upgrade from sky SD to skyQ

[mgrover75]

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

[Daniel0210]

@mgrover75 

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

[PandJ2020]

The LNB has to be changed without doubt.

The dish will be replaced if necessary too.

[nigea99]

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

[mgrover75]

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

[nigea99]

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@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

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@mgrover75 

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

[mgrover75]

hi to all

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

[Quoman7]

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@mgrover75 wrote:

hi to all

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

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Hi @mgrover75 I think it is around 80mm 

[mgrover75]

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

[nigea99]

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@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

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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 

[TimmyBGood]

@mgrover75 

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

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

[nigea99]

@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

[mgrover75]

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

[oldfella]

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@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

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Hi @mgrover75 

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

[mgrover75]

hi to all

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