed without doubt.

The dish will be replaced if necessary too.

Re: upgrade from sky SD to skyQ

nigea99 — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:47:23 GMT

hi @mgrover75

You may wish to read some notes I have made for people considering switching from SKY +/HD to SKY Q

SKY +/HD to SKY Q

which covers this amongst many other things

Re: upgrade from sky SD to skyQ

mgrover75 — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 20:13:32 GMT

hi to all

thank you for the info now the lmb that is fitted has only one coaxle cable coming from it and the lmb mounting slides into the arm see photo of lmb

Re: upgrade from sky SD to skyQ

nigea99 — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 20:20:37 GMT

@mgrover75 wrote:

hi to all

thank you for the info now the lmb that is fitted has only one coaxle cable coming from it and the lmb mounting slides into the arm see photo of lmb

@mgrover75

As mentioned by the others & in my notes SKY will replace that & renew the cabling & quite likely the dish as well

mk4 satellite dish

mgrover75 — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 02:10:35 GMT

hi to all

can anyone tell me what the length of the lmb arm that is on the mk4 satellite dish

Re: mk4 satellite dish

Quoman7 — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 09:02:29 GMT

@mgrover75 wrote:

hi to all

can anyone tell me what the length of the lmb arm that is on the mk4 satellite dish

Hi @mgrover75 I think it is around 80mm

sky dish adapter

mgrover75 — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 10:54:08 GMT

hi to all

my question is will the sky technician fit a adapter to my mk3 dish so that he can fit the lmb and do they carry the adapter on their van

Re: sky dish adapter

nigea99 — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 11:01:42 GMT

@mgrover75 wrote:

hi to all

my question is will the sky technician fit a adapter to my mk3 dish so that he can fit the lmb and do they carry the adapter on their van

hi @mgrover75

I am not too sure what you mean by a MK3 dish - is that an independent installed dish ?

SKY staff won't work with non SKY dishes

Are you thinking of upgrading from SKY +/HD - if so you may wish to read some notes I have made for people considering switching from SKY +/HD to SKY Q

SKY +/HD to SKY Q

Re: upgrade from sky SD to skyQ

TimmyBGood — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 11:16:43 GMT

@mgrover75

Incidentally it's LNB, for Low-Noise Block downconverter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-noise_block_downconverter

Re: upgrade from sky SD to skyQ

nigea99 — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 11:25:04 GMT

@mgrover75

Just to be clear if you need a new dish the engineer will fit one as part of the upgrade.

They won't upgrade the LNB on a non-SKY dish

Re: upgrade from sky SD to skyQ

mgrover75 — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 12:08:31 GMT

hi to all

it is a sky dish and it was installed over 20 years ago the LNB fits inside the arm and not like the mk4 over the arm and looking on the internet there is an adapter for the older dishes so that the sky q LNB can be fitted to the older dishes and i was wondering if the technition will supply this adapter

Re: upgrade from sky SD to skyQ

oldfella — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 12:10:48 GMT

@mgrover75 wrote:

hi to all

it is a sky dish and it was installed over 20 years ago the LNB fits inside the arm and not like the mk4 over the arm and looking on the internet there is an adapter for the older dishes so that the sky q LNB can be fitted to the older dishes and i was wondering if the technition will supply this adapter

Hi @mgrover75

As previously posted on numerous occasions just forget about the adaptor as a complete new dish can be installed.

sky plus LNB and dish

mgrover75 — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:55:10 GMT

hi to all

i have sky plus so does sky q use the same LNB and DISH

Re: sky plus LNB and dish

Laing1 — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 01:23:18 GMT

@mgrover75 wrote:

hi to all

i have sky plus so does sky q use the same LNB and DISH

@mgrover75 Sky Q uses the same dish but the LNB needs to be changed to a wideband LNB the engineer should check the dish and cabling to make sure they are still in good condition

Re: sky plus LNB and dish

nigea99 — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:47:25 GMT

@Laing1 wrote:

@mgrover75 wrote:

hi to all

i have sky plus so does sky q use the same LNB and DISH

@mgrover75 Sky Q uses the same dish but the LNB needs to be changed to a wideband LNB the engineer should check the dish and cabling to make sure they are still in good condition

@mgrover75 But as per our previous replies - if your dish is not suitable (due to a different LNB collar or any other reason) it will also be replaced

This also mentioned in the notes I linked to in post #4 - if you haven;t read them I do suggest you read them as they cover many points that people upgrading may wish / need to know

Are you concerned over such a replacement ?