Viark VIARK TYPE BOXES

[joysleep1]

@joysleep1 I have 2 LNBs on my dish, one for 28.2 and one for 19.2, you don't necessarily need a motorized dish, did it a few years ago but from memory it was easy enough to set up.

Oh so you saying the direction is the same but you can have 2Lnbs to get signal from a different satellite?

 

[joysleep1]

16e Supersports generally covers more 3pm games.
19.2e stronger signal

does Viark and GT media open 16.e channnels?

 

[superfan]

Oh so you saying the direction is the same but you can have 2Lnbs to get signal from a different satellite?

Yes you just need a multi lnb bracket. You could probably pull in 16 also with a 3rd lnb but not 100% on that, maybe others on here might advise.

 

[manic01]

does Viark and GT media open 16.e channnels?

Yes

 

[gaz82]

Get a second LNB and just gaffa tape it to the right of your current LNB on your existing Sky dish. You can also get a 2-way diseqc switch from Amazon for a couple of quid.

I did this during lockdown in 2020 and managed to pull it 19.2 and 28.2 off a Sky zone 1 dish. The second LNB pulls in about 60-70% signal on 19.2.

I'm in South East England, so your results may vary depending on where you are located, but it's a simple bodge job if you just want to get 3pm football from Sky Germany!

 

[joysleep1]

Get a second LNB and just gaffa tape it to the right of your current LNB on your existing Sky dish. You can also get a 2-way diseqc switch from Amazon for a couple of quid.

I did this during lockdown in 2020 and managed to pull it 19.2 and 28.2 off a Sky zone 1 dish. The second LNB pulls in about 60-70% signal on 19.2.

I'm in South East England, so your results may vary depending on where you are located, but it's a simple bodge job if you just want to get 3pm football from Sky Germany!


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I dont understand i thought the dish had to point to the frequency to get reception. Anyways can anyone please answer my questions regarding converting a normal dish into a proper motorised on where the dish actually moves between 16- to 28.2?

 

[gaz82]

The dish has to point to the Satellite you want to get channels from. For Sky UK (Astra 2) this is 28.2 degrees East (of due South). Sky Germany is on Astra 1 which is 19.2 degrees East. The second LNB on the picture above is offset which is how you can receive multiple satellites from one fixed dish.

As far as I'm aware, it's not possible to motorise a zone 1 Sky dish without significant modification as the bracket is not standard. I don't think you would pull in many satellites on a small dish anyway.

 

[kegnkiwi]

I dont understand i thought the dish had to point to the frequency to get reception. Anyways can anyone please answer my questions regarding converting a normal dish into a proper motorised on where the dish actually moves between 16- to 28.2?

I believe yes a sky dish can be motorised but there is some messing around to get it to work. Its to do with different brackets and getting the dish to mount to the motor. I got most satellites when i played about with a ground mounted one years ago. With regards to dish pointing at a satellite if you add other lnbs either to the left or rights of the existing lnb you can pick up signals from other satellites as they reflect off the dish at different angles.

 

[llamedos]

Looks like GT media down again,all channels white☹️

 

[joysleep1]

Looks like GT media down again,all channels white☹️

Is this all UK channels or across all satellites?

 

[llamedos]

I can't comment on UK channels,I only use 13 and 19.2e,they are down for me☹️

Is this all UK channels or across all satellites?

 

[DhesiSaab]

I can't comment on UK channels,I only use 13 and 19.2e,they are down for me☹️

Uk is fine. I checked this morning.

 

[joysleep1]

Looks like GT media down again,all channels white☹️

If GT MEDIA is down does that mean its down for the VIARK users or do they run on separate servers?

 

[Ferret.]

If GT MEDIA is down does that mean its down for the VIARK users or do they run on separate servers?

Usually if it goes down it goes down on both, not the case this time the Viarks are working.

 

[STINGER]

Looks like GT media down again,all channels white☹️

Switched on my GT media this morning to check and i confirm everything is online and working
UK All fine expect TNT as it remains R.I.P sadly .
have you tested your box since ?
if still down today then the issue is user Error on your side i suspect ?

 

[Jester1]

I'm wondering if people are leaving their V8's on when not being used, ours wasn't clearing channels the other day and we had to power it off and back on.

 

[singh92]

I'm wondering if people are leaving their V8's on when not being used, ours wasn't clearing channels the other day and we had to power it off and back on.

I’ve found this with all these types of boxes. I always take the power cable out when not using as I feel like it’s fresh then.

Always had issues when it’s been left on for a long period of time.

 

[weimaraner95]

Always power off

 

[superfan]

Watching the Liverpool game on sky de, English comms for the first half but it switched to German for the 2nd half. :(

 

[joysleep1]

Watching the Liverpool game on sky de, English comms for the first half but it switched to German for the 2nd half. :(

Why did language switch 2nd half?